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. |
A: What are you reading, Jim?
B: A book named The Angry Kids.
A: How does the story begin?
B: It first shows us a lonely life of a boy named Xiao'ao.
A: But where are his parents?
B: They are both working in Russia.
A: And then?
B: He leaves home alone on his twelfth birthday.
A: So the later story must be very thrilling.
B:
A: I really want to read it.
B: Next week. You can have it after I finish reading it.
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A. You are right. B. Can you lend the book to me? C. When will you finish reading it? D. It's a story about a very lonely boy. E. And he lives together with his old grandpa. F. Where did you buy the book? G. That's all because his parents aren't with him. |
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