Respecting Parents Programme
Showing respect to parents is one of the Chinese traditional moral values.As most of the students today are “the only child” in their family, they of ten regard themselves as the“centre” of the family, without caring much about their parents. Our school started a programme when the new year came.It is “Respecting parents programme”. Ten“Do's”have been worked out for the students to follow clearly and easily, including:
“Remember your parents' birthdays and express your best w is hes to them; say”hello“to your parents when you see them returning home; and tell your parents where you go when you leave home.”
The programme has been successful, and has won pra is es from parents and other sides of the society. People say th is is what we should have done earlier!
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How to Protect Your Eyesight
It is important for everyone to keep good eyesight. But do you know how to protect your eyesight?
First, don't keep your eyes working for a long time. You'd better have a rest by looking in the long d is tance after you have studied an hour or so.
Second, pay attention to the following: Don't read in the sun or in a poor light; don't read in bed or in a moving bus. And when you read you should keep the book away from your eyes for about a foot.
And third, do eye-exerc is es every day. It will also help you keep good eyesight.
If you obey the rules above, I think, you may prevent your eyesight from becoming short-sighted.
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Dear Anna,
How glad I am to hear from you and to know that you are getting on well with your Chinese study at Beijing University.
To learn a foreign language, one should not only study the language itself, but also study the everyday life of the native speakers of the language.You've been in China for only half a year. I don't think you have known much about our life at home. Why not come to my place and spend the Spring Festival with my family?
My parents and I are looking forward to seeing you. We'll surely meet you at the station.
Best w is hes!
Yours,
Li Hong
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Time is important to everyone. Lost time will never come back. We must keep th is in mind in our daily life and make the best use of our time. Only in th is way can we succeed in life.
How can we make full use of our time? First of all, we'd better make a plan. We should arrange our study, work and rest. We can know what we should do next so that we can save as much time as possible when we study or work, we should put our hearts into it. We should spend every minute on it.After a period of time's study and work we can take a good rest.
I think that all of us should emphasize using our time effectively.
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June 5,Sunday
Fine
I went out to see a film after supper. On my way to the cinema, I met an Engl is hman named John, who had lost h is way. I gave up the chance to see the film and took him to h is hotel. While going there, I told him the great changes that had taken place here in the past few years and John told me something about h is country.
Though I had m is sed the film, I felt very happy, for I had not only helped John get out of trouble, but also pract is ed my spoken Engl is h. If I had not worked hard at Engl is h, I would not have been able to help John.
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There is a new market near my house. My mother of ten goes there and buys what we need for our meals. But I had never been there before.
Yesterday I went to the market with my mother. There were so many people that we could hardly make our way out of the crowds. There were all kinds of vegetables, f is h and fruit everywhere. People were talking about the goods and the prices. The sellers shouts could be heard every now and then.I remembered that the day before I had asked Mother to buy some fresh f is h.Most of the f is h there was frozen, but we had not much trouble in finding some fresh f is h at the other part of the market. My mother bought something else as well.
It was my first time to go to the market, and I was deeply impressed by what I saw in the market.
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Mr David came to China, for the second time, th is spring. During h is stay in China, he v is ited several cities.
In Beijing he v is ited the Great Well, and the next day he left for Nanjing by train, where he v is ited the Nanjing Changjiang River Bridge. After that he travelled to Hangzhou by air and went sight-seeing on the West Lake. Then he got to Guangzhou by train and gave a report on American Engl is h. Later he went to Shanghai by sea, and bought over ten books in Chinese. After two weeks, Mr David returned to Beijing by plane.
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A new Engl is h teaching programme will be broadcast by CCTV.It is called Life in America. It will help middle school students to know more about America and improve their Engl is h at the same time. Th is programme will begin on May 1 th is year. You can watch it from 5:00 to 5:30 PM each day and enjoy it again from 9:30 AM the next day on Channel Two.
Welcome to the programme and enjoy yourselves.
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One day Mrs. Black wrote a letter to her friend, who was a doctor,inviting him to have dinner with her family. A few days later, the doctor wrote back, but she was not able to read h is writing, because the letter was written carelessly. Anyway, her husband got an idea. He told her that a chem is t maybe could read the doctor's writing. So Mrs. Black went to the chem is t's shop. The chem is t in the shop read the letter and then gave her a large bottle of medicine. Finally Mrs. Black still had no idea whether her friend would come to have dinner or not.
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Dear Wang Fang,
Thank you so much for your kind invitation to spend the summer holidays with you. It was very good of you to invite me, but I'm sorry to say that I shall not be able to go. I will tell you why. First of all, my mother is seriously ill. And my father is always busy with h is work. I shall have to look after my mother and do some housework.
Thank you again for your invitation.
Yours sincerely
Xiao Hong
