He met his wife at a party. At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal .At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee him. She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed. He was too nervous
(say) anything . As a result, she felt so
(comfortable) that she wanted to go home . Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put
in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and
(drink) it . She asked him curiously, “ Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the
(salt) coffee.” She was deeply touched because she thought a man
could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family. After 40 years, he passed away,
(leave) her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. That was
only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar,
I said salt.”
With the _________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people suffer different kinds of illnesses because
_________ air pollution.
Air pollution is caused by the following __________: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off
__________ (poison) gases.25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health
__________ to others.
_________ these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight __________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take
___________ place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the
__________ (important) of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will
_______ (solve) .
My father became （addict） to smoking cigarettes. As
result of smoking, he got lung cancer. And he was
danger of losing his life. His doctor didn’t allow him
(smoke) any more. My father had to take the doctor’s
(advise). As
as I know, smoking cigarettes has many other dangers to humans. Every year, a lot of people die of the illnesses or they’re
(serious) injured in fires
(cause) by smoking. And the number of people
lose their lives
(increase) at present. Therefore, I call on people to keep away from smoking.
It was Friday night and Mike was in his office, sad.
Jean,had been Mike’s friend for ten years,
(give)him a friendly call,” What are you going to do tomorrow?”
“Nothing.”
“Let’s go fishing. We haven’t donefor ages.”
Mike became very happy and accepted the invitation. So the two men went to Loire Riverfollowing day.
While waiting ,Mike said that his employees had been unhelpful, and he found it difficult(get) the results he wanted from them.
“What do you think about it?” asked Jean.
“Yeah, they never listen to me,” replied Mike while eating his bananas.
A couple of minutes(late), Mike put aside the bananas he’d been eating and shouted
(excited), “Great, a large fish!”
Jean smiled. He asked Mike, “What did you use your bait(鱼饵), the way?”
“A worm,” Mike replied. “Why didn’t you use your bananas? You’re very fond of them, aren’t you?”
“Well, my friend,I do love bananas, I’m not stupid enough to put them on as my bait.”
“So it’s not going to work?”
“No.”
“Why not use thecommon sense when fishing for people?”
When I was in junior high school, darkness began filling my mind. I don’t know the reason why it began. All I know is that I started f hopeless and worthless. I hid in my room, staring out of the window, thinking about all my
(失败). I even questioned whether being
(活着) was worthwhile. My dark mood wasn’t constant. It would fade at t
, but it always returned.
It was my parents and my friends that helped me ge the dark mood. At the beginning when I was depressed, I was
(尴尬) to tell anyone. I didn’t want to seem weak or needy. But later I found that when I told my friends my feelings, they never laughed at me. On the
, they supported and encouraged me. So remember: no one can face depression a
. If you’re depressed, find someone — a friend, parent or teacher — and tell them your feelings. Consider
a doctor or psychologist, if it is getting worse.
In fact, t depression affects many people all over the world, treatments are available and can bring hope and joy back into their life.
It is a common thing to forget to return a book to the library after you’ve borrowed it. Maybe, you’ll realize it has been some (month) since you borrowed it and decide to return it.
(similar), when Ron Webster borrowed a book from the library of the University Of Liverpool, he too forgot to return it. When he was 30, back in 1953, he was working
a research assistant in the university. It was during this time
he loaned a book titled “Structure and Function in Primitive Society.” Shortly after he borrowed this book, he
(call) to London to continue his research. Just as you might have expected, Ron Webster completely forgot the whole thing.
Ron had a (success) career and worked for Ford before retiring and leading a relaxed life. Recently when he took
look at his collection of books, he discovered the old book borrowed 61 years ago. He contacted University officials to tell about the
(possible) of returning the book.
University Librarian was (amaze) to see Ron arrive at the University Of Liverpool,
(try) to return a book that he borrowed 61 years ago.
Just in case you were wondering, the total fine that Ron Webster had accumulated over the years amounted to £4,510.