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A foreign film I’d like to talk about is Inception[ n’sep ən], an action-science fiction.

The film was released last year and I saw[s :] it in the cinema when it came out.

The plot is kind of complicated and I still couldn’t fully understand the film. But basically, it tells a story about a man who hopes to get back to his children after having been accused[ə’kju:z] of murdering his wife. The hero, together with his team, needs to complete a mission of incepting an idea to the subconsciousness[‘k n əsn  s]  of  his target’s, who is a son of a billionaire’s[biljə’n ə], that he should break[breik] down the empire that his father has built after his death. The mission is given by a Japanese who is the opponent[ə’pəunənt] of the billionaire. After going through all the twists and turns, the hero and his team makes it in the end.

I like this film a lot because this film is different from all the movies I’ve seen before. The story is kind of thought-provoking. For example, dreams can be designed and people can be led[led] into a dream. Actually, the moment I got out of the cinema, I was wondering if I were in a dream or not.

How amazing it was, isn’t it?

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Today I’d talk about a person in TV news that I want to meet. I got to know him through a local TV news report. According to the news, he is the 1000th person who has just turned 100 years old. And interestingly, the mayor[m ə] of Fuzhou city even paid him a visit on his 100th birthday.

This old man still looks pretty fit on TV with  a  walking  stick.  And  he’s  quite  talkative[‘t :kət  v]  as  well.  When  the  reporter  asked  him  what  his  secret  of  longevity[l n’d eviti] was, he said that it all came down to his loving family  and  the healthy lifestyle he had formed after he retired[r ‘ta əd].

As a father, he has 4 sons and two daughters. His children have always got along well with each other. After his wife passed way, he lived with his eldest son. But his other children and grandchildren often visited him at weekends. They brought him some nice presents from time to time, especially on holidays, like father’s day and spring festival.

4 years after his retirement, his wife died of a heart attack. It helped him realize the importance of health. In order to keep fit, he not only managed to quit smoking. But also started working out in the park.

Oh, one more thing that I shouldn’t forget to mention is that his balanced diet has helped a lot for living such a long and healthy life. For example, he hardly eats oily food. His meals include many vegetables and much fruit, such as: cabbage[‘kæbid ], tomatoes, carrots[‘kærət], cucumbers[‘kju:k mbə] and stuff.

I’d like to meet him with my grandfather because I wish he could talk my grandpa into stopped smoking, which is a really bad habbit.

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Whenever I am asked about my favorite sport, my answer is always the same: swimming, you know，swimming is very popular in china coz it’s probably one of the best all-around exercise. It keeps you fit and keeps your bady in shape. Actually, I almost go swimming in of my community swimming pool thrice[θra s] a week.

Swimming skill is important coz sometimes it can really save your life. It’s a good work out coz it exercise every muscle in my body. When I float on the water, I feel really calm and relaxed. Swimming just can let me get away from my dull routine of everyday study.

Actually, at first, I don’t know how to swim. I just swarm like a brick. But my father taught me patiently how to kick[kik] my legs and control my breathing. Little by little, I got the hang of it and felt comfortable with the water. Eventually, I can swim like a fish now. I can swim thirty minutes and still feel great. I am really thankful for my father.

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A few weeks ago, my friend, Zi Lung and I were walking down on east street in the downtown area when a beggar[‘beɡə] in his worn[w :n]-out clothes came[ke m] into our sight.

He was almost always ignored when people walked him by. My friend and I were wondering if we should give him some money since we suspected it might be just a trick. Then, we just walked away. we didn’t talk to each other for the next few minutes until we both decided to return and gave the poor man some change because of the guilt and sympathy arose in our hearts[hɑ:t]. At that moment, we didn’t really care whether it was just another trick we could see or hear about in our lives, at least we helped and we felt much relieved after this.

Anyway, helping others is something that everyone should do. That’s a special walk I took with my friend.

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You know, in China, many people keep a dog as a pet. To their, their pet is their constant companion [kəm’pænjən] and good friend. Take one of my friends—lily as an example. She has kept a dog since she was just ten years old. They have developed a closed friendship to each other and she is used to playing and walking with the dog. Besides, keeping pet is good for our emotional health as well.

Actually, there are loads of gardens and parks in Zhuhai city which provide people with enough places to walk the dog. Even though a dog can afford you a lot of happiness, it is no easy to keeping a dog because you should take care of it, feed it with proper food, bath it and take it to have a physical exam regularly. So, before ones decide to keep a dog, they will be well-advised to ensure them can concern and love the dog forever.

