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Beauty
Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.
Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation-industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein's theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.
Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere about you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics,fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches away.
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Why change yourself for others? Why change yourself for the environment?Why cater to others? Clearly unhappy but trying to squeeze an understandingsmile from a stiff face? Why do you want to smile at him when you don't like it?Why can't you be yourself? Why can't I find myself back? Be yourself!
Even ifnobody cares about it in the sad night, even if you are alone in the amusementpark, even if you go forward desperately when you fail, you should be your trueself again!
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. It shows that apple has a lot of health benifits, but it is benificial in more ways than that.
Apple is sweet and juicy. It ease my thirst in summer.Apple is healthy.There is plenty of vitamine and other nutritions in apple.And what’s more important is that apple is accesible for everyone. We can buy some in markets and they won’t cost much.
I eat an apple everyday and that helps me stay healthy. I love apple.
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a pigeon，oppressed by excessive thirst，saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. not supposing it to be only a picture，she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard，jarring herself terribly. having broken her wings by the blow，she fell to the ground，and was caught by one of the bystanders. zeal should not outrun discretion.
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I am twelve years old.I like playing computer games,and I like English and Maths very much, I often play basketball with my classmate after the school.I am not very tall,but my basketball play better than some of the boys in my class.
My English teacher is woman,she is very nice to us,I like her a lot.
There are three people in our family,there are my
er and I,my mother is a hairdresser and my father is an love me and I love them too.
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The third door is the door to lifelong learning. As new ideas appear all the time, we always need to acquire new knowledge, regardless of our age. Naturally, my aunt herself is the best example. Many of my aunts contemporaries say that she is amazingly up-to-date for a middle-aged woman.
She simply responds,“Age doesnt matter. What matters is your attitude. You may think its strange that I am still going to college, but I dont think Im too old to learn.”Yes, she is right. Since the government removed the age limit for college admissions in 20xx, there are already some untraditional students, sitting with us in the same classrooms. Like these people, my aunt is old but she is very young in spirit. With her incredible energy and determination, she embodies both tradition and modernity.
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Good afternoon ! I’m very glad to stand here to share my ideas e obstacles(障碍物)on your e, noe tomorroething ,you will find a way ,just do it !
today I hope you will remember that no matter whether it is happiness or suffering we will experience now, our future is always here, waiting for us to paint beautiful pictures. What you need to do is just to believe yourself and stick to your dream. Because only if we hold our dreams, can we brighten our future.
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but then we hit the 20th century and we entered a new culture that historians call the culture of personality. what happened is we had evolved an agricultural economy to a world of big business. and so suddenly people are moving from small towns to the cities. and instead of working alongside people they've known all their lives, now they are having to prove themselves in a crowd of strangers. so, quite understandably, qualities like magnetism and charisma suddenly come to seem really important. and sure enough, the self-help books change to meet these new needs and they start to have names like “how to win friends and influence people.“ and they feature as their role models really great salesmen. so that's the world we're living in today. that's our cultural inheritance.
now none of this is to say that social skills are unimportant, and i'm also not calling for the abolishing of teamwork at all. the same religions who send their sages off to lonely mountain tops also teach us love and trust. and the problems that we are facing today in fields like science and in economics are so vast and so complex that we are going to need armies of people coming together to solve them working together. but i am saying that the more freedom that we give introverts to be themselves, the more likely that they are to come up with their own unique solutions to these problems.
people are like tea bags—you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are." i can still remember the words that dad said to me years ago.
when i came back from the usa, my friends asked me: “how do you feel about your staying there?” “wonderful” i said. “then why do you come back?” hearing this, i told them there were lots of beautiful countries in the world, but none of them can compare with our own country—china. how true the saying is: “there’s no place like home!”
i love you, china. as a young student, all we should do is to study hard and devote ourselves whole-heartedly in the future, to the great cause of building you into an even stronger and greater country in the world. i love you, my dear motherland! i love you, china! thank you for your listening !
