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Boy pullssister fromriver aftershe fallsthrough ice冰〃见〃兄妹情妹妹落水保镇静,哥哥相助见真情难词探意
1.current/n.水流
2.grab/v.抓住
3.hip/n.臀部
4.waist/n.腰部Marla andKarie Godinsaid what they hadlearned inswimming lessonshelped themstay calm.When10years OldMarla Godinran onto the iceafter her dog onSunday,she neverexpected thatshe wouldfall throughit.Just two weeks before,she and her familyhad beenout on the thickice neartheir home.But thewarm springweather hadmade the ice coveringthin.u The current wasbringing meaway fromshore.And Igrabbed on the ice,“she said.Marla screamedto herfriend,Lexis,to get
1..She alsostayed calmand focusedon hangingon.“When I was in the water,I justremembered my swimming lessons.I need to kickmy legsand Ineedtograb ontoice.”Her brother,Karie,12,wasnt far,riding abike on the roadnearby.He stoppedat onceand steppedinto thewater,which wasup tohis hips.Thecurrentwas strongand pushedhim.He grabbedhis sisterby thewaist andpulled heronto shore.Karie Godinlooks downfrom abridge atthe riverwhere hesaved hissister.He saidhe wasnervous butdidnt panic.u Tobe honest,Iwasa littlebit scaredfor losingmy sister,said Karie.u AndI rememberedmyswimminglesson to stay
2.The dog,Ictus,was stillontheice,so hewent toget himand broughthim toshore.Up atthe road,he flaggeddown someonedriving byand askedhim toget hisdad,who wasat home.Marla saidher brother,herdogandherfriend Lexis are allher heroes.“Karie
3.my life,“she said.u ldont knowhow Icould everthank him.Tin happyto havehim.,,Their mom,Natalie Leger,said sheis
4.for thehappy ending,but shestressed thatthey shouldall bemore carefulwhen theyplay neartheicethis timeof year.Its verydifficult becausetwoweeksago,everybody waswalking onthe riversand lakes.So itchanges very,very quickly.She saidher sondid the
5.thing.u ldont knowthat anadult couldhave donebetter thanhe did.He knewexactly whatto do,said Leger.Reading CheckFill ineach blankwith onlyone wordaccording tothe context.Sentence for writing Herbrother,Karie,12,wasnt far,riding abike onthe roadnearby.她的哥哥,卡雷雨,12岁,在不远处,骑着自行车在附近的道路上本句中,riding为现在分词作伴随状语答案
1.help
2.calm
3.saved
4.grateful/thankful/obliged
5.Right【句式仿写】现在,我给您写这封邮件,希望获得一些建议Now,Im writingthis emailto you,hoping toget somesuggestions.You can难词探意
1.NGO非政府幺且织
2.jute/n.黄麻纤维
3.register/v.注册
4.enterprise/n.企业
5.fertile/adj.肥沃的When we were buildingwater pipesfor anNGO previously,we sawthe gapbetween ruraland urbanareas.We wantedto dosomething tonarrow such
1..We never had an answer until we came to Long Semadoh.We sawthe challengesthey facedin selling
2..So wethought maybehelping themwith marketlinkage can be ananswer.We startedwith30kg ofrice whichwe handCarried andpacked intojute bagsand soldas Christmasgifts inDecember
2015.After thatwe decidedto formalizeit bysetting upLangat Collective.An NGOwas outof thequestion becausewe dontwant torely onhandouts.We justwent andregistered asa socialenterprise,thafs it.A lotof peoplegive usideas.You mustpush thefarmers,change seeds,and usethis andthat technologyetc.But whenyou spendenough timewith thefarmers workingthe fields,you realizethey havetheir ownkind of
3.・They maynot teachus thewisdom simplybecause theydon5t know they haveit,or howprecious itis.For example,when theyobserve theinterplay ofdifferent naturalelements,it hitsyou thatthe humanis themost powerfulprobe andIOT Internetof Things.It isonly whenyour feetare stuckinthe
4.,that youbegin toobserve thatthis mudisabit harderand thisfeels fertile.You cantell because youve goneto enoughfields toknowthedifference.You can5t rushcommunity workbecause itis allabout relationshipbuilding.We startedoff with only UncleLion,Auntie Annieand AuntyRamie whowere crazyenough tobelieve inus.Once youget alocal influencerconvinced,your battlegets a little easierbecauseyounow havea“mouthpiece”who understandsenough aboutwhat youdo.From threemodel farmers,we haveexpanded toover40farmers throughoutthe valley.Now whenthe other
