世有伯樂,然后有千里馬。千里馬常有,而伯樂不常有。故雖有名馬,祗辱于奴隸人之手,駢死于槽櫪之間,不以千里稱也。馬之千里者,一食或盡粟一石。食馬者不知其能千里而食也。是馬也,雖有千里之能,食不飽,力不足,才美不外見,且欲與常馬等不可得,安求其能千里也?策之不以其道,食之不能盡其材,鳴之而不能通其意,執(zhí)策而臨之,曰:“天下無馬!”嗚呼!其真無馬邪?其真不知馬也!
Remember that it’s better to fail than it’s togive up, and the key is to learn from your failure(失敗). But along withdifficulties, there will also be ____18____ wonderful waiting for you.
Bike-to-Work Day is held every year across North America on thethird Friday of May. It was started by the League of American Bicyclistsin 1956. Its aim is to promote (促進) the bicycle as a serious choice of getting toand from work. In today’s world where global warming is a serious issue, thebicycle is a perfect way of reducing our carbon (碳) footprint.
One night many yearsago, an angry voice woke me up from sleep. It was my drunken (喝醉的) father. Those days, he would always ___11___ home very late. Sometimes, he would also go on to fight with my mom.
FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest sportsevents in the world. It ___11___every 4 years. The first World Cup was in 1930. It has a history of over 90years. During the World Cup, ___12___fans watch the games and cheer for their favorite teams or players.
Dealing with a nosebleed(鼻出血)mightseem simple. But recently, the British RED Cross asked parents with youngchildren how to help a child with a nosebleed. About 65 percent of parents didnot ____11____the correct action to help.
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. That day seemed peaceful, but Alejo ____16____ better.
My arms were shaking and my heart was beating ____19____ when I stood at thestarting line. ____20____the endless runway (跑道), I felt like a boat fighting against the windand rain. I ____21____myself that simply joining in was a victory (勝利) itself.
Excitedly, he went to draw water(抽水), ___15___ he couldn’t pump water no matter how hard hetried. He sat on the ground ___16___.Just at that time, he saw a small bottle with a cork(瓶塞).
All the family—my grandparents, my parents, myaunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister and I— ___27___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___28___.It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot of work to cook…and there are a lotof chances for things to go wrong.
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.
My mum and dad bought a nice, big turkey a fewdays before Thanksgiving. ___29___was proud of herself as she got it for a good price. ___30___ Thanksgiving, Mum got the turkey out of thefridge.
I’m glad to receive your letter and know yourunforgettable(難忘的)experience.Now I’d like to share mine. Last Friday, I was cleaning my room and found anold photo in a drawer. While I was looking at it, the ___16___ memory of that day came back to me.
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___ in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in HongKong. He moved to Canada for work when he was 26 years old. Everything was goodtill COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(經(jīng)濟)inCanada began ___12___down.
Liu Min is an English teacher. These days, herfamily are experiencing a different life of working and studying. They get upand do morning exercises at 6:30 in the living room. After breakfast, theystart their work and study. Her husband turns on his computer in the study (書房), reading his e-mails andmaking a list of today’s work.
Apassenger told an air hostess(空姐)that he needed a cup of water to take hismedicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring himthe ___11___ in ten minutes.
When youand your friends turn to each other to talk about problems or troubles, yougive each other advice and help. One important thing of our growth is to makedecisions to help our friends and learn to support each other. This requires usto learn what it means to help friends and how to help them in right ways.
Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees (黑猩猩)are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours.The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching andhugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learnsimple sign language.
國際奧委會宣布這一決定后一年,便是2016年的里約奧運會。在2016年8月下旬舉辦的里約奧運會閉幕式上,奧運歷史上第一個“追思時刻”出現(xiàn)了。這個環(huán)節(jié)被放在文藝表演開始之初,由男聲朗誦巴西傳統(tǒng)的葡萄牙語詩歌《思念》,體育場內(nèi)的投影則隨著朗讀聲的韻律演繹著代表“思念”的葡萄牙語文字。從2016年里約奧運會開始,閉幕式的“追思時刻”環(huán)節(jié)就被固定了下來。2018年的平昌冬奧會選擇用類似葬禮的形式展示,2021年舉辦的東京奧運會則展現(xiàn)了日本的“物哀文化”。
大雪紛飛的日子,教室內(nèi)暖氣充足,溫暖如春。大地負責的那盆對對紅,,早已長出一片片流油般的綠葉。葉片都是兩側對生,先端漸尖,如一柄柄出鞘的青劍,亦如大地那一對好看的劍眉。兩葉中間也長出了高接不一肥粗直溜的莖。離考試還有三周的時候,大地于某個課間拾綠葉擦拭灰塵時,發(fā)現(xiàn)那些莖頂端竟都一左一右鼓出了大花苞。大地的身體里瞬間灌入一股熱流,心里充滿期待。