One day, I was told that I had a baby sister. I had a selfish thought—the kind all kids have when a new baby is born: Mum and Dad are going to be with the baby all the time and buy her all kinds of toys. The next day my dad told me that my sister had hearing loss.
I didn’t think much about communicating with my sister that first year because she was a baby and babies don’t do much talking. My family and I went to a good hearing-center for several times. But the treatment didn’t work. So my family began learning sign language. But I didn’t like it, so I did my own things. My parents spent hours with my sister teaching her and themselves by playing sign language games.
Years passed. One day my mother asked me to sign something, and I failed. My mum was almost in tears. She was very sad that I didn’t care enough about my sister. This hit me deeply, knowing how selfish I had been. I needed to talk to my sister, but I couldn’t even sign basic phrases like, “Where are you?”. My family and I started attending sign language classes at my sister’s school. We sat down as a family watching sign language movies and playing sign language games.
Today I can communicate very well with my sister. It brings a smile to my face when my sister signs something to me. I have realized it was no fun not knowing what my family was saying. So if you have a family member with special needs, put this person on your mind first.
1. Did the writer feel happy when he was told he had a new baby sister?2. Why didn’t the writer talk a lot with his baby sister the first year?
3. When did the writer’s family begin learning sign language?
4. Where did the writer and his family learn sign language?
5. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
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An aged man lived in a nice village with a large garden in a town in England. He was seen busy looking after his flowers all the time.
One day a young painter went by this garden. He was deeply attracted by the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he could be if he lived there. Then, suddenly, he found the old gardener(花匠) was blind.
The painter was very surprised to ask, “Why are you busy taking care of these flowers which you can’t see?”
The blind gardener smiled, answering, “Well, first, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second, although I can’t see these flowers, yet I can touch them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me.” Asked the painter.
“Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know flowers are earthly angels(天使) which everyone knows and would never turn them down. I know many people who show enthusiasm(热情) in life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good mood. At the same time, it also offers a chance to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
I believe every flower has eyes with which they can see the kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul(灵魂). He grows flowers in his heart. I suppose although failing to see the beauty of blossoming(花开), he surely can hear the voice of it .
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4. The old man thought his beautiful garden can
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When the Spring Festival falls, red flowers bloom (盛开) on the windows of my home. Of course, these are not real flowers. But in the cold winter, these wonderful flowers bring warmth to us. They are made of paper by my grandma, who is now aged 70. With a few cuts, she changed a piece of paper into a beautiful work of art.
When my grandma was young, she was considered clumsy(笨拙的) in the village. But on a cold winter night, she saw some beautiful red paper cutting(剪纸) on her new neighbor’s windows. She was so interested in it and decided to learned from her neighbor. Tons of paper was wasted, and her fingers were cut many times. But she kept on practicing. It took 10 years before my grandma could make paper art skillfully (娴熟地). The red flowers, blooming like burning fire, light up her world. Now, everyone in the village respected her.
My grandma’s story has shown me what it takes to achieve one’s dream.
1. In the cold winter, these wonderful red flowers2. The writer’s grandma is
3. When the grandma was young, she was considered
4. She was so interested in the paper cutting that she
5. The grandma’s story has told us
【推荐3】Once upon a time, there was a twelve-year-old boy named George. As a farmer’s son, every day he had to carry a bag of potatoes to a storehouse which was two kilometers away. The bag was too heavy for him. One day, the boy couldn’t stand carrying the heavy bag and told his father, “It’s too heavy for me to carry.”
His father replied, “My son, if you can’t carry its weight, just place your bag inside this room. Then, open the other door and pick out any bag you wish.” The boy was happy and said, “Thank you, dad,” and did as he was told.
After entering the other door, he saw many bags, and some were very big. Then he found the smallest bag near the door.“I’d like that one,” he said. And his father replied, “My son, it is the one you just brought in.”
When life’s problems seem not to be solved, we can look around and see what other people are dealing with. You may consider yourself far luckier than you imagined. Facing your problems bravely rather than running away from them is the key to success.
1. Why couldn’t the boy stand carrying the heavy bag of potatoes?2. Where did the boy find the smallest bag?
3. What can we learn from the text?
Yesterday my grandfather told me about his early days. When he left school, he found a job in a post office. He worked hard in the post office. However, when he was 25 years old, he began to dislike his job. He wanted a more exciting one, so he left the post office.
Two months later, he found a new job in a big factory. At first he really enjoyed the job, but after a year, he began to dislike it again. He had to move around and he was always in a car or on a train. The worst thing was that he couldn’t make any new friends! What’s worse, his boss was not pleased with him. Two years later, he had to leave there.
