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Last week our school invited a famous teacher to give a lecture.上周我们学校请了一位有名的老师来做讲座。 His name is Dr. Brown, and he comes from Scotland.他叫布朗博士,来自苏格兰。 He has a strong Scottish accent, so I listened very carefully.他带着很重的苏格兰口音,所以我听得很仔细。 The lecture was about the length of the working day in different countries.这场讲座讲的是不同国家工作日的时长。 He said that many people work more than eight hours a day.他说很多人每天工作超过八小时。

He also talked about a German company and its new factory in Germany.他还讲到了一家德国公司以及它在德国的新工厂。 That company has sold more than one billion cups of coffee around the world.那家公司在全世界卖出了超过十亿杯咖啡。 I found his ideas easy to follow, and I wrote four pages of notes.我发现他的观点很容易理解,还记了四页笔记。 After the lecture, a student asked him about his old leather bag.讲座结束后,一名学生问起他那只旧皮包。 He laughed and said he had used it for over twenty years.他笑着说,这只包他用了二十多年。

I stayed after class and asked him how to improve my English.下课后我留了下来,问他怎样提高英语。 He told me to read one short article every day and write down new words.他让我每天读一篇短文,并把生词记下来。 On my way home, I felt that the lecture had changed my ideas about time.回家的路上,我觉得这场讲座改变了我对时间的看法。 Now I keep a small notebook in my leather jacket and study on the bus.现在我把一个小本子放在皮夹克里,在公交车上学习。 Small habits really do make a big difference.小小的习惯确实能带来很大的不同。

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