Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia's biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top (attract).
So it was a great honor (invite) backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I could get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas dates back my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, I was the first Western TV reporter (allow) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia.
On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, other is with mum-she never suspects.
If you ever visit Scotland, you may want to visit the Pineapple. Built 1761, this summerhouse sits among （love）gardens. The top of the house was shaped into a huge pineapple, giving the name. Why on earth would anyone want to put a huge pineapple top of their summerhouse? In the 17th and 18th （century）,wealthy people in Europe were attracted by the fruit. Not only was the fruit in high demand, but also it was （real）difficult to grow the pineapple in Europe. So pineapples （call）the the king of fruits. The wealthy （require）their gardeners to find ways to grow the fruit. They began to do so in hothouses. The Pineapple also has a hothouse （grow）pineapples. Nowadays, the Pineapple is not popular, it is still thought as one of most classical buildings all over the world. If you have chance, just visit it! You will see how amazing. The Pineapple is.
When you have fun with your friends, you take selfies (自拍). sometimes you don't look so pretty in the photos. And, of course, if you're going to post (they), you want to look your best. What can you do?
Instead of posting a photo you don't like, you can turn to photo retouching (修图) (improve) your appearance. Many apps offer you the ability to do that. Their easy-to-use tools help you smooth your skin, make your (tooth) whiter, and more. With the apps, you can make your eyes (round) and brighter and also change the shape of your face. All in all, you can make yourself look the best (easy).
After sharing the retouched photos on moments, you get lots of likes. Is that great? Maybe not. It's almost a competition. Who looks the best, takes perfect selfies and (live) up to the standard of beauty? You need to be part of that crowd so that you don't feel left out. Worse yet, if you're not part of that crowd, you may (laugh) at because of your looks. People generally retouch themselves to have larger eyes and brighter skin. Does everyone now look same?
Perhaps it's time to post the real you and only lightly retouched if necessary.
If you want to learn English faster, get started with the things below. One of the easiest things you can do (learn) English faster is to read as much as you can. Read things all the time. This will make (you) vocabulary better and it will also help you learn grammar.
If you don't want to read (child) book, an easy way is to read comic (漫画) books or comics instead . You can buy many English language comic books, or you can read free comics online. These comics online (call) webcomics. You can also read books you have read before. If you already know a little bit about what happens, you will have easier time guessing and understanding the words. Reading newspapers (be) also a good way to learn a language because newspapers (usual) have very good grammar and are written to be easy to understand.
Watching movies will also help you improve your English by helping you to hear it sounds like and also helping you to learn new words. You can start watching with the subtitles (字幕) but you will learn much (many) with the subtitles off. Once you have a basic vocabulary, try to keep the subtitles off and focus on listening for the words carefully, and try to guess the words you don't know from what is happening on the screen.
Dear Future Me,
How are you? If you're still very hardworking, then I'm sure you're keeping (you) busy!
I do hope you're healthier, though.
How's everything going? Do you remember that you wanted to be pilot? If you do, then I hope you're flying around the world to fun (place) and doing a lot of sightseeing. I think that the computer technology in your time must be so much (good) than it is now. Maybe people will no longer drive cars one day because computers will operate them (complete). Moreover, companies will probably manage (do) the same thing with planes soon afterwards. I think it would be quite dangerous if all the cars on the road (drive) by computers. However, I think the idea of (have) no pilots on a plane is much more dangerous. a terrible thing it is if any big computer problem could cause one or more planes full people to crash!
I hope I'm right about the fact that planes still need pilots, but if I'm wrong, I look forward to finding out what other jobs you chose for your career.
Your friend,
Present Me.
In February, 2021, international students at Beijing International Studies University celebrated
Little New Year –usually a week before Spring Festival—at one of(they) teachers' home in Beijing.
