Do you think about success? Some people say that beginners have all the luck, while others believe that success 1 only with practice. In fact, I feel both of these statements（陈述）are not true all the time. Each is true in some ways 2 not in others. For example, I went to a drawing competition many years ago and 3 surprisingly. As a prize, I got a film ticket to see Titanic. I was really 4 because it was the first time I had taken part in any competition.Thinking that I might be lucky again, I 5 joining in other art competitions. But the result was that I 6 won again. I accepted the fact that the other people had a 7 artistic ability than I did. Art was not something I was especially interested in and I had never practiced the different art skills. So, the 8 I produced were not of a very high standard.These experiences taught me a lot. Though I might have been lucky 9 , I also need to put in hard work. As we know, 10 makes perfect, so I believe success builds on less luck and chance.
A
Betty is not a traditional American nice girl. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces（牙套）on her teeth. But this hasn't stopped her from becoming one of American's favourite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it? The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan. Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA.“I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it's about the underdog（弱者），” says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show. The program is so popular because of the performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen.
目前中学生学习任务重，学习压力大，而广泛的阅读有利于开拓视野，调节身心。在课业学习和业余生活中，你喜欢阅读吗？你喜欢读什么样的书呢？作为中学生的你，是如何看待阅读的呢？请就这个话题，谈谈你的想法和理由，可适当给出建议。
Dad and I planned to go to the park to fly a kite last Sunday. Dad and I walked to the park, we saw dogs everywhere. Big dogs, little dogs, old dogs and dogs all ran around. We a sign (标牌) and it said “Dog Show.” We to watch it. There were different of games at the dog show. One of the games was “Show.” The judges (评判员) watched how the dogs looked and acted. The winner was a dog Shasta. In another game, the dogs had to follow a man's orders(听从一个人的命令). The dogs had to over things and run to the destination (终点). One black dog quickly, but he couldn't follow the orders, so he didn't win. A white dog won the game. He followed the orders very and finished quickly. Later, Dad said it was time for lunch. So we went home happily. I didn't fly a kite, but I I had a wonderful time.
B
This is a song. Millions of Americans will hear this song on New Year's Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊天长地久》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year's celebration.
Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words “Auld Lang Syne” means “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version (版本) by Scottish poet Robert Burns came out in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared (出现) in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our programme with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. Thanks for listening.
A
If someone asks me, “Do you like music?”I'm sure I will answer him or her” Of course, I do.” Because I think music is an important part of our lives.
Different people have different ideas about music. For me, I like rock music because it's so exciting. And my favourite rock band, the” Foxy Ladies (酷妹) “is one of the most famous rock bands in the world. I also like pop music. My classmate Li Lan loves dance music, because she enjoys dancing. My best friend, Jane, likes jazz music. She thinks jazz is really cool.
“I like dance music and rock very much，”says my brother,“because they are amazing.”
But my mother thinks rock is boring.“I like some relaxing music，”she says. That's why she likes country music, I think.
① (也许) we should buy some more beef.
②The Spring Festival is one of the (传统的) Chinese festivals.
③Listen! The music shop is playing a (唱片) of Mozart.
④There is a gym in the (中心)of the school.
⑤Do you like taking a (慢的)train to travel in the country?
⑥除了音乐，她还喜欢旅游。 music, she likes travelling as well.
⑦李雷出生于中国的首都北京。 LiLei Beijing, the capital of China.
⑧冼星海以歌曲《黄河大合唱》而闻名。Xian Xinghai the song The Yellow River.
⑨请带你的朋友到花园四处转转。Please the garden.
⑩在5岁时，他和父母搬到了广州。 ，he moved to Guangzhou with his parents.
C
Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.
Greg's story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled (踉跄) into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured (受伤) and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn't have a roof (屋顶) and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. "I'll build you a school, " he told the villagers. "I promise."
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and run many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.
Greg hasn't finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it's the smiles of the children he has helped that make him happy!
Greg has just written a bestselling book about his story called ThreeCupsofTea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary (普通的) people can do with courage and determination (决心)!
—OK, I won't.
Charlie Chaplin spent over 70 years acting both on stages and in films. But do you know 1 he began his artistic(演艺生涯) career?
When Chaplin was five years old, his father died. His mother thought she was rather ill, had to go on with her work as a 2 in order to make a living and she took little Chaplin along with her because no one took care of him at home.
Once when she was giving a performance on the stage. 3 chocked(卡住) her throat, and she could not go on. People whistled(吹口哨) and 4. At that time, little Chaplin ran to the stage and 5 his mother. He wanted to help her. He cleverly sang as his mother did. He acted 6 that the audience all laughed merrily. They tossed(扔) coins to the stage 7 his humorous acting and pleasing voice.
Seeing this little Chaplin said to the audience. “Wait till I 8 please.” All the audience burst out laughing at his words. When the boss helped him and left the stage. Chaplin said. “The boss must have put 9 into his pockets, so I have to go to ask him.” And he did leave the stage for a while. The audience laughed themselves to tears at his performance.10 they welcomed little Chaplin wherever he went. This was how Charlie Chaplin began his career.
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A.Whose novels do you like reading? B.He is a famous American writer. C.I'm seeing the Beijing Opera. D.No idea. E.It's hard for me to understand it. F.I like Beijing Opera. |
A：Hi, Betty. What are you doing on the Internet?
B：
A：Beijing Opera？Many old people like it. Do you like it?
B：Yes, I like it very much. What about you?
A：Sorry, I don't. By the way(顺便问一下), do you like reading books?
B：Yes, I like reading novels.
A：Me too.
B：Mark Twain's. I like his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(《汤姆·索亚历险记》) best.
A：Can you tell me something about him?
B： He was also good at telling jokes(笑话).
A：When and where was he born？What is he famous for?
B：Let's search them on the Internet.
A：Good idea.
提示：1）出生于1979年2月8日；
2）2002年主演(star)了一部电视剧后出名；
3）工作努力，带给我们很多欢乐；
4）因参加电视节目《Keep Running》而更加受人欢迎。
My favourite actor
Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would1soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days2the doctor came and looked over the sick man. 3asked for a pen and a piece of paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen4paper in the village, because no one could write.
The doctor5 up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the6 of the house. " Get this medicine for him, " he said, "and he will soon get 7. "Mark's family and friends did not know 8 to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man 9an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest 10. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.
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