Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories
by watching TV or reading newspapers.
Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life the 18th century. Many countries have
different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?
I wonder __________ they’ll have the races again next year.
I believe that April is the __________ month in Thailand.
Pan Meng __________ the medicine when Hou Yi was not home.
She happily celebrates her birthday with her relatives in the __________.
We stood quietly to __________ the beautiful picture.
Tom: Hi, Dad, do you have time for a chat? I havesome problems.
Dad: Oh, Tom, what’s ?
Tom: Dad, you and mum are always around me. I don’t have my own time and.
Dad: Are we?
Tom: Yes. I always have to obey you, but I’m able to decide my own business now.
Dad: Oh, I didn’t realize that we hardlyyou to make your own decision in the past.
Tom: Dad, I have grown up. Please don’t treat me like a child.
Dad: I’m sorry. We’ll try to change ourselves.
Tom: That’s.
Dad: Son, remember, we are always open for a chat.
Will you give a speech in front of the class? Or will you just shake your head and say “no”? Let me tell you some useful ways to help you become a more confident person.
First, use your body language and look at people in the eyes. Answer questions and confidently. The way you talk shows others how confident you are.
Second, take and show talents. Focus on the things that you do well.
Next, face the in the right way. We all fail at times, but don’t
the mistake to trouble you. Learn from the mistake. And it’ll help you face the same things later
confidence.
As we know, the more you practice, the easier they’ll become.
One day, Mr. Smith drove his car to meet his friends at the station. When he found there was still quite some time before the train arrived, he to take a short sleep. He was about to fall
when a young lady came and asked him the time. Mr. Smith opened his eyes and answered “half past eight”. With a “Thank you”, the woman
. After a short while this happened
, so Mr. Smith wrote “I don’t know the time!” on a piece of paper and put it on the window of his car. But only a few
later, an old man came and woke him up, “Hi, young man, I can tell you the time, its nine o’clock now.”
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A: Hello!
B: Hi, John. It’s Mary. So, what’s _______?
A: Well, would you please give me some ________ on how to remember English words?
B: Sure, I’d love to. In fact, I learn English words by heart.
A: How can you do that?
B: First of all, it is necessary for you to have a good _______of remembering them.
A: Do I need to remember the words in each unit all at once?
B: No, you don’t need to. Try to learn by heart a few new words each day, follow the rules of pronunciation and you will finish _________all of them in one week.
B: Thank you for your good advice. I’ll try my ________. Bye!
A: OK, bye-bye.