flewthenest,shedecideditwastimetotakethe plunge. AftertakingadegreeatChichesterUniversityin Related Arts,Ginnibegantotravelthe world,eventuallygetting workteaching English inJapanandChile.AnditwasinChileshediscoveredshecould getlast-minutecheap dealson shipsgoingto Antarcticafrom theislandsoff TierradelFuego,t...
hard. My basket was only half full. I was visiting my grandpa?s farm in Kansas,and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans for us to enjoy later. I wasn?t about to let him down. Then something caught my eye: a squirrel picked up a pecan, climbed up a tree and disappea...
I think it’s time to forgive and forget.”Grandpa died a year later. I took Grandma to the funeral. She held hands with my mother and me, all of us together. I knew this, was what Grandpa had wanted.But I didn’t have a chance to tell Grandpa that he wasn’t half a man.【...
Louis Braille was born on January 4, 1809, in France. He lost his eyesight by accident when he was 3. Louis Braille went to a special (43) for the blind in Paris in 1821. It was there that he (44) to read, using raised letters. However, because the raised (45) wer...
When was Sally born A.In 2006.B.In 2007.C.In 2008. 免费查看参考答案及解析 题目: I was nine when my father first sent me flowers. I had been taking tap-dancing lessons for six months, and the school was holding its yearly ___. As a member of the beginners’ chorus line (歌舞...
Unit 6 When was it invented Section A (1a-2d)基础 重难突破必会·短语1.run on 用……驱动2.be used for doing sth. 被用来做某事3.have a point 有道理4.think of 想出5.in our daily lives 在我们的日常生活中6.with pleasure 乐意效劳7.seem to do sth. 似乎要做某事;好像做某事8.be used...
have seen his 113th birthday.He was born in 1904 in Springfield,Massachusetts.He died in 1991.In his honor,March 2 is known as both "Dr Seuss Day"and,in many places, "World Book Day".The aim of the observance(庆祝)is to celebrate literature and urge children around the world to read...
Lewis Latimer was born to Rebecca and George Latimer on September 4, 1848, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His parents were former slaves and had fled from Virginia in 1842. After being discharged from the Navy after two years of service in 1865, Latimer gained employment at a patent firm. While...
Lonnie Johnson is an American scientist and inventor. He was born a state of the United States, Alabama, in 1949. When he was young, he enjoyed repairing things like what his father did around the home. That helped become an inventor later. Lonnie said, "My parents' support meant a lot...
It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and hi...