【推荐2】“Don’t fight with a French-learner!!!!!” “Over 40 degrees in summer, right?!!!! No heater in winter, right?!!!!”

Recently, you may have seen a lot of expressions (表达) like the above online. It is the latest popular style called “roaring genre”. It has short sentences, a complaining tone and a lot of exclamation marks (感叹号).

Internet users say the style is just a way of letting out emotions (情感), and in fact, it shows an active attitude towards life. But, at first, many of us think people who speak this way are quite angry.

Sometimes we may feel afraid of the tone and the exclamation marks.

Why? Because on the Internet, we can’t see the face of a person when he or she sends a message. We can only guess if that person is happy or angry. And we could be wrong.

There are rules of behavior to follow when you’re online. It is important to remember that you are dealing with “real” people. So you should use the best manners—just like you would at home or in school.

For example, when you chat in English with someone online, you shouldn’t type in all capital letters (大写字母), because this means you are shouting. It can easily upset people, even if you don’t do it on purpose. You can use asterisks, like this or lines, like this to emphasize (强调) word. Or, you can use emoticons to tell the person what you’re feeling.

Also, it is not polite to use short forms unless you are talking to your good friends. For example, use “see you later”, instead of “CU L8er”.

People communicate with words. When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. But do you know people also communicate without words?     1     . Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.     2    , the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions.

    3     . Have you ever received messages from signs around you? For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take.     4     . Signs on the doors tell you to go in or out.

    5     . An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, the blue seas and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the things in the world and what other people are thinking about. So communication can be done by different messages.

John is thirteen now. He began to study in a middle school two years ago. His home is in the village and it’s five kilometers from the school. He has to get up early in the morning. After a quick breakfast, he runs to school and gets there on time. His father wants to borrow (借) some money to buy a bike for him. But he knows his grandma is always ill and his father spends much money on medicine. He doesn’t agree with his father and keeps running there everyday. He is never late for class and his teachers often praise him.

Last week, there was a sports meeting in his school. John ran faster than any other boy in the boys’ 800 meters, 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters. The whole school knew him. He was happy, he told his grandma about the good news as soon as he got home. “I broke two school records (记录) today, Granny,”called out the boy.

To his surprise, the old woman wasn’t happy. She thought for a while and said, “I am sorry to hear that. We have no money to pay for them, you know!”

【推荐3】A long time ago, there lived an old man. He raised the finest horses in all the land. His family was happy and he was rich in friends, too.

One night, the man’s prized horse, a big black horse, was lost. The old man was sad. Friends came to say how sorry they were. The old man said only, “Why wouldn’t this be good luck?”

Months later, the villagers saw the black horse coming back, leading two white horses. The villagers were happy for the return of the old man’s horse and the addition (增加) of two more. The old farmer thanked them for their happiness and said quietly for all to hear, “Could this be a disaster (灾祸)?”

The old man’s only son loved horses, so it was natural for the old man to give his son the black horse. The old man began to teach his son to ride. Unluckily, the boy fell off the horse and broke his legs. No one knew if he could ever walk again. Everyone was sad, and came to tell the old man how sad they were. The old man just looked at them and said. “Why wouldn’t this be a blessing (福气)?”

In a few weeks, the enemies invaded (侵略) the land. The king sent his soldiers to enlist (征募) one young man from each family to fight against the enemies. When they reached the old man’s village, they took one son from each home. At the home of the old man, they found the disabled (残疾的) boy, and they did not take him. As a result, the son stayed away from the war and saved his life.

【推荐1】I had a fight with my father. We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed father. My eyes were filled with tears and I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. Suddenly, a young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my wonderful childhood from another space.

But now I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old. He always puts his opinions on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he can hardly put up with it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I wandered in the streets, without an aim (目标) in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw all the lights were off except father's.

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up (悄悄来到) in my sleep and then says something to me.

This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that shouting at everyone else and telling them what to do has become his second nature.

The light was still on. With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my faces. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist (存在)   at all. Love is second to none.

【推荐2】In England, it often snows in winter. When it snows, our garden looks very beautiful under the snow, and it is very nice to play in snow.

When I got up this morning, the land was all white with snow. There was too much snow. It was Sunday, so we didn’t go to school. After breakfast, some of my friends came over, and we made a big snowman. It had a big mouth and two ears. Its eyes were black and its nose was red. Someone put an old hat on its head. We were very happy. After lunch, we went to the park to make snowballs. In the park, we met quite a few boys from our school and we had a fight with the snowballs. I took a photo of our snowman. I like snow very much.

【推荐3】Eating less meat is becoming more common (普遍的) all over the world. In the US, for example, there is a campaign (运动) called Meatless Monday. The idea is to have meatless meals every Monday. Many primary and middle schools in the US had joined in this campaign. These schools provide students with a vegetarian breakfast and lunch every Monday.

Why did Meatless Monday become part (部分) of food culture in the West? The first reason is that it’s healthy. Many studies have shown that eating less meat is good for people’s health. “Vegetarian diets can lower the risk (风险) of   obesity (心脏病) and cancer (癌症),” scientist Sharon Palmer told CNN. “Even going meatless one day a week can make a difference (有影响).”

But it’s not only about health. A study from Nature found that animal products (制品) create a lot of green house gases. Specifically, they account for 78 percent of the total agricultural (农业的) emissions (排放). If we eat less meat, it will be better for the environment.

Bill de Blasio said that all public schools in New York City would join in the Meatless Monday campaign. “Joining in the campaign,” he said, “will help us stay healthy and keep our planet green in the future.”

【推荐1】In the past 200 years, the earth’s temperature has increased greatly. It’s reported that a marked increase in the temperature of about 0.7℃ appeared at the end of last century. Some scientists think mini-umbrellas(微型伞) might reduce the global(全球的) temperature.

Building a single umbrella, which is big enough to cover the whole earth, seems to be impossible. Roger Angel, a scientist from the USA, has carried out research to deal with this problem. He came up with an idea of mini-umbrellas. In fact, each mini-umbrella is made up of two parts, a spaceship and a sunshade(遮阳篷). A spaceship weighing about 1g would carry a sunshade that is half a meter long.It would be mostly transparent. That means light can pass it directly to reach the earth, with lands and oceans clearly in view.

Pressure(压力) from the sunlight would keep the little spaceships in position around the earth at a distance of about 1.5 million kilometers. As a result, sending over 1,000 billion mini-umbrellas into space would reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the earth. This allows sunlight to be reflected(反射) back to space easily, causing the temperature of the earth’s ground to fall off. Covering large areas of the earthman-umbrellas together could reflect 1.8 percent of sunlight back. In Roger’s plan, scientists will send up 800,000 mini-umbrellas at a time, 20 million times in all during ten years. Scientists suggest the earliest launch could be in just 16 years.

Not all the scientists agree with the idea. Some suppose there should be easier and much cheaper ways to prevent the earth from getting too hot, such as to slow down the pollution people bring and to reduce the human activities. Whatever the result of the argument is, this idea of mini-umbrellas in space is certainly creative.

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