Enjoy life now, and save for later

Often we ＇re told that we have to suffer now - give up what we want - in order to succeed later, that introder to save we must sacrifice. Give up instant gratification to get delayed gratification.     

VOCABULARY

Things we need to know, things we thought we knew, things we tend to forget and things to think about.     

ENGLISH TEACHING essentials LITERATURE

Things we need to know, things we thought we knew, things we tend to forget and things to think about.     

爱是什么?

What is love? The eternal question we all carry around deep within our hearts. Love is the eternal search. Love is eternal when we find it. But do we really ever find it? When we define it do we negate it? When we set limits on what we believe to be love do we begin to destroy it by hoping to understand or own it for ourselves? We offer it through all of our relationships we vary our giving, often by what we hope to receive in return. But is this really love?     

英语Unit7-Unit9

Ⅰ.根据图片,写出单词1Ⅱ. 图文匹配1郾ping-pong playerA2.violinistB3.the famous Chinese PianistC4.go for a driverD5.go to the aquariumEⅢ. 用方框内的词填空We had a great time on the school trip . 1 we went to the Palace Museum to look at the Chinese history . 2 ,we went to Beijng Zoo. And we saw many different kinds of animals. 3 we went to the aquarium. There we enjoyed a dolphin show. It was pretty interesting . 4 , we had a great dinner in the restaurant. Oh…     

A Hard Travel

It was already late when we set out for the next town. It was about 15 miles away on the other side of the hills. There we felt sure that we would find a bed for the night. Darkness fell soon after we left the village, but luckily we met no one as we drove along the narrow road to the hills. As we climbed higher, it became colder and rain began to fall. It was difficult at times to see the road. So I asked my friend John to drive slowly.chool arden f ng sh N ow we travelled for about20m iles…     

教你正确用(二十六)——看医生(英文)

The process of aging is a perfect example for Professor Qian Zhongshu's metaphor of a besieged fortress-people outside want to go in while those inside want to get out. Indeed, when we are young, we cannot wait to grow up; but when we get older, we desperately want to be young again.     

Insistence——the Keyto Success

When we were young, we might have all kinds of dreams: to become a star, a lawyer, a scientist and so on. These dreams are really nice. When we have a dream, we have the power to help us goahead. On our way to make our dreams come true, we will meet with …     

A Trip to Qingdao

Last summer,I went to Qingdao with my parents.We took a high-speed rail and after an hour we got to Qingdao.It was a beautiful city.The sky was blue and the air was clean.On the second day after we got to Qingdao,we went to one of the most famous beach1.I was so careless that I lost our camera on the bus.We were very worried,so we got back2the bus station to look for it.To our surprise,we found a young man stand3beside the bus,with our camera in his hand.We were so thankful.     

梦想

When we were young, we had dreams and expectations. We imagine things, we keep thinking about what we want to be, what we want to do, what makes us proud and happy and what we will become. We grew up, and things seemed like having its own way. We accept our success or failures and we move on. The rapid change, the need to do the urgent things, the works, the pressures and the failures, all kill part of our visions. Things have changed, but they cannot really take away the dreams. We still have to dream on, to visualize our desires, our wants, our vision of our future, even when we are considered too old for such things.     

The Use of Water

Teacher： Water is important to us. Now, Tommy, can you give us an example？Tommy： If we have no water, we won＇t be able to learn swimming. So if we fall into the lake we＇ll get drowned.     

The Happiest Day

On Mar.22nd,we went to Shuiyun Valley to plant trees with the volunteers of the Lion Club. The ride was about one hour.Unluckily,it began to rain when we got there.The rain got heavier and heavier,so we sheltered ourselves in a tent.Two hours later,the rain stopped,and we were led to a hill. At the foot of the hill were some spades and saplings.We carried them up the hill.They were so heavy that we couldn't walk very fast.Finally,we arrived at the top where a farmer taught us how to plant trees.First,we need to dig a deep hole.Next,put a tree in the hole and make it stand straight,then cover it with soil.I couldn't wait to try,so I picked up a spade and started working.     

Visiting Foreign Country

It is interesting to visit foreign country, but there are ___1___problems when we don't know thelanguage very well. It may be _____2_______to talk with the people there. We may not know how to__3__thetelephone in the country we are visiting. We may not know how to buy the thing we ____4___ .In a strange country we might want to know where to eat or what to order in a __5__. It is not     

你接受挑战吗?

Should we easily wail about the embarrassment and the unfairness of life?Or should we accept obstacles as challenges?With a choice of stance we can allow ourselves to be oppressed victims.When anything happens to us,we can take it as a sign that we should not expect anything good out of our lives.These are times when we need to determine whether it is wisdom or fear that motivates us in our choices.……     

Some main effective reading strategies

Reading becomes more and more important in English learning in recent days.If we want to read efficiently,there are a lot of strategies for us to use when read.We can make predictions before reading a passage.When we read,we can read in a sense group.If we do not know the word when we read,we can guess the meaning of the word through the roots,the prefixes,the suffixes.In a word,having lots of practice with suitable reading strategies can enable us to improve our English reading skills.     

Insistence—— the Key to Success

When we were young, we might have all kinds of dreams： to become a star, a lawyer, a scientist and so on. These dreams are really nice. When we have a dream, we have the power to help us go ahead.     

A Boy and His Tree

This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parents （父母）. When we were young, we loved to play with Morn and Dad ... When we grow up （长大）, we leave （离开） them, and only （仅仅） come to them when we need some- thing or when we are in trouble （在困境中）. No matter what, parents will always （总是） be there and give everything they could to make you happy. You may think that the boy is cruel （残忍的） to the tree but that＇s how all of us are treating （对待） our parents.     

Hiking

“不达目的不罢体”,这是张莹同学从她的徒步旅行中学到的重要一课。Yesterday, we decided to go hiking. We had to arrive at the place on foot, so we got up very early in the morning. At first, we were very happy and excited. We sang songs as we walked. Some boys walked quickly. They wanted to be the first one to arrive at the destination. But after one hour, we felt tired. We walked slower and slower. We were too     

Intercultural Pragmatic Failure

Chinese English learners make great effort to master the English words, expressions and sentences. However, though we can make grammatically perfect sentences, we still meet communication difficulties with English native speakers. We call this kind of problems pragmatic failures, which is a problem that we can never over emphasize. In this essay we make a simple look at this matter and try to find ways to avoid it.     

没人想长命百岁

It's only natural to look forward to something better. We do it all our lives. Things may never really improve, but at least we always hope they will. It is one of life's great ironies that the longer we live, the less there is to look forward to. Retirement may bring with it the fulfillment of a lifetime's dreams. At last there will be time to do all the things we never had time for.