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.
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.
Ibelieved that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrongand he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us alesson. She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side ofher desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and roundobject. I could clearly see that it was black. The teacher asked us what colorthe object was. “White,” Tony answered. I couldn’t believe he said the objectwas white! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony andme, this time about the color of the object.
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.
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
Ibelieved that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrongand he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us alesson. She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side ofher desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and roundobject. I could clearly see that it was black. The teacher asked us what colorthe object was. “White,” Tony answered. I couldn’t believe he said the objectwas white! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony andme, this time about the color of the object.
On a snowy day, there was a man walking in ahurry on the road. His clothes were in poor condition. You might think he was abeggar(乞丐),but in fact he was a painter. His name was Vincent Willem van Gogh.
Duringwork hours in Becker’s bread shop, the kitchen is especially quiet except thesound of the machine. The quiet environment is not the result of the strictrules, but because all the workers are deaf. They use sign language tocommunicate with each other from time to time.
⑦在仰韶文化時期,我國就有了對竹利用的確切記載。竹自竹簡、珠筆到竹紙,在保存和傳播我們中華民族的古老文化上立下了汗馬功勞。以竹為題材的詩詞歌賦,用竹編織和雕刻的藝術(shù)品,竹制的笙管笛簫奏出的音樂,無不給人類美的享受。⑧在我國文化史上,竹蘊含著中華民族重要的精神價值。人們在長期的勞動實踐和文化活動中,把竹的生物特征逐漸升華為一種做人的美德。竹四季常青,不畏逆境,和松、梅并譽為“歲寒三友”;竹中空外直,虛懷若谷,和梅、蘭、菊并稱為“四君子”。⑨無論是魏晉嵇康、向秀等“竹林七賢”,還是唐朝李白、韓準等“竹溪六逸”,莫不對竹有一份執(zhí)著和憧憬,清代鄭板橋,與竹為鄰,以竹為友,愛竹、寫竹、畫竹、贊竹?!扒トf擊還堅韌,任爾東西南北風”,正是他堅忍不拔、超凡脫俗的人格寫照。
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(yīng)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(yīng)。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。
A bird went to look for happiness. On ___21___ way, she saw a flower, the flower was short ofwater, but his face was full of ___22___ .
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.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was aloneand didn’t ____11____others. No one showed kindness to him. People always laughed ____12____ him. His only friend was adog named Bobby. He ____13____his dog enough to eat and drink, but he was a little rude(粗魯?shù)?to it sometimes.
Penny’s family was very poor. Her father was asailor (水手).He earned very little money and was ____16____ away from home. Her mothercould not work ____17____she was often sick. One day.
醉翁亭記(選段)歐陽修①若夫日出而林霏開,云歸而巖穴暝,晦明變化者,山間之朝暮也。野芳發(fā)而幽香,佳木秀而繁陰,風霜高潔,水落而石出者,山間之四時也。朝而往,暮而歸,四時之景不同,而樂亦無窮也。②至于負者歌于途,行者休于樹,前者呼,后者應(yīng),傴僂提攜,往來而不絕者,滁人游也。臨溪而漁,溪深而魚肥,釀泉為酒,泉香而酒洌,山肴野蔌,雜然而前陳者,太守宴也。宴酣之樂,非絲非竹,射者中,弈者勝,觥籌交錯,起坐而喧嘩者,眾賓歡也。蒼顏白發(fā),頹然乎其間者,太守醉也。
行路難李白金樽清酒斗十千,玉盤珍羞直萬錢。停杯投箸不能食,拔劍四顧心茫然。被渡黃河冰塞川,將登太行雪滿山。閑來垂釣碧溪上,忽復乘舟夢日邊,行路難!行路難!多歧路,今安在?長風破浪會有時,直掛云帆濟滄海。
①2014年年中,世界衛(wèi)生組織(WHO)公布了《2013年全球氣候狀況報告》。報告顯示,2013年全球陸地和海洋表面平均溫度為14.5℃,比1961-1990年的平均溫度升高0.5℃。自有溫度記錄以來,全球14個最熱年份中有13個出現(xiàn)在本世紀,而過去30年中每個10年都比前十年更熱。②厄爾尼諾是發(fā)生在熱帶太平洋上海溫異常增暖的氣候現(xiàn)象,大范圍熱帶太平洋增暖會造成全球氣候變化。進入20世紀70年代后,全球出現(xiàn)的異常天氣,都有范圍廣、災(zāi)情重、時間長等特點,而在這一系列異常天氣的背后,厄爾尼諾暖流都起著重要作用。
蔡元定①八歲能詩,及長,登泰山絕頂。日惟啖②薺③。于書無不讀,朱熹扣④其學,大驚曰:“此吾老友也,不當在弟子列?!?/p>
舜發(fā)于畎畝之中,傅說舉于版筑之間,膠鬲舉于魚鹽之中,管夷吾舉于士,孫叔敖舉于海,百里奚舉于市。故天將降大任于是人也,必先苦其心志,勞其筋骨,餓其體膚,空乏其身,行拂亂其所為,【甲】所以動心忍性,曾益其所不能。