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1、My first day at senior highMy name is Li Kang, I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing, It is the capital city of Hebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior High school and mI writing down my thoughts about it. My new school is very good and I can see why. The teachers are very enth
2、usiastic and friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them . The screens also show photographs, text and information from websites, They
3、re brilliant! The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms Shen. Were using a new textbook and Ms Shen s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school. She thinks that reading comprehension is important, but we speak a
4、 lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don t think I will be bored in Ms Shen s class!Today we introduced ourselves to each other .We did this in groups. Some students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly and it was really nice Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by o
5、urselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a fun way, with spelling games and other activities , I like her attitude very much , and the behaviour of the other students shows that they like her, too.There are sixty-five students in my class- more than my pr
6、evious class in Junior High. Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words , there are three times as many girls as boys .They say that girls are usually more hard-working than boys , but in this class, working than boys , but in this class, everyone is hard-working . For our homework tonight, we hav
7、e to write homework tonight, we have to write a description of the street where we live. I m looking forward to doing it!My New TeachersThey say that first impressions are very important. My first impression of Mrs Li was that she was nervous and shy. I think perhaps she was , as it was her first le
8、sson with us .But now , after tow weeks , the class really likes working with her , She s kind and patient , and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it! She avoids making you feel stupid! I ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak
9、English m but Mrs Li just smiles, so that you don t feel completely stupid! I think maybe she goes a bit too slowly for the faster students, but for me it s wonderful! I feel I m going to make progress with her.I d guess that Mrs Chen is almost sixty. She s very strict we don t dare to say a word un
10、less she asks us to. She s also very serious and doesn t smile much. When she asks you to do something. You do it immediately! There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late but they re always on time for Mrs Chen s lessons! Some of our class dont like her, but most of us really
11、 appreciate her because her teaching is so well organized and clear. And a few students even admit liking her! During scientific experiments, she explains exactly what is happening and as a result my work is improving. Physics will never be my favourite lesson, but I think that I ll do well in the e
12、xam with Mrs Chen teaching me.Mr Wu s only been teaching us for two weeks and hes already very popular. I think this is because he really enjoys teaching Chinese literature-he loves it, in fact! Hes got so much energy, this is one class you do not fall asleep in! Hs about 28, I think, and is rather
13、good-looking. He talks loudly and fast, and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. Hes really amusing and tells jokes when he thinks we re getting bored. Even things like compositions and summaries are fun with Mr Wu. I respect him a lot.My First Ride on a TrainMy name is Alice Thompson.
14、I come from Sydney, Australia and mI 18 years old. Recently I had my first ride on a long- distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I traveled on the famous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers away
15、. We spent two days and nights on the train.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey the scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was desert. The sun shone,
16、there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.The train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the day , I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes (I m studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight, I watche
