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拔苗助长 Chinese proverbs（谚语）are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’ daily life. In these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop to help it grow”, is based on the following story.It is said that a short-tempered（急脾气的） man in the Song Dynasty（朝代）(960-1279) was very anxious（着急的） to help his rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about it day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.One day, he came up with an idea that he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.He was very tired after doing this for a whole day,but he felt very happy since the crop did grow higherHis son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately（不幸地） the leaves of the crop began to wither.（枯萎）This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their natural（自然的） course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often results in the contrary（相反的） to our intention（目的，意图） January 18th Reading 七下Unit 1 Can you play the guitar?补充阅读材料 Key words:typing;world record Topic:World Record/Human Ability He can type really fast—with his nose!印度男子鼻尖打字创世界纪录。 A man has set a world record(打破世界纪录)for typing a sentence in the fastest time by using only his nose.Mohammed Khurshid Hussain from India typed 103 letters in just 47 seconds.He closed an eye when he was typing by nose.He said it helped him to find the keys(键)faster.To break the record,the 23-year-old man practiced(练习)typing with his nose for six hours a day. ??January?18th?Reading???? 七下Unit?2?How?do?you?get?to?school?补充阅读材料???Key?words: slow;turtle;taxi??????? Topic:Means?of?transportation???As?slow?as?a?turtle?舒适又安全的日本“龟速出租车”。?Many?people?take?a?taxi?to?reduce?their?time?of?travel.But?some?people?in?Japan?are?not?in?a?hurry?and?they?want?a?slower?ride.These?people?can?choose?to?travel?by?Turtle?Taxi.Turtle?Taxis?are?becoming?popular?in?Japan.They?are?warmly?welcomed?by?the?elderly?and?wom