·我最喜欢的运动My favorite SportsDuring my secondary school years I often liked to go to the recreation room to play table tennis. Some of my classmates were very good at this game and I often tried to compete with them to improve my skill. In high school I spent many hours playing outdoor sports. I enjoyed team sports like basketball and volleyball. In my senior year I started to practice tennis. Sometim……
·遵守交通规则Obeying the Traffic LawsI am often very afraid to cross-large wide streets. I always go to the traffic light and use the crosswalk, but many times I have been frightened. When the light changes to green I still need to look both directions to check the traffic. On many occasions a speeding motorcycle or bicycle or once a truck drove past the red light and across the pedestrians path. When I ……
·冬天WinterWinter is very cold and windy in most parts of China. I usually look forward to the Spring Festival and the winter holiday when I can go to the south where the climate is warmer during these holidays. Also, I look forward to seeing my grandparents and my friends. Winter is the time everyone is in a festive mood. In the city, I usually do a lot of reading at home in the winter because of eh……
·AutumnFor me the autumn or fall starts in September when school starts its new term. I usually do some shopping. The mild weather made it very nice to study outside under the trees in a small park close to my house. I like to look up the leaves changing colors from green to red and yellow, and then brown colors. The park also has many bright fall flowers; sometimes I see a small squirrel coming do……
·SummerSummer is the great season for all sports in the open air. It is the season for football which is often called the national sport because of its popularity. I usually watch television and read the newspaper reports about the football results of the little leagues. During the summer I like to go to the beach often because it is very close to my home. I usually go there during the summer vacat……
·SpringSpring is a delightful season. The temperatures are moderate, and the blooming trees and flowers make the city bright with colors. This is the time when we can begin to wear lighter and more brightly colored clothes and go outdoors more often. Smaller children like to bring their kites out to the spacious square. Also I enjoy going back to the village on this holiday after being in the city ……
·今日青年A Youth and His CountryThe youth of today will help to shape the future of his country tomorrow. As a good citizen, he should prepare himself in his everyday life as well as in school for the contribution of his talent to his country. He should have ability or skill to work. He should keep well informed and help to inform others about what his countrys problems are. He should try to find out a……
·我的朋友My FriendJohn is the most diligent student in our class. He is one of my friends. As a matter of fact, he gets along with his classmates. He might spend just five to ten minutes talking to you once in a long while, but he talks with enthusiasm and energy, and he likes to share his thinking and ideas with you. He is honest; he does not like to waste his time and energy. He never appears sleepy ……
·长大后你想干什么？What do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?This question and another similar question, Have you decided what you will do after you finish school? were among the most common questions people often asked me when I was a small child and then a student in school. Choosing the right career is very important. For this reason we should try to find out what our talents and interests are and how we c……
·我的职业生涯My Career PlanDuring my high school years, I have found chemistry, physics, and mathematics interesting. Actually, I am interested in many subjects such as history, and English. But somehow I cannot remember the historical events or the facts in detail. I cannot remember English words well, either. On the other hand, chemistry, physics, and mathematics are easy for me because they seem logic……
·明智的消费Intelligent ConsumerismWise consumers read magazine advertisements and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real inf……
·My goodness!（我 的 天 呀 ！）My goodness！是感叹句，用于某些令人惊讶或感叹的情况下。若根据字面的意思，goodness好象与天无关，但实际目goodness是用来代替Heavens。现在让我们看看在日常生活中如何运用这传意精句。A moment of lifeWhen Mrs.Wong came home,she didn t see anybody in the living room or the bedroom. Opening the bathroom door ,she saw her two-year-old daughter reaching into the toilet bowl and playing with the dirty water. She screamed，My goodness!Her voice was so sharp a……
·I cant wait to see it.(我迫不及待要看。)I cant wait to see it 是表示迫不及待要看个究竟，说这句话时通常是怀着兴奋的心情。A moment of lifeI t was my daughters birthday last Friday. After having a meal at her favourite restaurant, she asked me what birthday present I had bought for her. I told her that it was a surprise she had to guess what it was before she could have it. After blindfolding her with a handkerchief, I placed the gift o……
