下面的表格是你一天的活动安排,请根据表格中的内容写一篇英语日记。
时间 | 地点 | 活动安排 |
8:00 | 校门口 | 欢迎美国学生(约50人)到校参观访问 |
8:30—9:30 | 图书馆阅览室 | 联欢会 |
9:30—10:30 | 校园内 | 参观教学楼、实验楼和游泳池 |
10:30—11:30 | 操场 | 友谊篮球赛 |
12:00 | 校门口 | 美国学生离开 |
要求:1.词数100左右,开头已经给出,不计入总词数;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇: 友谊篮球赛 Friendship Basketball Match联欢会get-together
March 6, 2013
About fifty American students came to visit our school today.
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Mary: Well, it’s a lovely room. It’s quite a nice size, but I don’t like green paint very much. Would 1. be all right if I painted the walls a different color?
White: Yes, that’s fine, as long as you don’t paint them a very dark color. One of my renters 2. (paint) them black a few years ago. That was terrible.
Mary: Is there anything I 3. know?
White: Well, I don’t allow cats 4. (go) upstairs at all.
Mary: Oh? Not at all?
White: No, 5. (absolute) not. I don’t like animals and I don’t allow smoking in bedrooms.
Mary: Oh, no, no. I agree 6. that. I don’t smoke anywhere. Can I use the kitchen if I want to 7. something?
White: Yes, but only before 7 o’clock in the evening. And I don’t allow people to stick pictures on the walls. You know when you take the pictures away, marks 8. (leave) on the walls.
Mary: OK. I see.
White: And one 9. thing if you don’t mind. I don’t want any big noisy parties, 10. only two or three friends at the same time, please.
Mary: Oh, right. I will do that. Well, it sounds fair. Thank you very much.
1. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job.In many European countries — like the UK or France —2.
Talks and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand.I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; 3. The people present just stared at me and smiled.After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; 4. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, 5. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
A. and sometimes these values are quite against each other.
B. people from both nations keep the rule that work comes first.
C. Meeting people from another culture can be difficult.
D. however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly.
E. instead there was an uncomfortable silence.
F. It is quite a common case to meet people from different cultures.
G. people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
I decided to cut my front lawn (草坪) today, especially since I live on a main street downtown with lots of traffic. I finished mine and decided to cut my neighbor — Joan’ grass while I was good at it. She is a sweet person who has gone through some trying times in the last year. Her brother passed away because of cancer last year, and her sister (who lives with her) was mentally challenged — yet so sweet!
It was a difficult time with physical and mental challenges that led her employer in our local hospital to let her go after 25 years of service! Lastly, my neighbor Joan, who is a nurse in our local hospital was diagnosed with esophageal(食道) cancer in December. She went through radiation and a long recovery — but thankfully she is in remission(缓解).
Anyway, in short I was leaving my house this afternoon and she stopped me to thank me for cutting her grass. She told me her dad passed away on Friday and she just arrived home from the funeral service, so she didn’t know when she would have time to cut her grass. So, when she arrived home and saw it cut she was more than happy and grateful! I said to her, "You are welcome.It’s just a small act of kindness for a neighbor."
I did it for exercise and pleasure, not knowing it meant more to her than just doing a neighbor a favor!
1.Although a lot of unfortunate matters happened to Joan, she is still .
A.pessimistic B.optimistic
C.depressed D.disappointed
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word "trying" in the first paragraph?
A.Happy. B.Exciting. C.Simple. D.Hard.
3.What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?
A.Joan is unlucky.
B.Joan lives happily.
C.Joan has retired.
D.Joan’ employer doesn’t like her.
4.How does Joan feel about the author’s helping her cut grass?
A.She feels sad.
B.She feels only happy.
C.She feels very happy and thankful.
D.She feels easy.
It can be hard to meet people from another culture. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal（信号）. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize （强调）the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”, usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries--like the UK or France—people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment（多元文化环境）will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
1.In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ________.
A.keep each other company B.share the same Culture
C.get to know each other D.develop closer relations
2.The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that _________.
A.even talk and silence can be culturally different
B.too many words are of no use
C.people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature
D.the English prefer to make long speeches
3.According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?
A.By sharing different ways of life.
B.By recognizing different values.
C.By accepting different habits.
D.By speaking each other’s languages.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.Multicultural Environment.
B.How to Understand Each Other.
C.Cross-Cultural Differences.
D.How to Build Up a Relationship.
Erica and Steve Lineberry have been rock climbing since 2005. They were first introduced to it while visiting a family in Montana. Now they are at climbing centers, like Inner Peaks in Charlotte, three times a week, and on weekends they climb outdoors.
Steve said they first started climbing as part of their exercise. Years later, he lost 60 pounds. But as the couple’s interest in the sport grew, they consulted some mentors and started climbing outdoors.
Then Erica got pregnant. "Most people think that rock climbing and pregnancy don’t go very well together," Erica said. But with lots of places to go, Erica kept climbing through her pregnancy. Then her son, Canaan, was born. She says the baby immediately started participating in the family sport. "He went to the gym the first time with us at four weeks old, and then we took our first outdoor trip, just a day trip, at six weeks old with him."
Now Canaan is three-year-old, and Erica is once again pregnant: 7 months along. During her first pregnancy, she blogged about climbing while pregnant. Now her Cragmama.com website is a top resource for families who rock climb. Erica said, "I think a lot of people will say, they’ll wait a few years until they get into an easier age or an easier life phase with their kids. And I think if they wait for that they’re going to wait forever." Her message to women is to quickly climb back into the things you love; and that your life is not over once you are a mother.
Cragmama.com website is quickly becoming the face of mommy rock climbing. She contributes to a handful of climbing magazines. Outdoor equipment companies ask her to wear and use their gear(设备). And her website is a popular resource for families who are not only interested in climbing with their children, but also interested in taking on other adventures too.
1.What does the author intend to tell in the passage?
A.A family who love rock climbing.
B.A couple who learn how to climb.
C.A woman who is brave to climb.
D.A story about a pregnant woman.
2.Which can replace the underlined word "mentors"?
A.Friends. B.Students.
C.Teachers. D.Leaders.
3.It can be inferred from the third paragraph that .
A.Erica never cared about her unborn baby
B.rock climbing does good to pregnant women
C.Canaan fell in love with climbing at four weeks
D.Erica is really a courageous and fearless woman
4.Who will visit Cragmama.com website?
A.The women who expect to have babies.
B.The families who have brought up a child.
C.The women who have sympathy for Erica.
D.The families who take interest in rock climbing.
