I left school against the advice of my parents and became a worker in a factory. However, I still tried to 1 my studies in literature (文学) at evening classes.
It was a long walk on cold winter nights and it was 2 to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I started writing 3 at home.
By chance, I won some prizes for literature. One day a woman from a TV 4 came and told me I had won a national poetry prize. I looked at her 5 and disbelieved what she said. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems. Literature became more 6 for me and I didn't want to 7 in the factory. So I told my parents l wanted to get back to 8. They were greatly surprised, of course, also 9. They asked me if l was sure. I told them nothing could 10 me. So, again I came back to class.
I have a pet dog. His name is Pupcake and he is three years old. He is a white dog. He has dark brown eyes. Pupcake likes meat and dog food. Every Wednesday and Friday, we go out for a walk. When I'm unhappy, he always licks (舔) my face and makes me laugh. Pupcake is one of my best friends!
—Laura
I have a special pet—a brown chipmunk (金花鼠). He is called Gingerbread. He is two years old and he has dark brown eyes. He likes eating nuts (坚果). Gingerbread is very popular and my friends always come to my home to see him.
—Kate
I have a great cat—Custard. Custard is four years old. She is black and she has green eyes. Custard likes chicken, fish and cat food. My father bought this cute cat for my 14th birthday. I love her very much.
—Melissa
I have a beautiful five-week-old pet duck. Her name is Mia. Mia is yellow and she has brown eyes. She likes to eat any kind of bird food and she drinks flesh water. My grandmother gave this little duck to me last week. My grandmother lives on a farm and I plan to spend my summer vacation there this year.
—Mary
Emma's dream was to be a boxer. All her life, everyone said she couldn't be a boxer because she was a girl. They said that she should just get a normal job. Her parents told her that she would be killed one day if she kept boxing. It was hard to hear "you can't" all the time. Emma still decided to prove everyone was wrong.
Emma's life was hard. Girls didn't like her, because they thought she was too manly (有男子气概的). Boys didn't like her, because they thought she wasn't as good at boxing as they were. Because of all these, Emma didn't have any friends at school. She always sat alone in the cafeteria (自助餐厅), and it was hard for her to find partners for group projects.
However, Emma did have friends from her boxing class. They were all female (女人) boxers. They understood what Emma was going through because they were in the same situation. All they had was each other. They were a family. Because of this, Emma was always excited for boxing class. One day, she was going to be a famous boxer.
Edward Estlin Cummings (E. E. Cummings) was a poet famous for writing his poems with capital (大写的) letters in the words. He also used "i" instead of "I" to refer to himself in the poems.
Edward was born on 14 October, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Young Edward's mother Rebecca loved to spend time with her children. She taught young Edward how to write poems. Edward's father was also named Edward. He was a great scholar (学者) and taught his son to learn by using his hands as well as his mind.
Edward was a very smart boy. He was only 12 when he became a freshman in high school. He graduated (毕业) from Harvard in 1915. During World War Ⅰ, he joined the army and was sent to France. Edward and his friend from Harvard were caught because people thought they were sent by the German army. They were kept in one room. Their life was boring and full of fear. Edward therefore wrote his first book The Enormous Room and published it in 1922.
Edward was a poet that made his own rules in poetry. He was one of the most popular poets of the 20th century.
Do you know any traditional festivals in China? Maybe you'll say the Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival and so on. But have you heard of the Dragon Boat Festival?
In China, there is an interesting festival in the year of dragon. It is said that the Dragon King, the God of Rain, makes fine weather to help the farmers' crops grow well and everything go on smoothly too. Of course, we hope it is a lucky year for all the people.
To remember a great poet in ancient China, Qu Yuan, forever, we have the Dragon Boat Festival. Over 2,200 years ago, Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei, during the Warring States Period (战国时代). He was wise and he wrote many excellent poems. Among them, the most famous one is Li Sao. It was about the life of his own and full of his deep love for his motherland like other poems.
The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese lunar calendar (阴历). The most important thing during the festival is the dragon-boat race. When the race begins, the players are boating hard in the river, and other people are cheering for them. People also eat zong zi made of glutinous rice (糯米) to remember Qu Yuan.
A young man runs towards a wall. But he does not stop (run). He reaches me wall and (kick) it off. He uses the force (力量) of his kick to push (him) up me wall. Now, his hands can reach the top of the wall. He uses his arms (pull) his body up. He quickly climbs over the top of the wall. Then, he jumps down keeps running. He leaves the wall behind him. This young man is doing parkour (跑酷).
People must practise a lot to be good at parkour. They do a lot of running, jumping and climbing. People like parkour for many reasons. First, it does not need too much money. People only need to wear (comfort) clothes and shoes so that they can move easily.
Second, parkour helps people think (different) about things around them. Tb do parkour, they must think creatively (创造性地). When they see some tall buildings around them, they think about what they can do them. Finally, many people enjoy parkour because it is more than just a sport. It is like life: If there (be) a tall thing in front of you, you must find way to get past it.
爱好 | 好处 |
集邮 | 促进我们了解各地文化和各科知识。 |
游泳 | 帮助我们强身健体、保持体形。 |
阅读 | 开阔我们的眼界。 |
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【参考词汇】文化 culture
开阔眼界 open one's eyes
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