—For 20 years. How time flies!
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Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar (沙洲)of the Brahmaputra River and has1it into a forest.
One day in 1979,16-year-old Payeng was walking2the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days' time3the heat and the absence of trees. Payeng felt very4 when he saw this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive (存活)in the sandbars.
To water the trees was a difficult5for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the6bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil (土壤).Now the sandbar is a thick forest and7to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and8there for a few months.
Payeng is now in 9fifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres (英亩)of forests and is10as the Forest Man of India. In 2015,he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards in India.
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I was traveling alone through the UK. To reach places that were off the public transportation map,I bought an old car, which cost most of my money. I couldn't afford to stay in the hotel, so I had to camp in my car for the rest of the trip.
One morning I awoke in my old car on a country road in Ireland and saw a single house. The water in my thermos (保温瓶)had gone cold, so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. I asked her for some hot water. But she wouldn't let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors. She asked me to sit at the table and have breakfast with her family. They filled my thermos before I left.
I was greatly moved. And I decided to pass the kindness on. The other day I met a young man who had been driving around to look for a parking lot. He looked increasingly upset. I was glad that I was able to point one out to him. His thankful smile was the hugest reward (奖赏)for me.
No one knows when the first kite was made. The first record of a kite was more than 2,000 years ago in China. Han Xin, the leader of an army, wanted to bring down a king. He decided to dig a tunnel (隧道)into the king's palace. He flew a kite over the wall of the palace to make sure the length (长度)of its string (线).In this way, he could determine how long the tunnel should be.His men in the tunnel took the kite string with them. When they reached the end of the string, they knew to dig up.
Kites have been flown in Japan for hundreds of years. In the 1700s, kites were flown in autumn to give thanks for a good harvest. They were also flown to send good wishes to couples who had their first son. Today in Japan, kites are often flown as part of a celebration, such as the beginning of a new year. And kite festivals are held each year in many parts of the country.
Kites have been used for scientific purposes in the western world. In 1752,Benjamin Franklin tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm to find out that lightening was a form of electricity. In the 1890s,Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite to test ideas about flight. From 1898 until 1933,the United States Weather Bureau (气象局) used box kites to collect weather data. The Wright brothers also experimented (试验)with kites. What they learnt helped them make the first airplane flight in 1903.
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On May 5,2017, China's home-made passenger aircraft (飞机)C919 completed its 90-minute first flight and landed safely back at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.
G919 is developed by COMAC, a Chinese aircraft company. It is designed to compete with Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The first C919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers and is able to fly a distance between 4,075 and 5,555 kilometers. It's reported that a C919 costs around 50 million dollars,less than half of a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320. Up to now, more than 570 aircrafts have been ordered from 23 customers,mostly Chinese,but also American and Thai companies or airlines. COMAG aims to take one fifth of the world's narrow-body aircraft market and one third of the Chinese market by 2035.
The name G919 has its special meanings. The letter C stands for both "COMAC" and "China". The number 9 is pronounced as jiu in Chinese, which means "forever". And the number 19 refers to its capacity (容量)of 190 passengers.
The large passenger aircraft is praised as " the flower of modern industry ". It is a symbol of the nation's industrial and technological standards as well as the comprehensive (综合的)power. In order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy (战略)of the nation, COMAC bears the nation's dream and people's trust. China considers it as a national pride.
Teenage life — better now,or in the past?
Does this situation sound familiar (熟悉)?
You are complaining (抱怨)to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn't powerful enough to play the latest games. Then you hear...
When I was your age, there weren't any computers or video games. And I didn't get a bike until I was sixteen. And it was second-hand.
So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays. So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.
Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary — we can't imagine living without them!
However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it is just us with our computer or television. Teenagers don't do enough exercise. And, although young people still get on well with their friends,some people think teenagers today don't have so many social activities as they did in the past.
What do you think? How is teenage life better these days?
A. And it was too big for me. B. A typical family is smaller now. C. Or your friends' bikes are better than your! D. So they aren't as healthy as they were in the past. E. Technology is probably the greatest change in our life. |
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The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also(call) the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as/'ɜ:li/ as the Warring States Period (475—221 BC) . It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the(high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holidayChinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many(kind) of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good/helθ/ and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of/fɔ:l/. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花)wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakesclimb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that plant could drive away evil (邪恶的)spirits and prevent them from(catch) an illness in winter.
你的美国朋友John计划暑假来中国旅游。请你根据以下图示,用英语在QQ中给他留言,介绍并推荐你的家乡福建,词数80左右。
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3).请勿在文中使用真实的姓校名及提示信息以外的地名。
Hi,John, I'm glad to hear that you're planning to travel around China during the summer vacation. I'd like to invite you to my hometown Fujian for a visit. Fujian lies …… I'm looking forward to meeting you! |