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    Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise in 2019. Its purpose is to make sure all children have a c to study better. In 2019, the organization b a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa and Asia.

    It started when Adam Braun studied in a college. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and a for money on the street. Mr Braun asked the boy w he would want, if he could have anything in the world.

    "I thought the answer was going to be 'a house' or 'a car' or 'a boat'. His answer was 'a pencil'. So I gave him my pencil and he was very h and excited. I realized he had never been to s before, and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world," Braun said.

    Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, but he n forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

    "We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education, because we have everything necessary already. We are .a to educate every child. So I promised to help create that world," Braun said.

    Mr Braun has r money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise School in Laos five years ago. S then, his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos and Ghana.

    Poll is a donkey(驴子) on an island(岛). He likes to walk here and there. Soon he gets bored of it. "If I go to a new place, that will be better," he thinks. "It's not a good idea to leave our island. And we are friendly," all the friends say to Poll.

    On a fine day he goes to another island. It is a quiet place and there are few people there. Poll eats a lot every day." Soon he becomes fat and can't run fast.

    One day, a farmer sees Poll and catches(抓住) him. He rides Poll every day and doesn't even give him enough(足够) to eat. Poll becomes thin again.

    One night, Poll flees(逃离) from the farmer's house. He goes back to his island and decides not to leave his friends forever.

New research suggests that climate change helped dogs develop from animals looking like cats to the way they are today. Scientists from Brown University in the USA believe that 40 million years ago, dogs were smaller and they looked like cats. They hid, ran after and killed other animals. As climate changed in the world, the physique (体型) and eatinghabits of dogs also changed. Thick forests that once covered North America started to become less thick as the earth became cooler.

The appearance of grassland made dogs have fewer places to hide to hunt for food. To get used to the environment, they changed their ways of hunting and slowly grew longer legs. The scientists studied how dogs have changed themselves by looking at the elbows (肘部) and teeth of 32 different species that lived from 2 million to 40 million years ago. The scientists said that the dogs' Bows greatly changed. Dogs from 40 million years ago had elbows that were more similar to those of cats. The function of the elbows was to allow the front paws (爪子)to catch what they could get and hold on to it. The elbows changed to allow dogs to become good runners and then they were able to run after other animals over long distances. Teeth in dogs also changed to be more useful. They became much stronger to be able to hold on to what they get.

Friendship is one of the greatest happiness that people can enjoy. It is very difficult to find a better way to explain friendship. A true friend finds happiness in our joy and share sadness in our grief(伤心事). During the life time, he or she is always at our side to give us his or her help and comfort.

Knowing how valuable friendship is, we should be careful in our choice of a friend. We must choose someone who has a good character, whose activities are good and who shows kindness of heart.

A true friend can always be trusted, loved and respected. If you tell a friend your secrets, he or she won't tell anyone else. Friends share each other's joys and grief. They help each other when they are in trouble, and cheer each other up when they are sad. The most important things is that a friend always understands you. In a word, when you have made a good friend, don't forget him or her.

    Today, roller skating (滑旱冰) is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1743, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named John Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.

    One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

    Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

    On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin's wonderful entrance after that.

    At the beginning of November, the 35th Chinese Antarctic Expedition set off for the polar region. This time, one of their main tasks is to build China's first permanent Antarctic airport, Science and Technology Daily reported.

    There are more than 30 airports in the Antarctic, according to Global Times. China's polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at Russian airports.

    "The new airport will help Chinese aircraft take off and land in the South Pole. This will make it easier to transport scientific equipment and do research," Zhang Xia from the Polar Research Institute of China told Global Times.

    "In order to be environmentally friendly, the airport will be small," said Sun Bo, the leader of the research teamHowever, this doesn't make it easy to build the airport. The site of the airport is an ice cap 28 kilometers away from Zhongshan Antarctic Station, Xinhua noted. It covers the land like a quilt. But this "quilt" is always moving. Scientists have to find the slowest-moving part of the cap. You can hardly notice the movement of the ice in this area.

    The snow on the ice cap can be very thick. Also, it is as soft as cotton, which makes it hard to build a runway for airplanes. Scientists have to use a snow blower to get rid of the snow on top of the cap. This way, the snow will be strong and hard enough to build a runway on top of.

A. The next problem is the snow.

B. An ice cap is a thick layer of ice.

C. But none of them belong to China.

D. It is much smaller than the usual airports in our cities.

E. Then, they compact the rest of the snow with a road roller-like machine.

Ladies and gentlemen,

On this beautiful Friday afternoon, every one of us is excited and pleased to be in the school graduation(毕业)ceremony(典礼). It's my great honor to be here for my speech.

As a part of this year's class, I remember the fascinating days I have spent with my friends and teachers during the past three years. We worked hard to be ready to graduate, but we didn't do it alone. We should thank all these following people. To our parents, thank you for supporting us in more ways than it's possible to count. You not only made sure we were well fed and clothed for school but also helped us with our homework, paid our school fees, and listened to our complaints, You were always there when we were in trouble. To our teachers, thank you for sharing your time, talent and knowledge to us. We know it was your job to do it, but you went beyond the call of your duty. You always kept encouraging us whenever we wanted to give up. You t aught us so much about life. To our school guards and cleaners, thank you for keeping our school safe and clean. Just because of you all, we could have a comfortable environment to study and live in. To our headmaster and other school leaders, thank you for Keeping things running so smoothly.

