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Yueyang Library Yueyang Library is a welcoming place for students, providing them with books and spaces to study and work together. The main floor Service Desk is a central place to get help. Here are the opening hour for different areas. |
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The First Floor |
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Service Desk |
Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am— 5:00 pm |
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Newspaper reading area |
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The Second Floor |
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Children reading area |
Tuesday to Friday 2:00 pm— 5:00 pm |
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Teenagers reading area |
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You can make calls or visit our website to get more information. Service Desk: (503) 943-7796 Website: //library.yy.edu |
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A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and the truck driver.
He also spoke to Tom, a witness. This is what they said.
Truck driver: I was driving from the airport to Newtown. A car crossed the road, so1 slowed down. 1 didn't stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were damaged.
Taxi driver: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometres from Newtown. The truck stopped suddenly without giving me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I couldn't pass the truck because there were two cars crossing near from Newtown. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.
Tom: I witnessed the accident. The truck was going to Newtown. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred metres behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident too.
Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.
For centuries, people around the world have invented many sports. It's no surprise that more and more unusual sports have appeared.
Human Towers
Every two years, there is a strange but fun competition—Human Towers in Spain. The first prize goes to the highest tower. In 2015, a group of players from China and Spain set a world record: a nine-person-high human tower. In this exciting event, any visitor can hold out his arms with the local people and cheer together.
Cheese Rolling Championships (锦标赛)
Cheese Rolling Championships take place in May every year in Britain. It is a traditional sport with the strongest smell in the world. Hundreds of people watch it on Cooper's Hill. In the game, a cheese wheel of 3.2~4.1 kg runs quickly down the hill. All the players run after it, trying to catch it without falling. However, most fail and get pains all over.
Outhouse (屋外厕所) Racing
Outhouse Racing has its own World Championship. It is in October in Virginia, America. Every team tries to push or pull their homemade outhouse along the street to be the first. You can see all kinds of unusual outhouses in the street. Each must have four sides, a toilet seat and toilet paper.
Starting high school means many changes in your life. Most teenagers look forward to the first day of high school, but still feel a little bit nervous. In order to make your high school life easier, you can follow these tips.
Learn all you can about your first day before the first day. Take part in some activities that are held at the school for new students to know the school better. If parents are invited to these activities, take yours with you. Carefully look over all the materials you receive. Be sure you know where the school's buildings are.
Get the things you will need for classes. Buy the things suggested on your teachers' supply lists and place your materials for each class separately.
Keep up with your high school workload(工作量). If you find you're not doing well in a subject, make use of after-school study groups or ask your teacher to help you with your schoolwork. Consider private tutoring to get you through a difficult time.
There're more extracurricular(课外) activities in high school than in middle school, such as clubs, music and theater groups, student government and sports teams. Make friends and be seen at such school activities. Join a club or other organizations to meet people and develop friendships. Ask someone in school activities if you don't know how. This is a good time to do what you like doing and an opportunity to try new things. Who said school has to be all work and no play?
Since you'll attend more activities in high school than in middle school, you'll have to learn how to manage your time.
A. get help from others B. stop going to activities
Here is an exciting and supportive community for writers, readers, and artists of all ages. It is called Story bird. It encourages writers of any age to turn those images(图像) into fresh stories. Millions of members use Story bird for millions of things. Thinking of joining? Here's how people use Story bird.
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| Ava is 13 and writes stories for her friends at school and on Storybird. She's entered 11 competitions,and has 351 followers who love her funny stories. |
| | Kate's son is five and loves poems while her 9-year-old daughter reads adventure and family stories. They use Storybird's free library and follow their favorite writers. |
| | Marie teaches English in her school in Sweden. She uses Storybird's free class tools to manage students and build a library of beautiful stories. |
| | Nidhi is an artist living in San Francisco. She sells her art on her website and is creating her own books and comics. Nidhi's artwork is also on Storybird, where it has thousands of stories and earns her money by her artwork. |
It is important for students to learn some team skills to help solve different kinds of problems. Here are two fun team activities.
Activity 1: Water Relay(接力赛)
Tools
●Two large buckets(水桶) to hold water
●One small bucket for each team member
Instructions
●Fill one large bucket with water.
●Make holes in the bottom of the small buckets.
●Have the team members line up between the two large buckets.
●Pass the water from one large bucket to the other, using small buckets. Try to keep as much water as possible.
Why It's Fun
●It's fun to work out a way to lose as little water as possible.
●It's water. Isn't it fun to get you went on a hot summer day?
Activity 2: Truth and Lie
This activity will allow team members to learn about each other.
Instructions
●Have each team member think of three pieces of information about themselves, and one of them is a lie.
●Each team member tells the group all the three pieces of information. Let the other team members guess which is the lie.
Why It's Fun
●Students love talking about themselves and this gives them the chance to do so.
●Members can learn about each other.
●Members will be surprised at what others think of them.
