Hold a whole apple in your hand and eat it. Munch... crunch... when you eat a cnsp apple you 1        noise!Red apples,green apples and yellow apples.. - all apples are fun 2       (eat) ！

You can eat the skin of the apple. Some people like to peel the apples first and just eat the white flesh of the apple. You can eat them whole 3        you can cut the apples 4        slices (薄片) .Dip the apple slices in honey for a treat!Remove the apple core and the seeds first！

Bobbing for apples is an old party game. People have been playing it for a long time. It 5       (use) be a popular game. It is easy and fun to bob for apples if there is a group of people 6       (play) the game. First,fill a large bowl 7        water. Put some apples in the water. The apples will float 8       (top) the water. Take turns trying to 9       (pick) an apple with only your teeth. Keep your hands away from the apples!You'll 10       (probable) get wet because it is not easy！

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Reading Strategies Have you ever read what should be a useful document,yet failed to gain any helpful information from it? Or,do you have to reread something several times to get a full understanding of the content?

The following approaches will help you get the maximum benefit from your reading,with the minimum effort.

1. Think about What You Want to Know 1          Are you reading with a purpose,or just for pleasure? What do you want to know after you've read it?

Once you know your purpose,you can examine the resource to see whether it's going to help you.

2. Know How Deeply to Study the Material Where you only need the shallowest knowledge of a subject,you can skim the material. Here you read only chapter headings,introductions,and summaries.

If you need a moderate level of information on a subject,then you can scan the text. You can then speed read the contents of the chapters,picking out and understanding key words and concepts. 2      

3. Read Actively When you're reading a document or book in detail,it helps if you practice "active reading" by highlighting and underlining key information,and taking notes as you progress. 3      

4. Know How to Study Different Types of Material Different types of documents hold information in different places and in different ways,and they have different depth and breadth of coverage.

The most effective way of getting information from magazines is to scan the tables of contents or indexes and turn directly to interesting articles. Newspapers tend to be arranged in sections. 4      

5. Make Your Own Table of Contents 5          This means that you may not notice when important information has been left out,or that an irrelevant detail has been included.

An effective way to combat this is to make up your own table of contents before you start reading. Ask yourself what sections or topics you are expecting to see in this document,and what questions you want to have answered by the end of the text.

   A. This is when you read the chapter introductions and summaries in detail.

   B. Before you start reading anything,ask yourself why you're reading it.

   C. Most of us read regularly as part of our jobs,and to develop our skills and knowledge.

   D. This enphasizes information in your mind,and helps you to review inportant points later.

   E. Only when you need full knowledge of a subject is it worth studying the text in detail.

   F. When you're reading a document or book,it's easy to accept the writer's structure of thought.

   G. If you read a paper often,you can quickly learn which sections are useful,and which ones you can skip altogether.

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March 17 th is the day to wear shamrocks (愛爾蘭國(guó)花三葉草) and anything green in Ireland. It is St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. He helped bring Christianity in Ireland in the 5th century. Once St. Patrick's Day was a religion holiday but now it is a day that should be celebrated by anyone. You don't have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!You can wear green and pretend to be Irish for the day！

Many cities around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day by having a parade. The city of Montreal had a parade every year since 1834. The large number of Irish immigrants settled in Montreal. The shamrock is one of the symbol on the Montreal flag. The big St. Patrick's Day parade in North America is in New York City,where lasts for about 6 hours. Remember to wearing something green next March 17th!

People have been making and drinking wine 1        at least 8,000 years!That is a lot of wine!

Wine is an alcoholic beverage 2        is made of fermented (發(fā)酵) fruit juice. A great number of fruits 3         (use) to make wine but grapes are 4         (common) . Grapes grow on vines (葡萄藤) .These grape vines grow best 5        the days are warm and the nights are cool. In autumn,ripe grapes are picked from the grape vines.

If you want to make wine,first you crush the grapes into mush (糊狀物) ， 6       then this mush is fermented. 7       (make) white wine,remove the grape skins before fermentation. Leave the skins in the mush if you are making red wine. Fermentation needs yeast (酵母) ，which turns sugar 8        alcohol. The yeast uses the sugar in the grape mush to make alcohol. Fermentation takes several weeks. 9       fermentation,the liquid part is removed and stored in barrels. This liquid is wine but it needs to age in the barrels for at least a year before it is 10       (drink) .

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You experience time stress when you worry about time,or the lack of it. You worry about the number of things that you have to do,and you fear that you'll fail to achieve something important. Common examples of time stress include worrying about deadlines or rushing to avoid being late for a meeting. 1       It is essential to learn how to manage this type of stress if you're going to work productively in a busy organization.

First,2       This can include using To-Do Lists or,if you have to manage many projects at the same time,Action Programs.

Second,make sure that you're devoting enough time to your important priorities (優(yōu)先項(xiàng)) . 3       Unfortunately,it's easy to get caught up in seemingly urgent tasks which actually have little impact on your overall goals. This can leave you feeling exhausted,or feeling that you worked a full day yet accomplished nothing meaningful. Your important tasks are usually the ones that will help you reach your goals. Working on these projects is a better use of your time.

Third,if you often feel that you don't have enough time to complete all of your tasks,learn how to create more time in your day. 4       Next,5       . This helps you do more with the time you have. For instance,if you're a morning person,schedule the tasks that need the greatest concentration during this time. Learn to prioritize your tasks and schedule them during your most productive times of day. You can leave less important tasks,like checking emails,for times when your energy levels drop.

