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.
At 9 a.m. , he drives to primary schools and middle schools in Xi’an, ShaanxiProvince, to teach students about Shaanxi kuaiban. It is a traditional Chineseform of storytelling to the rhythm(节奏) of bamboo clappers(响板), whichthe art form is named after. Sometimes, he helps students prepare forcompetitions. Usually, his classes run until about 6. p.m. , and then hereturns home to prepare classes for the next day.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.
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”.
Antarctica is a continent (大陆) 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 (宝藏保安)”. 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.
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.
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 (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).
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(钾). 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(杂技)SCHOOL
在这个秋高气爽,丹桂飘香,桃李金黄的九月,我们全体教师欢聚一堂,喜迎四方嘉宾,共庆第二十一个教师佳节。在此,我谨代表全体教师,向一直关心、支持花事业的各位来宾表示衷心的感谢!从1985年第一个教师节至今,二十一年的时光匆匆而过,也正是这二十一个由鲜花和掌声、关注与期待交织在一起的教师节,使更多的人把热情与尊重,理解与关怀的目光投向了我们,使我们和学生一起渡过的每一个平凡的日日夜夜有了更加不寻常的意义。因为有了我们在静静的课堂上播洒智慧的阳光,懵懂的孩子们才听到了知识的声音,远大的理想激励他们迈出了创新的脚步;因为有了我们在花的沃野上翻动犁铧,挥洒耕耘的汗水,三山岛区的花事业才生机勃勃,蒸蒸日上;因为我们所有教师脚踏实地,开拓创新,几代中国人孜孜以求的强国之梦才熠熠生辉,灿烂辉煌!正如一代伟人恩格斯所说的“尊师重教是一个民族强大的表现。”的'确,如今的中国已经以不可争辩的事实让全世界瞩目,让全世界惊叹。做为一名教师,我们为新中国的国富民强而自豪!所以,从踏上教坛的第一天起,我们就无悔地坚守着教书育人这方沃土,并用自己的青春和热血谱就了一曲奉献之歌,因为我们知道,雄鹰用翱翔回报蓝天,骏马用驰骋回报草原,我们唯有把热情与梦想,创新与开拓奉献给祖国人民,才能无愧于教师这个称号。“人才与国相始终,千古兴亡鉴青史。”花是崇高的事业,需要我们去献身;教育是严谨的科学,需要我们去探究;教育是多彩的艺术,需要我们去创新;教育是系统的工程,需要我们共同参与,齐心协力
一、课堂教学提质量 课堂是学生学习的主阵地,学生知识的接受、方法的提炼、语言的淬炼、思维的碰撞以及价值观的养成,皆在40分钟的课堂中得以发生并收获。可以说,课堂的效率决定了学生学习的质量、作业的质量与速度以及思维的提升。所以,我认为,作为教师,首先要扎扎实实、尽心尽力的备好每一堂课,课前充分了解学生因材施教,课堂上充分的尊重学生,给予并鼓励学生有表达与思辨的机会,不做“填鸭式”的教学,做到“以点带面”、精讲精练,重方法的引导与提炼,轻知识的传授与说教