— Three times.

— Yes. There is ____________ grass there, so it's eating it.

— ____________.

— You should practice more.

— In fact, they are too strong, it was hard to ____________ them.

①drink a lot of tea or coffee

②listen to light music you like

③sing songs as loudly as you can

④smoke to relax yourself

⑤think of something nice

    The expression "Excuse me" is1 used in the United States than in China. 2 American says "Excuse me" when he wants to pass 3 someone, or leave a party or a dinner, or when' he finds himself late 4 an appointment(约会).

    "Thank you" means that appreciate (感谢) 5 someone has done for you. An American, says "Thank you" all day long. For example, he 6 the sales woman after she has served(服务)him. He will say "Thank you" to the cashier(收款员)when he 7 his food. He will Say "Thank you" to a student if he has, just answered the question. At 8, the husband will thank his wife if she brings him a cup of tea. On the other hand, the wife thanks her husband for helping her 9 her housework. So the American People's idea of 3010 polite is quite different from ours.

    John learns new words and expressions(语句) in English. He usually writes them in a notebook. Then, later m the day, he asks his teacher about them.

    "Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. 'She's blue today.' 'You're yellow.', 'A little white lie.' 'She has green fingers.'"

    After looking at the notebook, Mrs. Thomas says, "In everyday English, John, 'blue' sometimes means sad. 'Yellow' means afraid. A person with 'green fingers' grows plants successfully (成功地)." And 'a white lie' is not a bad lie."

    "I don't understand. Please give me an example." 'For example, I give you a cake. The truth is that you don't like my cake. You don't say that. Instead(代替的), you say, '______________' That's a white lie." John says, "I see, thanks for the explanation(解释)!".

Celebrate :庆祝  Lunar:农历  Lantern:灯  Riddles:谜

    One day, a strong white horse finds a very good piece of grassland(草地). He is very happy. He thinks the grassland is his because he found it. So he lives there. He eats fresh grass every day.

    But one day a deer comes here and starts to eat the fresh grass. The horse is very angry. He says, "Why do you eat my grass?" "Your grass?" How can you .say this is your grass?" the deer is surprised. The horse says, "I will let you know whose grassland it is."

    He runs to the village, then he goes to a man, He says to the man, "Can you tell the deer that the grassland is mine?" "Yes, I can. But you must work for me every day." "OK," the horse agrees happily. Then the man goes to the deer and tells her the grassland is the horses. The deer leaves.

    From then on the horse works for the man very hard like a slave(奴隶) every day. He gets the grassland but he loses his freedom(自由). So remember don't always try to own little things but lose the important ones.

    Do you remember the story of Snow White? Yeah, it's the happiest time in our childhood!

    But do you know that Snow White comes from Germany? I's just one of the 209 stories in Grimm's Fairy Tales(格林童话). The Grimm brothers started to collet fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out(出版) in 1812.

    Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it's because they come from a great place the Black Forest.

    The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It's the largest forest in the country and one of the most beautiful forests. It's famous for its trees and lovely views(景致). There are valleys(山谷) and waterfalls there. It's a good place to start a story.

    Don't forget to bring something back if you go to visit there. People there are good at making clocks , musical instruments(乐器) and watches.

A: What are you reading so carefully?

B: It's a notice.

A:       

B: There is going to be the mid - term exam and the sports meeting next week.

A: I see. How exciting and busy!       

B: I like the sports meeting better.

A: Which will come earlier?

B:       

A: That's right. The sports meeting will make us feel tired." We can't do well in the exam after that.

B:        Work must come first.

A: Can you help me with math?

B: Sure.       

A: Did you like the       competition yesterday, Anna?

B: Oh, it was fantastic! Nelly sang so       !

A: Well, I think Lisa sang better than Nelly.

B: Oh, which one was Lisa?

A: The one        shorter hair, I think she sang        clearly than Nelly.

B: Yes, but Nelly danced better than Lisa.

A: You can tell that Lisa really wanted to win, though.

B: Well, everyone wants to win. But the most important thing is to learn something new and        fun.

    Mary always wanted to        a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life. She kept        again and again in her daily life. But to tell the       , she had a bad vice. She took lessons for many years. But her voice didn't become       , it just got louder.

           her teacher wanted to give up and stopped, the lesson，but Mary refused(拒绝) to stop. One day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to come. The teacher was       . What to say after the concert because she knew it        be bad.

    At last she got an idea and after the concert, she went to see her pupil.

    "Well," said Mary. "What do you think of my concert?"

    What was the        answer, do you know?

    "Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need dreams." some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are short films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dream can disappear quickly from memory. Some people dream too much to sleep well.

    We usually use chopsticks and spoons: Americans usually use forks and knives. However, the people in some countries don't use any of these tools. They prefer to eat with their fingers. It sounds messy, but they have ways to keep clean.

    In the southern part of India, people use banana leaves to eat. Everyone gets a small square of banana leaf. Each person washes his or her square of leaf, and then uses it to eat.

    In Ethiopia, food is wrapped in a special kind of bread. This bread is very flat and feels like a wet sponge(海绵). There are lots of holes in the bread to hold food and sauce. A small piece is torn of(被撕下) to pick up food.

    In the Middle East, people eat with only their fingers on the right, hand. They always try to keep the right hand clean. The left hand is used for touching dirty things.

写作要点：1）比赛很精彩,开始时你有点紧张

2）比赛情况

⑴时间和地点:下午1:00,学校礼堂(hall)。

⑵所有八年级的学生都来看了比赛。

⑶你和你的同学刘阳唱的都很好。你们都想赢得比赛。

你把自己在音乐方面最好的--面表现出来了，最后取得第一名。

3）谈一谈今天参加比赛的感受。

写作要求：1）不得使用真实的姓名和学校名

2）可适当加入细节,使内容充实,行文连贯。

3）字迹工整,语言精练,表达准确,条理清晰。

October 15^th, Tuesday                                         Sunny

    What an unforgettable day it was!