1 美国学生在学校怎么吃午餐.doc

小江老师初中英语报刊阅读资料 内部资料请勿外传 1 美国学生在学校怎么吃午餐？Is lunch your _ part of the school day? The school lunches I _ up with may be different from yours.Just like in China, schools in the US do _ lunch for students. But when I was a kid, it was also common for us to bring our own lunches to school. Every day, parents had to think about making a _ (可口的) and _ lunch for their children; kids could forget their lunch, or have a _ (校园恶霸) steal it.And thats not all. Most US schools, after a certain age, _ kids to go out for lunch. US kids can also get a drivers _ (驾照) when they turn 16. After my friends and I turned 16, we would drive away from school and find something to eat. A common place for us to eat was our towns _ (超市), where they served fried chicken. After eating, wed go to the park for a walk before we had to go back to class. 2 这只宠物狗有什么不一样？Do you want a pet, but _ about taking care of it? Aibo might be a good _for you. Aibo is a robot (机器人) dog. It is made by Sony. It isnt as difficult to take care of as a _ pet.Aibos _ intelligence (人工智能) makes it act like a real dog. It can wag (摇摆) its tail, shake your hand and play a ball. Aibo can move its ears back and forth. It can also _ (眨眼) its eyes. There are sensors (传感器) on Aibos head, chin (下巴) and back. When you _ it, it feels _ (得到安慰的) like a real pet would. Aibo can understand different words, such as “sit”, “stay”, and “come”.Another _ thing about Aibo is that it can “learn”. The robot can remember its daily experiences. This helps it build a database (数据库). The robot can “grow” and change itself according to this database. Over time, Aibo can have its own personality (性格). This makes it more like a real pet.Three different names for ancient Chinas people为什么古人不只有“姓”“名”，还有“字”？Why did Chinese people have more than one name in _ times?In ancient China, peoples names had three parts: their _ name, _ name and courtesy k:tsi name (字).Take famous poet Li Bai as an example. His family name was Li, his given name was Bai, and his courtesy name was Taibai.People used their _ names when they were among family members. But in social life, they called each other by their _ names to show respect. This was mostly done among people of similar age. If you were talking about yourself, or if your elders were talking about you, the given name would be used instead of the courtesy name.Men would get their _ name when they turned 20. It was a symbol (标志) of adulthood (成人). Women would get their courtesy name after getting married.Ones courtesy name often had something to do with ones given name. For example, Mencius name was Meng Ke (孟轲). His courtesy name was Ziyu (子舆). Both Ke and Ziyu mean “carriage (马车)”. Zhuge Liangs given name was Liang, which means “bright”. His courtesy name was Kongming (孔明), which means “very bright”.这只宠物狗有什么不一样？Do you want a pet, but worry about taking care of it? Aibo might be a good choice for you. Aibo is a robot (机器人) dog. It is made by Sony. It isnt as difficult to take care of as a real pet.Aibos artificial intelligence (人工智能) makes it act like a real dog. It can wag (摇摆) its tail, shake your hand and play a ball. Aibo can move its ears back and forth. It can also blink (眨眼) its eyes. There are sensors (传感器) on Aibos head, chin (下巴) and back. When you touch it, it feels comforted (得到安慰的) like a real pet would. Aibo can understand different words, such as “sit”, “stay”, and “come”.Another interesting thing about Aibo is that it can “learn”. The robot can remember its daily experiences. This helps it build a database (数据库). The robot can “grow” and change itself according to this database. Over time, Aibo can have its own personality (性格). This makes it more like a real pet.为什么古人不只有“姓”“名”，还有“字”？Why did Chinese people have more than one name in ancient times?In ancient China, peoples names had three parts: their family name, given name and courtesy name (字).Take famous poet Li Bai as an example. His family name was Li, his given name was Bai, and his courtesy name was Taibai.People used their given names when they were among family members. But in social life, they called each other by their courtesy names to show respect. This was mostly done among people of similar age. If you were talking about yourself, or if your elders were talking about you, the given name would be used instead of the courtesy name.Men would get their courtesy name when they turned 20. It was a symbol (标志) of adulthood (成人). Women would get their courtesy name after getting married.Ones courtesy name often had something to do with ones given name. For