— ____. We met many old classmates.
— ____. But I was afraid of being punished.
—__________. It was very inspiring.
—No, you ____. But you ____ return it before dinner.
—That ____ me fine.
—Because lots of touching news about them ____ these days.
—Sure! It's the first one my teacher taught me when I started to learn Chinese.
—Because the host always makes his speech ____ and interesting.
—My god! The concert ____ for almost one hour.
—Oh, Tom'll drive home from work at this time. Ask him for a ride?
—I remember we have left some cupcakes here, but now I can see ____.
—Sorry, I don't know ____.
Want to know something1 about Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen, by Donna Gephart? The book's first draft (草稿) was written inside 30 days, during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).
NaNoWriMo is a writing2 that takes place each year in November. Writers around the world3 . Their4 To write a 50, 000-word novel in a month. Kids can participate, too, through NaNoWriMo's Young Writers Program. The concept (概念) is the same, but kids can set a5 word count.
Marya Brennan, who6 the Young Writers Program, says about 100, 000 young people and educators from the program join the challenge each year. "In school, you read books, you do a lot of consuming." She told TIME for Kids. NaNoWriMo gives kids an opportunity to7 . And they get to do it on their own terms,8 parents or teachers telling them what to write.
Sophia Eftychiou, 14, participated in NaNoWriMo in 2017. "I have always had stories on my9 , ever since I could string two thoughts together, "she told TIME for Kids. "NaNoWriMo, for me, was an open opportunity to write those stories on paper. "
NaNo WriMo began in 1999. That's when founder Chris Baty woke up one day with the strong10 to write a novel. He had friends who also wanted to write novels, so for one month, they challenged one another to11 their goal.
Grant Faulkner, NaNoWriMo's executive director, told TIME for Kids that the program "is a way to learn writing by having fun. "In the end, he says, it's not about creating a/an12 novel. It's about telling your story.
According to Sophia, NaNoWriMo helps writers overcome their13 . "What I realized along the way is that it's okay to not14 make it, or to feel afraid," she says. "It's getting your unique story out in a beautiful, messy flurry of words that15 "
____ Artemis is the world's fastest walking humanoid (人形的) robot. It stands at 142cm and weighs 38kg. It was the work of researchers from the University of California Los Angeles. The team plans to show off Artemis's full abilities at an international robotics competition this July. Meet Pearl My name's Pearl. Yes, I'm a Chihuahua. I'm a two-year-old girl. They say I'm shorter than a television remote control. Am I? And am I also about the same length as a U. S. dollar bill? Well, anyways, they say I'm now the shortest living dog in the world. Not bad to have my own world record! Woof, Woof! 3D-Printed Cake, Anyone? A 3D printer could soon become the next must-have household appliance. Scientists have successfully used it to make the world's first 3D-printed cheesecake. The cake was made of seven edible (可食用的) food "inks". While3D food printing is still in its early stages, it will probably change the way we prepare and enjoy food. |
Have you ever dreamed of climbing Mount Everest or visiting Antarctica? If so, you're not alone. Every year, thousands of people try to climb the world's highest mountains. In the past, explorers had compasses and maps, but today's adventurers have satellite phones and GPS. They use their travels to let the world know about climate change and help people in the countries they visit.
Ed Stafford from the UK is the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River. He started by a small stream in the Andes mountains of Peru and arrived at the river's mouth in Brazil, two years and four months later. Snakes, crocodiles and jaguars live in the Amazon rainforest. Luckily, he was just bitten by ants and mosquitoes every day. On his trip, Ed had to find food each morning. Sometimes the fruit, nuts and fish he ate were hard to find and Ed often felt weak and hungry.
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria fell in love with climbing as a teenager. Starting with Everest, she has been climbing all the world's fourteen peaks over 8, 000 meters. To increase the challenge, Gerlinde climbs without using oxygen tanks (氧气罐). Low oxygen levels can make climbers ill, so Gerlinde has to climb slowly. Gerlinde raises money for a charity for poor children and orphans in Nepal.
★ He's climbed mountains, ridden a bike through the deserts of Morocco and kayaked (划皮划艇) through the Grand Canyon. . Amazingly, Erik has been blind since the age of 13. Apart from his travels, he helps people with disabilities to live active lives and takes groups of young blind people on climbing expeditions.
Despite new technologies, adventurers still have to live with terrible weather, lack of food and wild animals. Preparation and training are essential, but if you have a sense of adventure, there are continents (大陆) to cross and hundreds of mountains to climb
Ma Jiqing is the kind of man who looks for a coin on the ground while not losing sight of the moon. Though farming and painting may not seem connected —with one being down-to-earth and the other a refined pursuit—the 72-year-old has been doing both for the past 50 years.
The farmer-turned-painter has created works presenting the development of the country's rural areas by showing scenes of rural life, good harvests and satisfied families.
Ma, who lives in the county-level city of Qingzhou, Shandong province, had his own way to celebrate a recent farmers' harvest festival-painting several new pieces.
One of his works show a lot of corn dwarfed by nearby hills.
"These paintings are a salute to farmers and the festival," says Ma.
Typical farmer paintings are hand-painted with watercolors on paper. Their bright colors, thick lines and exaggerated (夸张的) patterns enable Chinese farmers to show rural life and express their views.
Ma is also contracted (订合同) by a farmer-painting organization in Qingzhou. Paintings of different sizes hang on the walls in his workroom.
"This one earned a national award," says Ma, pointing to a painting that covers half of a wall.
Ma has enjoyed painting since he was little. As his family was poor when he was a child, the cornfield was his workroom and borrowed comic books were his teachers.
"When my parents were farming, I liked to draw them on the back of my notebook. And I traced patterns from comic books to learn skills."
I prefer to be called 'farmer' instead of ‘artist'. The farmland will always be my spiritual home. Canvases (画布) are my fields, and I want to come up with drawings to better reflect the aspirations of farmers." he says.
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"Have you e your meal? "It is traditionally the first sentence coming out of our mind when Chinese greet each other. This can best show that food culture is important in our d life. China has so many kinds of delicious food that it has a much longer history and (rich) food culture than many other places in the world.
On the one hand, many famous people, known epicures (美食家), made great contributions to Chinese food culture. Su Dongpo, born in the Song Dynasty, had a g not only for excellent writing, but also for unusual cooking. He created Dongpo Pork which is a popular and highly (praise) dish.
Another person is Yuan Mei, who also played a very important role in (develop) Chinese food culture. In his book Suiyuan Shidan, Yuan Mei talked about special cooking skills and dishes from both northern and southern areas. This book c dishes popular in 18th-century China. On the other hand, people believe that each food has its own characteristics of yin and yang. The Chinese philosophy () of yin and yang i food cooking and taste a lot. Yin foods are thin, cool and low in calories. Yang foods are rich, spicy, warming and high in calories. Cooking food in hot water makes it more yin, while cooking food with hot oil makes it more yang. As a result, different cooking m can make cooking practice richer and may change food's characteristics of yin and yang.
假如你是李磊,你的美国笔友Tom即将作为交换生来到中国。请你根据以下内容提示给Tom写一封电子邮件,告知他如何在中国举止得体。
内容提示:
How do people in China greet each other?
What customs do Chinese people have at table?
What are you supposed to do when you are invited to a party?
Something more about Chinese customs.
注意:文中不得透露个人真实姓名和学校;词数60-80;开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
I'm happy you will come to China. Let me give you some suggestions and advice about Chinese customs.
Have a safe trip, and I look forward to meeting you soon!
Best wishes,
Li Lei