FUN WITH COOKIE

Paul: “I have been working for this company for ten years, however they chose the new guy for promotion (升职) over me.”

Julia: “Well, that’s just the way the cookie breaks into pieces.”

This is an informal expression that means bad things happen in life and there is nothing you can really do to prevent it. It’s not worth getting sad; you should just try and accept it calmly.

Of course in the UK we would generally use the word “biscuit” instead of cookie when talking about those hard baked, sweet, flat cakes which are so popularly eaten with a cup of tea. Cookie is originally a Dutch term meaning little cake and has spread to the United States because of immigration (移民) from Holland.

Also in the US we can find “fortune cookies” which are usually served with Chinese food. However they are almost unknown in mainland China and were invented in California by Asian immigrants. They are crisp cookies with pieces of paper inside, on which are written clever sayings, prophecies (预言) or words of wisdom.

A Cookie in computing is a collection of information which is used by websites to know users who have visited the site before. They are stored on your computer when you use the Internet, and also you will find the websites you used easily.

A cookie can also be a person. A tough cookie is unemotional (冷漠的) and a hard businessman while a smart cookie is sharp, clever and not easily fooled.

Biscuit and cookie is just one example of the difference between British and American words.

It is fun to know what “COOKIE” 1.in different ways

An informal expression

● It means that we can’t stop something bad happening in life, we’d better accept it in2..

“Biscuit” or“Cookie”

● Englishmen usually eat “biscuits” at teatime.

● Cookie is first used by the people from Holland.

● Later, Americans don’t use “biscuits”, they use cookies 3. .

Fortune cookie

● Fortune cookies have pieces of paper inside with clever sayings, prophecies (预言) or words of wisdom.

A Cookie in computing

● When people use computers, some information is4.and stored on their computers.

● With the help of cookies, Users will have no difficulty finding the websites again next time.

To describe a person

● If somebody does business5.kindness, he is a tough cookie.

● If somebody often gets a high score in exams, he must be a smart cookie.

Gulangyu,a beautiful island in Xiamen,Fujian,was successfully listed in the UNESCO World Heritage(世界文化遗产)on July 8th,2017.It’s not only the pride of my hometown,but also the pride of the whole nation.

Gulangyu is separated from Xiamen by the 600-metre-wide Egret River(鹭江), with an area of 1.91 square kilometers. It’s like a garden on the water. You can go there only by ships. Cars, buses and bikes are not allowed to run on the island. It is so quiet that wherever you go, you can hear the sound of playing the piano. As a result of this, it is called “the island of music”.

The first name of the island was Yuanzhouzi. In the Ming Dynasty it was changed as Gulangyu, meaning “drum waves”.Because the holes in the southwestern reefs (暗礁)hit by the waves make sounds like the drum beating.

Today, Gulangyu is listed as one of the nation’s major travelling places of interest here include the Sunlight Rock,Shuzhuang Park,Gangzihou Bathing Beach and Memorial Hall to Zheng Chenggong,which are visited by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world.What’s more,the buildings and food are popular with visitors.

Therefore, I hope our government can protect the fairyland well,especially the environment.

1.Where does the writer come from?_____

2.How big is Gulangyu?_____

3.Can you ride bicycles on the island?_____

4.Why is Gulangyu also called “the island of music”? _____

5.How many places of inerest in Gulangyu are mentioned in this passage?_____

Having clean hands is important because people often use their hands to touch their eyes, noses and mouths. Touching these areas gives germs (细菌) the chance to go into the body.

“Washing hands is an important lifetime habit for staying healthy,” doctors say. Cleaning your hands is one of the best and also the easiest ways to protect yourself from getting sick. But it takes more than just placing your hands under running water for a few seconds.

How can you make sure you are washing your hands correctly? Here are five easy steps you can take to wash your hands.

● Wet your hands with warm water.

● Lather up with soap. Be sure to lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.

● Rub your hands for at least 20 seconds-about the time it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” song twice.

● Wash your hands well under warm, running water.

● Dry your hands with a clean towel.

You should always wash your hands before meals after eating, after using the toilet, after returning home, after touching animals ...

We hope you can have the habit of hand washing.

1.Why should we keep our hands clean?

A.Because things are mostly touched by hands.

B.Because it is easy for us to do in our daily lives.

C.Because germs can get into our body through hands.

D.Because cleaning hands can protect ourselves from getting sick.

2.What should we do after we wet our hands with warm water?

A. B. C. D.

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.We should use running water to wash our hands.

B.We should wash our hands before touching animals.

C.We should use warm water to kill the germs on ours hands.

D.We should sing the song “Happy birthday” while washing hands.

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