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Children's Training Center (Telephone: 2641729) |
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Telephone |
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English |
9:00am-11:00am |
Monday Thursday Friday |
Room 201 |
Miss Liu |
13869743432 |
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Drawing |
3:00pm-5:00pm |
Tuesday Thursday Sunday |
Room 307 |
Mr. Ben |
1397738 1342 |
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Swimming |
9:00am-11:00am 3:00pm-5:00pm |
Wednesday Saturday Sunday |
The swimming pool |
Mr. Zhang |
13205308207 |
Here is a menu for a fast food restaurant. The prices are in American money, called dollars and cents. There are 100 cents in a dollar.
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Main meals |
Small |
Large |
Drinks |
Small |
Large |
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Hamburger |
1.80 |
2.30 |
Coca cola |
0.80 |
1.00 |
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Hamburger with cheese |
2.00 |
2.50 |
Orange juice |
0.90 |
1.20 |
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Chicken burger |
1.90 |
2.40 |
Tea |
0.90 |
1.70 |
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Vegetable burger |
1.80 |
2.30 |
Coffee |
0.80 |
1.00 |
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Side dishes |
Small |
Large |
Sweets |
Small |
Large |
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Fries |
0.90 |
1.10 |
Ice cream or chocolate |
1.20 |
1.60 |
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Salad |
1.00 |
1.20 |
Apple pie (hot) |
0.70 |
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Chicken wings |
1.30 |
1.60 |
Donuts or jam |
0.50 |
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To realize the value of one year, ask a student who has failed a final exam. To realize the value of one month, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of one minute, ask a person who missed the train. To realize the value of one second, ask a person who just avoided an accident. To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics. Time waits for ________▲________, treasure every moment that you have! |
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⑴Liang and Wang both teachers, are going to take their summer holidays at some beautiful seaside. They like good wine and shopping. ⑵Chen Hui and Li Hong, university students want to travel with very little money, and would like to get to know the country by working with the local (当地的) people for one month. ⑶Mr Zhang, a young and busy manager needs a holiday to relax. He would like to go somewhere warm and sunny, where he can swim in the sea, and he enjoys sports and dancing. ⑷Mr. Lee and his wife who have recently retired (退休) want to see places of cultural and historic interest, but Mrs. Lee hates flying. ⑸Ling Xia, a nurse in a hospital in Guangzhou hopes to spend her 21st birthday in the north and skate on real ice. |
A. Seven Days on Jinsha Island Seven-day holidays on Jinsha Island, lovely beach with golden sand and deep blue sea. Sailing and some other water sports as well as dancing to local music B. East China in comfort Comfortable coach(长途汽车) tours around five cities in East China. Six days out of normal holiday season, seeing local culture. C. A four-day Holiday in Guilin Relax yourselves for a four-day holiday in Guilin. Stay in the Lijiang Hotel. Taste delicious Guilin rice noodles. A tour on the Li River by boat. D. Holiday Homes in Sanya Holiday flats in Sanya in summer season by the sea, yet near shops and restaurants. E. One Day's Travel in Guangzhou Climb Baiyun Mountain in the morning, visit Yuexiu Park and other sceneries after lunch. A boat trip at night on Pearl River at 8:00. F. One Week on Sun Island, Harbin One-week holiday in the Full Moon Hotel. Beautiful flats with sights of Sun Lake. Skating skiing and other winter sports. G. Farm Holidays in Guizhou Spending holidays on a farm in Guizhou for one to three months, if prepared to work with the farmers. Rooms, food and trips are all provided freely –you only pay for the low cost of traffic. |
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Films Two films will be on this Sunday afternoon at Andersen Cinema. See Justice League at 3:30 p.m. The Smurfs will be on at 3:45 p.m. For more information, call 66327601. |
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International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come City Pak this Sunday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to4:00p.m. |
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Football Game Dec. 16 this Sunday night (6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.), is a good chance to watch the football game in our City Gym this year. Buy your tickets at the gate of the gym. It might be cold. Don’t forget to wear a sweater or a jacket. |
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Concert “The Only”, a popular rock band from America, will give their first concert this Saturday night, at 7:00 pm. at Golden Hall. |

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If you've tried and have not won, Never stop for crying; All that's great and good is done Just by patient trying. Though young birds, in flying, fall, Still their wings grow stronger; And the next time they can keep Up a little longer. |
Though the strong tree has known Many blows of stormy winds, She has risen again, and grown Higher and prouder. If by easy work you beat, Who the more will prize you? Gaining success from defeat- That's the test that tries you! |
Bruce, a 15-year-old boy, enjoys reading very much. He wants to read as many Chinese books as possible, especially the ancient Chinese books.
Mary is 14. She is a pretty girl, and she likes shopping best. She'd like to buy many beautiful dresses.
"I won't eat anything tomorrow." Judy always says like this. However, this 16-year-old girl keeps on eating many kinds of food every day.
