八年级阅读首字母周周练(七)

哈佛北大精英创立 八年级阅读周周练 七 A At one time making a film was an expensive activity only for a small group of people and film companies Not only were the tools and machines expensive but the cost of film was also far greater than most people could afford However modem technology has c 1 all that New technology has really opened up the world of film making for film fans Now a camera does not cost m 2 and most young people are certainly able to pay for it So all you need is to get one for yourself With that you may then start your own film making However film making is t 3 work You probably need many other people to help you For example the p 4 of actors and actresses is very important in your film Of course these actors and actresses may be your schoolmates friends or family members You don t even need to pay them a cent while they are glad to be part of your job B 5 you need to make up a story Can you write your own one If you have good imagination you can create an attractive story e 6 Many world famous film makers and producers are also good story writers If not perhaps you need someone else to write it for you An excellent story is the key to making a s 7 film Are you going to be a cameraman yourself When filming who is going to take care of the lighting Who is going to make the furniture the background and things like that If you can t do all these things you need to think about asking other people to help you Remember Film making is not a one man business 1 changed 2 much 3 team 4 performance 5 Besides 6 easily 7 successful B 哈佛北大精英创立 A survey has been published which shows that British people don t like their neighbours very much 80 of the people who took part in the survey feel that their neighbours h 1 pay attention to others feelings 25 don t talk lo the people who live next door and 10 don t even know their names In fact one million people in Britain would like to m 93 because they don t get along well with their neighbours According to the survey the b 3 problem is noise Many of the complaints about noise came from people who live in flats and old houses These places often have thin walls which can t s 4 the noise from next door The other main problems are disagreements 争吵 about car parking spaces and old people complaining about the young Some disagreement last a 1 5 time In one case people who live in the same building haven t talked to each other for fifteen years Sometimes the disagreements end in violence In one of the worst cases a man killed a neighbour because he kept parking in his space Another survey shows that 90 of the neighbours never share a meal 80 have never had a drink t 6 and 20 have never even spoken However when neighbours become each other s f 7 they are often ready to offer help as we can see in many parts of the world One solution to such problems is to talk about them with a professional organization and if necessary to sign a written agreement Now people can get this service in more and more towns 1 hardly 2 move 3 biggest 4 stop 5 long 6 together 7 friends C There is no love which is more sincere than the love of food said Anglo Irish writer George Bernard Shaw Like Bernard Shaw many writers e 1 food very much and they say and write interesting things about it British poet Owen Meredith 1831 1891 learnt a lot about food when he lived in Paris He famously said We may live without friends we may live without books but civilized 文明的 men cannot live 哈佛北大精英创立 without c 2 American writer Mark Twain also wrote a lot about food When you have t 3 watermelon he wrote you know what angels eat American cookbook writer Alice May Brock has some simple rules about food from different c 4 If you want to cook international food it s easy she wrote Put tomatoes on the plate and it s Italian Use soy sauce and it s Chinese A 5 wine to the recipe 食谱 and it s French Sour cream makes it Russian and lemon makes it Greek But garlic makes it good Cheers Tea and coffee are even more i 6 for some people There is a Chinese saying It is better to go without food for three days than tea for one American President Abraham Lincoln was often rude about the tea and coffee which was served to him For example he was in a Washington restaurant one day and when the main meal was over a cup of hot l 7 was pla