海上有一座冰山,陽光下,光芒四射,像一顆巨大的鉆石。大鳥被迷住了,迅速飛了下去。其他大鳥紛紛向它呼喚,催它趕路,可它還是一個勁地飛向了冰山。
題稚川山水【唐】戴叔倫松下茅亭五月涼,汀沙云樹晚蒼蒼。行人無限秋風思,隔水青山似故鄉(xiāng)。注:戴叔倫,唐代詩人,此詩作于作者宦游途中。
TheChinese knot, a folk art, has a long history. People first made them to recordinformation and send messages before they started to use words. The knots wereused for decoration (裝飾) and to express thoughts and feelings in theTang Dynasty. They were later popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But thisart wasn’t really accepted by the common people until the Qing Dynasty.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Lu Junling, a security guard from Hebei University, became popularon the Internet. As an ordinary (平凡) person, though Lu Junling is more than 50 years old, hememorizes English vocabulary for CET 6 under the street lights every day justto improve himself. When he is free, he also writes novels and sings operas.That’s not all! Painting, music, kongfu, ancient poems, etc. are all hishobbies. So a number of people call him “treasure security guard (寶藏保安)”. Lu Junling said, “If I want to become an artist, I will alwayswork hard for my dream!” Mr. Lu’s words live in many people’s memory.
We allknow that rice, wheat and corn are staples, but do you know there is anotherkind of staple food—potatoes? Potatoes have many advantages. Theyare a good source of vitamin C and potassium(鉀). A potato’s vitamin C isas rich as 10 apples. What’s more,potatoes are low in calories(卡路里)-onlythree fourths of the same amount of wheat and corn, according to People’s Daily. Potatoes are easy togrow. It can be grown in both the north and the south during winter, spring andautumn. The plant is also able to bear drought(干旱). Some areas of China arefacing water shortages, so the potato is safe to grow.
Chopsticksoriginated from(起源于) China.Though simple and little, they are agreat invention in the history of humans. There are many legends aboutChopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.It issaid that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. Oneday, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot tocook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want towaste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meatfrom the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take outfood from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food withsmall sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
Locatedin the mountains about 100 miles from Los Angeles, the Idyllwild Arts Academyis a boarding school for young artists. It offers training in arts, likedrawing, painting, photography and cinema, along with programmes for theperforming arts. The school’s quiet, rural location also makes it a verypeaceful and beautiful place to learn. THE NATIONAL CIRCUS(雜技)SCHOOL
在廚房蒸饅頭的母親,揭開鍋蓋高興地說到:“饅頭笑了?!蔽覜]看出來,就問她怎么笑的。母親說:“就是饅頭開口了,過年了,討個吉利,所以要說笑了才行。”
古詩是一幅幅草木明凈的“無聲畫”。蘆葦搖曳,先民低唱“①______,白露為霜”(《<詩經(jīng)>二首》);登樓遠眺,崔顥吟誦“②______,芳草萋萋鸚鵡洲”(《黃鶴樓》);持節(jié)塞上,王維長嘆“ ③_____,歸雁入胡天”(《使至塞上》);羈旅天涯,馬致遠感慨“④______,小橋流水人家,古道西風瘦馬”(《天凈沙·秋思》)。
在賀龍、關向應所率八路軍120師連續(xù)粉碎日軍三次圍攻后,1939年4月23日上午9時,敵人又在炮火掩護下對齊會村發(fā)起了攻擊。進村的道路上有一座小橋,小橋失守后,村中央最高處的大槐樹就暴露在敵人的火力網(wǎng)前。我們的戰(zhàn)士隱蔽在大槐樹后向敵人射擊,敵人的輕重武器一起射向大槐樹,樹上留下無數(shù)彈痕,一顆炮彈正好打在樹干上,大槐樹被攔腰炸斷。
我的第一個記憶是一歲多有的。那是在青島,門外來了個老道,對我父親說,14號那天,往小胖子(我當時比較胖)左手腕上系一圈紅線就可以消災,我當時嚇得哇哇大哭,父親卻聽從了老道的安排。他說:“二看小胖子手腕的紅線,我覺得比寫二本偉大的作品還驕傲。”
夜來似聞某人素心,明日試往看之,入其門,窺其閨,見所謂某人方據(jù)案面南看一文書。顧客入來,默然一揖,便拉袖命坐,曰:“君既來,可亦試看此書?!毕嗯c歡笑。日影盡去,既已自饑,徐問客曰:“君亦饑耶?”不亦快哉!
Melatonin(褪黑素) is produced by the body to control when you get sleepy and whenyou wake up. As night falls, the levels of melatonin rise, telling the bodythat it’s time for bed. And the levels naturally fall as daylight comes near,getting you ready to greet the day.
Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.
Antarctica is a continent (大陸) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
Mostschools offer different kinds of subjects and activities for students, but someschools offer additional training in certain areas, such as the performing andarts. In this way, schools can help students develop their artistic talentsfrom an early age and have greater success in their future profession. THE ROYAL BALLET(芭蕾舞)SCHOOL
青蒿素治療瘧疾效果顯著,是抵抗瘧疾耐藥性最好的藥物。中國發(fā)現(xiàn)青蒿素時,美國也研制出一種抗瘧新藥—化學合成的甲氟喹,但瘧原蟲很快就適應了它,產(chǎn)生耐藥性,臨床使用后患者還出現(xiàn)了明顯的不良反應。而對于青蒿素這種從中草藥中提取的藥物,瘧原蟲對它完全沒有抵抗能力。1976 年1月,柬埔寨爆發(fā)瘧疾,因瘧原蟲已經(jīng)產(chǎn)生耐藥性,疫情一時難以控制。中國醫(yī)療隊攜帶一批青蒿素在柬埔寨大顯神威,挽救了一大批瘧疾患者的生命。
B: For 3 days. I expect togo there again.A: Lucky you. I had to stayat home. But I’m planning to travel to Mount Changbai.B: Oh, that’s a good place.I went there three years ago.
(A: Sun Lan B: Li Yue C: Waiter)A: Hi! This is Sun Lan. MayI speak to Li Yue?B: Hi, Sun Lan! ________41________.Are you in Qiqihar now?A: Yes, I came back last night.