1.gap
2.rice
3.wisdom
4.mud
5.farmers【句式仿写】一些人在离开家之后才开始想念家人Some peopledo notmiss theirfamily untilthey leavehome.Life in an RVyear round休闲车中的别样时光梦想永远属于敢于行动的人正如这对二十几岁的夫妇,他们正开着自己的休闲车走南闯北,体验着不一样的人生![难词探意]
1.transition/v.转变;过渡
2.initially/adv.最初;开始
3.trail/n.小径;痕迹My husbandWes and our twodogs havespent severalyears living in an RV anddriving itall aroundthe UnitedStates.More recently,we transitionedto aneven smallervan TypeRV,where weplan tolive duringmuch of the hurricaneseason,then spendthe restofthe time livingon asailboat.Heres exactlywhat ifslike tolive andwork in anRV.Wes andI hadjust soldour houseoutside ofSt.Louis,Missouri andmoved toa townin Coloradowhere weknew noone.Though weenjoyed ournew state,especially allthe outdooractivities ithad offered,we weretraveling backhome forvisits prettyoften.So initiallythe RVwas intendedfor travelingin comfort.We couldsave moneyon hotels,travel ata morerelaxed pace,avoid packingand unpacking,not overstayour welcomeatthehomes offamily andfriends,and beable totake ourdogs withus.Plus,my husbandhad alwayswanted one.We boughtthe firstRV inJuly2015and bySeptember ofthat yearwewerealready consideringlivinginit fulltime.Wes andI lovetraveling andbeing locationindependent”,andourjobs allowus towork anywhere.At firstit didseem likea scarything toget ridof a“normal homeand liveonthe road.And manypeople toldus wewere crazy,but oncewe officiallymade theleap,in February2016,we neverlooked back.Living togetherinasmall spacecan bechallenging,and findingthings to do onyour owncanbegreat foryour mindset.I liketo goon hikesby myselfor takethe dogsout onlong walks.When theweather wasbad andwe hadto stayinside,we passedthetimereading,watching Netflix,organizing,and soon-everything youdo ina regularhome.Then therewere allthe littlehome repairtasks;things dobreak whenyoure alwaysrattling downthe road.We bothspend agood dealof timeworking.Luckily wehave jobsthat canbe doneanywhere.There areso manyjobs availabletoday thatmake livinginanRV beforeretirement definitelydoable.Most thepeople wevemet whileRiving stillwork,and earngreat incomedoing so.I runa website,Making Senseof Cents,and tendtodoall mywork atthe diningtable.I absolutelylove Riving,so mylist of“pros”is long.I lovebeing ableto bringmy homeeverywhere withme.There arenever anyworries abouthaving leftsomething importantbehind.I lovebeing ableto parkmy homeright nexttothebest hikingand bikingtrails,being ableto changethe viewfrom thewindows,follow thegood weather,and exploredifferent destinations.The biggest“con”is theplanning thafsnecessary.You dohave toplan aheadwhere youare goingto parkbecause sometimesplaces arefull一for example,national parksduring thesummer.As afull Timetraveler,there isa lotof planning,moving,and tryingnew things.So onceyou arrivesomewhere,ifs nicetostaya whileand justsit still.Thafs whyI recommendthat Riverspark theirRV everyonce ina whilelike forwinter,or movealittleslower.Reading Check
1.Why didthe couplebuy anRV atfirst A.To enjoythe drivingtime.B.To getmore freedom.C.To savethe livingcosts.D.To travelcomfortably.
2.What doesthe underlinedpart referto inparagraph3A.Living ontheroad.B.Making greatprogress inwork.C.Breaking awayfrom thecrowds.D.Being independentfrom parents.
3.What doesthe authordo tomake alivingA.She writesarticles.B.She runsa website.C.She managesan onlinestore.D.She drivesfor passengers.Language][Study SentenceforwritingWe bothspend agood dealof timeworking.我们都花了很多时间工作spend timedoing sth意为“花时间做某事”
1.D
2.A
3.B【句式仿写】我花了一周的时间看完这本书I spenta weekreading thisbook.。