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how to respond. By the time I left America, though, I came to enjoy hugging and being hugged. Shaking hands was also a challenge. My homestay father, Peter, looked at me straight in the eye and squeezed my hand firmly. Both Mary and Peter wanted me to call them by their first names because they, as Americans, like informality. By using first names only, we felt friendlier towards each other. homestay 家庭寄宿 host 東道主 hug 擁抱 shock 震驚 respond 回應(yīng) challenge 挑戰(zhàn) straight 直接地 squeeze 擠壓 firmly 緊緊地 informality 隨意在美國(guó)家庭寄宿 我叫珍妮,我在美國(guó)家庭寄宿。當(dāng)我第一次見到我要寄宿那家的母親瑪麗時(shí),她熱情地?fù)肀Я宋?。我確實(shí)感到非常震驚因?yàn)槲覐膩頉]有被擁抱過,我不知道該如何回應(yīng)。然而到我要離開美國(guó)時(shí),我已經(jīng)非常喜歡擁抱別人和被別人擁抱了。 握手也是個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。我寄宿那家的父親彼特,直視著我的眼睛,緊緊地握我的手。 瑪麗和彼特都希望我對(duì)他們直呼其名,因?yàn)槊绹?guó)人一般比較隨意。通過直呼其名,我們互相之間感到更加親切友好。6 Brothers and SistersMy sister is a year older than me and we39。ve been sharing a room since I was 3 years old. We are very close, but we also fight all the time. Our fights are never serious. I can39。t remember the cause of our fights now, but they were always over small things. Sometimes it was just over a particular word I used or maybe just because my sister gave my teddy bear a hug and I was unhappy about it. We don39。t take our fights very seriously as if all the fights are a game. I think it39。s perfectly okay for kids to fight with their brothers or sisters. Now I39。m a teenager, and I even think that they39。re sweet memories!share 分享 serious 認(rèn)真的 cause 原因 fight 打架 particular 特別的,特殊的 teddy bear 玩具熊 teenage 青少年 perfectly 完全兄 弟 姐 妹 我的姐姐比我大一歲,從我三歲起我們就一直合用一個(gè)房間。我們非常親密,但是我們也時(shí)常打架。我們打架從來不是認(rèn)真的。我現(xiàn)在都記不起我們打架的原因,但肯定是因?yàn)橐恍┬∈?。有時(shí)候,僅僅是因?yàn)槲矣玫哪硞€(gè)詞,或者是因?yàn)榻憬惚Я宋业耐婢咝埽覍?duì)此感到生氣。我們從來不把打架當(dāng)真,就好像這只是場(chǎng)游戲。我覺得小孩子和兄弟姐妹們打打鬧鬧沒有什么?,F(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)十幾歲了,但我覺得那都是我美好的回憶!7 Thirty Days Hath September (Nursery Rhyme)Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November。 All the rest have thirtyone, Except for February alone, It has twentyeight days clear, And twentynine on each Leap Year.hath (古英語)=has leap year 閏年 三十天的是九月(童謠一首) 三十天的是九月,四月,六月和十一月;其余的月份都是三十一天, 除了二月,二月只有二十八天, 每個(gè)閏年二月有二十九天。8 Two DumplingsA young man h