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Sam, let's these old things. We don't need them any more.

I enjoy going on a during the summer.

The students are the words of Module 11 at the moment.

These trees can live for years.

A: What are you going to do this holiday?

B:

A: What can you do there?

B: What about you?

A: I am going to learn to take photos.

B:

A: Because I want to take photos for my family when we travel.

B: Wow!   

A: Beijing.

B: Sounds great! Have a good time.

A: The same to you. Goodbye!

B: Bye!
 

A. I can read books to children.

B. Where are you going?

C. I want to take up a new hobby.

D. Why are you going to do that?

E. Pretty good!

F. I'm going to volunteer in a children's home.

G. Where is the children's home?

The tradition of afternoon tea is a very special part of English culture. The custom of drinking tea became popular in England during the 1660s. It was not until the mid-19th century that the idea of "afternoon tea" first appeared.

Afternoon tea is served in the mid-afternoon, between lunch and a late dinner. The idea came from Anna, the seventh Duchess (公爵夫人) of Bedford, in 1840. At the time, many families would eat a late dinner at about 8 pm, which was one of only two main meals each day, and the other was a mid-morning meal.

With a long time between breakfast and dinner, Anna would become hungry around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. So she asked some tea, bread, butter and cakes to be brought to her room during the late afternoon. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.

Later, Anna continued it, sending cards to her friends asking them to join her for "tea and a walking in the fields".

Others soon picked up on (注意到) the idea. By the 1880s, afternoon tea became an event for many ladies. They would be dressed beautifully to be served in the sitting room between four and five o'clock, talking about the latest news, their daily life and fashion.

Today's afternoon tea is simpler than traditional afternoon tea. It is just a biscuit or small cake and a cup of tea. However, there is one thing that has never changed—the meaning of afternoon tea.

There are only two rivers running into the Aral Sea. Russia started to grow cotton in the late 1960s. Cotton farms used too much water from the two rivers. The lake could get little water. Besides, there were more people living near the Aral Sea. They took water from it. The lake lost more water.

It is very bad for the Aral Sea to lose so much water. Sand-dust storms (沙尘暴) come from the dry lake bed. They are bad for people's health. The Aral Sea becomes more salty, and lots of fish died because of this.

When the farmer asked what he could do, he said, "I can sleep soundly when the storm comes."

The farmer didn't understand what he said, but he liked the young man. He hired (雇用) the young man at last.

A few days later, a terrible storm came during the middle of the night. The farmer ran to the farm quickly to see if everything was going well. He found that the doors and windows were closed. The farm tools were put into the toolbox. The tractor (拖拉机) was in the garage. Everything was going well. At last, he saw the young man sleeping soundly.

Then the farmer understood the meaning of the young man's words. The young man did his job well when the sky was clear and he prepared for the storm before it came. Therefore, when the storm came, he could sleep well.

Derek Rabelo was born in Brazil in 1992. His father called him Derek after a famous1 star, Derek Ho. Derek's father wanted Derek to become a surfer, too, but there was a2: unluckily, Derek was born blind (失明的). His father's dream to see his son surf seemed3.

When Derek was 17, his father4 him about his dream. From that moment, Derek tried his best to become a surfer.5 went to the beach every day and started taking surfing lessons with his coach. Derek kept trying and6, he learned to surf!

Derek explains that although he can't7, he understands the noises that the waves make and he can hear them when they are coming. He says every part of a wave makes a different noise,8 he knows which direction to surf in.

In 2012, he flew to Hawaii to surf one of the most challenging and dangerous waves in the world. Local surfers were very surprised to see the confident young man surf the huge wave with no problem9.

A film producer decided to make a film about him. Beyond Sight tells Derek's inspirational (鼓舞人心的) story and teaches us that nothing is impossible if you10 in yourself.

—________! You have to give up eating it right now.

—Because he helped many countries grow more rice.