Last,make sure that you're polite but firm about saying "no" to tasks that you don't have the capacity to do.

   A. That is to say,first things first.

   B. learn good time management skills

   C. Time stress is one of the most common types of stress that we experience today.

   D. Balancing urgent and important tasks can help you work with more efficiency.

   E. Use your peak working time to concentrate on your most important tasks.

   F. This might mean coming in early or working late,so that you have more time to manage things.

   G. It is inportant to separate tasks that you need to focus on from those you can safely put off. 1.         2.       3.                                        4.       5.         

If you like a lot of other North Americans,you like to start your day with a cup of coffee. Coffee contains a substance called caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant for our body. It makes you feel more wake and alert,that is why many people start their day with a cup of coffee. As matter of fact,about 90% of North Americans drink coffee.

Coffee is third most popular drink in the world. Only tea and water are much popular than coffee. Coffee beans are green when picking. Most of the coffee that is sold in coffee shops and grocery stores is brown because of the beans have been roasted at high temperatures. The roasting give the beans their different flavours.

Large paintings with lots of bright colours and bold shapes are typical in many of Jean-Paul Riopelle's paintings. Often the painting 1        with a palette knife and not with a paintbrush. The style of painting 2       (call) abstract expressionism. 3       abstract painting is about colour and shape,not real images of things. Expressionism means that there 4       (be) lots of feelings or emotions in the painting. This painting style was popular in the 1950s and 1960s.

Jean-Paul Riopelle was 5 a painter but also a sculptor. One of his 6       (sculpture) is a fountain 7        used to be in Montreal's Olympic stadium. In 2003 it was moved to a public square in Montreal.

Jean-Paul Riopelle was born in Montreal Quebec in 1923 8          he spent a lot of time 9       (live) in France. He returned to Canada later in his life,10       he died in 2002.

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How often have you used brainstorming to solve a problem? Chances are,you've used it at least once,even if you did not realize it. For decades,people have used brainstorming to generate (生成) ideas,and to come up with creative solutions to problems. However,you need to use brainstorming correctly for it to be fully effective. 1       Step 1 ：Prepare the Group First,set up a comfortable meeting environment for the session. Make sure that the room is well lit and that you have the tools,resources,and refreshments that you need.

How much information or preparation does your team need in order to brainstorm solutions? Remember that prep is important,but too much can limit―or even destroy―the freewheeling nature of a brainstorming session.

2      A room full of likeminded people won't generate as many creative ideas as a diverse group,so try to include people from a wide range of disciplines and include people with a variety of different thinking styles.

Step 2 ：Present the Problem Clearly define the problem that you want to solve,and lay out any criteria that you must meet. Make it clear that the meeting's objective is to generate as many ideas as possible.

Give people plenty of quiet time at the start of the session to write down as many of their own ideas as they can. 3       Step 3 ：Guide the Discussion Once everyone has shared their ideas,start a group discussion to develop other people's ideas,and use them to create new ideas. 4       Encourage everyone to contribute and to develop ideas,including the quietest people,and discourage anyone from criticizing ideas.

Share ideas if you have them,but spend your time and energy supporting your team and guiding the discussion.

5       People are most creative when they are enjoying themselves in a relaxing environment.

   A. Consider who will attend the meeting.

   B. After the brainstorming session,you'll have a lot of ideas.

   C. Above all,remember to let everyone have fun while brainstorming.

   D. To run a group brainstorming session (會(huì)議，會(huì)期) effectively,follow these steps.

   E. Building on others' ideas is one of the most valuable aspects of group brainstorming.

   F. Then,ask them to share their ideas,while giving everyone a fair opportunity to contribute.

   G. Make sure that you get a good number of different ideas,and explore individual ideas in detail.

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Every Groundhog (土撥鼠) Day,February 2nd,we find out when winter is almost over. That is the day that the groundhog tells us how long after spring arrives!Groundhogs hibernate (冬眠) ，sleep underground in their burrows (地洞) during the winter. If it is a sunny day on February 2nd,the groundhog will see its shadow and quickly return its burrow. If this happened,there is other six weeks before spring arrives. If February 2nd is a cloudy day,the groundhog will not see its shadow so it stays above ground for the while. Spring will come soon!

Wiarton Willy is a famous Canadian groundhog. The original Wiarton Willy dead in 1999 just before Groundhog Day. Two other groundhogs,first Wee Willy and then Wee Willy 2 ,have taken its place. Will Wee Willy 2 see his shadow this year?

Graffiti 1       (exist) since people had learned how to scratch symbols in rocks. Graffiti is 2        image,symbol or letters 3       (make) on public property. While some people still make scratches in rocks,concrete or buildings,most graffiti is now made with spray paint or markers.

Is graffiti vandalism (破壞公物的行為) ?Some graffiti is ugly. Some graffiti,called tagging,is just the name 4        initials (縮寫) of a person. It is often unreadable. The only purpose of tagging seems to be to 5       (quick) spray your initials on as many different surfaces as possible. Nobody likes tags 6        the taggers.

Is graffiti art? Some graffiti is artistic and takes time,skill and talent 7       (create) . It can be nice to look 8       . The purpose of some graffiti is to spread social messages including political messages. Some cities have places 9        walls or other surfaces can be used by people to create 10          (piece) of graffiti art.

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