Mike is 14 years old. He hopes to travel around China. His dream is to go boating in the lake every day.
A. sweet
dumplings
B. Dongqian Lake
C. Tianyi Pavilion
D. Tianyi Square
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| Zootopia |
| From a large elephant to a small mouse, animals live happily together in Disney's Zootopia. Language: English Running Time: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes Price: Weekdays—$50 $25 (children under 6 years old) Weekends—$60 $30 (children under 6 years old) |
The movie is so interesting. There are 64 kinds of animals in it. After I watched the movie, I learned more about animals. I would recommend(推荐) this movie to those animal lovers.
—— John
I have seen many cartoons of this kind, but this one is surprisingly funny and I love the sweet voice in it. My brother and I just couldn't stop laughing from the beginning to the end.
—— David
I went to see it with my 5-year-old son last Sunday afternoon. I love the beautiful music while my son loves the rabbit police officer Judy very much —— Nancy
Tonight's Radio Programs List
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20:00 |
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The latest news in China. |
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20:30 |
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Listen to 15 teenagers from different places in China talking about their dreams. What's the most important for them —money, education, or family? |
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21:10 |
Play for Today |
Today's play is about a young Chinese boy faced with the choice between following his heart to become a pop star and following his parents, who are both doctors. |
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Ask for Tina's advice if you have a problem with your parents or friends. She will tell you what she thinks. But will you follow her advice? |
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22:30 |
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Tonight's topic is English stories and poems. Improve your English by listening to tonight's stories and poems. |
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Yuko Tucker talks to tonight's movie stars from all over the world about their lives. |
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A. Talk Talk B. Problem—What Problem? C. English Club D. News Program E. Teen Dreams |
A. Method Ⅰ
One of the best ways to learn a foreign language is to follow the method you learn your first language. The BBC programmes use this method in many different ways.
B. Method Ⅱ
Are you still learning English by putting it into Chinese word by word? Come here, experienced teachers will tell you how to improve your writing skills.
C. Method Ⅲ
Vocabulary Hero may help you learn more English words while you're playing games, so if you have problems remembering new words, use it!
D. Method Ⅳ
There are millions of book recording including poems, short stories, novels and even fairytales for children in the app Himalayas Reading. You can use it wherever you go.
E. Method V
Video courses for sale! They are for people who wish to learn English whenever free. They are designed to meet different needs, from beginners to advanced.
F. Method Ⅵ
Do you wish to speak fantastic English? Foreign teachers from England, American and Australia offer fantastic English oral lessons in Shenzhen Cultural Centre every Sunday afternoon.
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Lynn: My weekend was relaxing. Jenny: My weekend was too busy. Alex: I had a really terrible weekend. Eric: My weekend was OK. I enjoyed the weekend with my parents. Peter: I had an exciting time last weekend. I was shouting and jumping for my favorite team all the time. |
A. I have never watched such a wonderful football game before. I was so excited. B. Last weekend, I went to visit my grandparents. On the way, I had an accident(事故).That is why I am in hospital now. C. l planned to borrow some books. But on the way I lost my bags. Luckily, I found it later. D. I went to a beautiful beach with my family. There I enjoyed myself. E. I just stayed at home. In the morning, I finished my homework. In the afternoon, I watched TV. F. I got up early in the morning and went to bed at 11: 30 p.m. I was working all day. |
A. This beautiful pen can not only be used to write with but also play music. It can also become a mini-recorder. You can use it to record what your teachers say in class. After class, it can help you review the lessons.
B. You can drive this car by yourself. When you are tired, it can become a fully automatic driverless car. You can control it only by using your eyes. It can stop automatically before hitting people and other things.
C. Are you annoyed with yourself for forgetting to bring a cartridge (墨水囊)? You must use this pen. It can change clean water into environmentally friendly black ink in just a few seconds.
D. This mini-fan can bring you some coolness on a hot summer day. It's
Environmentally friendly. The solar cells in it provide the electricity that the fan needs. Besides, it can play music.
E. This electric toothbrush is perfect for young kids. It's very soft so it won't hurt your kids' teeth. It can also play music that kids like best. If you press the red button on the toothbrush, it can give out colourful lights.
F. This wheel chains automatic and environmentally friendly. You can control it by using your mobile phone. Before being used, it needn't be charged up. There are two solar panels(太阳能电池板) at the back of the wheelchair.
Mr. Wang wants to buy a new car. However, he is tired of driving on his own. He is also worried about the safety of driving.
Wang Hao always forgets to bring cartridges to school. He wants to buy a new pen that can help solve this problem.
Mr Li hurt his legs. Before recovery, he has to use a wheelchair. He wants to buy one that is good for the environment.
Lin Xia's mother's birthday is around the corner. It's so hot, so he wants to buy her an environmentally friendly fan.
Mrs Wang wants to buy a small gift for her 3-year-old son. It's better if it can play some children's music.