As the communication between China and Britain is becoming ____(increasing) frequent, the differences between them _
__(cause) a heated discussion in the past few years.
Firstly, table manners are the essential procedure in everyone’s daily life. We get used to ___(use) chopsticks while Englishmen use knife and forks. It’s not polite to burst into laughter when eating in Britain, __
__indicates you don’t respect others. _
__ the contrary, we laugh and talk during a meal. What’s more, in Britain, we have to wander along the left side of the road, but traffic in our country keeps to the right. In addition, for Chinese students, _
_they have experienced in studying is an __
__(organization) learning style. Students are required to follow a clear plan. __
_(compare) with Chinese education, British education is __
__ flexible and imaginative. Students there are encouraged to discuss the subject they want to learn. Last but not least, in China, “thank you” is not frequently used between friends and family members while “thank you” is widely used in Britain.
There is no sense in debating which is better. We owe these manners ____ a long history, so you should do as the Romans do.
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When my brother and I said we were going to spend our Christmas holidays abroad, the whole family objected violently. But nothing could persuade us(stay). Two days
Christmas, we went to a small town in Southern Germany. We
(spend) the whole of Christmas Eve sightseeing.
There were many activities in the town that they added to our excitement. The streets were crowded with people
the shops were full of wonderful things. In the evening. We went to listen to Christmas songs
(sing)by children around the
(bright) decorated Christmas tree in the main street. We planned to have
meal at the best restaurant in town the next day. However, in the morning the streets were empty. What’s worse, all the shops including the restaurants were shut. As last we had to return to our hotel,
(feel) very miserable. Our Christmas “feast” was a bag of fruits,
my brother had happened to buy the day before.
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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult _was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy _
(please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume.
Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not __ pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or _
(push) you with their elbows (肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.
Jane paused in front of a countersome attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her _
(choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes _
sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to please __
When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already _table having supper. Her mother was excited. “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane_
_ (inform).
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David: Mary Liuse? I haven’t seen you since we(graduate) in high school.
Mary: David? Randy David? Oh, you look definitely the same! Even your figure is the same.
David: Well, you look …a lot(difference)…
Mary: Well, I got tired of that blonde hair, so I decided to become a redhead. I also lost a lot of (weigh), and I’m really
(try) hard to keep it off.
David: So, do you live here? What do you do?
Mary: I’m a lawyer in Brookfield and I just come out here on weekends to go skiing. What about you?
David: I sell insurance, I’m actually working in Springfield. We are looking to open a new office here, so that’s why I’m out here.
Mary: Do you like your job?
David: Well, I guess I makenice living, but I’m really
(bore) with the work. I wish I could just change careers.
Mary: I agree.(exact) speaking, I have theopposite problem. I work for an environmental law firm, so the work is exciting, and I feel like I’m really making a difference. The only problem is
the pay is quite low, so I’m basically living hand to mouth every month.
David: That sounds like a fair trade, though. I’d switch placesyou in a second.
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How Learning Habits Influence On Learning Results. It is useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous saying “Good habits lead to good endings”, shows the importance of habits.
“An apple a day keeps doctor away” also shows how a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body., good learning habits can help us gain great learning results
(include) high scores and abundant knowledge. At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitudes
_ the content of our learning. Obviously, a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations.
we can see, cultivating a good habit is so important
I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits --- --- keep a learning diary every day. We can start the habit by
(write) learning summary and remember to record something impressive and
(mean). Keep it in mind, and gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.
What`s more, I find out that I still have some bad learning habits as well. I can concentrate on reading for a short time and I
(conquer) this problem by spending more effort on concentration practice.
I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.
One afternoon many years ago, I sat down on a chair in a park and watched a little boy, around 2 years old, (run) freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance．The boy would fall to the grass, get up, and without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could as if nothing
( happen)．
When kids fall down, they don't think of the fall asfailure. Instead, they consider
as a learning experience．They try and try again
they succeed．
I was also touched by the way he ran. With eachattempt, he looked so (confidence) and natural．He only wanted to run freely and to do it as well as he could．He was just being a child--- being himself completely at the moment．He never gave up．Each time he fell, he got up again by
, as if he knew that falling down was
(simple) a part of life．
He was not looking for others' smiles, or worrying whether someone was watching or not.
he wanted was to run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely．I learned a lot from the experience.