阅读下面的故事，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

One beautiful spring day a red rose came out in a forest. As it looked around, a pine tree nearby said, “What a beautiful flower! I wish I was that lovely.” Another tree said, “Don’t be sad, we can’t have everything.”

The red rose looked at a cactus （仙人掌）and said, “What an ugly plant full of thorns （刺）!” The pine tree said, “Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too.”

The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, “You don’t know what beauty is. You can’t compare me to a cactus.”

Spring passed, and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult as no rain fell. The red rose was dying. One day the red rose saw birds suck water from the cactus. “Doesn’t it hurt when they bite into the cactus?” asked the red rose.

“Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer”, replied the pine. “The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help.”

But the red rose felt too ashamed of its past words to ask.

[写作内容]

你读了上面的故事后，准备就“故事给我带来的启示”为话题用英语写一篇读后感参加读后感比赛。内容要点包括：

1．以约30个词概括故事的内容；

2．然后以约120词写一篇短文，内容包括：

   （1）你从故事中学到什么道理；

（2）以你自己或他人的经历阐明这种道理。

[写作要求]

1．在作文中可以使自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

请根据以下的任务说明和写作要求，以We Cannot Do without Gratitude 为题写一篇150字左右的英语短文，在校园英文小报上的Hot Topic栏目发表。

[任务说明]

“感激”是每个人都应该懂得的一种待人接物的态度。请认真阅读下面的短文，然后完成以下写作任务。

1．概括故事的内容要点，以此引入话题，该部分的词数大约30；

2．就“感激”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下内容要点：

   1）什么是感激（gratitude）？

   2）感激的表现方式。

   3）表达感激最重要在于真诚（sincere）。

   4）故事的启示和你的结论。

[写作要求]

    1．你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

2．短文的开头已给出，不计入所限字数。短文开头：

   The other day I read a story which is about …

[阅读材料]

As I got into a taxi one afternoon, the driver was very angry about something that had happened to him earlier that day. Here’s how he told the story:

“One of my fares (旅客) left a wallet in my cab this morning. Nearly three hundred dollars in it. I spent more than an hour trying to trace the guy. Finally I found him at his hotel. He took the wallet without a word and glared at me as though I’d meant to steal it.”

“He didn’t give you a reward?” I asked.

“Not a cent. But it wasn’t the money I wanted,” he fumbled, then exploded, “If the guy had only said something…”

Why was the driver so upset? All he wanted was something simple, but even more valuable than money: to be thanked for his efforts. In short, what he wanted, what he needed but did not get, was a little bit of gratitude.

阅读下面的短文， 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Gaby Lucy is just a 17-year-old American girl, but she has experienced life in the Dominican Republic as a volunteer. When she recalls her time volunteering there, she doesn’t think about the fact that she had no running water and lived in a small house outside. Instead, she remembers fondly the people she met, the work she did with a youth group to improve accessibility to a local library and the leadership skills she gained.
American teens are setting an example to their parents through their volunteer work, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. The random national telephone survey released this week found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause(慈善事业) – 56 percent – than have a part-time job –39 percent. Parents said 82 percent of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes, including volunteering, inviting others to a cause or donating money.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括短文的内容要点；
2．以约120个词就 “青少年从事志愿者工作” 这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：
(1) 青少年从事志愿者工作的意义；
(2) 简述一次你自己或你身边的人从事志愿者工作的经历和感受；
(3) 请你向同龄中学生发出号召。
【写作要求】
1．在作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
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阅读下面的短文， 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Gaby Lucy is just a 17-year-old American girl, but she has experienced life in the Dominican Republic as a volunteer. When she recalls her time volunteering there, she doesn’t think about the fact that she had no running water and lived in a small house outside. Instead, she remembers fondly the people she met, the work she did with a youth group to improve accessibility to a local library and the leadership skills she gained.

American teens are setting an example to their parents through their volunteer work, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. The random national telephone survey released this week found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause(慈善事业) – 56 percent – than have a part-time job –39 percent. Parents said 82 percent of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes, including volunteering, inviting others to a cause or donating money.

【写作内容】

1．以约30个词概括短文的内容要点；

2．以约120个词就 “青少年从事志愿者工作” 这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点：

(1) 青少年从事志愿者工作的意义；

(2) 简述一次你自己或你身边的人从事志愿者工作的经历和感受；

(3) 请你向同龄中学生发出号召。

【写作要求】

1．在作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

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