As we all know, pollution is harmful to living beings. There are manydifferent types of pollutions in this world. For instance, water pollution, airpollution, noise pollution and so on. Water pollution cause many kinds ofdisease that have negative effects on human beings, sometimes the diseases willtake people's life away. Dirty air will increase the rate of getting lungcancer. While the noise pollution will cause insomnia. People's health conditionwill be damaged.
In my humble opinion, people should take measures to control the pollution.Recently, not only the government, but also individual has taken part in theaction of protecting the environment. This is a good sign. Rivers are beingcleaned, air is purified, and the people come to realize that the importance ofprotecting the environment.
However, this is not enough, the problems are still exist. Not all of themhave been solved. Some factories are still pouring dirty water into the riversor give off the toxic gas into the sky. We should know that protecting theenvironment needs everybody's effort.
我们都知道，污染对生物有很大危害。在这个世界上，有许多不同类型的污染。例如：水污染，空气污染，噪音污染等等。水污染会使人们生病，甚至死亡。脏空气会使患肺癌的几率上升。而噪音污染会让人失眠。人们的健康水平会下降。
在我看来，人们应该采取措施去保护环境。最近，不仅仅是政府部门，个人也参与到环保中去。这是个好现象。河流干净了，空气清新了，人们也意识到环保的重要性。
然而，这些还远远不够。问题依旧存在。不是所有的问题都得到了解决。一些工厂依旧往河流里面排放污水，向天空排放有毒气体。我们应该谨记环境保护需要每个人的努力。
when i was young, i used to be very naughty. life then was like a glaball ,shining with bright colours. i had once gone down to the river bank, catching a great many worms and was afterwards punished by mum. i had ever cut the pillow towel into pieces in order to make clothes for my dolls. similarly, i was then blamed seriously. once i even put the hot iron on the floor which immediately burnt a big hole on the carpet. although i had done so many annoying things, my childhood seemed to be rather colourful. however, i had never had a clear definition about myself. but then something happened. it had made a great difference to my life and made who i am now.
i had always been afraid of having the intravenous drop in hospital. the first time i was taken to have the drop, i cried for almost half an hour and finally gave off at father's severe scolding. watching the cold needle stabbing into my skin, i cried even more loudly. at that time, i never dared to take a glance at my hand and always needed my mother to stay with me at my side. even if mum had told me many times," honey, there’s nothing to be scared of. just close your eyes and sleep." i would still keep my eyes wide open, watching the liquid flow through the bottle and never slept.
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There are many popular singers in the world. However, Michael Jackson is my favorite one. He died when he was only fifty years old .I like his songs very much. He is so talented that people call him the king of pop. He could sing good songs and dance wonderfully. What's more, he is a kind-hearted man. He helped many poor children in the world. It is known to all he donated his money to the charity.
I respect and love him very much . In a word, he was not only a famous artist but also a great man in the world.I will learn from him and be a great person like him in the future.
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Our school is called “Nan Guan Primary School”. There are a lot of students and teachers in it. It’s famous for its achievement and its beautiful environment.
On the playground, there are all kinds of plants in turns. And if you stand a place, you can see lots of “NOTES” and “SIGNS”. For example, “Be quite, please.” “Don’t litter the rubbish.” And so on. It makes you feel our school sacred(神圣的). In the evening, all the lights are turned on. Everywhere are clear like the days.
I love “Nan Guan Primary School”. Welcome to our school!
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In last summer vacation ,I went to Beijing with my family.
First ,we went to the Great Wall,where we met a lot of foreigners and wealso took a lot of photos. They all like our culture and beautiful senery.
Second.we went to the summer palace ,where the previous emporers spentsummer in the old days.Third, we went to the Forbidden City .
Finally ,we went to Wangfujing Street where we tasted much deliciousfood.
In a word, we had a great time during the vacation and we leanred a lotfrom this tour.
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On a Saturday morning. I went to have breakfast. I felt there was aterrible smell and went over to have a look carefully. I found that there was abig pile of banana skins giving out the smell.Just then a young fellow holding adustpan rubbish to walk towards here . He raised his hands, The big pile ofrubbish was here. At once I went to him and said “Uncle , you can’t do like this. These things will rot very soon. It’s bad for our health and make the peoplefall ill.” However ,the man said “Everyone does so ,who falls ill,who will seethe doctor.”
Looking at this , I remembered another act : There is a stream through ourvillage. Over it there are two bridges .At the age of seven years old , Ienjoyed the beautiful scenery under the bridge very much. It was the best placeto swim in summer. But now the rubbish was getting more and more .Dishleaves,fruit skins,dead ducks and chickens….after rotting ,not only themosquitos flew around but also the bad smell made everyone feel quiteterrible.Though the stream was cleaned up several times, it’s still happeningnow. A lot of plastic bags always float on it .In summmer we have to go far awayfrom the village to swim.
What causes this? Who is the devil?It’s the human ourselves. I have got toknown from a book .The rubbish in the countryside mostly occupies the fields anddamages the earth’s surface .It pollutes soil,wave ,atmosphere and damages ourhealth. The adults often say “The body is capital.” But why are they able tomake woollen cloth like this ? Does it affect everybody’s safe and sound life?
Schoolmates, we are the host of society tomorrow . It’s our duty to improveand build the safe invironment.
Safety is in our hands .We must take park in more environmental protectionactivities, Plant more trees and flowers to make us live in a beautiful homewith the blue sky ,blue water and green land forever.
Safety is in our hands . Please try your best to tell people around you todeal with the rubbish , and to make a contribution to building our safe hometome.
在一个星期六的早上。我去吃早餐。我感到有一股难闻的气味，走过去仔细看看。我发现香蕉皮发出的气味一大堆。这时，一个年轻人拿着簸箕垃圾走到这里。他举起双手，垃圾堆在这里。我立刻去对他说：“叔叔，你不能这样做。这些事情会很快腐烂。这对我们的健康是坏的，使人们生病。”不过，他说，“每个人都这么做，谁生病了，谁会去看医生。”
看这个，我记得还有一幕：有在我们村里流。它有两座桥。七岁的时候，我喜欢美丽的风景桥下很。它是在夏天游泳最好的地方。但现在垃圾越来越多。菜叶子，果实皮，烂后死亡鸭和鸡的…，不仅蚊子到处乱飞，而且每个人都难闻的气味很可怕。虽然流清洗几次，它仍然发生了。很多塑料袋总是浮在上面的。夏天我们要去远离乡村游。
这是什么原因造成的?谁是魔鬼?这是人类自己。我要知道从一本书。在农村，大多处在域和损害地球表面的垃圾。它污染土壤，大气波，并损害我们的健康。人们常说“身体是本钱。”但是他们为什么能这样呢?它影响到每个人的安全和健康的生活吗?
同学们，我们是社会的主人的明天。这是构建完善的安全环境是我们的责任。
安全掌握在我们手中。我们必须参加更多的环保活动，种植更多的树木和鲜花，让我们生活在蓝天一所漂亮的房子，蓝水，绿色的土地永远。
安全是我们的手。请尽力告诉你周围的人来处理垃圾，并使我们构建安全的家乡贡献。
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The doors open to us also pose challenges. For instance, we are faced with the challenge of a balanced learning, the challenge of preserving our fine tradition while learning from the West, and the challenge of learning continuously while carrying heavy responsibilities to our work and family.
So, each door is a test of our courage, ability and judgment, but with the support of my teachers, parents, friends and my aunt, I believe I can meet the challenge head on. When I reach my aunts age, I can be proud to say that I have walked through dozens of doors and will, in the remainder of my life, walk through many more. Possibly I will go back to college, too.
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.
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Hello，everybody! I’m very glad to be here.No Yucai boarding school in e. I have so many hobbies.I like sputer games.If you like, you can join our team.
This is me, a clever and energetic boy. I like making friends,too. So I have so many good friends, Do you ting their fur, skin, teeth and meat.
protect them, protect our resources of ecology too. All of us should realize that the loss of any species is the loss of ourself. Killing them live there, happy and safe.
Wild animals and us are member of the planet!
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Mr.Peng is our English teacher. He is forty. He looks very young and strong, because he is fond of physical eercise.
He likes singing very much and he often teaches us some English songs when we are tired in English class. He sometimes tells us some interesting jokes. So we are all pleased to have English classes.
He always encourages us to speak English. And we often hold some activities. We persist in writing diaries in English though we make mistakes now and then. He always corrects them patiently, and tells us some methods.
He is a good teacher and we all love him.
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It’s my hornor to stand here and give you a speech. My name is Joyce. Today my topic is change.
I am a primary school student in first grade. Lots of things changed after I go to primary school. There is no bed for our afternoon nap now, but we have more classes, such as maths, chinese, music and so on. We have less time to play but we learn more knowledge and words. Our teachers are strict now and they want us to study hard.
Anyway, I will try my best to be a better me.
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I have a super works like just do your best.I say it all the guides me every helpful in many ways.
It helps me face takes away my makes me feel stronger, day I was sick.I had an important test.I was very nervous and afraid.
I told myself, Just do your your best one hundred percent.Then I had courage.I became a result, I did a wonderful se follow this it every can benefit, too.
Dont worry about the compare yourself with do your best.I believe anything is e theres a will, theres a please do your best every day.
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My favourite colour is green,we can see the colour everywhere:tree leaves are green,grass is green and so on.Green is also a healthy colour,during our lives,we seeing this colour more often is good for our eyes,and why we don't called those natural food like "Red Food","Blue Food" or "Purple Food"? So you can understand how impotant it is.Green means life,hope youth and etc.That's my favourite colour:Green,I hope more and more people will like green like me.
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Whenever a college student is asked, "What are you going to do this summervacation?" The most probable answer might be "I am going to have a travel. " Itsounds that college students are fond of travelling. Why? Because travel hasnumerous advantages.
First of all, travel can widen our knowledge of geography, the knowledge ofcustoms, cultures and lifestyles of different places and countries. Secondly, wecan make friends and practise a foreign language through travelling. Finally,travel is the best way of pastime. We can enjoy eating various food and seeingbeautiful sceneries.
In a word, we can benefit from travel in more than one way. It is worthspending the time.
不管你什么时候问一个大学生这样一个问题：“今年暑假你要做什么?”他很可能这样回答：“我要去旅游。”听起来大学生们是喜欢旅游的。为什么呢?因为旅游有许多好处。
首先，旅游可以扩大我们的地理知识以及扩大我们对不同地区不同国家的风俗、文化和生活方式方面的知识。其次，通过旅游我们可以交朋友、练外语。最后，旅游是消遣的最好方法，我们可以享受各种食品，观看美丽景色。
一句话，旅游的好处不止一个方面，花些时间是值得的。
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our school is not big but in our school"s spring.there are many flowers in the garden. i often play with my friends in the garden.we can catch the buterfly.it is so interesting.in summer,our school is so hot.and there are many trees on the road.they give us some cool.in fall,school is cool,you can see many colorfull leaves on the floor.in winter, snow is white and light.many children make snowman on the floor.
i love my school,our school is beutiful and happy every day.
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Beauty
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Beauty usually refers to what appeals to the eye. A nice and well built girl is regarded as beautiful. A bunch of vigorous flowers are also considered as beautiful. A splendid waterfall coming down from a mountain is as well looked on as beautiful.
Beauty also refers to what appeals to the mind. The virtue of the Chinese nation-industry and bravery are taken as beautiful, because it helped to produce such a magnificent culture in the world. Einstein's theory of relativity is also perceived as beautiful, for it explains many natural phenomena so perfectly.
Beauty is around us. If you keep an eye or pay some attention, it is never difficult to find something beautiful somewhere about you. Wonderful natural spots, historical relics,fine arts, splendid buildings, and kind people are just a few inches
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Youth
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind ; it is not rosy cheeks , red lips and supple knees, it is a matter of the emotions : it is the freshness ; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life .
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite , for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20 . Nobody grows old merely by a number of years . We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years wrinkle the skin , but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul . Worry , fear , self –distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust .
Whether 60 of 16 , there is in every human being ‘s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living . In the center of your heart and my heart there’s a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty , hope ,cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long as you are young .
When the aerials are down , and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old ,even at 20 , but as long as your aerials are up ,to catch waves of optimism , there is hope you may die young at 80.
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As we all know, communication is one of the most essential social skills that we need for our self development. Communicating with all understanding always contributes to a deep touch between peoples' heart. Today, I am going to talk about how to communicate with classmates.
To start with, you need to realize that your classmates are just in the same age of you. So be relaxed and nature. You are not too much smarter or outstanding than others and either are they! When you talk with them, remember to mention somMy favorite book is (Italian: Cuore). This is a diary written by an Italian boy Enrico. The diary is about his life and study. It included various touching stories that happened around Enrico, the mottos taught by his parents, as well as the wonderful ten "monthly" stories told by his teacher during the class. Every word in the chapter describes the word "love". From patriotism to friendship, and to the love between parents and child -- really touching.
This novel taught me how to love, and how to learn from love. I really like this book very much. How about you? What is your favorite book?
My favorite book is . Have you read it before?
Oh, I haven't read this book before. What is it about?
Well, it is a story of a rich girl who maintained her noble character after the bankruptcy of her father. The story is happy ending.
Can you tell us why you love this book so much?
Sure. It is because the story taught us to be brave and to face the challenges and difficulties with courage. I am deeply impressed by the strength and perseverance of the little princess in the story. I have decided to learn from her from now on.
Oh I see, the story sounds very good. I cannot wait to read this book as well.
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Garbage is divided into four categories: Garbag that can not be recoveredand used. Kitchen husk，leaves，leftovers，etc. collected with green plasticcontainers.Waste that can be recovered and used. Paper，plastic，glass，fabric andmetal，etc.，are collected in blue plastic containers.Toxic and hazardous waste.
Scrap batteries，expired medicines，paint buckets，mercury thermometers，fluorescenttubes and household chemicals，etc.are collected in red plastic containers.Otherrubbish，collected in gray or yellow plastic containers.
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There is a forest, where the trees flourish, the forest green grass,flowers ... ... animals are free to live with. Later, near the residents, theybegan to cut down trees, killing animals, the forest can be seen everywhere baretrees, many animals lost their homes, and even their loved ones. The barrenearth is crying, and the animals that have lost their loved ones are bothgrieving and angry, and decide to arrest the murderers who destroy their homesand hurt their loved ones.
One day, someone went to the forest to cut down the trees and killed theanimals. Had long been ambush animals rushed out, the "murderer" surrounded.This person scared to leave the hands of the tools, trembling, cold sweatstraight. One of the animals proposed to the "murderer" for public trial. So, aforest trial conference began.
Lamb first statement: "human greed to chaos to kill the killing, resultingin a large area of soil erosion, we sheep lost a good home and the survival ofthe grass ... ..." a bird said: "human chaos cut Let us homeless, human chaoskill let us lose loved ones ... ... "Tiger said angrily:" human deforestation sothat we have no place to live, their chaos kill us to become endangered Species... ... "the animals you a word I am in a way to count the heinous crimescommitted by mankind, the trial of this person feel shame and shame to ask:" howwill you deal with me? "The judge elephant said: See you have the meaning ofrepentance, right and spare you, go back and tell you the same kind: to protectthe ecological balance of nature, not for their own time and destruction of theecological environment, or suffer not only our animals and vegetation, you humanThey will be punished ... ... "
The "murderer" was released, decided to repent their own behavior, andactively promote the concept of environmental protection, and activelyparticipate in various environmental activities. A few years later, this foresthas resumed the prosperity of the past, the animals have lived a free life.
