Lastsummer, I was holding the net when Grandpa asked me ____19____ I couldhelp him teach Frank how to play chess. I said no because I wanted to catchfish. Grandpa had been the one who’d taught us how to catch fish, but then the ____20____ made him stay behind.
If youthink you have walked into a library with a ____11____ likethat, you are exactly wrong. ____12____, you’ve entered the workplace of CourtneyHolmes, known as the Storybook Barber (理发师).
For Yang, one of the long-expected activitiesduring the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members. On the earlymorning of the second day of the Chinese New Year when the whole family reunite,he would dress up and wait for the photo to be taken.
At the age of seven, I started school in London.There I met a ____21____,Mr. King. He influenced my whole life. Mr King taught me maths. He washumorous. Sometimes, he told us funny stories. So his lessons made us ____22____.
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.
Zu Ti was a great man of Jin Dynasty. He was ____16____ for his hard work andgreat achievements. But when he was a child, he was a naughty (顽皮的)boy who showed little ____17____ inreading. As he grew up, Zu Ti ____18____ hedidn’t have enough knowledge.
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(经济)inCanada began ___12___down.
Du, 23,is a student from Shanghai University. He won third place at the ninth IOIO (国际折纸奥林匹克) in February this year. A total of 803 competitors from 59countries and areas took part in this year’s event.
Russia’s skating silver medalist AlexandraTrusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳)during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has everfinished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
ThreeRiver-Source National Park on the Qinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原),is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of theYangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it “China’s water tower”.
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.
失掉了他信力,就会疑,一个转身,也许能够只相信了自己,倒是一条新生路,但不幸的是逐渐玄虚起来了。信"地"和"物",还是切实的东西,国联就渺茫,不过这还可以令人不久就省悟到依赖它的不可靠。一到求神拜佛,可就玄虚之至了,有益或是有害,一时就找不出分明的结果来,它可以令人更长久的麻醉着自己。
到超市买东西,看到标签上的薄荷二字会无端升腾起莫名的亲切感。生活日用品,不知道什么时候都换成了薄荷味的。出门时手包里会塞上一小包薄荷味的口香糖,并不为吃,只为能常常看包装上那片绿绿的薄荷叶。有一回,在居住附近的集市上碰到卖花人,这卖花人特别,竟只卖一种植物,是薄荷!天太热,他把一盆盆青郁郁的薄荷小心放在刚下过雨的浅水沟里。水沟虽不太千净,可那薄荷却越发的青茂。我站在一旁看得痴,那一盆盆薄荷,在记忆里绵延开来,延展为一条明亮的乡路,通往那无忧无虑简单清寂的乡村岁月。
那大家思维碰撞总有点用吧?研究者也不这么看。他们认为头脑风暴是一种花时间却不太有效的方式,因为通常人们独自思考比在群体中思考能想到更多的点子。一项对22个群体的研究发现,其中18个群体中的人在群体中生产力不高,而且群体越大生产力下降得越多。心理学家称之为“群体生产力的错觉”。有许多人太依赖于他人的努力,想获得免费意见。然而让人吃惊的是,即便如此,人们仍然倾向于高看群体讨论的重要性。超过80%的受访者认为群体头脑风暴比个人的思考能产生更好的效果。
山不高,口极狭,仅容得一个半牛过去。不由捏紧了心,准备一睹气贯滇西的那江,却不料转出山口,依然是闷闷的雷。心下大惑,见前边牛们死也不肯再走,就下马向岸前移去。行到岸边,抽一口气,腿子抖起来,如牛一般,不敢再往前动半步。万丈绝壁飞快垂下去,马帮原来就在这壁顶上。转了多半日,总觉山低风冷,却不料一直是在万丈之处盘桓。怒江自西北天际亮亮而来,深远似涓涓细流,隐隐喧声腾上来,着一派森气。俯望那江,蓦地心中一颤,惨叫一声。急转身,却什么也没有,只是再不敢轻易向下探视。叫声漫开,撞了对面的壁,又远远荡回来。
我刚离开学校,手里拿着写有地址的纸条。我拖着脚慢慢走,这样就能晚到一些。我的腿又细又长,所有袜子都会往下掉。今天,我的袜子就像两个厌倦了总是演奏同一首曲子的手风琴一样,懒洋洋地滑下来,堆在一起。我不打算把它们提上去。在卡维萨大街立着圣母玛利亚塑像的那个街角,有一个男人正在弹吉他,旁边有一只流浪狗安静地听着。他给那只狗戴了一顶红帽子和一副小小的太阳镜。我一路看着门牌号,在大门前停下来。一个一头黑色卷发的女人把我带到一个宽敞漂亮的起居室。一位妇人坐在一把大扶手椅上,面带微笑看着我。她应该上了年纪,脸上满是细细的皱纹,但是引起我注意的是那双几乎透明的眼睛。
元代是题跋的兴盛期。到了元代,倪瓒那一批画家就彻底不顾忌“签名"。他们的文人画,讲究"诗书入画”,有诗有序,作品才算完整,于是题跋成了书画的重要组成部分。题跋中除了签名,一般还要交代创作的时间、地点、人物,或者写首诗配合画面,生怕后人感受不到画家的情绪。这样一來,对画家的要求就高了,不仅要会写诗,还要书法好,最重要的是会搭配,整体美观。画画的人变了,画作自然也就不同了,就好比文艺青年喜欢往各种“无聊”的地方增加难度,并且乐此不疲。
一位食客说道:“怎么个比法?”小福子说:“我和师父各耍一趟面,要是我赢了,师父就得让出得月楼总厨的位置。”一听此话,众人顿时议论纷纷,有人问:“那你要是输了呢?”小福子一笑:“我要是输了,就头顶面盆,膝跪案板,向师父赔礼道歉,并永世不再耍面。”大伙心里一惊、这小子来真的了。得月楼的老板怕事情闹大不好收场,准备过来劝劝。谁知,余师傅对着小福子一笑:“好,我答应你。”
谦虚并非故意自贬身价,做客套应酬,像虚伪者所常表现的假面孔;它是起于自知之明,知道自己所已知的比起世间所可知的非常渺小,未知世界随着已知世界扩大,愈前走发现天边愈远。他发现宇宙的无边无底,对之不能不起崇高雄伟之感,反观自己渺小,就不能不起谦虚之感。谦虚必起于自我渺小的意识,谦虚者的心目中必有一种为自己所不知不能的高不可攀的东西,老是要抬着头去望它。这东西可以是全体宇宙,可以是圣贤豪杰,也可以是一个崇高的理想。一个人必须见地高远,知道天高地厚才能真正地谦虚,不知道天高地厚的人就老是觉得自己伟大,海若未曾望洋,就以为“天下之美尽在己”。谦虚有它消极方面,就是自我渺小的意识;也有它积极方面,就是高远的瞻瞩与恢阔的胸襟。