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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三輪車)and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
Each ofthem has their own experience- two people with synesthesia may both “feel”music, but they almost never feel the music in the same way. For example, onemay feel the music of the violin lightly brushing his face; the other may feelit on her ankle (腳踝). And one’s experience of synesthesia is alwaysthe same. If they see the number 5 in the color blue, then 5 is blue every timethey see it.
Slowlybut surely, Amy and her grandparents were making progress. Boxes of all sizeswere placed on top of each other throughout the house. Amy’s grandparents hadlived in the house for years and they had collected many things.
As thegovernment encourages the renaissance (復(fù)興) of traditional culture,Hanfu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers. Every year, we canenjoy different Hanfu shows around the cities. And now quite a few Hanfu clubshave been set up in universities. Members usually wear Hanfu at theirgraduation ceremonies or during holidays. Some even wear Hanfu on regular days,too. And these fans created a special day—China Haniu Day to celebratetraditional Chinese clothing. It falls on the third day of the third month inChinese lunar calendar (陰歷).
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.
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
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
二、教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.知識(shí)與技能掌握下列單詞:market, supermarket,biscuit, lemon, strawberry, Mother’s Day, size, take, may, try, try on,certainly, wait a minute, sale, price, sale, look. fresh2.過(guò)程與方法:1. 能夠通過(guò)書面表達(dá)購(gòu)物。2. 能夠根據(jù)情景進(jìn)行購(gòu)物對(duì)話。3.情感態(tài)度與價(jià)值觀:樂(lè)于參加運(yùn)用英語(yǔ)的實(shí)踐活動(dòng),了解別國(guó)文化。
二、教學(xué)目標(biāo)1.知識(shí)與技能掌握下列單詞:market, supermarket,biscuit, lemon, strawberry, Mother’s Day, size, take, may, try, try on,certainly, wait a minute, sale, price, sale, look. fresh2.過(guò)程與方法:1. 能夠通過(guò)書面表達(dá)購(gòu)物。2. 能夠根據(jù)情景進(jìn)行購(gòu)物對(duì)話。3.情感態(tài)度與價(jià)值觀:樂(lè)于參加運(yùn)用英語(yǔ)的實(shí)踐活動(dòng),了解別國(guó)文化。三、學(xué)習(xí)者特征分析這一模塊內(nèi)容的學(xué)習(xí)者,是七年級(jí)的學(xué)生。學(xué)生已經(jīng)學(xué)過(guò)一些形式的特殊疑問(wèn)句,像what can I do for you?/can I help you?這些購(gòu)物句式 ,學(xué)生在學(xué)生在小學(xué)階段已經(jīng)學(xué)過(guò),學(xué)生通過(guò)閱讀,情景購(gòu)物對(duì)話的練習(xí),學(xué)生準(zhǔn)確的進(jìn)行購(gòu)物的對(duì)話。
本文具有很強(qiáng)的畫面感,凸顯出繪畫美,雖是散文,卻滿貯詩(shī)意,正是文中有畫,畫中有詩(shī)。作者從色澤、層次和動(dòng)態(tài)上向人們展示了一幅栩栩如生的春景圖。作者筆下的春景圖色澤鮮艷,不僅有象征希望的“嫩嫩的,綠綠的”小草,還有“紅的像火,粉的像霞,白的像雪”的繁花,也有溫暖的“紅紅的”太陽(yáng)的臉和“黃暈的”燈光,這些色彩描繪出了一個(gè)生機(jī)勃勃而又安靜祥和的春天。在描寫春景的時(shí)候,作者還通過(guò)有層次感的描寫使景物意蘊(yùn)悠長(zhǎng),例如對(duì)春雨的描寫是從“人家屋頂上”到“小路上”“石橋邊”再到“地里”,從遠(yuǎn)至近,層次分明。另外,朱自清使用精妙的語(yǔ)言向讀者展示了動(dòng)態(tài)(生機(jī))美,在他筆下,花是“趕趟兒”的,蜜蜂是“鬧著”的,氣味兒是“醞釀”的,一切都是“生長(zhǎng)著”的,洋溢著盎然的生機(jī)。作者從總體上描繪春景,大地回春、萬(wàn)物復(fù)蘇的景象就活生生地展現(xiàn)在了讀者眼前。
魯迅曾把《昆蟲記》稱為“講昆蟲的故事”“講昆蟲生活”的楷模。魯迅說(shuō):“他的著作還有兩種缺點(diǎn):一是嗤笑解剖學(xué)家,二是用人類道德于昆蟲界?!敝茏魅苏f(shuō):“法布爾的書中所講的是昆蟲的生活,但我們讀了卻覺(jué)得比看那些無(wú)聊的小說(shuō)戲劇更有趣味,更有意義?!卑徒鹫f(shuō):“《昆蟲記》融作者畢生的研究成果和人生感悟于一爐,以人性觀照蟲性,將昆蟲世界化作供人類獲取知識(shí)、趣味、美感和思想的美文?!眰鹘y(tǒng)文化玉蟬:蟬意喻人生蟬在古人的心目中地位很高,向來(lái)被視為純潔、清高、通靈的象征。玉蟬究其用途,大體可分為四種:一是佩蟬,是專門佩戴在人身上以作裝飾和避邪用,示高潔;一種為冠蟬,是作為飾物綴于帽子上的,表示高貴;一種是琀蟬,以蟬的羽化比喻人能重生,寓指精神不死,再生復(fù)活;還有一種是鎮(zhèn)蟬,做鎮(zhèn)紙用的文房用品,多出現(xiàn)在明代以后,前三種蟬屬于高古玉,主要產(chǎn)生在商周至戰(zhàn)漢時(shí)期。