“生日”“购物”“计划”

谈到生日也许许多同学都十分珍视这一天,而且如果你的亲朋好友要过生日为他（她）买上一件精美的礼品也是很常见的事。     

开“夜车”

到了学期末,各门考试接踵而至,潇洒了一个学期的学子们也都纷纷开始临阵磨刀了。一晚上啃一本书,两晚上学完一门课,这都不算稀奇。这个时间的大学校园里,all-nighter可以说是无处不在啊。     

“I” as in “Big”

Look at the funny pictures and read the sentences. You will find it easy to remember the words and their sounds!     

说“长”道“短”

现代英语词汇中出现了许多简写词,即经过缩减原词中的字母,将长的单词变得简短明了,便于书写和交流,这种现象在现行的英语课本中比较多见,现编录几例供大家参考和欣赏：     

“I” as in “Bike”

Look at the funny pictures and read the sentences. You will find it easy to remember the words and their sounds!     

Seattle（U.S.A）

Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable substitute for sunshine？If so,Seattle is your kind of town.More than any other city in the regions,Seattle epitomizes what people know of the Pacific Northwest.     

说说直接、间接引语

引述别人的话有两种方式：一是使用引号引出人家的原话,这叫作直接引语;一是用自己的话把人家的话转述出来,这叫作间接引语。如：     

阅读理解《考查文章的主旨大意》

近年来,阅读理解中“考查文章的主旨大意”是重点题型之一。本文就如何做好阅读理解中“考查文章的主旨大意”题进行讲练。     

Aiming for a Deal on Climate Change

本周．联合国气候变化大会在丹麦的哥本哈根召开。来自接近200个国家约有15000名代表和观察员齐聚哥本哈根。有人称之为达成应对气候变化协议的最后的最可能的机会。     

阅读理解高分训练

James Stallman Rockefeller, the oldest-known U.S. Olympic medal winner and the former head of the bank that became Citigroup, died Tuesday. He was 102. Records of the U.S. Olympic Committee show that Rockefeller was the oldest American medal winner. He was the captain of Yale University＇s eight-man rowing team with coxswain that won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics--beating the Canadian team by less than 16 seconds.     

美剧中常用的象声词

在美剧或者电影中．常常会听到其中的角色的对白中会出现一些象声词。可能不刻意去想的话也能通过上下文了解它们所要传达的意思或语气。但在平时的对话中,你会想到用它们吗？     

星动向

Chen Kun will Hold an Individual Concert
In recent years,we have paid so much attention to Chen Kun＇s acting in films and TV series that we often forget the fact that he is also a singer. As a matter of fact,he had his debut in the entertainment cirle as a singer,not as an actor.     

书面表达出错丢分的十种类型

许多同学在进行英语写作时,很容易受汉语的影响而写错句子,即写出所谓的Chinlish。这是最常见的错误之一。如：     

幸福是什么？

“幸福是一个永恒的话题,它真实地填充着我们的生活。”2010年辽宁省高考作文是：以“幸福是________”为题（空线处填上你选的词语或短语）。有趣的是,就在几十万中国学生在考场上冥思苦想、奋笔疾书之时,大洋彼岸的莘莘学子也在思考幸福的真谛。哈佛大学近年最受欢迎的选修课是“幸福课”,听课人数超过了王牌课“经济学导论”。教这门课的是一位年轻讲师,哈佛大学哲学与心理学博士泰勒·本·沙哈尔。下面我们看一看沙哈尔博士在他的《幸福的方法》（Happier）一书中给青年学生的幸福小贴士：     

If I were a boy again

If I were a boy again,I would practice perseverance more often ,and never give up a thing because it was or inconvenient. If we want light, we must conquer darkness. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. ＂There are only two creatures,＂ says a proverb, ＂who pyramids--the eagle and can surmount the the snail.＂     

Treat your family right

I bumped into a stranger as he passed by.＂Oh, excuse me Please,＂ 1 said. He said, ＂Please excuse me too. I wasn＇t even watching for you.＂ We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said good-bye. But when we are at home a different story is told.     

四季

母亲们在盛夏酷暑中诞生的孩子 是秋的宁馨儿,十全十美的果实。 母亲们在四月雨季中诞生的小宝宝 像四月般新鲜,也像四月般爱炫耀。     

完形填空高分训练

Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die. But people now live longer than they 1 . Yet, all living things still show the 2 of aging, which will eventually 3 death.     

观点天下

假如生活欺骗了你．不要悲伤．不要心急。忧郁的日子需要镇静。相信吧．那愉快的日子即将来临。心中永远憧憬着未来,尽管现在常是忧郁。一切都是瞬息．一切都会过去,而过去了的,将会变成亲切的怀念。