Bill doesn’t like doingfamily housework at all. He likes to play with his friends in the park.Bill asks his four friends about their housework.Bill: What do you have to do at home, Dan?
Paper cutting or tearing is a cultural traditionin China. For centuries, it has been passed down from one generation(一代人) tothe next, especially from mothers to daughters. This beautiful art created byskillful artists is used to decorate(装饰) doors, ceilings, and bedsin people’s homes, or at celebrations such as birthdays and weddings.
Paper cutting or tearing is a cultural traditionin China. For centuries, it has been passed down from one generation(一代人) tothe next, especially from mothers to daughters.
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 (三轮车)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 (脚踝). 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.
As thegovernment encourages the renaissance (复兴) 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 (阴历).
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in Hong Kong. He moved to Canada for workwhen he was 26 years old. Everything was good till COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(经济)inCanada began ___12___ down.
海上有一座冰山,阳光下,光芒四射,像一颗巨大的钻石。大鸟被迷住了,迅速飞了下去。其他大鸟纷纷向它呼唤,催它赶路,可它还是一个劲地飞向了冰山。
妈妈19岁嫁给爸爸。外婆生育了6个孩子,还领养了一个,但妈妈是唯一的女儿,在那个年代,虽然说不上能享受到多少宠爱,但至少没有遭受过任何对女性的轻慢,妈妈甚至还念到初中毕业,字写得比我还好,能自由阅读文学作品。
夜来似闻某人素心,明日试往看之,入其门,窥其闺,见所谓某人方据案面南看一文书。顾客入来,默然一揖,便拉袖命坐,曰:“君既来,可亦试看此书。”相与欢笑。日影尽去,既已自饥,徐问客曰:“君亦饥耶?”不亦快哉!
在厨房蒸馒头的母亲,揭开锅盖高兴地说到:“馒头笑了。”我没看出来,就问她怎么笑的。母亲说:“就是馒头开口了,过年了,讨个吉利,所以要说笑了才行。”
古诗是一幅幅草木明净的“无声画”。芦苇摇曳,先民低唱“①______,白露为霜”(《<诗经>二首》);登楼远眺,崔颢吟诵“②______,芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲”(《黄鹤楼》);持节塞上,王维长叹“ ③_____,归雁入胡天”(《使至塞上》);羁旅天涯,马致远感慨“④______,小桥流水人家,古道西风瘦马”(《天净沙·秋思》)。
爱莲说周敦颐水陆草木之花,可爱者甚蕃。晋陶渊明独爱菊。自李唐来,世人甚爱牡丹。予独爱莲之出淤泥而不染,濯清涟而不妖,中通外直,不蔓不枝,香远益清,亭亭净植,可远观而不可亵玩焉。
题稚川山水【唐】戴叔伦松下茅亭五月凉,汀沙云树晚苍苍。行人无限秋风思,隔水青山似故乡。注:戴叔伦,唐代诗人,此诗作于作者宦游途中。
在贺龙、关向应所率八路军120师连续粉碎日军三次围攻后,1939年4月23日上午9时,敌人又在炮火掩护下对齐会村发起了攻击。进村的道路上有一座小桥,小桥失守后,村中央最高处的大槐树就暴露在敌人的火力网前。我们的战士隐蔽在大槐树后向敌人射击,敌人的轻重武器一起射向大槐树,树上留下无数弹痕,一颗炮弹正好打在树干上,大槐树被拦腰炸断。
我的第一个记忆是一岁多有的。那是在青岛,门外来了个老道,对我父亲说,14号那天,往小胖子(我当时比较胖)左手腕上系一圈红线就可以消灾,我当时吓得哇哇大哭,父亲却听从了老道的安排。他说:“二看小胖子手腕的红线,我觉得比写二本伟大的作品还骄傲。”
(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.
B: For 3 days. I expect togo there again.A: Lucky you. I had to stayat home. But I’m planning to travel to Mount Changbai.B: Oh, that’s a good place.I went there three years ago.
As a boy, Kevin visited national parks and helearned the Earth is in ___12___ condition. He felt worried, and hewanted to ___13___ the Earth. In 2009, he went to swim in water nearNorth Pole(北极)todraw people’s attention to the melting glaciers(融化的冰川).