We also dress differently for other reasons. Once which comes readuly to my mind is fashion; we all know what effect it has upon the way we dress. But there are other more valid reasons for changing our style of clothing. They include work, sport, and ceremonial occasions.
- 8月 10 週三 200501:18
【短文】29 流行和場合影響穿著
- 8月 10 週三 200501:12
【短文】28 萬貫家財不如一技在身
We are often advised that having learned a trade is better off than having piles of money. A person equipped with a trade can always find a job and make a living. A trade provide more security than any amount of wealth, for wealth can be wasted or taken away, and a rich man may end up in poverty. Atrade, once acquired, will always be in one's possession, and one can depend on it for life.
- 8月 10 週三 200501:08
【短文】27 走路有益健康
It is worthwhile to spend this time walking - a little bit every day of the week. You may be able to live a little longer by making your daily walking routine longer - perhaps by doing without the bus from the station to your house, perhaps by getting off the train at a station farter from home, or perhaps by walking up the stairs instead of taking the evevator.
- 8月 08 週一 200503:45
【短文】26 信用卡
Most large depeartment stores give credit cards. Large gas companies issue credit cards, too. If they use credit cards, consumers do not have to pay cash when they shop. They do not have to pay for thirty days. They are, in fact, borrowing the money for thirty days. If the credit card account is not paid in thirty days, the interest is usually high.
- 8月 08 週一 200503:37
【短文】25 天氣報告的重要
Michael earns his life as a fisherman. By watching the weather report, he can decide which days and how far he can go out to sea. Alan, a construction worker, can plan to work on the inside of a building on rainy days and the outside on sunny days. Farmers like Tim can harvest the crops in time to avoid floods and typhoons. Kevin is a pilot. He also has to know about bad weather ahead of time.
- 8月 08 週一 200503:29
【短文】24 海倫凱勒
We that have eyes to see and ears to hear can learn easily. But Helen Keller could not as she was both blind and deaf. Even in her affliction, she did not allow herself to be handicapped. She made full use of all the other faculties she had, to such and advantage that she became the world's well-known teacher of the blind and deaf.
- 8月 08 週一 200503:15
【短文】23 食物鏈
Each animal and plant in the world has its own environment, the place where it can live most easily. Each animal needs other animals and plants which live in the same environment. In Arctic, polar bears eat seals and fish, seals eat fish, and big fish eat smaller fish. The small fish eat very small animals and plants in the sea. This is called a food chain.
- 8月 04 週四 200503:41
【短文】22 聰明的烏鴉
A thirsty crow found a pitcher with some water in it, but there was so little that the crow could not reach it with her beak. It seemed that she would die of thirst within sight of what could save her. At last she hit upon a clever plan. She began dropping pebbles into the piitcher. With each pebble, the water rose a littlehigher until it reached the brim. The knowing bird was able to quench her thirst.
- 8月 04 週四 200503:36
【短文】21 地球
The earth is roating sphere moving through space. Enclosing the earth is a thin shell of gas called atmosphere. The atmosphere is an invisible air mixture. The mixture consists mainly of nitrogen, oxygen and water vapor.
- 8月 04 週四 200503:28
【短文】20 複習增進記憶
You forget most quickly right after you read or hear something new. You should review at once so you won't forget, and if possible, explain it to someone else. When you review and test yourself on the material, you are being active; active learning is better than just reading or listening. You remember more and save time in the end if you spend at least one-third of your time on active review.
