All thefamily—my grandparents, my parents, my aunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister andI— ___22___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___23___. It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot ofwork to cook…and there are a lot of chances for things to go wrong.
Zu Ti was a great man of Jin Dynasty. He was ____16____ for his hard work andgreat achievements. But when he was a child, he was a naughty (頑皮的)boy who showed little ____17____ inreading. As he grew up, Zu Ti ____18____ hedidn’t have enough knowledge.
My mum and dad bought a nice, big turkey a fewdays before Thanksgiving. ___29___was proud of herself as she got it for a good price. ___30___ Thanksgiving, Mum got the turkey out of thefridge.
I’m glad to receive your letter and know yourunforgettable(難忘的)experience.Now I’d like to share mine. Last Friday, I was cleaning my room and found anold photo in a drawer. While I was looking at it, the ___16___ memory of that day came back to me.
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___ in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in HongKong. He moved to Canada for work when he was 26 years old. Everything was goodtill COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(經(jīng)濟)inCanada began ___12___down.
Liu Min is an English teacher. These days, herfamily are experiencing a different life of working and studying. They get upand do morning exercises at 6:30 in the living room. After breakfast, theystart their work and study. Her husband turns on his computer in the study (書房), reading his e-mails andmaking a list of today’s work.
I lost mysmartphone at West Park on Loomis Road on Monday morning, Oct. 27. The photosin it haven’t been uploaded(上傳)to the Cloud. They are very important to me.Please call me at 730-8607.
Apassenger told an air hostess(空姐)that he needed a cup of water to take hismedicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring himthe ___11___ in ten minutes.
Parents and children often face the challengesof money. Common topics include setting pocket money, learning to save, anddeciding to buy expensive things. The goal of most parents is to teach theirkids how to deal with money wisely. The goal of most kids is getting money tospend. How can families achieve these goals?
Jared ___15___ to stay at home, but his mom sent him anyway.He had to sit next to Jessica. At reading time, Mrs. Thomas asked Jared toread. Reading aloud always made Jared ___16___ . As he picked up the book, his hands shook.“He can’t read,” Jessica said. “I didn’t call on you, did I?”
Russia’s skating silver medalist AlexandraTrusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳)during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has everfinished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
ThreeRiver-Source National Park on the Qinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原),is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of theYangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it “China’s water tower”.
Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees (黑猩猩)are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours.The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching andhugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learnsimple sign language.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三輪車)and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
The December day started like any other. Papacame back with his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast for the family.Seven-year-old Joonas was doing his homework, while his two little brothers ranaround the yard. That day seemed peaceful, but Alejo ____16____ better.
Du, 23,is a student from Shanghai University. He won third place at the ninth IOIO (國際折紙奧林匹克) in February this year. A total of 803 competitors from 59countries and areas took part in this year’s event.
When youand your friends turn to each other to talk about problems or troubles, yougive each other advice and help. One important thing of our growth is to makedecisions to help our friends and learn to support each other. This requires usto learn what it means to help friends and how to help them in right ways.
故鄉(xiāng)的風(fēng)之所以氣勢恢宏,是其中的沙塵充當(dāng)了風(fēng)的武器。那時的風(fēng)與沙塵,像是從未分開過。風(fēng)力助推沙塵漫天席卷,掀翻了街口擺著糖果的攤板,刮跑了老爺爺頭上的帽子。偶爾看見騎自行車的人,在風(fēng)里歪扭一陣之后,不得不屈尊下駕,吃力地推車前行。有時在教室里正聚精會神地聽講,風(fēng)猛然用力,讓玻璃飛出窗框,在書桌上和地上“嘩”地破碎。我和同伴們對風(fēng)的防御,最早使用的是風(fēng)鏡。顧名思義,風(fēng)鏡就是防風(fēng)的眼鏡。玻璃鏡片鑲在細(xì)細(xì)的鋼絲框上,四周有密織的布罩,兩端用皮筋連接,套在頭上拉至眼部,風(fēng)便吹不著眼睛了。每副風(fēng)鏡五分錢,后來有了塑料的鏡片,價格要高出很多。戴風(fēng)鏡并不完全是為了防風(fēng),重點是防風(fēng)里的沙子。
農(nóng)諺有“小滿小滿,麥粒漸滿”的說法。此時,小麥度過一冬的休眠期后,經(jīng)過返青拔節(jié),抽穗開花,亟須熏風(fēng)暖熟,雖然仍是一片青綠,但有著一股蓄勢待發(fā)的勁頭。麥穗已經(jīng)抽齊,麥粒鼓著腮幫一般,泛出一層透明的綠色。等到這晶瑩的嫩綠變?yōu)辄S綠,麥子也即將成熱了。農(nóng)諺又云“小滿未滿,還有危險”。小麥成長的最后階段灌漿期十分關(guān)鍵,籽粒才剛剛盈實,若碰到災(zāi)難天氣或病蟲害,麥粒未經(jīng)過充分的乳熟期,小麥的品質(zhì)便會大打折扣。
那位教師立刻用這束樹枝朝她頸背上狠狠抽打了十幾下。彭斯的眼里沒有涌出一滴眼淚。我目睹著這一場面,不由得升起了一股徒勞無益的怒火,氣得雙手直發(fā)抖,只得停下手中的活兒,可是她那張若有所思的臉上,卻神色如常,沒有一點變化?!熬笃獾墓媚?!”斯凱契德小姐嚷道,“你那邋遢習(xí)慣怎么也改不了啦。把掃帚拿走!”彭斯遵命照辦了。當(dāng)她從藏書室里出來時,我仔細(xì)朝她打量著。她正把自己的手絹放回口袋,瘦削的臉頰上還有一絲淚痕在閃閃發(fā)光。