As you can see, behind all the graduates there are so many great people who supported us a lot. The best way we graduates can show our thanks is to work harder for, our nation and society in the future.

Thank you.

As school kids, we have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.

Once you have found a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried to achieve your dream? Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that realizing our dreams 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. In fact, everyone can realizehis dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

Keep telling yourself what you want, and you will realize your dream faster. Do this step by step. A dream can be realized in one day. A big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.

You must also never give up on your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to realizing it. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. 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.

But it is OK as long as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

What are most 13-year-old boys doing? Going to school, playingsports with friends and doing their homework.

TFBOYS is a singers' group started in 2013. Its name is The Fighting Boys. It has three members, Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi. The other two boys were both 12 years old. They make albums(音乐专辑)and have won many awards(奖). Now the three boys are among the most popular teenage stars in the country.

Many people are interested in TFBOYS. After all, its members were still junior school students when they debuted. On weekends and holidays, they had singing classes, dancing classes and other trainings. In the fans' eyes, the group has a healthy and friendly image(形象). " We are of similar age," teens say," They feel like friends to us and we love their songs!"

This passage is a speech. It is probably from the principal(校长)of No. 3 Junior High School. It is for the students are going to graduate from the school.

The speaker first thanks all the students for (attend) the graduation ceremony. Then he congratulates all the students. The students have grown up so much and he is proud them. The speaker hopes the students will remember the important people in their (life), such as their parents, their teachers and their friends. He tells the students to be (thank) to the people around them.

The speaker also says something about life in senior high school. The new life will be (hard) and the students have many difficult tasks ahead of them. He also advises the students (learn) from their mistakes and never give up. He encourages his students to learn new things and make their own (choose).

At end of the speech, he (wish) the students good luck and hopes to see them again.

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Humans' Greatest Achievements

    The Earth is 4. 5 billion years, old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

    . The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press(印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones (智能手机). . What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? ?

    Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements. ， We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.

    What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by" great" . ? Or is it just something that makes us say "Wow", like the Great Wall? What do you think?

The three books can help you teach your children about their feelings and how to manage them. As a primary school teacher, I've used them to teach my students about different feelings. Helping children learn to express and manage their feelings can lead to an increase in confidence(自信心).

Have you ever been angry with yourself when you forget something important? Maybe you think you have a bad memory, do you know your memory can be developed? Here are some ways for you to have a try.

★Be positive(积极的). Do not tell yourself your memory is bad, or your mind will believe it and you won't remember things easily. If you think you can, then you can.

★Relax yourself. People are too nervous to remember things well. Relaxing will help you a lot. Take deep breath and you can remember things easily.

★Think more. Things you know may help you to remember something new. For example, when you remember the word "classroom", think of the old words "class" and "room", it will help you remember quickly.

★Do more practice. Like your body, memory can be improved through exercise. The more times you practice, the more easily you will remember something.

★Eat healthy food. Healthy eating can improve your memory. It is reported that fish is good for improving memory, so try to eat more fish from now on.

Do you like movies? The(动画片) movie Bolt is an interesting movie. All the characters are very （可爱的）. Children can't help   (笑) when they watch it. The movie is about a dog star named Bolt who protects his owner Penny and  (战斗)with bad people. He always thinks  (没有一个) of  his friends is stronger than him. He often plays in TV programmes and many people love him. So he is a little  (感到骄傲的) of himself.

One day， people take him to New York. Unluckily，the poor dog gets lost there. The place is far from his home town. It's about 2,000 miles away. At first, Bolt thinks it's  (不可能的) to return to his world. Later, he has to face all the dangerous things by himself. He begins to go across the USA.

On his way，he meets Mittens, a lonely cat. Then they meet a mouse called Rhino. He likes watching TV very much. They become friends soon. They meet many strange animals and people on their way.

 At last，Bolt feels that he can be a （英雄）both in TV programmes and in real life. The movie teaches children a lot and wins the  (心) of many people. It's very instructive. In 2021, the film won the  (奖) of  Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

How Shall We Go To Grandma's House?

How shall we go to Grandma's house?

Shall we jump on a bike?

Shall we take a train,

or go there by bus,

or maybe by plane?

If we lived a long time ago, of course,

we'd go to see Grandma

by donkey or horse.

If we lived in the future,

we'd go there by rocket

and bring Grandma a star

in our space-suit pocket.

How shall we go to Grandma's house?

We could take the car,

but let's use our feet.

Grandma just lives

a block down

the street!

Dear Betty,

I'm your eraser, Jill. This (上午), you lost me in your (教室). Your classmmate(同班同学) Mike found me and gave  me to your English (老师), Ms. White. Now I (是) on Ms. White's (收音机), next to me you can see a （模型）plane. It's (棕色的). (请) call Ms. White at 526-7428. Ms. White is in the (图书馆) now. You can come and 5(要求) her for me, too.

Yours,

Eraser