On His Way to School

One afternoon, when Jim was on his way to school, he saw a littlegirl standing near a tree,crying.The girl looked sad.“W hats wrong withher?”Jim said to him self.H e went to her.The little girl told him that shewent the wrong w ay and she did not know how to go back hom e. Jimthought thather parents m ust be w orried now. So he decided to help thegirlgo hom e.H e took the girl to the nearest police station. Just then, the littlegirls parents cam e to the police station,too.W hen they saw …     

STORIES

A Tom likes playing football.He never does his homework after school.His parents don't know that he isn't good at his lessons.Yesterday afternoon Miss King gave the school reports to the class.She said,"Ask your parents to sign (签名) on them and bring them to me tomorrow."     

STORIES

Tom likes playing football.He never does his homework after school.Hisparents don’t know that he isn’t good at his lessons.Yesterday afternoon MissKing gave the school reports to the class.She said,“Ask your parents to sign(签名)on them and bring them to me tomorrow.”Tom never wants his parents to sign on his report.He was late for classthis morning.Miss King asked,“Why are you late again today,Tom?”“Bad news and good news,madam.”     

The First Trip by Himself

Li Lei was sitting in a bus. It was a bit hot in the crowd bus. He took off his thick coat and put his hand into his pocket to see if his ticket was there. He felt a little nervous,but excited. He looked around. Everything in and out of the bus was pleasant. This was the first time in his life to travel to another city by himself.LiLeiwas a clever boy and was good atlessons.H is teachers andhis parents said thatLiLeiwas a good boy.Buthe had one shortcom ing.H e depended on his parents too …     

My Father

My father works in a school near here.H e works hard andall his students say he is a good teacher.H e is very busy all day.At six o’clock,he gets up.Then hebrushes his teeth,washes his face and has his breakfast quickly.H e leaves hom e at seven every day.But he does not go to schoolby bike or by bus.H e walks.H e says,“I’m busy in the day andI don’t have m uch tim e for sports.So I m ust have som e sportson m y way to school.”H e likes walking.H e says,“W alking is agood sport.”H …     

Last Words

M r Y oung w orked in a factory.H e was an able worker.H e could getm ore m oney than his workm ates.H is wife w as able,too.She did all thehousework and took good care of their children.They w ere never worriedabout food or clothes.But they were both m iserly(吝啬的)and tried tosave everything.Their fam ily wore old and brokenclothes.M r Y oung always went to work on foot andhis children w alked to school.O ne afternoon,while M rs Y oung was cookingsupper,she heard the bell.A m an said on…     

看图排序(英文)

在Ⅰ栏中找出能紧接 Ⅱ栏中的句子的选项根据下面几幅图片,把图片下面的句子按照顺序排列成文,并把序号填在括号内。( )a.Quickly,he ran into his room to fetch his butterfly net.( )b.One day,Xiaom ing was playing in his garden.( )c.H is m otherwashed his knee and putsom e m edicine on it.( )d.Soon,Xiaom ing was chasing the butterfly overthe garden.( )e.H e saw a beautifulbutterfly resting on a flower.( )f.But,when Xiaom ing was aboutto catch it,he tripped over astone and injured his knee.K ey:(A )1.B…     

Values of Estonian students, teachers and parents

R. Inglehart （1990, 2005） considers values to be one＇s reactions to changes in the environment. According to his approach values develop in the socialisation process. Values can be divided into traditional, modernist and postmodernist. According to Rokeach （1973）, values are an element of culture, an image of the desirable that might not be directly expressed in human behaviour. Kalmus and Vihalemm （2004） found, based on Rokeach＇s and Schwartz＇s （1992） questionnaires, that Estonians consider most important values to be health, strong family ties, peace in the world, clean environment, happiness and state security. Also, the results of the study “infants＇ and toddlers＇ intelligence and the impact of the growth environment” financed by Estonian Science Foundation, allow to conclude that parents consider most important that children are healthy, happy and smart （Veisson, 2001）. In the framework of the state financed project of Tallinn University “school as developmental environment and students＇ coping” （2003-2007） questionnaires were administered to 3838 students, 2048 parents, 620 teachers and 120 school directors. According to the mean value a hierarchy of 14 values was formed. It appeared that students and parents think that the most important is academic success, whereas teachers place academic success on the 3rd-4th place and school directors even on the 8th place. Teachers and school directors consider the most important is their school students＇ security and the second is honesty. Also students and parents think that honesty is the 3rd most important value at school. Students consider politeness and parents discipline worth giving the second place among school values. Students＇ health is relatively highly valued by teachers and school directors （in case of both groups the 3rd place）. Unfortunately, children themselves and their parents think that in their school health is not very highly valued （10th place）. Joy of school came on the last place in the values hierarchy.     

