Attractions in Wisconsin

    Wisconsin Historical Museum

    30 N. Carroll Street on Madison's Capitol Square

    Discover Wisconsin's history and culture (文化) on four floors of exhibits. Open for public program. Admission is free.

    Open: Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00am—4:00pm.

    (608) 264-6555 www.wisconsinhistory.Org/museum

    Swiss historical village

    612 Seventh Ave., New Glarus

    The Swiss Historical Village offers a delightful look at pioneer life in America's heartland. 14 buildings in the village give a full picture of every day life in the nineteenth-century Midwest.

    Open: Tue.—Fri., May 1st—October 31st, 10:00 am-4:00 pm. Admission is $20.

    (608) 527-2317 www.swisshistoricalvillage.com

    Artisan Gallery & Creamery Cafe

    6858 Paoli Rd., Paoli, WI

    One of the largest collections of fine arts and crafts (手工艺品) in Wisconsin. Over 5000 sp. ft. of exhibition space in a historic creamery (乳品厂). While visiting, enjoy a wonderfully prepared lunch at our café overlooking the Sugar River. Just minutes from Madison!

    Gallery open: Tue.—Sat., 10:00 am—5:00 pm.

    Café open: Wed.—Sat., 11:00 am—3:00 pm.

    (608) 845-6600 www.artisanal.com

    Christopher Columbus Museum

    239 Whitney St., Columbus

    World-class exhibit—2000 quality souvenirs (纪念品) marking Chicago's 1893 World Columbian Exhibition. Tour buses are always welcome.

    Open: daily. 8:15 am—4:00 pm.

    (920)  623-1992 www.columbusantiquemall.com

    Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号) "Four dollars a bucket (桶)" to him, for he was always used to leaving an advertisement of his company "Four dollars a bucket of oil" below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.

    As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.

    "Some people give you a nickname for 'Four dollars a bucket'. Why aren't you angry?" asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.

    "Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because 'Four dollars a bucket' is our company's advertisement. As long as someone calls me 'Four dollars a bucket' once, I think it's a free advertisement for our company. I have no reason to get angry. Don't you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?"

    "Oh! What a fantastic man!" Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert's words. "Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!"

    Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.

    Later Albert said in one of his reports, "I don't think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!"

    Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about it. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.

    Tea remained scarce (稀少 ) and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it directly from China early in the 17th century. During the next few year so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.

    At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. She was such a great lady that her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.

    At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o'clock stopped her getting "a sinking feeling" as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, teatime was born.

    The World Happiness Report, a United Nations agency report, measures (估量) how happy people are, and why. Norway is the happiest place on Earth—beating neighbour Denmark from the number one position.

    Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Finland round out the top five, while the Central African Republic came last. Western Europe and North America took up most of the places at the top of table, with the US and UK at 14th and 19th.

    The World Happiness Report mainly depends on asking a simple question of more than 1,000 people every year in more than150 countries. "Imagine a ladder (梯子), with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top," the question asks, "The top of the ladder is the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder is the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?"

    The average result is the country's score—from Norway's 7.54 to the Central African Republic's 2.69. But the report also tries to explain why one country is happier than another. It looks at reasons including economic strength (经济实力) social support, freedom of choice, and generosity.

    This year's report also has a text titled "restoring (恢复) American happiness", which examines why happiness levels in the United States are falling, despite continually-increasing economic improvement. "The United States can and should raise happiness by solving America's social problems- rising inequality and distrust-rather than focusing mainly on economic growth," the authors said.

    Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which published the report, said President Donald Trump's policies were likely to make things worse.

    Being a teenager can be challenging, but it can also be exciting.  You are also learning to take risks and solve problems better.

    Changes are happening throughout your body, even in your brain.  Imagine the structure of your brain is like a big road map. Lots of roads lead to different destinations. When you were a child as you learnt new things, your brain created more and more roads to different destinations.  Now your brain makes that map more efficient.

    As a result, your experiences as a teenager actually influence the way that your brain develops. If you spend hours playing video games, what skills do you use?  As you develop those skills, your brain is making sure that the roads leading to them are especially fast and efficient.

    This is a great time for you to practice new skills and discover what you are good at and what you love most.  Remember that with everything you do, you're shaping your brain for the future.

A. The changes in your brain are influencing how you develop into an adult.

B. Playing cards with your mind can make your memory better.

C. You're becoming more and more independent and making decisions for yourself.

D. So try different activities, and stick to them if you think they're useful.

E. By the time you become a teenager, many different roads lead to the most important places on the map.

F. You learn to see something with your eyes and respond to it with your hands.

G. Different people have different change in the body.

    Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named "Lucky". Whenever friends visited Mary and Jim, they would 1 their friends not to leave their luggage open 2 Lucky would steal treasures and put them in his toy box in the 3.

    It happened that Mary found out that she had a 4. The night before she was to go to the hospital, she thought, "If I die, Lucky will be abandoned (抛弃). Lucky won't understand that I don't want to 5 him." The thought made her sadder than thinking of her own 6.

    The operation was 7, but Mary had to stay in the hospital for three weeks. 8 the day came for Mary to leave the hospital. When she arrived home, Mary was so 9 that she couldn't even make up to her bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable on the 10 and left her to sleep.

    Lucky stood watching Mary but he didn't come to her when she 11. It made Mary sad. But 12 soon overcame her and she fell asleep. When Mary woke, she couldn't understand what was wrong. She couldn't 13 her head and her body on the couch, and she felt 14 and hot. But she laughed happily when she 15 the problem. She was covered with every 16 Lucky owned!

    While she had slept, the sad dog had made trip after trip to the basement 17 his mistress (女主人) all his favorite things in life. He had covered her with his 18.

    Mary forgot about dying. 19, she and Lucky began living again, walking further and further together every day. It's been 12 years now and Mary is still cancer-free. Lucky? He still steals treasures, but Mary 20 his greatest treasure.

    World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It (set) up by the UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in1955 to encourage people to discover the pleasure of reading. (read) for pleasure plays a more important role in one's growth  one's family background. However, computer games, online videos and Internet are pushing books off the shelf. Some experts feel (worry) about this trend. Each Chinese reads 0.38 more books in 2013 than 2012 but still far fewer than those in major developed countries. Even (badly), many bookstores have closed their doors.

    However, many people do still prefer reading because it has been part of their life. It can benefit people  many ways. It gives us information about other countries and (place) of the world. It has  strong influence on the forming of our personality and (make) us more intelligent. It's never too late (start) reading. So jump into the wonderful world of books now!

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Dear James,

    How is everything going with you recently? Now I'd like tell you something about our sports meet. It was holding on Oct 10th, which was a fine day. Over 2,000 students and teachers attended it. Yu Le, that is a student from my class, finished the 100-meter race in 12.6 seconds. He win the race but broke the school record. The sports meet was really an success. That was because of all of us were trying to do their best. Although I was not one of the winners, I was proud of which we had done.

    I am looking forward to receive your letter.

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Dear teachers and students,

Thank you!