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Elephants are fascinating creatures[‘kri:t ə]. They are huge, gigantic, you know. A full-grown[grə n] elephant can weight over 6,000 kilograms and can stand over 4 meters. Actually, they are renowned as the largest four-footed in the world. However, they are quite gentle and adorable, you know, they never “bully” other animals. I always thought of elephants as wise creatures, large, smart, perhaps: polite!

They are gregarious [gr ‘geəri:əs] animals/ live in groups. The mothers lead the whole family group and the new baby elephants were protected by other family members. A full-grown elephant has a long trunk and a pair of  long  tusks[t  sk].  They  use  their  trunk[tr ŋk] to “grab” food and use their tusks to dig water.

In African, thousands of elephants have been trained to carry heavy loads and carry people through the jungle[‘d ŋɡl]. They are like hard-working employees for their masters. But they ask for bananas rather than cash.

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I want to describe an experience with extreme cold. I travel to Beijing in my summer holidays several years ago, because I wanted to visit the forbidden city and great wall. However, the first few days of my trip, I even couldn’t leave my hotel coz it is extreme cold accompany a strong storm outside, maybe 20 degrees below zero. Even though I stayed indoors as much as possible, I still feel uncomfortable because the heating system was not adequate for the weather. Besides, many accidents, such as household fires and the fall of trees, were covered by the media. The hospitals were full of patients who had a cold. This was really a nightmare to me. And there was a power failure in the southern part of the city due to damage of electric cables.

After few days, the weather became to improve, and I could finally begin my trip.

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A psychologist’s[sa  ‘k  ləd st] job

A satisfying job

A job which could make this world better

A job which could make this world better I think is a psychologist whose job is to help people deal with their problems as well as find ways to live a happy, meaningful life. They work at many different places, such as hospitals, businesses, government agencies and stuff.

It’s not easy to be a psychologist since being a psychologist requires much schooling(5-7 years of post graduate work after completing college), an advanced degree (a doctoral degree) and some work experience.

More and more people nowadays are faced with issues, like depression, abuse, stress, eating disorders, so the demand of great psychologists is rising.

they help people maintain a healthy lifestyle through counseling[‘kaunsəl]. (version 1) they advise people on how to deal with problems of everyday living

If there were no psychologists, it would be harder for us:

to recover from personal crisis[‘kraisis], such as divorce, the death of a loved one. (version 1)

Release the negative emotion barrier in our hearts. (version 2)

This is a satisfying job because psychologists are generally highly paid. Some of them are even self-employed and have their own spacious offices in addition to setting their own hours. Isn’t it amazing?

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Obviously, the ideal job of me is a structure engineer job, as being a good building designer is my dream since I graduated from high school. You know, in some cases, a good building served as a landmark of city. If I can design a famous building in the future, I will have a sense of achievement.

Actually, structure engineer is a promising job in China, because there is huge population here, which means it is not easy to meet the housing demand. So there are great chances of employment to those who graduated from structure engineering.

But it’s no easy to be a structure engineer since being a structure engineer requires much schooling, an advanced degree (master degree) and some work experience. So that is exactly why I decided to have my further study in UK. I really want to finfish my post graduated study in the university of Sheffield which has a good reputation in structure engineering.

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Let me talk about one of my favorite book—<gorgeous of tune D>.This book is an autobiography [, :təubai’ ɡrəfi] of my favorite music idol—Jay Chou and there are many exquisite photos of jay in it.

Let me talk about my favorite music idol—Jay Chou. I guess you heard a lot about him coz he is so incredibly famous in china. He is a legendary figure in the music scene。

He was born and raised in Taipei. When he was little, Jay didn’t get good grades at school. However, he has a natural [‘næt ərəl] aptitude for music. When he felt alone，he looked for nice music to cheer him up.

He was kind of average in terms of appearance so no one really expected that he would get a great success in his first album—“Jay”. His music was so original that young folks were soon crazy about him. As there are tons of “Jay” buffs in china now, tickets to his concerts always sell out in just couple of hours.

Jay’s music blends many elements, like hip-hop and folk music. And he also wrote songs for many popular singers. I really want to meet Jay and asked for his autographs [ :’t ɡrəfi]. His latest album “volume 11”< exclamation [,eksklə’mei ən] mark >was just released in the end of 2011, so more nice music from him.