In recent years, with a rising awareness of sports and health, travelers are beginning to upgrade their expectations. Here are several selected places around China that have a perfect mixture of recreation and sports.
Wanlong Ski Resort, Hebei Province
Wanlong Ski Resort in Shijiazhuang City is nicknamed "heaven for ski lovers". The 2022 Winter Olympics was held here, which improved ski development and tourism activities in Hebei Province. If you happen to be a skiing fan, try the professional trails here!
Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center, Shandong Province
The Olympic sailing center has become a new landmark in Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province. It was a host venue of the sailing games for the 29th Olympics in 2008 and the 13th Paralymic Games. You could visit the match venue and enjoy a cruise around Qingdao.
Shapotou Scenic Zone, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Shapotou Scenic Zone in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is a transition zone between grassland and deserts. Apart from its unique natural landscape, Shapotou offers sports programs like sand skiing and rafting across the Yellow River.
Wulong Karst Region, Chongqing
Wulong is about 130 kilometers from downtown Chongqing. The 2,900-square-kilometer district is full of karsts, caves, forests, springs and primitive wilderness. UNESCO named Wulong's karsts as a World Natural Heritage in 2007. Sports options here include mountain climbing and hiking.
For decades, China had wanted a Nobel Prize in science. Tu Youyou, a researcher who helped to develop a malaria medicine, finally won the honour for the country.
In fact, Tu is not the only scientist in China who is catching the world's attention. In 2016, the Nature journal published a list of the top 10 science stars in China. Gao Caixia and Cui Weicheng are two of them.
Gao Caixia has been devoted to genetic engineering for her whole career. She is known for using CRISPR/CAS9, the revolutionary geneediting technique that is sweeping through biology labs around the world — in crops.
At first, Gao was unwilling to take up gene editing using CRISPR/CAS9 because her lab at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology in Beijing had already created mutations(变异)in 82 genes using an older type of technology. But after thinking carefully about it, she decided to give it a try.
After a year of hard work, her lab finally succeeded. Gao worked on genetic engineering in wheat, a crop that is famous for being difficult to work with. Now she is considered one of the best in the world at engineering wheat.
Cui Weicheng is the developer of China's recordsetting Jiaolong submersible(潜水器). He is now a professor at Westlake University. In 2012, Cui rode inside China's Jiaolong submersible and reached a depth of more than 7，000 metres in the Pacific.
Thanks to Jiaolong and the 58yearold developer, China is now one of only a few nations that can explore the deep sea. Jiaolong can travel deeper than any other manned research submersible currently in use, which shows China's increasing ambition and leadership in deepsea research.
Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know？The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.
Maybe that doesn't sound very interesting. But when you've joined to the Internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send emails to your friends at no cost, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).
There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the Internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people's desks at home. But there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the Internet itself.
There are lots of places for you to go into the Internet. For example, your school may have the Internet. You can use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the Internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.
Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell whatever you want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the Internet is in English？So what will English be like tomorrow?
A new study suggests that some homemade soups — made of chicken, beef or vegetables — might help fight malaria.
Jake Baum of the Imperial College London led the research. He asked children at a London school to bring in homemade clear soups that their families would make to treat a fever. The soups were then exposed to the parasite (寄生虫) that creates 99.7 percent of malaria cases in Africa, the World Health Organization explained.
Of the 56 soups tested five were more than 50 percent effective in containing the growth of the parasite. Two were as effective as one drug now used to treat malaria. And four soups were more than 50 percent effective at preventing parasites from aging to the point that they could infect mosquitoes that spread the disease. Baum also noted that it was unclear which foods made the soups effective against malaria.
The soups came from families from different ethnic histories, including Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. They had several main ingredients, including chicken, beef and green vegetables. Baum said the vegetarian soups showed similar results to the soups with meat.
Baum said his aim was in part to show children that scientific research can turn a herbal (草本的) cure into a man-made medicine. He noted the research of Dr. Tu Youyou from China. In the 1970s, she found that the herb quinhao was an effective antimalarial (抗疟疾的) treatment. The herb has been used in Eastern medicine for two thousand years. Tu's research led to the man-made drug artemisinin (青蒿素), a drug now widely used to treat malaria.
More and more people are becoming resistant (耐受的) to the drugs that treat the disease, which kills nearly 400,000 people a year. That means scientists will have to "look beyond chemistry" and find new drugs, Baum adds.
Spring and summer are the best seasons of the year for lots of activities, especially jogging(慢跑). This kind of running is the choice of many people who live in the city, work in the office and want to keep healthy.
Make good preparations before jogging.
There, you'll have an opportunity to find and buy all the necessary sportswear. Pay attention to the selection of jogging shoes, if you don't want to suffer from the feeling of heaviness, pain and leg swelling after the run. With all these pieces of wisdom, your body will be truly grateful to you.
Do fit warm-up activities.
