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2014-4-18
Topics for
today
your friends mostly your are or
different ages?
Why?
you usually see your pals during the
week or at weekends?
Why?
last time you saw your best friends
,what did you do together?
what ways
are your friends important to you?
Looking after historic places
How do people in your country feel
about protecting historic buildings?
Do
you think an area can benefit from having an
interesting historic place locally?
In what way?
What do you
think will happen to historic buildings or places
in the future? Why?
The teaching of
history at school
How were you taught
history when you were at primary school?
Are there other ways people can learn
about history, apart from at school? How?
Do you think history will
still be a school subject in the future? Why?
Water-based leisure activities
What do people enjoy doing when they
visit rivers, lakes or the sea?
Why do you think these activities are
popular?
What kind of benefit can
people get from the activities they enjoy in the
water?
What are the different
advantages of going to the sea or to a swimming
pool to enjoy yourself?
What do you think
the
disadvantages are?
The economic
importance of rivers, lakes and the sea
How does water transport, like boats
and ships, compare with other kinds? Are there any
advantages or disadvantages
of water
transport?
How important is it for a
town or city to be located near a river or the
sea? Why?
Have there been any changes
in the number of jobs available in fishing and
water transport industries, do you think?
Why do you think this is?
Why do we need to study history?
Hopefully to avoid making
the same mistakes again for one thing.
Personally, I like history as a subject
because it explains how things got to be the way
they are today and that takes us
one
step closer to knowing how to work towards a
better future.
There are many lessons
in history to be learned, many beyond the simple
facts of events that took place.
The
aim of learning history is to understand our world
better by making comparisons among similar events
in the past.
Determining what is right/
what is wrong might be controversial; but
comparing current issue with similar things in
different times or cultures might give
us objective guidelines!
History is
meant to be read as HIS -(S)
TORY
. It helps us to appreciate what we
have today, all our comforts, our
freedom into which we were born & we
take for granted. We also realize all the mistakes
made by our ancestors &
learn to
improve upon them. Also we get to know about their
successes & learn to build upon their successes.
It also
provides us an insight into our
culture & traditions.
谨记一词多义
You
may
think
it’s
easy
to
communicate
when
you’
re
visiting
another
English-speaking
country,
but
think
again!
Certain words mean something entirely
different on the other side of the world. Read on
to see which eight words
could cause
you embarrassment across the pond or down under. <
/p>
也许你以为置身另一个讲英语的国家交流起来会很容易，不过别想得太简单了！有些词在美
国是这个意思，但
是在地球的另外半边却完全是另外一个意思。看看哪
< br>8
个单词会令你在世界另一端感到尴尬吧。