1、s debut in October, 2008 was not a big success. The bands first EP Arrival （降临） was not immediately popular. People accused the band of being unoriginal. They said TC was just like a South Korean boy band, because their fashion sense and music style were similar to those bands. But they didnt give u
2、p. Now with their new album, their hard work looks like its paying off.BONUS*latest adj.“最近的，最新的”Have you read her latest work?Teens点金考点看台imagine v. 想象用法：imagination n. 想象，想象力；imaginable adj. 可想象的；imaginative adj. 富于想象力的。You can imagine how surprised I was. similar adj. 相似的用法：similarity n. 相似；simila
3、r to 与相似；different from 与不同。He talked about it in a similar way. pay off （付出）得到回报，还清用法：pay n. 工资；payfor 为支付；pay the bill 付账。It took them three years to pay off the debt.考点看台I knew TC would improve after going to Korea, but用法：划线部分是一个过去将来时态结构，即 would +动词原形，表示过去将要发生的事。二Obama meets ChinaObama has a good
4、 time at the Great Wall. REUTERSHE who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. US President Barack Obama is a true man. Obama had a four-day visit to China last week. He had a very busy schedule （日程）. But he still spent some time visiting the Forbidden City （故宫） and the Great Wall.When a
5、 leader visits another country, he or she sometimes goes to the countrys most famous places. It is to show respect to the local culture. For the leaders, its also a good time to relax during a tiring foreign trip.Obama spent 50 minutes in the Forbidden City on Tuesday. He thinks the Forbidden City i
6、s a magnificent （华丽的） place to visit. He said: I will come back with my girls and my wife.On Wednesday afternoon, he took a quick tour of the Great Wall at Badaling. There, he enjoyed a moment of peace.Its magical （不可思议的）. It reminds （使想到） you of the sweep （进程） of history, Obama said about the Great
7、 Wall.三Life-saving classesLIU Xu was robbed （抢劫）! The 13-year-old was riding home when a man suddenly jumped out from the roadside. He pulled Liu off his bike and rode away. Liu was scared （害怕）, but he didnt run after the robber. He found a telephone and called the police at 110.“Safety is the prior
8、ity （要务） in such a situation,” Liu said, remembering what his teacher had told him in his first aid （急救） class. “It is not safe to run after an adult who is much stronger than you.”Liu is a junior student at Shenzhen Baoan Middle School in Guangdong. His school is one of the first in China to have c
9、ompulsory （必修的） first aid education. Junior 1 students at the school must take the class once a week.Teenage safety has become a serious issue recently. According to a 2004 survey, about 16,000 teenagers die in accidents in China every year. An average of 40 students die every day from drowning （溺水）
10、, food poisoning and traffic accidents. Baoan School said that the first aid classes are to “teach students skills so that they can protect and save themselves in emergencies （紧急情况）.”Role-playing for safetyStudents at Baoan often learn by role-playing in first aid classes. Zhou Min, 12, recalled her
11、 favorite lesson. “I performed as a stranger knocking at a door. A classmate stood inside the door and asked several questions before letting me in. Then we changed roles and did it again,” Zhou said. “We learned a lot while having fun at role-playing.”The topics of the class are regularly updated.
