【正文】 y. 4. Many young people borrow from Peter to pay Paul. 5. Time is often pared to money for its preciousness. 6. Many low ine families can not make their ends meet. 7. Old people are often thrifty in money. 8. You obtain money in a right way and use it thriftily. 9. “Money talks” could not be applied to every situation. 10. Thrifty is one of the traditional virtues of Chinese people. 11. Money is often where all the trouble starts. 12. We should cultivate children’s capability of dealing with their money. 注釋： 1. riches 財(cái)富 2. be loose with one’s money 大手大腳花錢 3. borrow from Peter to pay Paul 寅吃卯糧 （拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻） 話題 17 信或卡片 考試常見提問(wèn)： 1. Who send the card or letter to you? 2. Why is it sent to you? 3. Do you like sending s to others? 4. Do you often send letters by mail? 5. Do you send letters to others for business or personal reasons? 考試常見提問(wèn)： 1. Modern science and technology brings a huge impact on people’s way of munication. 2. Letters are gradually giving way to s. 3. Emails are faster and almost cost free. 4. Traditional cards and letters are not environmentfriendly as they are made of paper. 5. Sometimes writing a letter is more polite and more formal. 6. After receiving a gift, it is thoughtful to write a thankyou note. 7. Old people tend to love the sensation of traditional letters. 8. Young people today prefer to call rather than write letters. 9. Whenever I receive a letter from a friend I feel happy. 10. Most of us have been harassed by junk mails. 11. A letter written in pen can express the feelings much more deeply than an . 12. Ecards are much more popular for its convenience and sending speed. 注釋： 1. give way to 被 … 所取代 2. environmentfriendly 有利于環(huán)境保護(hù)的 3. junk mail 垃圾郵件 話題 18 禮物 1. Describe a gift that is important to you. 2. On what occasions do you send gifts to others? 3. What kind of gifts do you send to others? 4. How do Chinese people see gifts? 5. What kind of gifts do Chinese people value most? 考試必備句子 : 1. We send gifts to each other on important occasions. 2. Sending gifts is a way of expressing your gratitude to some person. 3. Gifts represent our best wishes. 4. When people are choosing gifts, they tend to be influenced by advertisements. 5. In my opinion, the giver’s sincerity is more important than the price of the gift. 6. We tend to send nutritious food to old people as gifts. 7. Take account of the personal preference of the receiver when choosing a gift. 8. Show your gratitude when receiving a gift. 9. We Chinese people do not open the gift on the spot when receiving it. 10. In China when people say the gift is worth nothing they are just trying to be modest. 11. I value handmade gifts more than expensive gifts bought from big stores. 12. Gifts can not buy friendship. 注釋： 1. nutritious food 營(yíng)養(yǎng)品 2. take account of 考慮 3. on the spot 當(dāng)場(chǎng) 話題 19 手工藝品 考試常見句子： 1. Describe a handicraft that you made yourself. 2. What’s the difference between handicrafts and products made by the machine? 3. What are the handicrafts famous in China? 4. Do you think it’s necessary to learn the skills to make handicrafts? 5. What handicrafts have you collected? 考試必備句子： 1. Handicrafts are sold at many tourist sites as souvenirs. 2. Handicrafts are more timeconsuming and delicate than those made by machines. 3. Many people in rural areas make handicrafts as a source of ine. 4. The skills to make handicrafts such as paper cutting are national treasure. 5. The skills to make some handicrafts are to be lost. 6. Refined handicrafts are weled by foreign guests. 7. The local government should take some measures to protect some handicraftmaking skills. 8. Many handicraft skills are only passed to male descents of the family. 9. Handicrafts are more ethical that can help you understand the culture there. 10. Handicrafts sometimes are unique so that they’re of great value. 11. Products made by the machine can never take the place of handicrafts. 12. Some products made by the machine look almost the same as handicrafts, which bee hard for us to tell. 注釋： 1. timeconsuming 耗費(fèi)時(shí)間的 2. ethical 有民族特色的 3. take the place of 取代，代替 話題 20 日記 考試常見提問(wèn)： 1. Do you often write diaries? Why or why not? 2. What is your diary about? 3. Where do you write your journal? 4. Do you have a blog? Do you want more people to read your blog? 5. What do you have to pay attention to when you are publishing your diary online? 考試必備句子： 1. Writing and keeping a diary is a good habit. 2. I often note down what I did, what I saw and what I thought every day. 3. I don’t write journals in my notebook, but online. 4. You have to be careful not to let out your privacy in your journal. 5. I have a blog of my own and publish my journals online. 6. Writing journals online is a trend among young people, even celebrities. 7. I don’t mind how many people are reading my journals every day. 8. Diaries or journals can be taken as a collection of my past stories. 9. Writing can make us think and keep a clear mind. 10. I am too busy to write diaries because my rhythm of life is fast. 11. Writing is a necessary and useful skill to everyone in the modern world. 12. You will find out yourself and see the world clearly if you write and think. 注釋： 1. note down 記錄下來(lái) 2. publish my journals 發(fā)布日志 3. find out yourself 發(fā)現(xiàn)自我 話題 21 機(jī)器人 考試常見提問(wèn)： 1. What can robots do? 2. Do you think robots can replace human beings? 3. Do you prefer to municate with animals or robots? 4. What impacts will r