Jim:Hey, Jean. How’s it going?
Jean: Oh, the same old thing, I guess. I (go) to Washington next week to meet with my publishers. And I’m looking forward to
(have) a good rest during the summer vacation.
Jim: Yeah, me too. How is your book coming?
Jean: Pretty well, I think. I just have to talk about some (detail) with the publishers about
last chapter of my book.
Jim: What does mainly talk about?
Jean: Well, it just focuses a great British poet.
Jim: If you weren’t so busy with going to Washington at all, I’d love (invite) you to come and discuss the great poet Poe with my English literature class. We
(study) poetry of the 19th century for two weeks.
Jean: I’d love to, but I don’t know I have enough time when I am back. Well, if I come back
(early) than expected, I’ll call you.
Jim: Great! It would be great if you can come.
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Earthquakes are something people fear. There are some places that have few or no earthquakes.
, most places in the world have them regularly.
(country) that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906. Over 700 (frighten) people died and numerous citizens
(suffer) from it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded (feel) in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died.
In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people died, most of died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed number of people. The worst earthquake ever
(record) was also in China,
which 400,000 people were killed or injured. This earthquake happened in 1556.
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Have you ever heard “Tuhao, let’s be friends?” Are you puzzled, wondering it means? Then you’re possibly out of date.
Nowadays, the Chinese words “tuhao” and “dama” have become so familiar with many Chinese people that they often play jokes each other when chatting about the daily life. For example, if you take out your new
(fashion) mobile phone, your naughty friends may call you “tuhao”, laughing loudly and happily.
(amaze), the two wildly popular words have become hot words in English too. Recently, the BBC produced a program to introduce “tuhao”,
can be considered as “new money (暴发户)” in English.
Besides, The Wall Street Journal has also borrowed “dama” from the Chinese pinyin (describe) bargain-hunting middle-aged Chinese women
(call) “a force in the global gold market”.
(expert) say the Chinese language’s influence on English will continue during
entire 21st century,
it is expected that “tuhao” will be welcomed by the Oxford University Press to appear in the new word lists.
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There’s no such thing as living alone. Never mind if you’re only person in your house and have no dog, no cat, not even fish. You still have got several billion
(roommate) — and so do we all. Some of them are harmless, some are
(actual) helpful and some could even kill you. They are, of course, bacteria, fungi(菌类) and viruses, and like it or not, they’re on you, around you, and deeply within you. The fact that bacteria life is everywhere is not
(surprise). It’s something you
(learn) from your childhood when your mother told you not to drink water from someone else’s glass. There are lots of bacteria
are living in your tea kettle. There are bacteria
(sleep) with you on your bed. Scientists are beginning
realize) the richness of the microbiome(微生物群系) — which is as complex as the ones
(find) in oceans, rainforests, deserts and woodlands. Your house has a microbiome and
do you.
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Many stories happened at the Children’s Medical Care Center, deeply touched us. We saw a lot of children without hair because of their treatment. We played with them and taught them to draw pictures. They suffered great pains,
were very friendly. It was much easier to communicate with them than we
(expect).
One day, a girl suggested (teach) us how to fold paper. She taught us
great patience, explaining each step slowly and clearly. Though we could easily do that, we still pretended (假装) to know nothing about it. We followed her and did everything she told us. Finally, when we finished our work
(success), she gave each of us
big hug. We could see the pride and happiness on her face. Her father was
thankful to us that he held our hands tightly, tears in his eyes. It was not until then
we knew the girl would receive an operation the next day.
It was really a valuable experience to us all. We began to think about how to deal with the difficulties in life, because (compare) with what these kids are going through, our “troubles” seem not worth mentioning at all.
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There are two main reasons the temperature of the air is always
(change). One reason is
the air around you moves in from somewhere else. Air usually moves in large bodies
(call) air masses. Some air masses move in from the north. These air masses usually have cold air that causes the temperature
(drop). Air masses also move in from the south. They usually have warmer air that causes the temperature to rise.
Temperature changes during the day or night can be great small. This depends partly
how many clouds are in the sky.
there are many clouds during the night, they act like covers on your bed. They blanket the earth and keep the air from
(lose) much of its heat. The temperature usually does not drop much during such a night. When there are many clouds during
day, some of the sun’s energy will not reach the earth. The temperature usually does not rise much on such a day.