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Proverbs Ideas about How to Live
A proverb is a short,well known saying that expresses a common truth or belief.We begin with two popular proverbs about staying healthy by eating good food 1 Another is you are what you eat.
Several proverbs about birds also give advice.№l may have heard this one 2 This means a person who gets up early, or acts quickly, has the best chance of success.
Another famous proverb is a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.This means you should not risk losing something you have by seeking something that is lint guaranteed.
Here is another piece of advice 3 In other words,you should not think too much about some future event before it really happens.
Another proverb warms: do not put all your eggs in one basket.This means you should not put all of your resources together in one place because you could risk losing everything at one time.Many Americans learned this the hard way by investing all their money in stock shares,which then lost value.
Yet another proverb advises us not to be concerned about something bad that you can not change 4 .
Do yon agree with the proverb that children should be seen and not heard? Maybe you have told your children that hard work never hurt anyone 5 .They believe it is not wise to spend all your time working and never having fun.
Finally, here is one of our favorite proverbs:People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.This means you should not criticize other people unless you are perfect yourself.
A.It says there is no use crying over spilled milk
B.One says a fool and his money are soon parted.
C.One is an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
D.But other people say that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,
E.Also, never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
F.Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.(孵)
G.A.give The early bird catches the worm.
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.