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| Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass, the leaves on trees and most growing plants. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today. Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early 1990s. A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died. The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs. Green is also the color used to describe the powerful emotion, envy. The green-eyed monster is not a terrible creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play "Othello." It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone else has something he wants. A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not. | |||||||||
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| George Bernard Show once said, "America and Britain are two countries separated by the same language". Many students of English worry (1)_______ about the differences between American and British English. In fact, (2)_______, the differences are not (3)_______ large. Unlike, for example, Mandarin (普通话的) and Cantonese speakers, speakers of the American and British (4)_______ of English can understand (5)_______ and communicate with very (6)_______ misunderstandings. When we talk about the American and British dialects of English we do not (7)________ pronunciation. Both UK and US have several different regional (8)_______ within their own borders. Besides, there is no (9)_______ to enforce a standard. If you (10)_______ the radio in New York, you will hear presenters speaking (11)_______ New York accents. If you were then to tune into a (12)_______ radio station you would hear presenters speaking with Californian accents. Likewise, anyone who has ever watched BBC will know that their (13)_______ have a wide range of accents, from (14)_______ to Indian. Native English speakers are able to understand most regional accents (15)_______ a large degree. The main difference between American and British English has something to do (16)_______ writing. It is in grammar, spelling and word usage (17)_______ the two dialects differ the most. (18)_______, when writing English, you should decide which one to use and try to use it as consistently as possible. The greatest difference between American and British English (19)_______ the choice of vocabulary. The same word can have (20)_______ meanings. When Americans say that someone is mean they are expressing that that person is bad-humored. Whereas, in Britain, a mean person is someone who is not generous. There are many more examples and most dictionaries will explain them. | ||||
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| A library is a place to find out about anything. In it there are mostly books, but there are also pictures, papers, maps, magazines and records. Special science and art shows, story hours, films, plays and contests may also be 1 in a library. Long ago a library had only books, and other things were 2 to get. There were so 3 books that no one was 4 to take them out of the library. After the printing machine was 5 , books could be made faster and librarians got more books. To borrow a book to 6 home today, a person just 7 a library card. The person goes to the main desk to have a librarian check the book out. The librarian prints the card with the 8 by which the book must be returned. If the book is returned 9 , the person must usually pay money for having broken the 10 . Books in a library are put in a certain 11 to help people to find 12 they want. In some libraries, all books about animals might be placed together. In 13 libraries, all books 14 by the same person may be placed together. Cabinets of cards list each book and tell where it can be found. People who live in the country may have trouble going to a city library. For these people there are librarians on wheels that 15 from place to place. | ||||
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| During a recent vacation I visited Dusseldorf, a city in the dormer West Germany. The nine-day trip left a deep impression on me. I arrived at Dusseldorf airport at six. It was already dark outside. The first thing I needed to do was to find a place to 1 . I decided to telephone the youth hotel. But to use the 2 I needed some coins. I asked a lady for help. To my 3 , she 4 me five coins to use! But all the phones in the 5 needed phone cards. And phone cards could only be 6 at post office during the daytime. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to call the 7 . An old gentleman helped me. He couldn't speak English but 8 that I needed to make a phone call. He showed me where the 9 was and inserted (插入) his phone card. I called the youth hotel and found a place to stay that night. The kindness of the German people made me feel 10 and it seemed that I was not far from 11 . And my first day in Germany wasn't as 12 as I expected previously. Whenever I went, I asked people for 13 . What surprised me most was that almost every young German could tell me the way in 14 English. Older Germans couldn't speak English so well, 15 , they would try to help me whenever they could. One middle-aged man I asked for directions even 16 me to the place I was looking for. My experience in Germany completely changed my 17 of Germans. Before, I thought they were unfriendly to foreigners. In the World War II in the 1940s, Germans were always 18 . But things have 19 since then. And Germans today couldn't be more 20 , in my opinion. | ||||
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