The December day started like any other. Papacame back with his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast for the family.Seven-year-old Joonas was doing his homework, while his two little brothers ranaround the yard.
All thefamily—my grandparents, my parents, my aunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister andI— ___22___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___23___. It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot ofwork to cook…and there are a lot of chances for things to go wrong.
Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping andYe Guangfu carried out the Shenzhou-13 spaceflight mission (任務(wù)) that started on Oct. 15,2021. This mission lasts 6 months, which was also a national record. Zhai isthe commander (指令長)who performed China’s first spacewalk in the Shenzhou-7 mission in 2008.
The boy named Li Banghua is from Hefei. AnhuiProvince. He made the plane completely by himself. The plane is 0.6 meterswide, has a wingspan (翼展) of 4.4 meters and weighs about 40 kilograms.According to a local report, Li just finished his high-school entrance exam ayear ago and got good grades.
熙寧九年,恩州武城縣有旋風(fēng)自東南來,望之插天如羊角,大木盡拔。俄頃旋風(fēng)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。縣令兒女奴婢卷去,復(fù)墜地,死傷者數(shù)人。民間死傷亡失者不可勝計(jì),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(yuǎn)一點(diǎn)的一個(gè)村子里采訪。這個(gè)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(jī)之類的物件,白雪上落黑物,應(yīng)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(shí)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(gè)正在熔化鐵水的大爐子起勁地?zé)?。鼓風(fēng)機(jī)使?fàn)t頂和爐門不停地吐著奪目的火舌。
第二天打早,母親便端一小凳,坐在這些水淋淋的盆具間,像一位老到的藝術(shù)家,開始了熟練的操作。包粽子說難不難,但真要把它包得大頭尖尾,見棱見角——按母親的說法要“俊??印保膊蝗菀?。
2009年美國網(wǎng)球公開賽。觀眾目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地期待比賽開始,發(fā)球方運(yùn)動(dòng)員將球舉過頭頂,蓄勢做隨時(shí)發(fā)球狀態(tài),但裁判微笑示意他再等一等。
我從認(rèn)字起,爸爸就給我買書刊,我關(guān)注的第一本文學(xué)書是爸爸在閱讀的《紅巖》,當(dāng)時(shí)書名上的字我還識(shí)不全,就念成了“紅山石”,別人都笑了,而爸爸微笑著說:“她聰明,大概的意思并沒有錯(cuò)?!?/p>
這種美如此生動(dòng),直教我心靈震顫,甚至畏怯。是的,人可以直面威脅,可以蔑視陰謀,可以踩過骯臟的泥濘,可以對嘰嘰咕咕保持沉默,可以對丑惡閉上眼睛,然而在面對美的精靈時(shí)卻是一種怯弱。
“......不瞞二位先生說,此五省讀書的人,家家隆重的是小弟,都在書案上,香火蠟燭,供著“先儒匡子之神位'?!迸2家滦Φ溃骸跋壬?,你此言誤矣!所謂“先儒'者,乃已經(jīng)去世之儒者,今先生尚在,何得如此稱呼?”匡超人紅著臉道:“不然!所謂“先儒'者,乃先生之謂也!”牛布衣見他如此說,也不和他辯。
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
說時(shí)遲,那時(shí)快,薛霸的棍恰舉起來,只見松樹背后雷鳴也似一聲,那條鐵禪杖飛將來,把這水火棍一隔,丟去九霄云外,跳出一個(gè)胖大和尚來,喝道:“灑家在林子里聽你多時(shí)!”……兩個(gè)公人看那和尚時(shí),穿一領(lǐng)皂布直裰,跨一口戒刀,提起禪杖,掄起來打兩個(gè)公人。林沖剛才讓開眼看時(shí),認(rèn)得是魯智深。