Should We Learn to Do Housework?

We areteen-aged students.Most of us are theonly children in thefamily,so our parents love usas the apple of the eye.They doeverything for us and don’t want usto do any housework.As a result,we tend to live an easy life witheverything provided for us.Is it agood thing or a bad thing for usstudents to live this way?Here'san example.     

墙上的咖啡

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a 1)neighboring town of Venice,Italy,the city of lights and water. As we enjoyed our coffee,a man entered and sat at an empty table beside us.He called the waiter over and placed his order,saying,"Two cups of coffee,one of them there on the wall." We heard this order with interest and 2)observed that he was served one cup of coffee but he paid for two.When he left,the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee." While we were still there,two other men entered and ordered three cups of coffee,two on the table and one on the wall.They had two cups of coffee but paid for three and left.This time also,the waiter did the same:He put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee."     

读一读,答一答(英文)

(A) When we were small, my mother used to dress us in the same clothes. That was bad enough. But when we went on our first camping trip she went on better. We were only ten or so. And while all the other boys settled down for the night in their sleeping bags, we were very shamed when we had to snuggle inside a special double sleeping bag my mother had made for us out of two blankets.     

Computer Games

I like playing computer games more than any other games. I know four interesting games on the Internet. One is in 4399.com. one is in xuanxuan.com. the other two are in hao123. com. I like the games in xuanxuan.com best because they are very interesting. Many people think that playing computer games is bad for us. But I don't think so. There are many different kinds of games. Each game attracts (吸引) us with its special way. Some can train us on speed. And some such as action games, adventure games, detective games and so on can make us cleverer. Most of the games are good for us. But we'd better play computer games under parental guidance.     

Garlic

The art of cooking requires the use of garlic. Of course, the eating of lots of raw garlic is not generally approved of. Working beside someone who has eaten garlic is as bad as sitting beside someone who smokes. But while smoking is surely bad for you, there is no doubt that eating garlic is good for the health. We are likely to see more "No smoking" signs, but we won't see any "No breathing" signs for garlic eaters! Growing and exporting garlic has become big business now that so many peop…     

亲朋好友,让生日更精彩(英文)

My birthday. 2002: I go for a walk in the morning, grateful for the chilly breeze, the sunlight on the hills and birds turning in the air. Giddy children greet me when I get home, showering me with flowers, cards and a gift from my sister. Then Rob takes us out for coffee and donuts and a stroll around town, where we throw pennies in the fountain, and read a book about owls in the moonlight. Rob asks, what do you think of your life?And I'm not ready to answer.     

无现金社会

There is nothing worse than fumbling around[摸索,乱摸] in your pocket trying to find some small change to pay for a newspaper or a coffee.So it's good to know that new technology is making cash--banknotes[纸币] and coins-a thing of the past,turning us into a cashless society.     

Why Classroom Research

Nothing is worse than teaching that has stagnated.It is bad for the teacher,bad for the learners and bad for the insti- tution.Practitioners get out of ruts by reflecting on their teaching and asking serious questions about its impact upon     

在巴黎受气的美国人

说文解字1、嘿、服务员,来个汉堡包!2、我们没有汉堡包,美国猪!3、那么来杯咖啡吧,青蛙佬!4、加点糖吧!5、我们没有糖!We are in a streetside resaurant in Paris,the"Bistro Chirac",where the tall,haughty waiterwith his nose stuck up in the air looks a bit like the president of France himself.An American tourist(Pat Oliphant's standard marionette-like caricature of"lightweight"George W.Bush)impolitely demands a hamburger;both his tone and what he asks for are an insult to the waiter;and of course,being a typical American,he automatically uses a very colloquial American English.Not speaking French is bad enoughin Paris,but just to assume,without apology,that everyone there speaks English is...unpardonable!The waiter replies in heavily accented French-English:"We do not serve the hamburger."At the same time,without for an instant losing his cool,he adds the words"American swine"in French and makes a very rude gesture.Clearly this is not a waiter looking for a tip.Bush,now upset,demands coffee instead.Again he uses the very colloquial"gimme"for"give     

The Biscuit Barrel:A New Product

<正> Nellie joins the team to work for the launch of a healthy biscuit range.WithKevin setting a good sales pitch,Nellie is going to work out the advertising plan. Malcolm: So, good morning, everyone. Can we settle down, getgoing?(After all quietend down.)Malcolm: Right, well, first of all I would like to introduce a newmember of our team who joined us yesterday. Nellie Hamilton.Nellie came highly recommended from our London office withthe specific brief to help us with the launch of the "CountryCrumbles" range. Nellie, this is Lee Chung, our Finance whizz-kid.Lee: Hello, Nellie. I'm Iooking forward to working with you.Malcolm: And this is Maria Esposito, our PR and Press Officer.Maria: Hi, Nellie. It's good to meet you. I've heard a lot about you!Nellie: Oh, nothing bad I hope.Maria: No, quite the reverse. I hear you did wonders with theimage of that old "Energy-Lite" range they still market down in