When itcomes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. Alife filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, whatmakes a meaningful life?Manyresearchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors (因素): havinglong-term goals, believing that one’s life matters, and feeling that one’s lifefits together and “makes sense”.But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimeslife enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open toappreciating (欣賞) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____
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.
彭德懷接著說:“我正從他家門前經(jīng)過,停止著觀看這種示威。我看這些人一多半已餓個半死,而且我知道這個富人在他的倉里有一萬石以上的米??墒撬耆芙^幫助這些饑餓的人們。我激怒起來了,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著農(nóng)民攻打并且沖進(jìn)他的家里。農(nóng)民運走了他的倉里的一大半糧,食。以后我想到這件事情時,我不知道當(dāng)時為什么要那樣做。我只知道他應(yīng)該把米賣給窮人的,而且如果他不肯這樣做的話,那他們從他這里把米搶走,是很對的?!?/p>
閱讀下面唐詩,完成下面小題。漫成一首杜甫江月去人只數(shù)尺,風(fēng)燈①照夜欲三更。沙頭宿鷺聯(lián)拳②靜,船尾跳魚撥刺③鳴?!咀⑨尅竣亠L(fēng)燈:船中桅桿上掛著的燈,有紙罩能避風(fēng)。②聯(lián)拳:指夜宿的白鷺屈曲著身子,三五成群團(tuán)聚在沙灘上。拳,屈曲。③撥刺:擬聲詞,指魚在水里跳動發(fā)出的聲音。11. 這首詩通過“_____________”“風(fēng)燈”“宿鷺”“_________________”等意象,描繪出一幅恬淡平和的江上月夜圖。
有螳螂以這種奇特姿態(tài)一動不動地待著,目光死死地盯住大蝗蟲,對方移動,它的腦袋也跟著悄悄轉(zhuǎn)動?!认x本是個長腿的蹦跳者,善于高跳,輕而易舉地就能跳出對方利爪的范圍,可它卻偏偏傻乎乎地待在原地,甚至還慢慢地向?qū)Ψ娇拷?/p>
夫所為求福而辭禍者,以??上捕溈杀病H酥麩o窮,而物之可以足吾欲者有盡,美惡之辨戰(zhàn)乎中,而去取之擇交乎前。則可樂者常少,而可悲者常多。是謂求禍而辭福。夫求禍而辭福,豈人之情也哉?……是以美惡橫生,而憂樂出焉,可不大哀乎!
余幼時即嗜學(xué)。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。既加冠,益慕圣賢之道,又患無碩師名人與游,嘗趨百里外,從鄉(xiāng)之先達(dá)執(zhí)經(jīng)叩問。先達(dá)德隆望尊,門人弟子填其室,未嘗稍降辭色。余立侍左右,援疑質(zhì)理,俯身傾耳以請;或遇其叱咄,色愈恭,禮愈至,不敢出一言以復(fù);俟其欣悅,則又請焉。故余雖愚,卒獲有所聞。
吸入用新冠疫苗是康希諾生物創(chuàng)新了給藥方式,用霧化器將新冠疫苗霧化成微小顆粒,模擬新冠病毒從呼吸道黏膜侵入的邏輯,通過吸入的方式進(jìn)入呼吸道和肺部,從而有效免疫變異毒。
電視劇《火紅年華》兩度在央視播出,讓全國觀眾領(lǐng)略了“三線精神”誕生地——四川攀枝花的“根”與“魂”。這部劇的拍攝地大多選址于攀枝花市西區(qū),劇中充滿年代感的紅磚房、蜿蜒曲折的背水小道,給人們留下了深刻印象。
人類的語言具有兩大功能,可以用一個詞語來概括——表情達(dá)意:“表情”就是表達(dá)情感,“達(dá)意”就是傳遞信息。但在語言使用的過程中,我們往往會重視信息交流,而忽略了情感溝通,這和語言中情感表達(dá)的特殊性是有很大關(guān)系的。
中華民族的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日很多,除了端午節(jié),還有元宵節(jié)、花朝節(jié)、上巳節(jié)、清明節(jié)、重陽節(jié)——這些傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的習(xí)俗也很豐富。元宵節(jié)吃湯圓,猜燈謎,賞花燈。清明節(jié)祭先祖,放風(fēng)箏,蕩秋千。二月十二花朝節(jié),民間有“貫紅”之俗,文人雅士會相聚飲酒,賦詩唱和。三月三上巳節(jié),人們以香草沐浴,與親友攜游……豐富的習(xí)俗讓傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日成為古往今來人們共同的期盼。