·Im scared! Im scared!是用于表达惊慌失措时的感受，它跟Im afraid不同，后者可被理解为“我恐怕”或“我感到不安/忧虑”。现在让我们看看在日常生活中如何运用这传 意精句。Mays family were camping in the wild last nights.As they were playing hide-and-seek in the dark,a strong flash of lightning lit up the whole sky,and was then followed by deafening thunder. Right after that,they was a heavy dpwnpour. They all went inside their tiny tent to avoid getting wet.Maysfather p……
·Great!Great!是用于感到兴奋的时候，其意跟Good差不多，但比Good有更强的感染力。Dennis and Daisy had already got dressed and were now waiting for their father to come back home and take them to the 7:30 evening show, which was a cartoon animation produced by Walt Disney.Most of their friends and classmates had already watched it and they were really looking forward to seeing it.They knew that if their father didnt come back in a……
·You are wonderful! Kitty and Teddy are two terribly naughty kids. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wong have never stopped placing advertisements in newspapers to look for a baby-sitter to take care of them when they are out at work. But not a single baby-sitter could work more than one day. Yesterday a new baby-sitter, Irene, came and tried. When Mr.and Mrs.Wong came home in the evening, they saw that……
·Excellent!Although Sally is only five years old, she has got a very good memory. Just the other day, her father asked her if she was ready for the speech she had to make at her kindergarten on Speech Day. She said, Of course, I am. Her father asked her to say her speech without referring to the 300-word script which, he believed, was much too long for a kindergarten kid. To his surprise, Sally did……
·Im so excited! This morning the results of the H.K.C.E.E were released. Chi Keung went to school at about seven, much earlier than the time scheduled for distributing result slips. One of his friends arrived at about eight and saw him walking up and down the hallway near the office. Wondering why he was so nervous, his friend asked, Why are you so nervous? You used to have much confidence in yours……
·How did you do it? Although it was a warm early summer afternoon, we had a great English lesson. It began as a boring G.E. lesson but in the middle of the lesson, Mr. Yeung stopped teaching because he saw that most of us were dozing rather than listening. Let me show you a magic, he suddenly said loudly. We were wide awake then. He put a coin on the teachers desk and then slowly placed a book on t……
·Marvellous! It is very difficult to please my father with a good meal. No matter my mother cooks, his only remark is Dogs food. Last Friday, before my father came home, my mother had been talking on the phone for such a long time that she didnt have time to prepare the dinner. I am starving. Can I have dinner now? my father shouted as he stepped into the living room. In haste my mother made a dinn……
·What a surprise! Last Sunday was my mothers birthday. We wanted to give her a surprise, so we didint mention anything about the birthday celebration all along and she thought we had forgotten her big day. On Sunday morning she went to do the shopping as usual. After she left, we quickly decorated the living room for the birthday party. Before my mother was back, everything was ready. When she open……
·You are kidding me!(你跟我开玩笑吧) Andy is working in a restaurant as a part-time waiter to earn some pocket money. On the very first day at his job, his boss said to him, You must handle all the fragile plates and bowls carefully. for every item you break, I will deduct ten dollars from your salary. After hearing that, Andy was so nervous that he broke qutie a number of things during his first month. O……
·You look great!（你看起来神采飞扬！） It was the first time my eighteen-year-old sister had ever had a date. To her, it was an important event in life and therefore she made every effort to make herself look great. She had her hair set, then made her face up and put on a dress of her favourite colour. But it seemed that she was still not so sure if she looked fine. Seeing her stand there in front of the mirr……
·We made it!（我们成功了！） Four months ago, Peter, Jack and Wendy formed a rock band, Triangle. They pratised their favourite oldie rock music and songs almost every day because they wanted to be the Champion of the year in the School Singing Contest. The contest was held last week. They performed before an audience of over a thousand students. Their marvellous performance was followed by thundering appl……
·Thats amazing! Two weeks ago, we went to Ocean Park to have fun. We didnt want to leave granddad home alone, so we invited him to go with us. Ocean Park is no fun for an old man like me,he reponded. It took us half an hour to talk him into going with us. I cant remember how many times he yawned from the moment he stepped into Ocean Park but the show of the killer-whale in the Ocean Theatre changed……
