浙江省宁波市星海中学2021-2022学年九年级上学期英语分...

Have you ever picked strawberries yourself? The sweet fruit looks nice, 1light pressure can make them out of shape, so you have to be very  2when picking them. Nowadays, there are many young people who are just like strawberries. They easily break down when they 3 difficulties. There is a name for them — 4kids.

Why are many children so easy to break down? Because many students are the 5  child   in their families. Their parents do 6  everything for them in their daily life. They hardly ever get criticized (被批评) at home and always feel good about7. If these students are criticized strictly by8, they will feel upset and begin to doubt their own abilities. And schools? Many schools care  more  about students' grades9 developing  their  personality. As  a 10, students get satisfying grades but they are not mentally(精神上)11 enough.

Young people should learn12 to make themselves mentally strong. An expert said, "Whenever you are in trouble, don't13 help too quickly. You should try to deal with problems first by yourself. Take an active part in sports and social activities. That can help you14mentally strong. "

Growing up is not just a happy15. Pains also go along. The most important thing is to face the pains bravely and learn from them.

There was once a famous scientist who made several important discoveries. Once he was asked how he was able to be so creative. He replied that it all came from an experience he had with his mother when he was 2 years old. He was trying to take a bottle of milk out of the refrigerator. But the bottle was too slippery(滑的) and he dropped it. The kitchen floor was covered with milk.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of shouting at him or punishing him, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have never seen such a huge puddle of milk. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"

So he did. After a few minutes, they cleaned it up together. Then his mother said, "This was a failed experiment(实验) in how to carry a big bottle of milk with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without dropping it. "

The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it easily without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

The scientist then added that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. He learned that mistakes are just opportunities(机会) to learn something new — which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't "work", we can still learn something valuable from it.

Feb. 17 should have been the start of the spring semester for many middle and primary schools in China. However, to control the spread of the COVID-19, many schools had delayed the start of the semester, following instructions from the Ministry of Education (MOE). But students in China were still studying.

Instead of having classes at school, many students in Beijing and Guangzhou began their first day of online classes on Feb 17. Students in Shanghai started online classes on March 2. "In the morning, I have English class, followed by Chinese and math, " Liu Bo, a Junior 3 student from Beijing, told Xinhua. "I have also learned about epidemic(流行病) prevention. "

According to the MOE, students were mainly taking classes to review previous knowledge rather than taking new classes during the online study period. Online courses were required to include contents about epidemic prevention, psychological health (心理健康) and educational activities (教育活动).

"Online courses are only temporary measures (暂时的措施) taken during the epidemic, so when the new semester begins, schools should not replace(替代) classroom teaching with online classes, " Lu Yugang from the ministry told China Daily.

The ministry also called on schools not to increase their students' schoolwork burden(负担). Schools should not ask students to study online for long periods of time or study things beyond( 超出) their curriculum(课程). Students must have enough time to rest, the ministry added. Also, it stressed that protecting students' eyesight must be a priority(优先).

If you attended the 2017 Yangtze River Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition(非物质文化遗产展览) in Wuhan, Hubei, you would have found it hard to forget the treasures on the display there. That's because all of them were not only cultural achievements made by Chinese people, but also reflected the long history of the Yangtze River. Here's an example.

Chinese embroidery(刺绣) took root in the Yangtze River Valley. Think about the four most famous types of embroidery in China — Su embroidery from Jiangsu, Shu embroidery from Sichuan, Xiang embroidery from Hunan, and Yue embroidery from Guangdong — and you'll realize that three of them originate from cities along the Yangtze River.

As the great river provided a wonderful environment to produce silk cloth, decorating it with embroidery soon became the daily activities of most local people. It perfectly shows the old Chinese saying, "The unique features of a local environment always give special characteristics to its inhabitants(居民). "

In 2015, 11 cities along the Yangtze River basin(流域) signed an agreement to better protect intangible cultural heritage along the river. This is a big step toward making sure our nation's cultural wonders will still be alive for more generations (几代人).

Fashion is full of culture. The Tang costume stands for Chinese history and fashion culture. It got its name when China became  to other countries during the Han and Tang dynasties. From then on, peopleChinese clothes "Tang costumes".

Chinese fashion is not only different from western fashion, but also from that in other countries such as Japan and Korea. The beautiful silk knots and the other decorations on Tang-style clothes are popular all over the world now.

Today people can design the Tang costume either formal or casual clothes. It expresses the wearer's personal style and China's rich traditional culture. So we say the Tang costume is very attractive and very different from western-style suits.

The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Festival, occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar. The exact date changes year to year on the Gregorian calendar. In 2020, it (fall) on June 25th. The festival was long marked as a cultural festival in China, the government, however, did not officially(官方地) recognize Duanwu as a public holiday 2008.

The Dragon Boat Festival is one of three major Chinese (holiday), along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. Of the three, it is possibly the(old), dating back to the Warring States Period in 227 B.C. The festival commemorates(纪念) Qu Yuan, a ministerin the service of the Chu Emperor. Despairing(感到绝望的) over corruption at court, Qu threw  (he) into a river.

It (say) that the local people, who admired him, raced out in their boats (save) him or at least took back his body. This is said to have been the origin(起源) of dragon boat races.his body could not be found, they dropped balls of sticky rice into the river so that the fish would eat themof Qu Yuan's body. This is said to be the origin of zongzi.

The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice/glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine(雄黄酒), and racing dragon boats.

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