The Stories About Edison

Thomas Edison was born in 1847.W hen he was young,life was noteasy for him . H e had to be a new sboy on a train. A fter the work wasdone,he read a lot of books and m ade experim ents(实验).H e becam every interested in science.In 1871,one day,Edison蒺s father told him that his m other had diedin illness.Edison cried bitterly(悲哀地).H e decided to be m ore diligentin his research(研究)work while his m other was buried(安葬).Som e m onths later,Edison and M ary got m arried(结婚).A fter m …     

American High School Life

H igh School In A m erica,after m iddle school com es high school,which includes grades 9through 12. Students are required to take certain subjects like English,social studies,m ath,science,and physical education.In addi- tion, they choose am ong elective subjects to com plete their high school education.Electives include subjects in technology,m usic,art,and for- eign languages. Each student in the school has their own locker for books and per- sonalitem s.This convenience saves students fr…     

初二英语单元检测题(Units 8～10)

U nit8一、单项选择1.There a ruler and two pencils on the desk.A.are B.is C.have D.has2.—H e cam e early this m orning,didn the?—Y es,he did.H e often to school early.A.was com e B.com es C.cam e D.is com e3.—E xcuse m e,look atthe sign:N O SM O K IN G!—Sorry,I it.A.don t see B.didn tseeC.wasn tsee D.am notsee4.W hen you go out,please rem em ber the door.A.closing B.close C.w illclose D.to close5.—W e are going to have a party tom orrow evening.—A.H appy birthday to you!B.Th…     

Love Means Giving

M y brother,M ingm ing,is in the third grade.Every m onth he saves 20yuan of his pocket m oney to buy holiday presents for those he loves in the Project H ope School. O ne day,M ingm ing and I w ent to a nearby superm arket.H e picked up a hand basket and went off on his ow n while I was waiting patiently reading in a bench. H alf an hour later when he cam e up to the check- out counter,there was a sm ile on his face. M ingm ing reached into his pocket for m oney,but there was only ten yua…     

信箱钥匙

O nce an E nglishm an went to the seashore for his sum m erholidays.H e asked his housekeeper (女管家)to post 1 letters thathe w ould receive 2 his absence.She prom ised him 3 that. The Englishm an rested 4 .A m onth passed but he received 5letters.H e thoughtitstrange and he rang 6 his housekeeper. “W hy didn’ you post m e m y letters?” t “Because you didn’ 7 m e the key of the letter-box,”was the treply. The E nglishm an 8 and prom ised to send her the key.In 9 days…     

My English Teacher

M r Zhang is our English teacher.H e is am iddle-aged m an w ith thick glasses.H e is talland handsom e.There is always a sm ile on hisface.M r Zhang is good at teaching and he al-ways tries his best to m ake his lessons livelyand interesting.W e can easily understand andrem em ber his lessons. H e uses different w aysto im prove our abilities in listening, speaking,reading and w riting. H e often tells us som efunny stories. Som etim es he even draws funnypictures on the blackboard and sin…     

The voices of thirteen Chinese and Taiwanese parents sharing views about their children attending Chinese heritage schools

Many Chinese and Taiwanese parents providing their children the opportunity to learn Chinese in the Untie States see benefits of Chinese schools in culture and language. The results of this qualitative study involving interviews with thirteen Chinese and Taiwanese parents indicated that there were three main reasons why parents want to send their children to Chinese schools. They are （1） maintenance of heritage language and culture, （2） perspectives of bilingualism, and （3） value of Chinese heritage school.     

I Am Here

Custom at Duquesne University dictatedthat if a professor was ten m inutes late, classwas canceled. One professor arrived early fora 9 a.m . lecture. H e placed his hat on hisdesk, and went to the faculty room . Beforehe knew it, it was 9:10. By the tim e he gotback to his classroom , it was em pty.The next day, he let his students haveit. “W hen m y hat is here,”he fum ed,“I’mhere!”The following day, the professor arrivedat 9 a.m . H e was m et by the sight of 28hats on 28 desks—and …     

海外来鸿(英文)

H i,dad!H ow are you in Beijing?M om and I went to the Chinese schoolthis m orning.It w as a big school.M omand I went to its fourth floor for registra-tion.U nfortunately,M om didn’t bring anycash,so w e got m oney from the bank.Thecost of registration was75dollars.O n our way back,we m et a wom anwho brought a ten-year-old boy.She askedus if there was any K arate(空手道)trainingclasses,and we said w e were sorry becausewe were also the new com ers there....M om wanted to buy a new sw i…     

CERTAIN NATIVE LANGUAGE INTERFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Here we refer the native language to Chinese and the second language to English especially college English. According to linguistic study, there are certain native language interferences in secondlanguage acquisition when one is learning the second language,i. e. when a Chinese is learningEnglish, due to the influence of mother tongue which is habitually applied in learning the second language, his pronounciation, his grammar and his vocabulary are quite likely influencedor interfered by his native language or his dialect. Unfortunately, we did find certain first language interferences in our English teaching and learning processes on various items or subjects.     

新目标英语(九年级)Units 13—15病句诊断

1.那部影片使这个女孩哭了。【误】The movie made the girl to cry.【正】The m ovie m ade the girl cry.【析】动词m ake后面要跟省去to的动词不定式作宾语补足语。2.他昨天向他父亲要了10元钱。【误】H e asked his father ten yuanyesterday.【正】H e asked his father for ten yuanyesterday.【析】表示“向某人要某物”时,要用asksb.for sth.。3.他正在考虑去看望他的父母。【误】H e is considering to see his parents.【正】H e is considering seeing his parents.【析】动词consider后面不可接不定式作宾语,可接动词的-ing…