For Marcela Vazaves, celebrating the Spring Festival is to spend it the people she loves, whether with friends and teachers around her or with parents and relatives in Mexico online. However, this year, she and two of her classmates (invite) to a teacher's home. It was her (one) time to make dumplings and learn about the culture behind Spring Festival.
Marcela wasn't able to travel homethe COVID-19 epidemic ( 流行病) was serious.
However, she felt(luck) that she was safe and well in China. "The university(take) really good care of us since the epidemic broke out more than a year ago," she said.
"The university has paired all international (student) with people in Beijing and bought presents for them, so they are hoped (spend) the festival with local people and enjoy a real festival environment." said the teacher. "Inviting students to my home is good way to make friends with them. I teach international students Chinese language, I also want to build true friendship between us," he said.
Computers make people's lives really easy. People can use their computers for working, (shop), or playing games. Laptop (笔记本) computers make people's lives even (easy) as people can take laptops anywhere. They can work, shop, or play games any place any time. there is a problem with laptops. People can (burn) by them!
People who sit with laptops on (they) legs for hours and hours have noticed they get dark marks on their legs. The hot laptop is toasting the skin. (doctor) have noticed more people show up with "toasted skin syndrome (综合症)". The marks are not (danger), but they look strange because they are just in one spot on people's legs.
Companies that make computers tell people not (let) warm computers touch bare skin for a long time. Wearing pants and putting a laptop's case under the laptop is (usual) enough to protect one's skin from the computer's heat.
Chemistry is a subject based on experiments. In China, it's often (teacher) who do the experiments in the front of the class. in the US, we take action by ourselves.
We usually wear special glasses and gloves in the chemistry labs. (safe) is the most important! The outfit (装备) prevents us from harmful chemical materials.
Our chemistry teacher always gives us the instruction sheet the night before the lab class to let us know a lot the experiments. During the class, she first goes over the steps of the experiments and then (divide) us into groups to do the experiments.
Doing experiments is really (interest). Once we tried to burn chemicals, chemicals produced many colors of flames (火焰), including bright orange and dark green. "Wow! beautiful it is!" we screamed.
After (finish) an experiment, we need to write a report. It consists of the steps, our feelings and the final results. If there has been a mistake in the experiment, we need to analyze why it happened and what we should do (correct) it. The reporters are important. They make up around 25 percent of our term grade.
The 2022 Winter Olympics opened at last in the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing.
Back to the early days in 2020, sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted (使中断)the Games preparations. Key meetings between the BOCOG the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials in Switzerland were forced to be held online.
Many people became so(worry) that they even feared the 2022 Games could be put off, as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was.
However, the organizers managed to get everything ready the Beijing Winter Games. IOC president Thomas Bach (praise) the opening of the Games and thanked the Chinese organizers.
"Unfortunately, the global pandemic is still a reality for all of (we). Therefore, we want to express our (thank) to the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee, the public and all the Chinese people. Thank you for(make) these Winter Olympic Games happen and making them happen in a safe way for everyone," said Bach.
Having already(successful) hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008, Beijing became the (one) city in the world to hold both Summer and Winter Olympics.
Mulan Joins the Army is a well-known traditional story in China. In 1988, it (make) into a popular cartoon Hua Mulan by the Walt Disney. (recent) Walt Disney Film Company has remade the cartoon into a famous film Mulan.
Hua Mulan is a girl in a small village. The government asks Mulan's father (join) the army, although he is very old and weak. To protect her father and little brother, Mulan dresses up as a boy and (ride) her horse to fight against the enemy. In the wars, Mulan is one of (brave) soldiers. She is never afraid of any challenge, she wins the respect of other soldiers. She catches (they) hearts with her courage and effort. a nice girl she is! When she comes back home, her father is proud her.
In the film, Chinese actress Liu Yifei plays the role of Hua Mulan. She is great actress. She can speak English well and is really hard-working.
How does Hua Mulan try to turn herself from a young girl to a brave soldier? Watch the action movie and you'll find the answer.
