If you can’t get along well with your neighbors, you’ll make your life terrible day after day. But if you take the time to develop a good relationship with your neighbors, it can bring you many advantages including a friendlier community, a safer neighborhood and a nicer and more comfortable area. There are some suggestions for you to be a good neighbor.
If you're new in the neighborhood, introduce yourself. Say hello, offer a welcoming gift and share or ask about the local area.
Be aware of the shared walls. If you and your neighbors share living spaces and live close to each other,try to put the noisy washing machines and dryers away from the shared walls.
Keep your pet dog on a leash (皮带) if it has a habit of running wildly on your neighbor’s lawns,especially if they have a pet of their own, and make sure to clean up after it.
When you park your car, be sure not to block anyone’s doorway or leave them a very small parking space. Don't slam (砰地关上) your car doors late at night.
Cut the grass in your garden as often as you can, because the grass in your yard is not only ugly but also can spread to your neighbor's yard.
Really good neighbors look after each other. They offer to help, especially on matters that have influence on the larger neighborhood and look for chances to communicate. Great neighbors lead to great neighborhoods.
Topic: To be a good neighbor | |
1.of developing a good relationship with neighbors | ★ 2. to have a good relationship with your neighbors will make you feel terrible day after day. ★ A good relationship with neighbors can bring many advantages, which may include a friendlier community, a safer neighborhood and a nicer and more comfortable area. |
Tips for 3. a good relationship with neighbors | ★Introduce yourself when you are in a new place. ★Be aware of the shared walls if you and your neighbor live close to each other. ★Remember to clean up after your dog runs on your neighbors’ lawns. ★4.slamming your car doors when you park your car late at night. ★Cut the grass in your garden as often as possible. |
Conclusions | ★Good neighbors affect more people, offer to help and expect to communicate. ★There are no great neighborhoods 5. great neighbors.
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1.As we know, tools made of metal __________ (not break) easily.
2.Changing the plan at this time is to cut the foot _______ (fit) the shoe.
3.More _______ (do) to reduce the air pollution in China from now on.
4.He________(fix) the computer which went wrong last week. It looks as good as new.
5.Several years of hard work led the engineer to _______ (achieve) success.
6.—How was your flight to Hainan?
—Couldn’t be worse. We _________ (keep) at the airport for five hours.
7.My uncle arrived when I _________ (leave). I had to receive him first.
8.China ________ (host) The Belt and Road forum for International Cooperation in Beijing in
May 2017. It was a big success.
1.If you are not ________ (complete) satisfied, you can get your money back.
2.Tu Youyou is considered as the _______ (proud) of the country.
3.Red lanterns are often ________ (hang) along the street before the lantern Festival.
4.He used to live in _______ (center) Wuxi but now he is planning to live in the countryside.
1.The desk is _________ (专门) designed for disabled people.
2.What does the singer mean by _________ (取消) his performance?
3.Ms Zhao teaches English so well. She is ________ (严格的) with all her students.
4.We realized the ____________（可能性）and took steps to prevent it happening.
“Blue skies,” I sang, “smiling at me…” But no one was smiling. My classmates looked bored as they waited to rehearse (排练). It was just hours before the talent show, and my voice wasn’t sounding good. I sadly sat down on the floor. My act was too bad.
My parents were on their way. My mother had been my age when she started painting seriously, and had shown and sold work into her thirties. But her hands were now too busy washing, cleaning and making salad. Still, I kept hoping she’d start again. I gave her sketchbook (写生簿) every Mother’s Day and Christmas.
“Maybe I should read poems.” I found the show’s host and let her know.
“Next up, Sandra Beasley,” came the introduction.
No one had warned me about the spotlight (聚光灯). I squinted (眯着眼看), looking for my parents, but I couldn’t pick out either of their faces. My first poem was one to blueberries. Then I read a poem about chemistry class and found a rhythm, “This last one,” I said, “is for my mom.”
The poem described our laundry (洗衣) room, which had once been her studio. She was the artist. Where was her art?
“How can I learn,’ the poem finished, “if you do not teach?”
“Thank you,” I said. The audience (观众) gave a big hand. A friend took my arm as I left the stage.
“Wonderful” she said. “Jeez. Is your mom here?” My heart dropped. My mother had expected to hear me sing Blue Skies. Instead , she had been chastised (谴责) in front of all the audience.
When the house lights came up, I noticed my dad waving me over. “Well, hey,’’ he said. “That was something else.” She was standing on his other side．She could have said, “That’s not your story to tell.”
Instead she pulled me toward her. I laid my face to her shoulder so quickly that I’d never know for sure if her eyes were wet. There are some tears that a mother is not willing to show, there are some tears a daughter is not ready to see.
1.After the writer finished her rehearsal, ____________.
A. she was satisfied with her performance
B. she couldn’t wait to see her classmates’ acts
C. she was too nervous to perform in the show
D. she decided to read poems instead of singing
2.The writer’s friends would probably say that her poem for her mother was _________.
A. terrible B. touching C. boring D. tiring
3.Which of the following is the correct order according to the article?
a.She (the writer) sang Blue Skies. b.She read a poem for her mom.
c.Her mom gave up her career. d.Her parents got to the talent show.
A. a.b.c.d B. c.a.d.b C. a.d.b.c D. c.d.a.b
4.What can we conclude from the article?
A. The writer was chastised by her mother for not singing Blue Skies as planned.
B. The writer had a poor relationship with her parents.
C. The writer wanted her mother to pick up her art again.
D. The writer felt sorry for chastising her father on stage.
Everyone knows that it’s hard to drink in space because of the low gravity, but Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong showed us how they drank tea on a TV show during the month-long trip in Shenzhou XI spaceship last year. They used a specially made tea cup and a special Pu’er cream to drink tea while standing upside down.
The Pu’er tea cream they drank is produced in Yunnan province, which is known for its Pu’er tea industry.
“Drinking hot tea is harder,” said Jing Haipeng. “The difficult part of drinking tea in space is that there should not be anything left after the tea dissolves (溶解) in water, also, the solubility（溶解度）of the tea should be low since water in space can only be warmed to 60 degrees at most.”
The tea cream the astronauts drank is produced by Gongrunxiang Tea Industry Corp in Kunming. Zhang Guanghui, manager of Gongrunxiang, said that the company tries to produce a tea cream that’s a safe, healthy tea product. Tea products are often reported to be polluted by air and heavy metals. “I never imagined that one day our tea cream would help astronauts to drink tea in space,” Zhang said, adding that drinking tea in space can be seen as a turning point for the Pu’er tea industry.
“For us, astronauts’ drinking tea in space means our technology used in the tea industry has had some achievements,” Zhang said. “In the future, more tea producers will use it to improve the tea industry.”
1.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Astronauts are able to enjoy many kinds of tea in space.
B. The tea cream is reported to be polluted by air and heavy metals.
C. The astronauts showed how they drank tea after returning to the earth.
D. The technology used in the tea industry may help the astronauts drink tea.
2.Which is NOT the reason why it’s difficult for the astronauts to drink hot tea in space?
A. Drinking is very hard in the low-gravity situation.
B. The solubility of the tea should remain the same.
C. They have to use a kind of specially made tea cup.
D. There should be nothing left after the tea dissolves in water.
3.Why does Zhang consider drinking tea in space is a turning point for the Pu’er tea industry?
A. He thinks it might help astronauts in space.
B. He thinks it might make Pu’er tea dissolve easily.
C. He thinks it might help improve the production of Pu’er tea.
D. He thinks it might help improve the tea industry and make Pu’er tea popular.
