今年11月23日为感恩节，我校要举办一次以“Be Grateful”为主题的演讲比赛，请根据以下提示写一篇演讲稿参赛。
主要内容包括：1：为什么要学会感恩？ 2：要对谁感恩？ 3：感恩的实际行动（例如给父母泡杯茶或者洗洗脚，给老师做感恩卡谢谢他们的教导，对同学朋友的帮助表示感谢等等） 4：可以适当增加细节使行文连贯流畅 5：词数：100词左右。
Be grateful
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文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am interesting in spiders (蜘蛛), so this summer I watched them for quite long lime. Spiders don’t look beautifully, but they have their own way of killing flying insects. They often build “bridges” between branch. They climb up a branch slowly, pulling some silk. Then they pull the silk towards another branch. When they built many “bridges”, they begin to form webs. As long as insects happen to touch the webs, no matter what hard they try, they can’t escape. One day, there was a stronger wind, and the webs were broken, but the spiders still went on to building their “bridges”. They are not afraid with difficulties. As students, we should learn from it.
Driving to the airport in the early morning. I felt 1. (excite) because I would spend the summer in Paris. While looking for more interesting things 2. (do) besides sleeping and eating on the plane, I jumped at the chance to study French in this city 3. (know) for its art, food, and culture.
My connecting flight (转机) was in Frandfurt, Germany, 14 hours from Denver. But when I arrived there, a feeling of 4. (anxious) began to set in. Being in a big, busy building in a country 5. I could not speak the language made me nervous, 6. as I found my way, I gained confidence. When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour, I was filled with excitement.
When I stepped on foreign ground for the first time, I was 7. (extreme) happy. I gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people 8. (wait) for friends and family. I quickly had my first experience trying to communicate9. a language that I had only practiced in school. As I left 10. airport, with one sharp turn, the Eiffel Tower came into view. I was finally in Paris.
More and more people around the world are taking a look at urban farming. It can make our food as ______ as possible. By growing what we ______ near where we live, we decrease the “food miles” linked with long-distance ______. We also get the freshest ______.
Growing fruits and vegetables in cities will ______ the community (社区) greatly. ______ can earn extra income by ______ excessive (多余的) produce at community events and farmers’ markets. As such markets grow, they may ______ full-time staff from the community. Thus more job opportunities will be ______.
Another benefit of urban farming is that it can make our cities ______. It will add plants, bring fresh air, and ______ shading. It can help raise people’s awareness about the ______. With more rooftops and yard gardens, local people would have more peaceful places for ______. What’s more, a greener city will ______ tourists.
However, there exist some ______. For example, land in cities is often expensive. If more urban gardens are ______, the rents and house prices will be raised. Urban soils are often loaded with poisons. This requires soil improvement ______ planting can be done ______. Narrow space in cities can ______ the size of a farm. And getting enough water and sunlight can be a(n) ______ task. Considering all these problems, it seems that we still have a long way to go.
1.A. local B. delicious C. simple D. healthy
2.A. bring B. need C. like D. have
3.A. lines B. calls C. arrangement D. transportation
4.A. material B. evidence C. air D. produce
5.A. enlarge B. protect C. benefit D. unite
6.A. Customers B. Porters C. Growers D. Cleaners
7.A. collecting B. showing C. returning D. selling
8.A. hire B. help C. guide D. pay
9.A. missed B. provided C. ruined D. taken
10.A. larger B. greener C. busier D. quieter
11.A. use B. allow C. increase D. cover
12.A. diet B. technology C. environment D. disease
13.A. communication B. retirement C. competition D. relaxation
14.A. attract B. avoid C. affect D. accept
15.A. difficulties B. losses C. sufferings D. doubts
16.A. tidied B. created C. improved D. designed
17.A. since B. unless C. when D. before
18.A. safely B. gradually C. slowly D. lately
19.A. reach B. limit C. vary D. match
20.A. pleasant B. dangerous C. huge D. immediate
Tips for making family movie night a success
We say this a lot, but we think it’s worth repeating: It’s important to get involved in your kids’ media lives - and your kids will love it too. 1. what’s a good way to stay involved with your kids’ media picks and create an opportunity to discuss them? Host a family movie night! Some tips for making it work:
Schedule it. 2. Turn off cell phones and avoid multitasking during the show.
3. If you’ve pot little kids, pre-select a group to choose from. Avoid watching the same movie over and over again. If you’ve got teens, tell them you’ll watch anything they choose as long as they return the favor when it’s your turn. Obey a “no complaining” rule.
Choose a location (场所). Hang a sheet in the backyard, prepare the necessary equipment, and sit on beach chairs to enjoy a classic like The Wizard of Oz. 4.
Talk about it. The next day, make time to chat about what you watched. Kids might be interested in learning more about Hollywood’s history. 5. Talking with kids about how movie characters handled fictional situations can be a way to form your family’s values or get kids to open up about their lives.
A. Make it a theme night.
B. Take turns choosing the movie.
C. This can be simple or complicated.
D. Make it a regular date and time and don’t break it.
E. Visit the library to follow up on interests excited by the movie.
F. But helping them become wise media consumers can be easier said than done.
G. Or spend the family movie night on the road during vacations or at the grandparents’ house.
The vast majority of people can buy pretty much anything they need. Not anything they want, necessarily, but anything they need to achieve a satisfactory degree of creature comfort: clothing, water, shoes and food.
During my childhood, a Michael Pollan book would have been the prize of my year, were I to find it waiting under my Christmas tree or open it upon my birthday. I also used to be thrilled at receiving necessary things, like simple socks or gloves, as present. Nowadays I have too many gloves. I purchase leather gloves online that appear to be a good deal or just because I like their look.
Prosperity (富足) is a good thing, right? Yes, of course. But for me, I find that the greater ease with which such a generous gift is purchased, the less significance it has when given. This is why I try harder at gifts.
My first line of dealing with this problem is simply understanding the effect of a little time spent. Even writing out a thoughtful or funny card goes a lot further than a “cute top” purchased from a popular shopping website.
Need help? Go to your printer. There’s paper in there. Fold one sheet in half and draw a heart on the front. Open it up and fill the card with a poem or a few words of your own. Not only is it obvious that you took the time to select your words and write them down, but now you force the reader to stop for a short time and consider what you were trying to accomplish with them. The effort made by the two of you is the gift.
No matter how you decide to spend a little more time on your giving, the point is just quite simply that you do. You don’t have to give a person a handmade paper boat to get a reaction. But you won’t be sorry if you do.
1.What does the author think of his childhood gifts?
A. They weren’t what he wanted. B. They weren’t easy to get.
C. They looked good. D. They were useful.
2.What does the underlined part “this problem” in paragraph 4 refer to?
A. How to make a good deal. B. How to choose a popular gift.
C. How little a bought gift matters. D. I low long the time spent on gifts is.
3.A handmade card appears to be more significant because .
A. certain information is delivered
B. it provides a sense of achievement.
C. it takes the giver some time to finish it.
D. both the giver and the receiver are making an effort.
4.The author writes the text mainly to .
A. encourage readers to make gifts
B. advise readers to buy helpful gifts
C. inform readers of the importance of giving
D. persuade readers to make reasonable purchase
