When you walk into a dining room or a restaurant on the street, you can often see tofu on the menu. Yes, tofu! Tofu is a big part of our daily diet.
Tofu can be made1many food such as Mapo Tofu(麻婆豆腐),assorted tofu(什锦豆腐)and snacks like stinky tofu(臭豆腐)2tofu can be used for so many different things? Tofu has a mild taste, which gives it the ability to take on nearly any flavor, so it is easy to add to many dishes and snacks.
People like eating tofu because it is a kind of3food. Tofu is4 in soy protein, vitamins and mineral—all of which are necessary for good health. According to a recent study by nutrition experts at the University of Illinois, US, 5you eat soy protein often, it can help lower cholesterol (胆固醇)levels by as6as 30 percent.
Tofu was invented over 2,000 years ago by the Chinese. While the true story behind its creation is7, legend has it that tofu was discovered8when a Chinese cook added nigari(盐卤)to a pot of soybean milk. It caused the milk to curdle (凝固)and the result was tofu.
Tofu is not only popular in China, also in Western countries. Tofu9Western attention in the 1960s because Western people thought tofu could be the healthy food they were10. Westerners sometimes call it "the cheese of Asia",because a block of tofu can look like a block of cheese.
Grand Canyon National Park, US
The Grand Canyon is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. It is best known for its size and depth. It is 446 kilometers long, up to 29 kilometers wide, and 1. 6 kilometers deep. Every year
Lijiang River National Park, China
Lijiang River is in Guilin. The limestone caves(石灰岩洞)and green hills along the river are amazing. The hills are different in shape. One looks like an elephant drinking water with its trunk. People call the hill"Elephant Trunk Hill". The best way to enjoy Lijiang River is to take an 83-km-long boat trip from Guilin to Yangshuo.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Do you love animals?The Serengeti National Park might be fun for you to visit. You can see some big animals here, such as lions, elephants and buffaloes (水牛),you should not miss the annual animal migration (迁徙):This is the most famous event at the park.
Lake District National Park, England
The Lake District is England's largest national park. In fact, it covers about 1 percent of all the land area in Britain. As its name suggests, the park has the deepest lake in England. It is 74 meters deep. The park is a great place for playing water sports. You can sail and windsurf.
Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. She stopped in front of a store fill of dolls. "Girls like dolls, "she thought as she stepped into the store. Looking around, her own mother.
When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, the third… the dolls never arrived late
Joyce dreamed of having a doll when she was a child herself. Her parents promised one for her fifth birthday. Sadly, they both died in a traffic accident before it arrived, The never﹣ received gift was the most precious one in her eyes.
Recalling her mother's story, Amy got an idea. It was Joyce's 60th birthday. She got a package with a card that read:
Dear Joyce,
I forget to send you a package that you should have received on May 20,1956,your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged
Love,
Angel of Joy
Joyce opened the package and saw a lovely grandma doll. She clasped the doll that she had waited so many years for, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by her "Angel of Joy"
Garbage sorting is a big issue worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it.
Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a "green account (账户)"service for its residents(居民). Account holders get points by correctly sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its residents to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable
Wet waste is also known as household waste. "They are things you don't want but that pigs can eat," Guangzhou Daily explained. Paper, metal (金属),batteries and fluorescent bulbs (荧光灯泡). Finally, recyclable or harmful will go in the "dry waste" bin.
Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.
China is improving its waste-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it's never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment. l
If you don't sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill(垃圾填埋场)and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen
Residents in Yantian District, Liantang in Luohu District, Guanlan in Longhua District(28th, October, 2020)' to find commuting easier as four new Metro sections were put into service.
The four sections are Phase I of Line 8, Phase III of Line 2, the southern extension of Line 3,there are 11 Metro lines with 283 stations in operation across the city, extending a total of more than 400 kilometers
The 3. 9-kilometer Phase III of Line 2 runs from Xinxiu to Liantang stations in Luohu District with three stations, and is crucial for the development of the eastern side of the city because it connects Liantang Checkpoint, the seventh land border crossing facility between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
From Liantang Station, the line seamlessly(无缝地) connects with Phase I of Line 8 that starts at Wutong Mountain South Station in Luohu District and ends at Yantian Road Station in Yantian District
Line 8 is the first Metro line in Yantian.
The 10. 8﹣kilometer Phase III of Line 4 runs from Qinghu to Niuhu stations in Longhua District. It will bring residents in Guanlan access to the Metro service. It has eight stations, including Changhu Station, an interchange station with Metro Line 18 that is under planning;Songyuan Station, an interchange station with the future Line 22,an interchange station with the Longhua tram line.
The southern extension of Line 3 runs 1. 45 kilometers from Yitian Station to Futian Bonded Zone. It will relieve the difficulty of commuters working inside the zone.
A total of six new Metro sections have opened in Shenzhen this year. In the coming years, Shenzhen will construct more than 200 kilometers of Metro lines a year.
Different kinds of weather make people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence(智力),it is very hot at some time and very cold at other time. People in those places have more heart trouble and other kinds of health problems.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in the report of 1983 by scientists, IQ(智商),but after the strong wind, their IQ is•10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, can make it lower. The weather in the United States is often very hot from June to August. So students in many schools often do worse in exams in those months of the year.
Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold and unhappy during these months. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer.
Low air pressure(低气压)may make people forget things easily. Scientists say people lose more things on low﹣pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful or unhappy today? It may be the weather's problem.