→ he knows everything.
that we can't answer any questions.
Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task .
If what she had,perhaps it was because she didn't expect life to be very different.
You should know that there are a lot of things we've got to .
your nose when you start a new job.
The health authorities now know the disease.
The two office buildings in size and shape.
After a long journey, we arrived in Jiuzhaigou late at night. The tour guide (tell) us its name was from the nine Tibetan villages distributed along the valleys, had the reputation of "fairyland on earth". The guide collected us at 8 am next morning. Then we set off.
Jiuzhaigou was famous the 118 beautiful lakes and the many astonishing waterfalls (瀑布). Clear streams in the valleys collected in beautiful blue lakes, while in some places they collected into waterfalls. The lakes were pure enough (see) to the bottom, and they provided fantastic reflections of the facing trees and mountains. This (real) was a place to lose a day in.
After the (amaze) visit to the valley, we were treated to a well made singing and dancing show about Tibetan life. The (performer) had beautiful traditional clothes, provided by (they) families.
When the sun set, I found that time slipped away, and the tour was over. Although I hadn't explored all the sights, I felt able to enjoy the heavenly (beautiful). It's absolutely different from the UK. Oh, beautiful Jiuzhaigou, goodbye!
→His car broke down and he had to .
→When I walked past, I.
Recently, people in the US education have got extremely worried because a new report has shown that American students have a maths problem.
The 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment(评估)(PISA) shows maths scores in the US getting lower and no improvement in science or reading. PISA tests 15-year-olds from different countries and regions in their maths, science and reading skills. About 540,000 students from 72 countries and regions took part in the assessment in 2015.
US scores in reading and science were about the same as three years ago, leaving Americans near the middle of the bigger group. But the situation in maths is much more worrying. The US average score was 470,below the OECD(经合组织) test average of 490,meaning the US was No.40 among the 72 countries and areas. It was 12 points lower than in 2012 and 18 points lower than in 2009. So, what is going on with American students' maths skills?
One reason may be that the US does not teach maths in enough depth." Students are often good at answering the first part of a problem in the United States," said Andreas Schleicher, director of education and skills at OECD." But as soon as students have to go deeper and answer the more complicated part of a problem, they have difficulties." In comparison, many high-performing countries and regions in maths teach a lot less but focus in much greater depth, especially when you look at East Asia, Japan and Singapore, according to Schleicher.
Another reason may be the fact that many people in the US are unwilling to travel to foreign countries to learn better teaching practices." One of our biggest challenges in the US is that the teachers are not going out and seeing what high-performing countries do differently," said Wendy Kopp, who started Teach for America ,in a news programme.
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My mother always told me it was better to be smart than to be beautiful. "If you are smart, finally you will afford to be beautiful." All I needed were the brains, and someday, I would be a really beautiful lawyer.
My mother worked at a TV station and I would come along and watch the magic of filming TV shows. But all the same, I was learning.
When my father's business failed, I was able to continue to attend one of the best bilingual(双语的) schools in Mexico City thanks to the scholarship. Scholarships followed me into middle school and high school.
However, during my senior year in high school my family moved to my dad's country, the United States. For the first time in my life, I had optional(可选择的) classes. So I decided to take psychology classes. While I found the public school system to be a joke, I did find my psychology classes attractive. My mother, in her dreams for my life, did not see psychology as a good choice, but I was like her, strong-willed to the subject.
I married young, even before I had a degree under my belt. Worst of all, I married a kid who wanted to be a pastor(牧师). My mother loved Andy dearly but she would ask him occasionally, "When will you have a real job?" I did finish my degree and I became a social worker, but when I had my first child at age 24, I quit my job. Then at 26, another baby girl joined our family. Unfortunately, this baby girl had Down syndrome(唐氏综合征).
How would I be able to break the news to my mother? "It is better to be smart than to be beautiful." I knew what "smart" meant in the statement, and I doubted if my baby with an extra chromosome(染色体) would meet those expectations. My mum was coming to the hospital to meet her new grand-baby. I would tell her then. I needed time to gather my thoughts. I was afraid, afraid that she would see Nichole as one that would never be smart…or beautiful.
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1)所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2)至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3)续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
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My mother arrived at the hospital mid-morning, ready to meet her new granddaughter.
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Six years later, Nichole runs to mum whenever we see each other.