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
When I was young, I dreamed of being anastronaut(宇航員)andflying into the space. Nowadays, my dream has come true. Traveling to the moonhas got popular. People between the ages of 18 to 60 are able to travel to themoon.
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.
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.
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 object waswhite! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony and me,this time about the color of the object.
By usingthis method, the study found that red meats were the most unfriendly foods tothe environment. Keeping farm animals produces a large number of methane(甲烷)that keeps 30 times more heat than CO2. As well asmaking the earth warmer, eating too much red meat is known to increase the riskof a few illnesses, such as heart trouble.
At first, I wanted to give up the job becausegetting up too early in the morning made me unhappy. I’ll never forget howtired I felt on my first day, but I’ll never forget sitting together andtalking about our days with my workmates for the first time either. Suddenly, Ifelt good to be a member of them.
Penny’sfamily was very poor. Her father was a sailor (水手). He earned very littlemoney and was ____16____ away from home. Her mother could not work ____17____she was often sick. One day. Penny’s mother said to Penny, “Our lamp (燈) isbroken. Go to the market on your way home from school and buy another one. Here’ssixty dollars. ____18____ to get a bargain (還價(jià)), dear.”
(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.
作者通過舉例,更具體地說明了“自下而上找結(jié)構(gòu)”的方法;/作者分步驟,更為清晰地講解了如何從龐雜信息中找到結(jié)構(gòu);/作者通過高度概括(提煉觀點(diǎn)),使讀者更為快速地了解從龐雜信息中找到結(jié)構(gòu)的方法。
遙看起伏的山巒,心存疑惑:把店開到山頂,哪來的底氣和自信?車子往山上爬的時(shí)候,是在一條不足丈寬的小路上。路已年久,不少地方坑洼不平,好幾個(gè)彎道,極陡,路邊不見護(hù)欄,我瞪著眼睛,雙手緊緊擦著扶手。近一小時(shí)的驚恐后,終于見到被大樹環(huán)繞著的一幢幢鋼架結(jié)構(gòu)的時(shí)尚小屋,夕陽斜照,大玻璃墻晃人眼睛,飄窗擺著素雅的靠墊。突然想起,在這高山之巔,晚飯沒法下山吃了,那險(xiǎn)窄之道,在漆黑的山林里,誰還受得了一上一下?
于是,每到冬日,我會有意無意念起熨帖在冬日木格窗欞上的冰窗花。冬日的居室里,總會生了爐火,白日里,落了雪,一家人和和暖暖地或斜倚、或平躺在溫?zé)岬耐量簧稀?/p>
魚,我所欲也;熊掌,亦我所欲也。二者不可得兼,舍魚而取熊掌者也。生,亦我所欲也;義,亦我所欲也。二者不可得兼,舍生而取義者也。生亦我所欲,所欲有甚于生者,故不為茍得也;死亦我所惡,所惡有甚于死者,故患有所不辟也。
江南的冬天還未過去,寒風(fēng)肆虐,雪花紛飛,萬木都在沉睡之中,而梅花卻在這時(shí),綻開一樹樹的花朵,向人們報(bào)告著春之將至的訊息。她不管桃兒、杏兒們嫉妒的流言,也不貪圖蜂兒、蝶兒們嗡嗡的追捧,孤傲豪邁地開在漫天飛雪中,不畏嚴(yán)寒,獨(dú)步早春。
詩中有畫,是中國古典詩歌的藝術(shù)特點(diǎn)之一。如果說白居易《錢塘湖春行》中的“ (1) ,誰家新燕啄春泥。”是一幅具有柔性美的圖畫,那么王維《使至塞上》中“大漠孤煙直, (2) 。”則是一幅具有剛性美的圖畫。
陳勝者,陽城人也,字涉。吳廣者,陽夏人也,字叔。陳涉少時(shí),嘗與人傭耕,輟耕之壟上,悵恨久之,曰:“茍富貴,無相忘?!眰蛘咝Χ鴳?yīng)曰:“若為傭耕,何富貴也?”