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Let's learn together after class
2004-08-18
Campus talk
Let's learn together after class
学习的时候可别皱眉头啊,我们完全可以让学习变得更有趣的。组织一个group study session (小组讨论会)怎么样?这可是一个非常有趣的学习方式哦。还可以顺便为考试做做准备。记住:Everyone should speak English.
讨论会当然要邀请同学啦:We are having a group study session tonight, want to come? 在group study session 上,同学能分享笔记和对课程的看法: Can I see your lecture notes from yesterday' s lesson?
如果你上课没有听懂(I am totally clueless 我一点儿也不明白!),别忘了请同学帮忙―What did the teacher say about the book last class? (上节课老师关于课文都说了些什么?) 讨论一段时间后,别忘了休息一下:Let's take a break, my brain is burnt-out.(我们休息一会儿吧,我的脑子要炸了。)
告诉你个小窍门:别等考试的前一天再开始复习。你可以做一个复习计划,这样可以今天学一点儿,明天再学一点儿:I think that's enough for today. We can continue the session tomorrow. 到了group study session 结束的时候,讨论会的组织者应该告诉大家:Let's call it a night/day.(今晚/天就到此为止吧。) -
Stone Sculptures of Five Goats
2004-08-17
In the west part of Yuexiu Park in Guangzhou,the stone scuptures of five goats were carved out of the granite in 1959.It is said that five immortals took five goats to Guangzhou.Each goat held an ear of rice in its mouth.There,they prayed for no famine.After that the immortals flew up to the sky.And the five goats turned into fossils. So Guanzhou is sometimes called“Five Goats City”or“Rice Ears Castle”.
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Go girls ! Learn and play
2004-08-17
Go girls! Learn and play
让足球走近女孩!
GIRLS love playing football, too! Now, they even have their own football festival: World Girls' Football Day on October 11.
UNICEF (联合国儿童基金会)and FIFA (国际足联) want to use this as a way of getting more girls back to school. They believe girls have the same rights as boys to play and go to school.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said: "Girls who can't enter school and play have no hope in the future."
About 67 million teen girls in the world don't go to school. Sports and education can help them in many ways. "Playing football can help them have confidence," said Carol Bellamy of UNICEF.
There are more than 20 million women footballers and about 80 per cent are teen girls.
FIFA gave US$150,000 to pay for 600 boxes of sports equipment. The equipment will be used to encourage girls to go to school and play sports. -
Finding a new friend on holiday
2004-08-16
Finding a new friend on holiday 陌生人的关心使那次旅行成为我记忆里最快乐的经历
I was not having a happy holiday. My family had decided to go back to the countryside in New Hampshire, US, again. But I found it boring (乏味的).
What made the holiday even worse was that I had to sleep in the same bed as my brother.
If teens work together, they can beat the problems they face.
But I was wrong. This trip was the best holiday I have ever had. During the holiday, I met a very special friend.
While I was walking in the countryside, I saw a man carrying a small brown bag. Wearing white clothes, the man looked like a ghost (鬼). As he looked at me, I felt frightened. I wanted to run away when the man spoke to me. "Hello. Beautiful day, isn't it?" he said.
The man talked a lot. I wasn't listening very carefully because I was looking at his little bag. I wanted to see what was inside it!
He saw me looking at the bag and he asked me if I would like to see. Out came a lively, beautiful puppy (小狗). The brown puppy was small and only about two months old.
The man then asked me, "How would you like to keep this puppy?"
I had always wanted a puppy and now I had the chance. I thanked him, took the puppy and ran home. For the rest of that summer, I played with him all the time. And after the trip, I took him home. The puppy is now loved by all my family. He is a friend to both my brother and me, a warm little ball of happiness in our lives.
I've always wanted to thank the man because he changed my life.
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alone/lonely
2004-08-15
*alone可作形容词或副词,意思为“单独的(地),独自的
(地)”。作形容词时,只能作表语,强调客观情况。
例如:The old man is alone.
那位老人孤身一人。
He often stays at home alone on Sundays.
星期天他经常独自呆在家里。*lonely作形容词意思为“孤独的,寂寞的、荒凉的、
无人居住的”,可作定语和表语,强调主观意识。
例如:He's not a lonely man.他不是一个寂寞的人。
They came to a lonely island.他们来到了一个
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Harry tells his story in Chinese
2004-08-15
Harry tells his story in Chinese 哈利·波特开始用中文讲故事了,还不赶快一读为快
The Chinese version (版本) of ?Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,? (《哈利波特与凤凰社》) arrived in China on September 21. It is the fifth book in the series by British writer J.K. Rowling.
In this new book, Harry turns 15 and starts his fifth year at the magic (巫术的) school. His enemy, Lord Voldemort, returns and brings more trouble.
The book received a big welcome. Hundreds of children were outside Beijing's Xinhua Bookstore as early as 5am to buy the book.
"You pick up a Harry Potter book and you just keep on reading. The story is very interesting and fun. I feel like being a magician myself,? said Fan Jiaming, 10. He waited behind 400 peope to buy a copy.
Parents understand the young students?strong love for Harry.
"He won't eat. He won't drink. He'll just go home and read it,?said his father, Fan Bingzhen. "The book talks about friendship and love so it is good for young students. -
Cleaning up your smile
2004-08-14
Cleaning up your smile 你想有健康的牙齿吗?先来学习刷牙吧!
ZHANG Xi cleans her teeth twice every day. But she often finishes cleaning them in just one minute. Now, the Junior 2 student at Shenzhen Wenjin Middle School knows that she needs to spend more time on her teeth.
Shenzhen students cleaning their in the street. XINHUA
Street show
September 20 was the 15th National Tooth Protection Day. On that day, Zhang joined more than 10,000 young students in Shenzhen to clean teeth on the streets!
"It's exciting to brush (刷) teeth on the street but with so many people, I was a bit shy,? said Zhang.
More importantly, she learned how to look after teeth. "I didn't know how to take care of my teeth before. Now, I will clean them for longer and more carefully.
Most teens clean their teeth every day but there are still problems. A new Ministry of Health (卫生部) report shows that about 50 per cent of teenagers in China have problems such as decayed teeth (龋齿). Some teenagers have bad eating habits and others do not know how to clean their teeth.
Li Xiaoyuan, a Beijing dentist (牙医) says there are many ways to protect teeth.
Good advice
*Clean your teeth for three minutes each morning and evening and clean every side of your teeth;
*Do not eat too much sugar and soft drinks;
*Go to the dentist every six months for a check-up.
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