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M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?
W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who’s driving me crazy.
M: ___6___
W: He comes home every night around 10 with his car window rolled down and radio turned up really loud.___7___ But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake.
M: Oh, no.
W: Oh, yes.Sometimes it takes us until midnight just to get them to settle down again.
M: ___8___
W: We haven’t even really met them yet except to say a quick hello.
M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them, I dare say.
W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining.___9___ I’m just not getting enough sleep and neither are the children.
M: ___10___
W: Yeah.
M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at present is getting your children to sleep at night.
A.Have you tried talking to them? |
B.What do you mean? |
C.Actually, they didn’t say anything. |
D.Maybe you could ask about their son and they’ll be sure to ask about yours. |
E.Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at the office.
F.Don’t get your hopes too high!
G.It stops as soon as he turns the car off.
Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very ______
____ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,____
___(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some
(surprise) conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves (concentrate),attention span, and the ability _____
____ (get) along with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured
as an inventor. For these notable persons, it appears
their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, ____
______will drew you toward success. Picture yourself
(vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
Former Chinese athlete, Jin Jing, made her 16(appear) in the National Stadium, 17(carry) Paralympic torch during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games on September 6.
But now she’s back in the Bird’s Nest, and this time she’s not competing, or carrying a flame, 18working for the media. Jin said that she was a little regretful for not being able to participate 19the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Born in 1981, Jin 20(raise) in a common wage-earning family in Hefei, Anhui Province. Jin had part of her right leg amputated in 1989 because 21a malignant tumor on her ankle. She then became a member of she Shanghai Wheelchair Fencing Team on July 13, 2001, the same day Beijing was selected as 22host city for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
After an incident in Paris, 23she was part of the Torch Relay and a protestor tried to take away the torch from her while she protected the Olympic Torch with her body, she became 24(know) as the “Smiling Angel in a Wheelchair”.
Now she is still smiling, but this time from the 25side of the camera, as she watches Chinese athletes won another gold medal.
Charlie Chaplin developed his own manner of acting, the one that was to become world-famous. He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air he walked. During his first year, Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of
he wrote and directed himself. Chaplin’s earliest films were
(silence), because the equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed.
The (develop) of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about
(make) films with dialogue. Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue, but he added music. Chaplin’s later films, _
, were not well received. He made only six films
1940 and 1966 and only
first of these is still popular today. Before he died in 1977, he _
(honour) in a number of ways for
contributions to the film industry.
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It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people
(work) for free at the first modern games and
number of volunteers increased since then.
has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the
(big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.
There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific
(responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games
pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have
(fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer,
jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.
What is the greatest reward of being alive? Is it chocolate, ice cream, tropical vacations, hugs from children, a perfect night’s sleep, or the satisfaction of a job well done? . But one supreme pleasure that includes all people i
s laughter.
Little can compare to the feeling of a deep, complete, heartfelt time of laughing. , no matter your age, wealth, race, or living situation.
. Research finds that humor can help you cope better with pain, improve your immune(免疫) system, reduce stress, even help you live longer. Laughter, doctors and psychologists agree, is an basic part of a healthy, happy life.
As Mark Twain once said, “Studying humor is like dissecting (解剖) a frog. You may know a lot but you end up with a dead frog.” Nonetheless, we’re giving it a try. Here are some tips for getting — or growing — your sense of humor, based partly on the idea that you can’t be funny if you don’t understand what funny is.
First, regain your smile. , but they do live in the same neighborhood.
Treat yourself to a comedy festival. Rent humorous movies. Reward yourself frequently with the gift of laughter, Hollywood style. . Then find the humor in them. Now practice telling stories describing them in a humorous way.
Read the comics(连环画) every day and cut out the ones that remind you of your life.
Every night at dinner, make family members share one funny or even embarrassing moment of their day.
a) Life is also healthier
b) Recall several of the most embarrassing moments in your life
c) A thousand people, a thousand different answers
d) Life is good when laughter is frequent
e) Humor is everywhere
f) A smile and a laugh aren’t the same thing
g) Humor is a way to make yourself relaxed from stress