Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift, a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and .
As is often the case, some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very .
Gift giving is different in different . Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be away to someone else, because many people have enough things and don’t want too gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a . In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best . People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.
To make things , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that . When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift has some thought behind it.”
Different people have very different thoughts this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?
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We students enjoy our school life, but sometimes we feel unhappy.It’s every student’s dream. At the of every term, we have six exams.
Last week, I finished my final exams. The math exam was the easiest one of all. Most of the problems were from early exams，so I it soon. The biology exam was hard. The questions were so difficult I had to guess the answers to them. And there wasn’t enough to check every answer. But after the exam, my teacher said I did well in it.
In the computer exam, we had a lot to do. I thought I needed more time, but some of my classmates didn’t think . They just wrote down the answers quickly and then games.I didn’t think I could get a good mark in the English exam because it was a little difficult me and I didn’t work hard enough at English.
In our school, we can some elective courses (选修课). That means students can learn these courses by and then take the exam. If they pass, they don’t have to have these courses any more.
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Everyone in our class loves sports. Every morning we get up, we do morning exercises. After the second class, we exercise again. We only have classes twice a week, but we do physical training(体育锻炼) at five every . The most popular is basketball. The enjoy playing it and many of the girls like it, too. Another popular sport is soccer and in every class there a lot of students who like soccer very much. Volleyball is often played when the weather is . We have school teams in basketball, and volleyball. Our teams often friendship matches(友谊赛)with teams from other schools. When there is a match, of us are very excited to go to watch it.
Besides(除…之外) ball games, some of us like track and field events(田径运动), we often practice running and others. Every term(学期) we have in these events and once a year we have a meeting.
Sports help us to keep and happy. Do you like sports?
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Monday，Scott comes to school at 8:15 in the morning. He has science eight thirty.He likes because it’s interesting. Scott doesn’t like math. At eleven he has math. The teacher teaches math very well, but Scott doesn’t like him. favorite teacher is the P.E. teacher, Mr. Stone. He is fun. His class sounds funny. He P.E on Monday afternoon. So Scott Monday. From Monday to , Scott has at school at 11: 45. After school, Scott plays on the school playground, then he goes home. On Saturday and Sunday Scott doesn’t go to school.
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Martin is a fifteen-year-old boy. He used to be a“problem child”, but a recent with his mother changed his life. He didn’t use to give his mother many problems. , after his father’s death a few years ago, Martin’s life became more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her child’s education. To do this, she work, and so was often not at home.
His mother looked after him as as she could. Unfortunately, Martin still caused problems. He was not in studying and he often got in to trouble. Luckily, his mother was very and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she a difficult decision:to send him to a boys’boarding school. Martin hated it and used to cause a lot of trouble.
One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. The teacher said it was necessary for Martin to with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his , this phone call changed his life. “It was exactly Ineeded, ”he said. “My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was me and would always take pride in every thing good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that my father died, I have been afraid of being alone, and have tried to make my mother pay more attention to me. ”
Now Martin has changed. He has been working hard and is now one of the best students in his class. How was he able to change?His mother’s helped him to feel good about himself.
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One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c____. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p___
__ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u___
_ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o_
_ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”
Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r____ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p___
__students with easier ways to study and more c__
_) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i__
__ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .
However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s___ a short time . The teachers have to find b___
__ ways to teach more effectively.
“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .