After mom died, I began visiting dad every morning before I went to work. He was weak and moved slowly, but he always had a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice on the kitchen table for me, along with a note, reading, "Drink your juice." This, I knew, was as far as dad had ever been able to do in expressing his love.
In fact, I remember, as a kid I had questioned mom "Why doesn't dad love me?" Mom replied, "Who said he doesn't love you?" "Well, he never tells me," I complained. "He never tells me either," she said, smiling. "But look how hard he works to take care of us, to buy us food and clothes, and to pay for this house. That's how your father tells us he loves us." I nodded slowly. I understood in my head, but not in my heart. I still wanted my father to put his arms around me and tell me he loved me.
Dad owned a small scrap metal (废旧金属) business. He fed scrap steel into a machine. The machine looked like a giant pair of scissors, with blades (刀刃) thicker than my father's body. If he didn't feed those terrifying blades carefully, he would be seriously injured. "Why don't you hire someone to do that for you?" mom asked dad one night. "Why don't you hire a cook?" dad asked, giving mom one of his rare smiles.
Many years later, during my first daily visit, after drinking the juice my father had squeezed for me, I walked over, hugged him and said, "I love you, dad." From then on I did this every morning. My father never told me how he felt about my hugs, and there was never any expression on his face when I gave them.
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Good afternoon, boys and girls. I'm Li Hong. I'm an English boy. Li Hong is my Chinese name. Look, this is a picture of my family. The tall man is my father. His name is Ken Martin. This is my mother, Sandy Jordan. Who's that little girl? She is my sister, Lucy. Can you find me in the picture? I'm the boy in blue.
The photo is .
Some people like to have friends who are different from them. Others like to have friends who are similar to them. What kind of friends do you want for yourself?
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Kate Join Date: March,2017 Location: the United Kingdom |
I like to have friends who are like me. Both my best friend Vades and I like traveling. We went to Italy last month and stayed there for a week. Next month we want to go to Paris. However, Vades is more athletic than me. |
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Ditlady Join Date: April, 2017 Location: Canada |
I like to have friends who are like me. It can be very helpful. I'm a little quiet and my good friend Libby is quiet, too. Sometimes I don't know what to do with my problems and she can tell me what I should do, because she knows about me better than people who are different from me. |
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Harbinger Join Date: May,2017 |
Hi, everyone! I had a cold last week and just got here. In my opinion, it is important to have both kinds of friends. That makes your life more interesting. |
She hasn't brought ____ book with her. Will you lend her ____?
A. hers, your B. her, your
C. hers, yours D. her, yours
My brother is a ________ English teacher. He can speak English ________.
A . well; good B . well; well C . good; well D . good; good
I found __________difficult for them to get there on time.
A. this B. it C. that D. one
根据首字母、中文提示、句意写单词。
1. Lucy is polite and h________________(乐于助人的). We all like her.
2.I want to be a v__________________(志愿者)when I grow up .
3.The e__________________(工程师)is over there.
4. My n_________________(邻居) are all friendly to me.
5.I’m going to be a doctor to help ________________(生病的) people.
6. He is a __________________(厨师)in that restaurant.
7. We can see two _______ (群) of sheep eating grass at the foot of the hill.
8. A lot of ___________________(visit) come to Nanjing every year.
9. I’m happy because your idea __________________ (sound) very good.
10. -----What does he do? ----He is a ________________(wait) in a restaurant .
11. This is my________________(eight) time to see the singer.
12. It’s so __________________ (cloud). I think it is going to rain .
13. There is going to _________________(is) a lot of rain next month.
14. Most _______ (postman) are good at riding bikes.
15. Look! The man is ___________________(fix) my bike.
I didn’t go to the mountains ______the bad weather.
A. so B. because of C. because D. but