and groups famously follow the opinions of the most dominant or charismatic person in the room, even though there's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas -- i mean zero. so ... (laughter) you might be following the person with the best ideas, but you might not. and do you really want to leave it up to chance? much better for everybody to go off by themselves, generate their own ideas freed from the distortions of group dynamics, and then come together as a team to talk them through in a well-managed environment and take it from there.
now if all this is true, then why are we getting it so wrong? why are we setting up our schools this way and our workplaces? and why are we making these introverts feel so guilty about wanting to just go off by themselves some of the time? one answer lies deep in our cultural history. western societies, and in particular the u.s., have always favored the man of action over the man of contemplation and “man“ of contemplation. but in america's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude. and if you look at the self-help books from this era, they all had titles with things like “character, the grandest thing in the world.“ and they featured role models like abraham lincoln who was praised for being modest and unassuming. ralph waldo emerson called him “a man who does not offend by superiority.“
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I like to read books when I am free. I like to read all kinds of books. I think reading is a good habit as well as a nice hobby . I understand a lot of things which I can't learn in class. Reading opens my mind and heart, reading gives me wisdom and teaches me a lot of valuable lessons, too.
I think we should make friends with books and we can learn a lot from them! If you don't like reading,you will be out of the fashsion.Nobody likes to make friends with a person who has no knowledge.
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I am so excited now, because I will go travel with friends. We plan to goto visit Guangzhou, for it is very near our place. This is the first time for usto go travel together, we want to make sure everything goes on well and savemore time to play, so we make some arrangements. The first thing is aboutsearching the route. Going to the strange place, we will have no idea about theroad, so we need to figure out the main roads, in case that we will be lost.Second, we also search the famous sites. Guangzhou is such a big place, we can’tgo to every concern in the short time, but we can visit the hot sites and get toknow something about this place. I believe that this trip will be fun, becausewe are so free and can enjoy the new scenery.
我现在很兴奋，因为我将要和朋友们去旅游。我们计划去广州，因为那离我们的地方很近。这是我们第一次一起去旅游，我们想要确保一切都能进展得比较顺利，节省下更多的时间来玩，所以我们做了一些安排。第一件事情就是搜索路线。去到陌生的地方，我们会不了解路线，因此需要弄清楚主要的路，以防我们会迷路。第二，我们也搜索了著名的景点。广州是一个很大的地方，我们无法在短时间内走遍每一个角落，但是我们可以拜访热门的景点，对广州进行了解。我相信这次的旅程会很有趣，因为我们是那么的自由，可以欣赏新风景。
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"sing, a new poster, i bought you a!" jo always that sweet voice callingme, listening to the heart extremely sweet. both of us are sound control,sometimes a new poster if i didn't have time to buy, she would help me with a.joan and i are not friends, but loved! she is like my family.
there is a fresh thing, i first want to tell people that she. and joan inevery time together is sweet -- is the sweet love.
flowers, because growth in the soil, so it is so beautiful. fish, becausegrowth in the water, so it is so lively. i, because growth in the family, so canthe healthy development.
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In the flood of darkness, hope is the light. It brings comfort, faith, andconfidence.
It gives us guidance when we are lost, and gives support when we areafraid. And the moment we give up hope, we give up our lives. The world we livein is disintegrating into a place of malice and hatred, where we need hope andfind it harder.
In this world of fear, hope to find better, but easier said thandone, the more meaningful life of faith will make life meaningful.
That’s all!
Thank you!
by the time john pulled into the little town, every hotel room was taken. "you've got to have a room somewhere." he pleaded. "or just a bed--i don't care where."
"well, i do have a double room with one occupant," admitted the manager," and he might be glad to split the cost. but to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained in the past. i'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."
"no problem," the tired traveler assured him. "i'll take it."
the next morning, john came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. when asked about how he slept, he replied, "never better."
the manager was impressed. "no problem with the other guy snoring, then?"
"nope. i shut him up in no time."
"how'd you manage that?"
"he was already in bed, snoring away, when i came in the room," john said. "i went over, gave him a kion the cheek, said, 'goodnight, beautiful.' with that he sat up all night watching me."