In our life, we have rarely expressed our gratitude to the ones who have lived with us. In fact, we don’t have to wait ______ anniversaries to thank the ones close to us----the ones so
______ (easy) overlooked. If I have learned anything about giving thanks, it is to“give it now!” Saying thanks is such
______ easy way to increase the world’s happiness.
Of course, there are times ______ you can’t express gratitude immediately. In that case don’t let embarrassment sink you into
_______ (silent) ----speak up the firs
t time you have the chance.
Once a young minister, Mark Brian, ______ (send) to a remote parish of Kwakiutl Indians in British Columbia. The Indians, he had been told, did not have a word for “thank you”. But Brian soon found that these people had exceptional generosity. Instead of
______ (say) thanks, it is their custom to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindness. They do their thanks.
I wonder ______ we had no words in our vocabulary for thank you, would we do a
_______ (good) job of communicating our gratitude? Would we be more sensitive, more
_______ (include) ourselves.
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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.
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A proverb says, “Time is money”. But in my opinion, time is even precious than money. Why?
when money is spent, we can earn it back. However, when time is
(go), it will never return.
is known to all that the time we can use is limited. Therefore we should make
use of our time to study hard so as to serve our country in
future. it is a pity that there are a lot of people
do not realize the value of time. They spend their precious time
(play).
In a word, we should form the good habit of (save) time. Do not put off what can be done today
tomorrow.
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A woman looking at her smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing (have) a close knock on Oct.21. She was so
(absorb) in her smartphone that she didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past her,
(throw) her to the ground. This should serve
a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially
crossing roads.
(luck), the woman survived a brush with death, but the incident forced the driver
(stop) the train. An 18-minte delay followed the incident,
led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
Smartphone(addicted) has spread like an infectious disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even
(bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smartphone for the tragedy, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-descipline are to blame.