Every runner, especially the beginner should know that all physical activities without a proper warm-up can cause a terrible pain and result in harm to muscles. It will probably lead to final discomfort in your body or even disease. Actually, it usually just takes you 15 minutes to increase the range of motion of our joints and warm up every muscle of the body.
When running, you usually feel physical and mental pleasure. Sometimes this pleasure can be replaced by negative feelings or even some kind of pain. No matter how healthy you're, you should always pay attention to how your body reacts. If something is wrong during your jog or run, the body will certainly let you know by giving you some hints (暗示). Watchfulness can help you avoid all possible after-effects of over exercise.
Every type of sports is special and useful in its own way. While jogging can sometimes bring pain and discomfort, it really offers you greater joy and satisfaction. So don't step back. I hope these tips will help you prepare yourself for jogging and avoid some serious issues.
A. Listen to your body signals.
B. Never give in to difficulties while jogging.
C. However, jogging without preparation will bring great harm.
D. One of the best ways to prepare is to go to specialized (专门的) shops.
E. Just go in for jogging, but remember to follow the above rules.
F. Therefore, you should make it a habit to warm up before jogging.
G. Here are some basic rules to make jogging safe, useful and comfortable.
My husband Russ and I drove through the place we'd called home for 28 years. The nearby hills, once thick with tall trees, were difficult to 1 .
Two weeks earlier, we'd got an early-morning call telling us to leave 2.The wildfire tearing through Northern California had 3 and was heading our way. We 4the car with a few belongings. For days, we moved from hotel to hotel, desperate for 5.What finally came wasn't good. Our house had been right in the fire's 6
Now we'd been given permission to 7. Russ and I brought shovels, work boots, and gloves. We'd save anything we could. We drove slowly through the ruins where the chimney marked where our8once stood. Photos and my precious collection of inspiring books were all 9 We uncovered a coat tree that used to 10 in our living room. How would we survive this ?
Russ loaded what we'd found in the car." Let's go," he said. That's when I noticed a small piece of11I picked it up. Its sides were burned, yet the words were surprisingly clear," If life seems 12, I pause and reflect on the blessing sometimes hidden within every circumstance. With new faith and 13, I begin again." They are words that I 14 to hear. I kept that paper in every hotel we stayed in over the 15 months. It now sits in a place of honor in our new home as a reminder that we can begin again.
Yu Rong, a Chinese artist, thinks of a new way to introduce ancient story of Hua Mulan in her picture book. In the book, I Am Hua Mulan, she tells the story by (combine) paper-cutting with international artistic styles. She places Shaanxi paper-cuts over western-style pencil sketches (素描)
(create) a typical presentation of Chinese elements (元素), which turns out to be a (success) and impressive breakthrough.
Hua Mulan, story has been told by generations in China, is a fighter from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386—534). As a devoted daughter, she dressed herself as a man to serve in the army place of her father. Mulan's characteristics, such as courage, kindness and a disinterested attitude toward fame and fortune, made (she) one of the most respected historical Chinese heroines. Mulan's story has been adapted ( frequent) in modern media, including TV shows,video games and literature. For example, in 1998, Disney produced a film named Mulan, which (consider) a great success by critics and the public.
To better tell the story,Yu Rong takes inspiration from her several (visit) to sites of ancient battles and Henan Province's Yuju Opera. After years of preparation, she finally makes this extraordinary work.
1）该人物的简单介绍；
2）激励或鼓舞你的原因。
注意∶
1）词数100左右;
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
The person who inspires me
One time, the teachers at a school wanted to teach the students about airplanes. While all airplanes can fly, some are able to fly farther than others. This is because not all airplanes are built the same. For example, a fighter plane looks very different from a plane that people fly in when they want to go on a holiday. The teachers wondered how they could make students understand this.
Then, the science teacher, Mr Moose, decided that the school should have a paper airplane contest. The students would produce paper airplane designs. They would stand in line on the playground behind the school. The students would take turns throwing their airplanes. The student whose airplane went the farthest would win.
When Mr Moose announced the paper airplane contest to the students, they were very excited. A student named Paul, who was on the wrestling team, bragged(吹牛)to everyone else that his airplane would win. "I am the strongest," Paul said. "So I will be able to throw my airplane the farthest." However, while Paul was saying this, another student, Brian, was thinking how he could win. Brian did not play any sports and was not very strong. But he loved airplanes and really wanted to win the contest.
Brian realized what he had to do. He went to the store and bought a big stack of paper. When he got home, he took the paper into his backyard. He took a piece of paper and folded an airplane. It didn't go very far, so Brian took another sheet and folded another airplane and threw it. This airplane went a little farther. Brian kept folding different kinds of airplanes and throwing them. Some went very far and some did not. Finally, when Brian had used all the paper, he walked up to the airplane that had flown the farthest and picked it up.
注意：
注意： 1）续写词数应为150左右:
2）请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1:
The next day was the contest.
Paragraph 2:
Brian won because he tried out many solutions to the problem of how to make an airplane fly very far.
