Prize, they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dreams real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life"s biggest challenge
(挑战). You may think you"re not very good at some school subjects, or that it"s impossible for you to
become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing (实现) your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don"t let it leave your heart. Keeping telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will
come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the
biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of
watching TV will help you to get 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 dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn some-
thing more useful and find new hobbies.
B. your friend
C. your school
D. your parents
B. Making your dreams real is life"s biggest challenge.
C. You must never give up your dream.
D. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.
B. can be very small
C. will come true
D. can be very big
B. Don"t let your dream leave your heart.
C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day
D. A, B and C
B. How to make your dream real
C. A big dream is made up of small dreams
D. Everyone can realize his dream
Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure (失败), teachers, parents or others often say to us "Never
give up." These can be encouraging words. A person should believe in himself and keep trying to be
successful no matter how many times he fails. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.
One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will seldom achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to
fail in something new, so we should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail , we will not be
able to develop new skills and grow.
Another reason is that we can learn from our mistakes so as not to do the same things again. If we do
not try once more, the lesson we have learned is wasted.
Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and
this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge(挑战) ourselves,
we will begin to doubt our abilities.
In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. We succeed in the end or
not, we will learn something , and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident.
What"s more, if we give up , we have no chance of realizing our dreams any more , but if we keep making
great efforts, there is always a chance that we will be successful one day.
Topic: Never Give Up
Possible meanings and the author"s opinions | The words " Never give up" can 1 others or oneself . If a person wants to have 2 ,he should have the quality . |
The 4 | If we give up too easily, maybe we will achieve 4 , so when we fail in something new, we should think it is 5 and try again. . Never giving up will make us learn from the 6 and learn the 7 so that we can not make the same ones. To reach our goals and develop the 8 we must not give up but challenge ourselves. |
Conclusions | If you give up, you will have no 9 of reaching your goals. Never give up and you will attain your goals sooner or 10 |
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Good morning , everyone . My topic for today is "How Americans Value (重视) Time ". Americans think a lot about time . From childhood(童年) they learn to value time . As children , parents teach them to be ____ time to go to school , to do work and to do everything . ①When they are having a good time , they say that time flies . When a person is dying , he says he is living on borrowed time . Time is money, time is knowledge.Time is everything in America . A working American②不得不一天努力工作8小时or 40 hours a week. In his spare time , he also works hard for money .③ Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with other things . In the street you can ________ see a man who walks slowly . They walk very fast . In fact , they are running . When you ask Americans why they are in a hurry all the time , they will probably say , "Time is money ." | |
1.请将①译成中文______________________________ 2.请将②译成英文:______________________________ 3.在横线上填上适当的单词: _____ _____ 4.在文中找出该句的同义句:Americans also try their best to make money in their free time . ______________________________ 5.写出或找出本文的主题句:__________ | |
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One man was reading a newspaper on the deck of a ship.Suddenly it blew strongly, the man"s hat was blown into the sea. He touched his head with his hand and went on reading his newspaper. There was a person beside him who was surprised and told him: "Sir. Your hat was blown into the sea. " "I see. Thanks. " He said and then read the newspaper again. "But your hat is worth a lot of money. " "Yes, I am thinking of how to save money and buy another one. I lost my hat, I felt very sorry. But can it come back?" It is true that the lost thing sometimes will never return. It is better to think of ways to solve the problem than trying to find it. Many people have such experience (经历) that lost something valuable (有价值的)or important. Then they would feel very sorry and bitter. Why? It is because they can"t adjust(调整) our attitude (态度) to such things. And only think about the things which will never return. But I think we should think about how to get the new one instead of regretting(遗憾) only. | |
判断正误,对的用(A),错误的用(B)。 ( )1. When we lost something important or valuable(珍贵的) , we must try to find it. ( )2. It is better to find a way to solve the problem of losing things than to feel sorry only. ( )3. The man"s hat was blown away when he was reading a book on the deck. ( )4. Many people have the experience oflosing something. ( )5. The man tried to get his hat back when it was blown into the sea. | |
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Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If so, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” _1___ (write) by Australian writer, Andrew Matthews, useful. Andrew Matthews is a ___2___ (write), cartoonist and speaker. His books __3___ (translate) into 20 languages. He has been on over 2000 ___4___ (radio) and TV programs. In this book, Matthews tells us how___5____ (have) a happy life and answers the questions of teenagers. There are many topics such as parents and friends, and the book says we should stop ___6___ (be) angry and forgive. The book tells us about ___7____ (use) skills such as how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to make your memory better. Many teenagers think that ____8___ (happy) comes from a good exam marks or praise form other people. But you can still be happy when there are no such “good” things. _____9____ (succeed) comes from a good attitude. If you learn from ___10____ (problem), you will have success in the future. Some school boys have problems such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us happiness comes from ___11___ (think) about things in positive way. If you are tall, people notice you and you can get a better view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes take ___12___ (little) room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important lesson: you choose to be happy! | |
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My mother often asked me, "What is the most important part of the body?"Through the years. I would guess at l I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger ,l thought sound was very important to us as humans ,so I said ,"My 2 , Mommy. " She said, "No. Many people are deaf. But you 3 thinking about it and I will ask you again soon". Then last year, my grandpa 4 . Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My mom looked at me when it was our _5 to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?" I was shocked _6 she asked me this now .l always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion (迷惑) on my face and told me, "This 7 is very important.lt shows that you have 8 lived your life."I saw her eyes well up with tears (眼泪) . She said, "My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder. " I asked ,"is it because it holds up your head?" She replied ,"No ,it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they 9 . Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life, my dear. l only hope that you have enough love and 10 that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it. " | |