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Mika and Charlotte MacInnis，known as Ai Zhong and Ai Hua，are American1. They are interested in Chinese culture and tradition very much. And the Chinese people around them2the sisters as Chinese，not foreigners.
The sisters can speak Chinese well，sing traditional Chinese operas，and can3act Chinese xiangsheng，a 4Chinese crosstalk act. Their family moved to China in 1988 when Mika was 9 and Charlotte was 7. The sisters were born in the US，5they grew up in China，and they danced and sang their way into Chinese hearts many years ago.
6finishing her high school studies in China，Ai Hua left for Columbia University to study drama. She is now a TV7in China and her programs are very popular. Her sister Ai Zhong is studying psychology (心理学) in the US，but plans to 8 in China after finishing it. She often says she feels she is a 9 in the US.
China is already home to their family and their10is that they can have much free time to visit China everywhere.
Amazon made a list of the 10 best—selling books of 2014. It's not too late to read—or reread—the bestsellers of the year. Here are the first three:
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd It happened in the south in the early 1800s. It tells the relationship between Handful, a slave (奴隶), and Sarah, her owner. They grow up together from childhood. Their good friendship, in the face of that special society, becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time. |
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Gray Mountain by John Grisham Samantha Kofer lost her job as a lawyer. But while doing her new job in a legal aid clinic, for the first time, she puts her front and center in the court. It also puts her in terrible danger. |
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr In the story, Marie Laure, a blind French girl lives with her father during World War Ⅱ (第二次世界大战), and loves Werner, a young German who works on fixing radios. This story will question how the war made al difference to their life. |
On a cold early morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages on her head to the market. She hoped to sell them to the people in the town.
The mountain road was narrow (狭窄) and the old woman was walking carefully, because she did not want to lose her cabbages.
Suddenly she heard a loud bell and a bicycle came round. It passed her and went very fast down the hill. The old woman had to jump up to one side of the road so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley (山谷).
She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was riding on without even looking round to see whether the old woman was all right. The old woman began to shout, "Come back，young man! You dropped something!"
When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly fell off. Then he turned and began to push the bicycle back up to the hill. "What is it?" he asked. "What did I drop?" "Little boy," the old woman answered, "you dropped your manners."
