In class, your teachers will talk about topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you when you take tests. So you must take good notes from what your teachers say.

    Here are the three stages(阶段)of taking notes and what you should do during each stage.

    1. Before Class

    Review your notes you have taken before you come to class. This will be good for remembering what was covered. Get you ready to understand new information your teacher will provide.

    2. During Class

    Keep your attention on what your teacher is saying and “the signal words” that tell you, what your teacher is going to say and it is important to write in your notes. Examples of signal words are “The most important point…” and “Remember that…” Be sure to include the information that your teacher repeats or writes on the blackboard. Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes. Do this by writing abbreviations(缩略词)such as med for medicine, using symbols such as ％ for percent, and writing short sentences.

    3. After Class

    Rewrite your notes to make them more complete and accurate(准确的)by changing abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences. Use them to answer your questions. If necessary, ask your teacher for help.

    Some people like to work alone while others enjoy teamwork. In my opinion, everyone had better learn to work with others together because teamwork is definitely necessary and important in modern society.

    First, working in a team provides a chance for us to communicate with each other. Just as the saying goes, “many hands make light job.” Working in a team, teammates share their ideas with each other, which is helpful to create a better achievement. Second, working in a team is a way to broaden our horizon(眼界). Teammates in a team can learn something from each other because they are from different places, owning various experiences and hold different views towards things. Therefore, getting along with other teammates is also a process of increasing our knowledge. Third, working in a team is also a way to establish(建立) our friendship. Teammates in a team have chances to help each other, to solve the problems together, to share the happiness of being successful, which make a great contribution（贡献） to establishing friendship.

    So working in a team is one of the most effective（有效的） ways to extend（扩展） our personal relationships. To sum up, to learn to work in a team is really necessary and important and we should try to enjoy it.

    In early spring, the changing temperature usually makes a number of Chinese people uncomfortable. Cold air, bringing rain or even snow, easily tears up(破坏) the warmth of the spring within a night(一夜之间).

    However, with the coming of Guyu-the Grain(谷物) Rain, the blue sky and gentle winds would finally stay. Falling usually on or around April 20 every year, Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms(节气). It means the beginning of a lively summer and people get busy from now on.

    Sow(播种) grains

    This is an important period of the growth of grains. The ancient Chinese already knew that as Guyu comes, the weather will become warm enough for sowing. The farmers usually catch the chance to plant rice, corn and beans.

    Hope for safety and harvest

    For those living near the sea, they will hold some ceremonies(仪式) on Guyu, hoping for safety as well as harvest during the coming fishing season.

    Watch the peony

    It's also a great time to see the peony(牡丹), which is known as “the Queen of All Flowers” in Chinese culture. As a result, watching peonies becomes one of the most enjoyable activities for many. The flower is said to be the favourite of Empress(女皇) Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, who was the only woman ruler in Chinese history.

    Pick tea leaves

    Tea leaves picked before Guyu are among the best tea leaves. People believe that the tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu can make eyes clear and drive away bad luck. So the habit of drinking tea at this time of year has become a tradition in some places of China.

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    Mr. Green brought his family to China and visited Zhangjiajie On May 4th. 2019. They enjoyed the magic mountains there. They had a great time. They took a lot of photos on the way and then they had a picnic under a big tree. ①Suddenly it began to rain heavily. So they hurried to the hotel. When they got there, they couldn't find their expensive camera. They wanted to go back to look for it, but there wasn't enough time because they had to catch the plane at 20: 30 that night! They didn't have dinner in the hotel because they all felt sorry. To make his family happy. Mr. Green said. "Well. ②让我给你们讲一个有趣的故事吧。 An old man lived in a 200-meter-tall building. One day he fell down from it by accident, but he didn't hurt himself at all."

    "It was a miracle(奇迹)" shouted his children, why?"

    "Because he lived on the first floor!"

    They all began to laugh loudly. Just at that time a policeman with a camera came in. He said a Chinese boy found it under a big tree and the boy asked him to find out the owner.

    "It's really a miracle!" the Greens said happily.