He was poor at that time, so he sold his house. Also, he had to get a part-time job in a book shop. He was surprised to find he loved it! He made new friends every day and he enjoyed reading books.
Three years later, he married（娶）the shop owner’s daughter. Soon they had their first child. In the next ten years, they had another three children and four more book shops! He became very rich. “Life is wonderful,” he told me. “ 4 ”
1. Did the writer’s grandfather find a job in a post office at first?2. How many children did the writer’s grandfather have?
3. What did the writer’s grandfather do when he was poor?
4. Please complete（补全）the words of the writer’s grandfather.
You may have been in the situation that you knew someone had trouble but didn’t know what to say or do. There is one solution that is always correct. Listen, listen, and listen.
Listening is the greatest gift you can give someone —especially who is having a difficult time. Listening is more important than any words of comfort. Don’t provide with advice or stories of your own. You can choose to listen. It could be 5 or 10 minutes, an hour, or even all the night.
I have done this for many people in trouble. What I notice is that when they talk with no interruption（打断）, they often think more and more clearly.
My mother had been ill in hospital for eight years when a volunteer encouraged her to talk. At first, she didn’t like it, and the volunteer continued encouraging and supporting her. She talked and talked, not at once, but in many different ways. Later, the doctor noticed she was not sad any longer, she smiled and smiled. When she left hospital at the age of 45, she enjoyed herself in our family.
Finally, she got a job as a volunteer in the community center. She even set up a support group so that others could talk and listen. She was much loved and well respected. She lived until she was 82 years old. And she got all this life because someone took the time to listen.
True listening is not only a gift to people around you but also the medicine to help them get out of trouble. It seems like a simple way to change the mood of others and let them express themselves.
| Introduction | ●It is a correct way when you don’t know how to help the people in ●It’s more important than giving some ●You can listen for five minutes, an hour, or even a ●The speaker will be much | |
| The | At first | ●She was not ●A volunteer encouraged her and gave her some support. |
| Later | ●She talked in many different ways and became ●She left hospital and had a great rime at home. | |
| Finally | ●She worked as a volunteer in the community center. ●She set up a support group to help people listen and talk. ●She got much | |
| Conclusion | True listening is both a | |
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【推荐1】Many people think boys’ rooms are usually (通常) dirty (脏的), and girls’ rooms are usually clean (干净的) and tidy (整洁的). But for Tony and Diana, the brother and sister in the Brown family, it is not true (真实的).
Tony is the first son in his family. He cleans (打扫) his room every day. He always puts his things in the right places. His computer and pencil box are on the desk. His pencils, pens, rulers and erasers are in his pencil box. A bookcase is next to the desk. Tony’s books and model planes are all in it. Where is Tony’s schoolbag? It’s under the desk.
What about Diana’s room? Well, her computer games and clock are on the bed. Oh, her schoolbag is on the bed, too. What is on her desk? Her baseballs, hats and her school things are all on it. Diana never (从不) cleans her room, and she can’t find her things all the time.
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3. Where are Tony’s model planes?
4. What can you see on Diana’s desk?
5. Who has a tidy room?
Can you imagine that someone could cure all the diseases in the world? It seems like an impossible job, but Priscilla Chan wants to make it come true.
Chan, 31, is from the United States. Many people may know her as a wife of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. But Chan herself has done a lot to help people. Chan and Zuckerberg said in September that they would give out $3 billion, that’s about ￥20 billion in the next 10 years to help deal with all of the world’s diseases. As a doctor for children, Chan was a big driver in this plan. She cares about not only children’s health but also their education. Before becoming a doctor. Chan taught science to the 4th and 5th graders at a school in California for a year. That year she started a project called The Primary School. It provides education for children from kindergarten (幼儿园) to the l2th grade.
“I realized that I was so lucky to be what I was,” said Chan. “It drives me to make sure others, no matter what background they have, can have chances to reach their dreams.”
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3. What does Priscilla Chan care about? (回答不超过 12 个单词)
About 10 years ago when I was a student in college, I was working in a shop near my school. One day, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair（轮椅）.
As I looked at this girl, I saw that she was seated in her chair. I realized she was disabled without arms or legs, just a head, neck and body. She was wearing a little white dress with red dots(圆点).
As the couple wheeled her up to me, I was looking down at the cash register(收银处). I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink(眨眼). As I took the money from her grandparents, the girl gave me the biggest smile I have ever seen. All of a sudden her disability disappeared. All I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile gave me a new sense of life. She took me from being a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world of smiles, love and warmth.
That was 10 years ago. I'm a successful businessman now. Whenever I am down and thinking about the troubles of the world, I think about that lite girl's smile and the life lesson she taught me.
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1. About 10 years ago, the writer was a2. Why was the girl seated in a wheelchair?
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