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Xia Boyu was born in Chongqing in 1949. In May 2018, after he tried four times, the1man achieved his dream of reaching the top of Qomolangma. At the same time, he 2the first disabled mountain climber to reach the top of the world's highest mountain in China.
Xia Boyu is a double amputee(双侧截肢者). On January 5, 2019, he 3the Touching Chongqing Award. It was for those role models who moved the city. He joined the Chinese mountain climbing team at the age of 25. The next year, during China's second expedition (探险)to the top of Qomolangma, 4 unlucky happened to Xia. His two legs got badly hurt. In order to save his life, the doctor had to cut them off. At last, all his5were successful in reaching the top.
Although Xia lost his legs, he did not6 his dram. In the following years, he wore artificial limbs (义肢) and started his preparations for climbing Qomolangma again. It was a long and difficult time, 7 he trained very hard.
"The most important thing in the world is persistence(坚持). As long as you keep trying and8give up, you can achieve your dream, "he said." A man with no 9like me can reach the top of Qomolangma, so what else is impossible?"
His journey still10. He is planning to climb more mountains around the world and even travel to the South and North Poles (极).
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Contents Introduction————1 Chinese Calendar——3 Emperors—————8 Great Inventions——15 Art——————19 Great Wall————24 Paper money———31 Society—————42 |
Yongle, the third emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) stayed in power for 22 years. He moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and had the Forbidden City built there. Lt is listed as the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world and attracts tourists to come to visit. |
Still remember r the following poems? Memories return every time I read or hear them.
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① Hush now, my little one. Hush now, my sunshiny. Hush now, piece of my heart. Go to sleep, my little one. Go to sleep, my love. Go to sleep, piece of my heart. Sleep, my little one, While I sing to you. Sleep, my little one, Who is already a sleep. |
② My mama feeds me, And washes my fur. The first thing I see every morning is her. The last thing l kiss every night is her face. My mama is the very best one, And sings like a bird, And knows how I feel. When I don't say a word, My mama is warm. |
③ I can set the table. I can sweep the floor. I can wash my clothes. And count to forty-four. I can wash dishes. And clean my bedroom. There is so much I can do. Now ask you. |
"Keep your eyes on your paper" "is one of the rules that Mrs. Archer has taught us. It's a simple rule, but it's not a rule everybody chooses to follow.
This morning, I had an experience with a "rule breaker" during an English exam. I felt somebody was watching me too closely. I turned my head quickly and saw James, who sat right behind me. My eyes caught his and he said in a low voice, "Let me see your answers!" l gave him a smile, not sure if he was joking, and returned to my test. This time I moved a little more closely towards my own pander. "I can't see!" James said in a low voice.
"He's your friend and what are friends for?"
"You know it's wrong."
I tapped the top of my desk, hoping for an easy way out of this matter. No easy answer came. I just knew I had to do what l felt was right, even if made James mad. So I guarded my paper so that he couldn't see my answers.
When the exam ended, l stood there for a moment, searching for the right words to say to James. "Sorry, James, but you know me well enough to understand how I fell about cheating," I said slowly and softly. "But maybe I could help you study before the next test." "OK, Brain," he smiled. "It might not be easy, but I'll give it a try."
I felt happy that my friendship with James hadn't been hadn't been destroyed. Mrs. Archer would be proud.
①I gave him a smile.
②I moved a little more closely towards my paper.
③I curled my arm around my answers.
④I tapped the top of my desk.
⑤I guarded my paper so that he couldn't see my answers.
In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American from the state of Tennessee, began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture. Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.
In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese Characters online. Then in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of Chinese Etymology (汉字字源) website. "My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention. I got a few thousand e-mails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi', "Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96, 000ancient Chinese characters into the website. "When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought," said Sears.
After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture. He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English." However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on," Sears added.
Now, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. "When I die, l hope my website will live on, and I am planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China," he said.
Li Ziqi won Person of the Year in the category of Culture influence(年度文化传播人物) in2019. She is famous for her videos in which she does the work of a farmer. She owns a great number of fans on social media platforms all over the world.
Li grew up with her grandparents in the countryside of Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city in search of work, but she decided to return to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother. Four years later, she began to film her life there. "When I worked in the city, it was about survival," Li said. Now when I work in the countryside. I feel like I'm truly living."
Li's videos record her and her grandmother's daily lives in their simple home. She is often seen preparing delicious meals for her grandmother using basic materials and traditional skills. "I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes from, " Li explained." l also want people to relax and experience something nice by watching my videos after busy day."
Li's videos show her fans a wonderful world. Many of the skills she shows are based on real-world knowledge and those skills come from a real wish for the pastoral ideal. "My videos can be so popular among people because they love Chinese culture very much," Li said.
On a winter afternoon, we (take) an English exam in the classroom. After the exam, we would enjoy (we) winter holidays. I didn't worry about the exam because I was both good at English the so-called top student in my class. So I needn't review English.
The teacher went into the classroom several (minute) in advance. Then she gave out the test papers to us. At (one), it was quite easy. However. When I finished half of the paper (smooth), I felt it was becoming more and more difficult. I had ever learned some words but I just couldn't remember them. What's (bad), I was influenced by these difficulties and my brain went empty. I knew I would fail the exam. I regretted not preparing well for it and being too p of myself.
It was time to hand in papers. After school, I walked on the way home a heavy heart. The experience taught me lesson—-hard work is the only key to good results.
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⑵What have you learned from doing so?
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Without accumulating, we can hardly achieve anything.
