Many people believe that technologies (技术) are great for learning. Today, teaching tools such as PDAs ( personal digital assistant掌上电脑) are used in a lot of subjects, such as English.
History and Science.
Many teachers are supporters of using PDAs in language learning. There are several advantages (好处). They say students can have more time for discussion in the classroom because they can get ready for their lessons with the help of PDAs. For example, they can listen to articles at home. They also say that PDAs can help students learn without teachers' help. Some students might need to listen to an article many times to understand it. They can use PDAs to listen to it again and again.
The students are also happy to use PDAs. They think using PDAs is an enjoyable way to learn. It will make the classes much more interesting. And they can learn more in class. Teaching notes are stored in their PDAs and easy to find.
However, many parents complain (抱怨) that PDAs are doing harm to students. They worry that students will use them to download (下载) teaching notes and use them to cheat (作弊) during exams. If a student spends more time on a PDA, he will have less time to talk with teachers and classmates.
In a word, education needs to make changes with times as technology is playing an important part. Let's look forward to a wonderful future when PDAs and other technologies can add a lot to the classroom.
1. What can students use PDAs to do? List one thing from the passage.2. Why do many parents complain that PDAs are doing harm to students?
3. Do you think using PDAs is an enjoyable way to learn? Why or why not?
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【推荐1】Cash(现金) can be sent through electronic payments, so great interest for snatching(抢) “Red envelope” has swept the country recently. Children can get more money than before. But everyone needs to understand something about money: Where it comes from, how to save it and how to spend it wisely. Too many parents don't spend time teaching their children about money and as a result, many of those children don't know how to deal with money when they grow up.
When should parents begin teaching their children about money? Experts agree that it's never too early. The more children learn about money, the more wisely they will be able to deal with the money as they grow older. To begin with, parent can teach kids how to count money.
Next, parents can teach kids how to save money. For example, a kid wants a new bicycle. Parents can teach them to save part of their pocket money for that bike, while still keeping some money for ice cream and movies. In this way they will begin to understand the meaning of saving.
Also, it's never too early to teach children different ways to make money besides snatching red envelopes. For example, they can wash cars, clean gardens, take care of babies and so on. Sit down with children and talk with them about some ways they could make money. You will be surprised and glad at the efforts they will begin making.
Teach children about money when they are young and their future will be brighter.
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This Thursday, across the US, （任务一）孩子们要和父母一起去上班而不是去上学。 They can help their parents do some cleaning, send e-mails and deal with other daily things. Because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to leave the school, but I also could sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.
（任务二）▲ I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(晕车) and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. People wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. In fact, I started to miss the school.
Although the purpose of the day is to give kids a chance to experience possible jobs in their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to value school life. Where else can you play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?
（任务三）Just like you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t, try spending the day at work with your dad.
1. 任务一：翻译成英语。2. 任务二：请选出能填入文中▲处的最佳选项。（填写字母代号）_________
| A．Of course, I enjoyed myself and felt free like a bird. |
| B．But after only 40 minutes of driving around the city, I was very bored. |
| C．But soon I got used to this taxi ride around the city with my father. |
4. 任务四：What can the kids help their parents do this Thursday?
5. 任务五：What does the passage mainly talk about?
There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to develop their interests in many subjects. Open education asks students to be strict with their own education. The open classroom may help them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules.
But many students may not do well in open education. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many choices. The last point about open education is that some teachers do not like it. They do not believe in open education.
I think that open education is only a good idea. It may not work very well in a real class or school. I believe that most students want and need to have some rules. They have to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find the subjects that they have to study so interesting. They will not study those subjects if they do not have to in an open education school.
| Open | |
| Explanation | ☆ It is a way of teaching which |
| Advantages | ☆ It is good to develop the students’ ☆ In open education, many students don’t need to ☆ Some students will be |
| ☆ Many students cannot prove themselves as good in open education as in ☆ There are so many | |
| The writer’s opinion | ☆ It is just a good idea, but in a ☆ Some students will not study some subjects |
【推荐1】Success is so much more than just money or fame. Success is about being able to live a happy and satisfying life that allows you to be true to who you really are. If you want to have a successful life，here are the things you need to focus on.
1 ______________
If you don't believe that you can have the life you are looking forward to, if you don't believe that you can achieve all that you are setting out to achieve, it is going to be very difficult to create a successful life. When you believe in yourself, it will increase your creativity, your ambition and your motivation to do things.
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If you only want to get money and fame，you are never going to truly feel successful. The feeling of success that is given through money and fame is only temporary and is not enough to keep a long-time feeling of satisfaction and happiness. For a truly successful life，your intention has to be rooted in your purposes，in your passions（热情）and in what feels good to you.
When your intention serves your purpose，make a change in the world and express your talents. You will know what your intention is no matter what the result is.
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Success is all around you and the more you can welcome that into your life，the more you will start to feel it. Being grateful to the tiniest successes in life will also help you to create more successes.
The truth is that you are already successful and once you realize this，there is nothing can stop you.
1. 任务一：根据文章内容，将下列标题与文章相应段落匹配，将答案的字母代号填入对应的横线上。| A．Realize you are already successful |
| B．Believe in yourself |
| C．Know your intention（追求） |
| A．永久的 | B．暂时的 | C．愉悦的 | D．消极的 |
4. 任务四：根据文章内容填空。每空一词。
Success means living a life with happiness and
【推荐2】Many parents think that it’s very difficult to get their children to do chores. But I don’t think so.
My daughter is ten years old. At night, I make her a chore list for the following days. Then I stick(贴) the paper with chores on her door. Usually she gets three to eight chores a day. It depends on how she does chores. If she does all of her chores well, she can get fewer chores the next day. The chore are some easy ones, such as sweeping the floor, folding the clothes and cleaning the table after dinner.
For my other two children, the chores are different because they are very young. They both know how to put their empty dinner plates in the dishwasher. My 19-month-old son helps me put the dirty clothes in the washing machine when i am doing the washing. They can also help me when I’m working in the yard. They help me pick up the sticks(枝条) and throw them away.
1. Do many parents think it’s difficult to get their children to do chores?2. What will happen the next day if the writer’s daughter does all her chores well?
3. How many children does the writer have?
4. Do you think children should do more chores? Why or why not?
【推荐3】As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the top ten students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.
You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts prevent you from reaching your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your mind.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small ones. Please never give them up.
There will be difficulties on the road to you dreams. But the biggest comes from yourself. You need to Decide which is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice-cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
Answer the questions according to the passage.
1. Who is the writer of the book Follow Your Heart?
2. What is the first thing you must do if you want to make your dream come true?
3. Whom is the biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams from?
4. Can everyone make his dream come true?
5. What is your dream?
