Once, herfather took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg ____11____two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was ____12____, and asked her father, “Doyou want me to cook?”
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars, because at that time,gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料), electriccars were more popular.
B: It’s about theexperiments three astronauts are doing on the space station.A: That’s great. I’minterested in space, so I want to be an astronaut like them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
風能就是地球表面大量空氣流動所產(chǎn)生的動能。據(jù)估算,全球風能約為2.74×1012千瓦,其中可利用的風能約為2×1010千瓦,比地球上可開發(fā)利用的水能總量要大10倍。 目前,風力發(fā)電已經(jīng)成為風能利用的主要形式。隨著經(jīng)濟的高速增長和能源消耗的持續(xù)上升,煤炭、石油等常規(guī)能源日益枯竭,環(huán)境持續(xù)惡化。
余幼時即嗜學。家貧,無從致書以觀,每假借于藏書之家,手自筆錄,計日以還。天大寒,硯冰堅,手指不可屈伸,弗之怠。錄畢,走送之,不敢稍逾約。以是人多以書假余,余因得遍觀群書。
十年春,齊師伐我。公將戰(zhàn),曹劌請見。其鄉(xiāng)人日:“肉食者謀之,又何間焉?”劌曰:“肉食者鄙,未能遠謀?!蹦巳胍姟枺骸昂我詰?zhàn)?”公曰:“衣食所安,弗敢專也,必以分人?!?/p>
【甲】予觀夫巴陵勝狀,在洞庭一湖。銜遠山,吞長江,浩浩湯湯,橫無際涯;朝暉夕陽,氣象萬千。此則岳陽樓之大觀也,前人之述備矣。然則北通巫峽,南極瀟湘,遷客騷人,多會于此,覽物之情,得無異乎?
京劇是流行全國的戲曲劇中之一。自清乾隆五十五年起,四大徽班陸續(xù)進京演出,他們相互影響,并接受昆區(qū)和秦腔的部分劇目、曲調(diào)、表演方法,又吸收了一些民間曲調(diào),就是在這樣的融合、演變和發(fā)展中京劇逐漸形成。在京劇發(fā)展的歷程中,產(chǎn)生過許多優(yōu)秀的演員。
紀錄片具有文獻價值、文化意義和美學價值,2011年元旦,中央電視臺紀錄頻道用中英文面向全球開播,它是我國首個覆蓋國內(nèi)外的紀錄片專業(yè)頻道。
當代大畫家李苦禪撒手人寰駕鶴西游的時候,我的老師許麟廬正在山東旅行。許老聽到噩耗,立即登車,直奔北京。到了苦禪靈堂,滿頭白發(fā)的老人,長跪不起,慟哭不止。他和苦老,同是齊白石大師的弟子,手足之情,比一奶同胞還親。
過去,公交車五六分鐘來一輛,現(xiàn)在一二分鐘來一輛,方便多了。有的乘客說,現(xiàn)在坐公交上班比開私家車還快呢,很多時候我們都坐公交車了。
熙寧九年,恩州武城縣有旋風自東南來,望之插天如羊角,大木盡拔。俄頃旋風卷入云霄中。既而漸近,所經(jīng)縣城官舍、居民略盡,悉卷入云中??h令兒女奴婢卷去,復墜地,死傷者數(shù)人。民間死傷亡失者不可勝計,縣城悉為丘墟,遂移今縣。
第二年的端午節(jié),我到離沙地稍遠一點的一個村子里采訪。這個地方幾乎家家房前屋后都是沙棗,就像成都平原上一叢竹林一戶人家。過去我以為沙棗總是臨沙傍堿而居,其葉總是小而灰,色調(diào)總是暗而舊。但在這里,沙棗依水而長,一片蔥綠,最大的一片葉子居然有一指之長,是我過去看到的三倍之大。
我繞到山的背后,人卻很少,只有一老者在山坡上彎腰尋覓著什么東西。我以為他掉了鑰匙或手機之類的物件,白雪上落黑物,應該很容易找到,便上前幫忙尋找,他卻提醒我道:“小心別踩了!”
門前廣場上臨時拉了一些電燈,將堡門下半截依稀照見,上半截和高高在上的門樓混在如墨的夜色里。一個正在熔化鐵水的大爐子起勁地燒著。鼓風機使爐頂和爐門不停地吐著奪目的火舌。