People who live in a cold climate prefer to use warm colours to give their homes a warm and comfortable feeling.
2.橙色是暖色之一，能带给你成功，让你高兴；黄色是另一种暖色，
是太阳的颜色，也是智慧之色。 Orange is one of the warm colours.
Orange can bring you success and cheer you up. Yellow is another warm colour.
Yellow is the colour of the sun. It is also the colour of wisdom.
12. 介绍Introductions
例一 要点：
1.刘浩是连接阳光城到天津路段高铁的总工程师；他严肃，话不多，做事有条不紊；
Liu Hao is the chief engineer of the high-speed railway connecting Sunshine Town to Tianjin.
He is serious and doesn’t like to talk much. He is well organized. 2.工作上，他总是追求高标准；刘浩认为失之毫厘，谬以千里，因此必须重视每个细节；
He always works to high standards. Liu Hao believes a miss is as good as a mile, so it is necessary to pay attention to every detail.
3.他对他的团队成员很友好；大家觉得他是一个谦虚、易相处的人。
He is friendly to his team members. They think he’s modest and easy to work with. 例二 要点：
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1.五年前，孙宁放弃了她会计师的职业；她开始在一家大公司的销售
部门工作；
Sun Ning gave up her job as an accountant 5 years ago. She started to work for the sales department in a big company. 2.她的上一份工作中，她天天只能与数字打交道，那使得她很不开心；
因为喜欢与人打交道，她选择了新的工作；
In her last job, she could only work with numbers day after day. That made her unhappy. She chose her new job because she loved working with people.
3.现在，孙宁是这家公司的总经理；她说她随时准备接受新的挑战。
Sun Ning is now the general manager of the company. She said she was ready to take on new challenges anytime.
13. 自然灾难 Natural disasters
例一 要点：
1.地震开始时我正在图书馆里；
I was in the library when the earthquake started.
2.地面开始猛烈地摇晃；我试图往外跑，但玻璃碎片和砖头砸了下来，
墙开始坍塌；
The earth started to shake hard .
I tried to run outside, but pieces of glass and bricks fell down, and
the walls began to come down.
3.最后，响声和摇动都停了下来； Finally, the noise and shaking ended.
4.我意识到自己的一条腿被卡住了；我担心没人会发现我，所以尖声
呼救；好在一条狗发现了我，有人把我拉了出去。
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I realized my leg was trapped. I was afraid that no one would find me. I screamed for help.
Luckily, a dog found me and someone pulled me out. 例二 要点：
1.上周三，暴风雪袭击了北京；放学后，贝蒂和她的朋友艾米合撑一
把伞，走向公交车站；
A snowstorm hit Beijing last Wednesday.
After school, Betty shared an umbrella with her friend, Amy, and
they walked to the bus stop.
2.天气真是坏极了；突然，一阵大风从身后刮来，她们在大风中弄丢
了伞，她们俩几乎跌倒，只能在暴风雪中慢慢地走向公交车站；
The weather was really terrible.
Suddenly, a strong wind came from behind.
They lost their umbrella in the wind and nearly fell over. They had to walk slowly through the storm to the bus stop 3.最后，她们上了一辆公交车回家了。
At last, they got on a bus and went home.
14. 帮助他人Helping others
例一 要点：
1.我的表妹朱迪在大学里加入了志愿者工程；她在中国西北部的一所
小学里当老师，为期一年；
My cousin Judy has taken part in a volunteer project in her
college.
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She works as a primary school teacher in North-west China for one year.
2.她教学生语文、英语和数学；有时候还教他们唱歌；她还让他们读
很多书；
She teaches the students Chinese ,English and Maths
She sometimes teaches them songs. She also gives them a lot of
books to read
3.朱迪认为，对大学生们来说，给贫困地区的孩子们上课是件非常有
意义的事；通过这种方式，他们能够帮助当地人改善自己的生活。
Judy thinks it is meaningful for college students to teach children
in poor areas. In this way, they can help the local people improve their lives. 例二 要点：
1.小伟，一名九年级的学生，从上个月起就生病住院了；医生说手术
也许能够挽救他；
Xiao Wei, a Grade 9 student, has been ill in hospital since last
month. The doctor says an operation may save him.
2.但是手术要花费三十多万元；小伟的父母都是农民，他们没有足够
的钱；然而，对小伟而言，尽快手术很重要；
But it will cost over 300,000 yuan.
Xiao Wei’s parents are both farmers. They do not have enough
money. However, it is important for Xiao Wei to have the operation as soon as possible. 3.如果我们都能伸出援助之手，也许他会很快康复。
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