90.The answer seems to be that we have a need to stay in touch with friends and family no matter where we are or what we are doing. 91.Having a cellphone also makes us feel safer, since we can call for help in case of an emergency. 92.She says that her cellphone helps her do whatever she wants to do and still stay in touch with her parents and friends. 93.‖ I think it’s the most useful invention ever ―Wang Mei says as she is dialling the number to Xiao Li again to ask her what she will be wearing to school tomorrow. 94.Wang Mei calls her best friend Xiao Li at least once a day to see how she is doing and what is going on. 95.Once,the earth was a beautiful blue planet where people lived happily among trees and animals. 96.The human beings have been able to keep a small, secret school open since the machines took over. 97.Now, the leader has asked a group of students to do what they can to save the earth. 98.Instead, the students have decided to come up with a
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peaceful solution. 99.Steve Jones is an environmental expert who tries to keep animals and plants from becoming endangered. 100.We often talk about how important it is to take care of ourselves and our planet, but we don’t always do as we say. 101.Many of the earth’s plants and animals have already died out, and several other species are endangered. 102.If we want to live a better life and have a bright future, we must learn to act in ways that do not harm other living things. 103.If
we
know
more
about
what
causes
endangerment ,we may be able to take measures before it is too late.
104.A species can become endangered for different reasons.
105.Animals and plants must have a habitat, or home, which is comfortable and clean, and where there is enough food and other resources.
106.They are all used to their environment; that is ,they have learnt how to live successfully in their habitat. 107.Experts tell us that we need to think about what we can do to keep animals and plants from becoming endangered. 108.Professor Stevenson explained to the students that the milu deer had been very common in China a long time ago, but it disappeared during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. 109.What we hear on the radio or see on TV is only a small part of all the wonderful music that is waiting for us. 110.People have been playing the blues for many years , but the music has kept many of its characteristics. 111.Hip-top music often combines parts of other styles to create music that will help people hear new things in old music.
112.Latin music –music that uses traditional styles from Latin America—has spread all over the world.
113.The blues comes from African songs that people used to sing when they worked and during festivals.
114.There is a wide variety of new music to be discovered in every corner of the world, so the next time you look for a
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tape or a CD, don’t just look for Chinese or American music—open your ears to the sounds of the world. 115.They play music to satisfy their inner desire.
116.They do not think how much money they can make from a song; instead, they sing for their emotions and live for music.
117.The process of making rock music, however, is totally different .
118.You must believe in what you do and who you want to succeed in the world –the magical world of Hogwarts and the real one.
119.If only they could find a way to get to the room, or whatever it was, behind the wall.
120.Our eating habits have changed, as has our way of life, and the fuel we need for our bodies is also different. 121.If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life, we had better learn to make the right choices about what and how we eat.
122.When we choose what to buy and eat, we had better think whether the food will give us the nutrients we need.
123.Vitamins, which we can get from eating vegetables, fruit, fish and drinking milk, help our body fight disease. 124.Many people today make choices about their eating habits based on what they believe.
125.Organic vegetables are those that are grown without chemicals that can be harmful to human beings or the environment.
126.Because we have so much to choose from, many companies and stores offer advice about what we should eat.
127.The best way to make sure that we will feel and look fine is to develop healthy eating habits.
128.Only in that way will we be ready fro the challenges and opportunities in life.
129.I am a little nervous about, because I am not sure how I should behave at the dinner table. 130.The
week
following
Christmas
Day,
many
festival so that African Americans would be able to celebrate their history and culture.
132.We must do as much as we can to make our community better and more beautiful.
133.Since Kwanzaa is a time for learning as well as joy, people celebrate it by lighting a candle each day and discussing one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. 134.Each time we celebrate a festival it changes a little and in that way we keep our culture alive.
135.Peter played a trick on Carol and she wouldn’t talk to him for two days. They made peace after Peter treated her to a nice lunch.
136.It is a reminder that we need to care about the world we live in and that we should learn to respect life and nature.
137.The best trick is one that makes everyone laugh, including the ―fool‖.
138.Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? 139.I can’t be the only woman who isn’t wearing jewellery.
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African—American families get together to greet the new year and think about the past.
131.Kwanzaa was born in 1966, when people created a new
140.I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the center.
141.Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. 142.On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. 143.If we work together, we might come up with a very good story.
144.The student is on her way to school and she meets a girl that looks exactly like her.
145.IN the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin conducted a
from the electricity.
150.British law says that every new drug must be tested on at least two different kinks of animals, such as mice or dogs. 151.Scientists say that if a medicine works with animals, there is a very high chance that it also works with people. 152.There is no doubt that 100 years ago animal testing was cruel but today animals in experiments are very well taken care of.
153.It has often been said that life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes twice as difficult.
154.On the third day I was struggling through stormy
number experiments in which he showed what electricity is. weather and during the next week the wind grew stronger 146.Having realized that I could use a kite to attract lightning, I decided to do an experiment.
147.When the first thunderstorm came, I took my condenser to a shed in the fields where I could do my experiment.
148.Tie the corners of the handkerchief to the points of the cross, and you will have a nice strong kite.
149.This ribbon, which must not get wet, will protect you
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and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent. 155.Changes were just around the corner.
156.I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong.
157.I was thankful for all the training I had had.
158.I was so optimistic that I decided that the next day, I would increase my workday to 12 hours.
159.Lying on the ice, I would soon die. I struggled to my knees knowing that somehow I had to put my tent up for shelter.
160.It is an experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest of my life.
161.In her television shows she makes it possible to talk about great moments and difficulties in people’s lives. She has helped thousands of men and women come to terms with things that bother them and that they could not talk about with others.
162.She is a black woman whose rise to fame is an inspiring story.
167.New Zealand is an island that lies off the eastern coast of Australia. It is make up of two large islands: North Island and South Island.
168.The ocean and seas surrounding the islands are deep blue and many of New Zealand’s cities lie on a bay and have a natural deep harbor.
169.The North Island is famous fro an area of hot springs, some of which throw hot water high into the air.
170.There are many plants and animals that only live in New Zealand.
171.More than 120 years later, Capital James Cook took possession of the islands in 1796 and from that time British
163.It was a time in which many sad things happened to her. people started to settle in New Zealand. 164.In 1984, she moved to Chicago, where she became the host of a talk show called ―AM Chicago‖.
165.Her life shows us that hard work and discipline are the road to self—improvement, and success lies somewhere along the road.
166.When I grow up I hope to be just as successful as you are.
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172.It is a good thing that New Zealand helps the Maori to keep their own language and culture.
173.New Zealand has a population of about 3.8 million people, of which about fourteen percent are Maori. 174.The majority of the people speak English. However, Maori, which the native language of the Maori people, is also an official language.