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Electricity is of great to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.
When I was in that country, the power went off every few days. This happened not only in small towns,
even in the capital.
One day when I went to the airport, the power was . I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course
The weather was very hot. To my
, restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was
. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or
in bed. How boring!
I wondered what I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I
nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.
The first day of a week is _______ (星期日).
She became a ____( 著名的 ) writer in the world.
The coats are too ______ (昂贵的 ).
She gave me a ____ ( 围巾 ) as a birthday gift.
Think it over before making an important ______( 决定 )
| within just lost their lives in their twenties put out |
A: Have you heard of a big fire on May Day?
B: Not yet. When and where did the fire happen?
A: It happened on May 1st in Shanghai.
B: Did the firemen the fire soon?
A: Yes. The firemen reached the burning building six minutes.
B: Was anybody hurt in the fire?
A: Two firemen in the fire.
B: I am sorry to hear that.
A: These two firemen are very young. Both of them are .
B: I am very sad. They are several years older than us.
A: I have the same feeling. Fire is really terrible. Everyone should be careful with it.
| look up laugh at make mistakes think of belong to |
It isn’t polite to others.
You should_____it in a dictionary when you have a new word .
The book must _____Anna. Look, her name’s on it .
He many in the composition.
My sister can’t ______any new ideas, she has to do it as before.
In 1995, Oseola McCarty donated $ 150, 000 --most of the money she made in her lifetime--to the University of Southern Mississippi. She just wanted to help poor students. Her friends and neighbours were surprised at the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and h. But everyone in her town knew that she was not r
Oseola McCarty was born in 1908. She had to leave school when she was eight to support her family by wother people's clothes. She made only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she h
the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s , when many people began to buy their own washers(洗衣机) and dryers（烘干机）, McCarty didn’t have much work to do, so she started to iron clothes i
.
McCarty n married or had children. Her life was simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television, b
she didn’t watch it very often. It only had one channel. Oseola McCarty s
money all her life and finally had about $ 250, 000.
In an interview with the University of Southern Mississippi News, McCarty said, "I can't do everything, but I can do s to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more." This quiet exceptional cleaning lady has t
the world a lesson in giving.
When I was young, I was always frustrated ( 挫败的 ), and almost everything ended in failure. I hung out everywhere all day. Having seen me like that, my fatherto cheer me up.
One day, he gave me a cup of water and asked me to taste it. I found it . My father said he just put one small spoonful of salt in the cup. And then, he led
to a lake, where he threw a big handful of salt
the lake, scooped up a spoonful of water and let me taste it again. He asked, "Does it
taste salty?"' "Not at all," I said. My father said, "Now you may know the root (根源) of your
:You are just a cup of water, not a lake. Be a lake and you won't
sad any more."
I came to understand my motive (目的): I feel unlucky
my heart is as small as a cup of water without great ideals as a lake.
To be a lake great ideals, your feeling of failures and frustrations will be melted ( 融化) like the salt thrown into the lake.