12、The students have learned skills for surviving （幸存） in earthquakes. They also deal with topics like sexual harassment （骚扰）. “The teacher told us that we should try not to go out alone, especially at night. If someone tries to do bad things to us, we may hit their eyes or noses or kick their private
13、parts （私处）. Then we should quickly run into a crowded place,” said Zhong Hua, a 13-year-old girl.四Flu cant stop us!CHINESE schools are having a hard time this autumn. The A（H1N1） flu and common flu have hit the country as many students get infected （感染）.According to a recent report, more than 42,000
14、 people in China have caught the A（H1N1） flu. And 96% of the outbreaks （爆发） have happened in schools. Children and teenagers have been hit hardest by the epidemic.Students have to check their temperature many times a day. Classes are closed when two A（H1N1） flu cases are reported within two weeks. S
15、tudents with flu-like symptoms （流感相似症状） should be sent to the hospital at once.To make things worse, most students will be taking the mid-term exams.How can students go on with their study during the time? Schools and students gave us some ideas. Zhu Baobao, 15, Beijing: One of my classmates was con
16、firmed （确诊） to have A（H1N1）, so we stopped classes for a week. The teacher gave us a pile of quizzes to do. Some classmates called me to study together but my parents said it was not safe. We also tried the QQ video, but it was not clear. Finally we called each other to discuss the quizzes. Wang Fei
17、xuan, 14, Xian: A class in our grade was suspended （暂停） last week. Teachers recorded （录像） videos of our classes and put them online for the resting students to download （下载）. The suspended class also had meetings online. The teacher and students chatted in a group online. They could speak and hear e
18、ach others voices. Luo Yijing, 13, Shanghai: A girl in my class caught a common flu and got a fever. She had to stay home for a week. The teacher asked me to help her. Every day when I got home, Id call her and tell her what the teacher taught in class that day. When she had problems with homework,
19、she called me too. Jiang Sai, 16, Beijing: Two classes of our grade were suspended. The school put three video cameras and several computers in our class. If the resting students have the Internet at home, they can connect （连接） with the computers in our classroom and have classes with us. The restin
20、g students and the teacher can see and hear each other through videos. They can also ask and answer questions.五Flu, stay away!THIS Beijing girl is taking an A/H1N1 flu vaccine shot （甲型流感疫苗注射） on October 21. Beijing prepared about 1.7 million vaccine shots. They were all free. Middle and primary scho
21、ol （小学） students were the first to get the shots. This is because it is easier for them to get sick. Beijing has reported more than 5,000 A/H1N1 cases （病例）. Some schools have closed for a short time because of the flu.六Its snowing!IT snowed heavily last week in northern China. Big snows fell on Beij
22、ing, Hebei, Shanxi, Ningxia and Xinjiang. For many cities, it was the biggest snowfall in 50 years. The snow made traveling hard. Many schools had to close for days.Jia Aizhen, 14, lives in Taiyuan, Shanxi. She should have a mid-term （期中的） test on Wednesday. Because of the snow, they had the test on
23、 Sunday instead.It was good because we had more time to review （复习） our lessons, said Jia. She enjoyed the snow. It was as deep as 15cm and came to halfway up her leg. I felt peaceful （平和的） and relaxed （放松的） to see the white snowy world.Kang Xinyi, 13, and Wang Danyang, 13, are classmates at Shijiaz
24、huang No 43 Middle School in Hebei. Their school stopped on Wednesday. Kang said the snow in the yard was as deep as 40cm.It was so good we didnt have to go to school! said Kang. Kang, Wang and another friend had a snowball fight （打雪仗） and made snowmen. They also helped clear snow off the roads.I ne
25、ver saw such a big snow, said Wang. Last year we only made a small snow panda, but this year our snowman is as tall as 1 meter!If the snow didnt make trouble for traffic （交通）, we would hope it would never stop! said the girls.七Its our turn!Five Beijing students in their training uniforms are taking
26、a break from practicing for the National Day celebrations. THIS summer, many Beijing middle school students had a different kind of vacation. Instead of hanging out with friends or traveling, they were training hard for the National Day celebration.To mark the 60th anniversary （周年纪念） of China this y
27、ear, the students will perform a group display in a big parade （游行） on Tiananmen Square on October 1.Students are training from 7:30 am to around 10:00 am or from 4 pm to 6:30 pm. It is to avoid the summer heat.They wear white hats, T-shirts and dark-blue trousers. The hats and T-shirts are printed
28、with a red logo, the number 60. The first week of training was PE. Students practiced standing and squatting （蹲）. Then they moved on to practice the group display. They use colored sheets in the shape of flowers as a prop （道具）. When we watch the parade on TV we will see them making colorful patterns
29、 （图案） with them.What do the students think of their unusual summer?Sometimes we find it a bit tiring, says Lu Wenqi, 13. But most of us think its a great honor to take part in such an important celebration.Li Hui, 15, thinks the same as Lu. She says her classmates are seldom late for training. s a wonderful chance for us, says Li. When my parents were in college, they also took part in a national day celebration. Now its my turn!BONUS一场盛大的庆祝通常包括：parade 游行；阅兵式honor guard 仪仗队float
