Most beautiful art museums in China
Tree Art Museum Tree Art Museum is located beside a main road in the Songzhuang art village. It is a place where local people and visitors can communicate with nature, light, trees, water and art. Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays) Location: Songzhuang, Beijing Area: 3,200㎡ Opening year: 2012 |
Muxin Art Museum Muxin Art Museum is located on top of a lake. It was built in memory of Chinese artist and writer Mu Xin (1927 — 2011).You can enjoy Mu Xin's artworks here. From the outside it looks as if the rooms of the museum are floating (漂浮) on the water. Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (closed on Mondays) Location: Wuzhen, Zhejiang Area: 6,700㎡ Opening year: 2015 |
Sifang Art Museum Sifang Art Museum is one of the best private art museums China. As an important part of the Sifang Parkland, it is an architectural (建筑方面的) wonderland hidden in a Chinese forest. Opening hours: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays) Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu Area: 3,023㎡ Opening year: 2011 |
The new Han Meilin Art Museum When famous Chinese artist Han Meilin first visited Helan Mountain in the 1980s, he fell in love with the rock paintings. He later paid more visits and got lots of inspiration (灵感) for his rock art. In 2015, the third Han Meilin Art Museum opened at the foot of Helan Mountain, after two Han Meilin Art Museums in Hangzhou and Beijing. Opening hours: Summer months: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Winter months: 9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays) Location: Yinchuan, Ningxia Area: 15,868㎡ Opening year: 2015 |
I spent most of my last summer holiday in California on the beach. However, one day I got the chance to try something different—to go on a day trip to the Raskin Ranch (牧场) just north of Los Angeles.
The Raskin Ranch has been home for six generations(代) of the Raskin family. It has been a family business since 1895, and the family makes money from both the animals and the guest house.
I fell in love with the place as soon as I arrived. The people working there walk around in jeans and cowboy hats — not as part of a tourist show, but because that' s the most practical (适用的) way to dress for the work they do.
The first thing I did when I got there was eat lunch. You won't be surprised to hear that there was one thing on the menu: steak(牛排). To be honest, every steak I've eaten since then has been a bit disappointing.
You'd think an afternoon and evening on a ranch wouldn't offer much, but the short visit was filled with activities. The first thing after lunch was a riding tour of the ranch. The horses are well trained and perfect for beginners. Later, I learned how to tie and throw a lasso(套索) and how to build a campfire. I can't say I was very good at either of those things, but it was fun giving it a try!
By the end of the day, I was tired but happy. If I get the chance to go to Los Angeles again, I'm going to pay a visit to the Raskin Ranch. It is better than any beach!
Do you like eating eggs? Lots of people in the world like eating them. In 2021, more than
86.3 million tons of eggs were produced worldwide. Those eggs were eaten by people around the world. China tops the list of egg-eating countries. Each year, each person eats about 300 eggs. Other top egg-eating countries include Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, and Russia.
Both the egg white and the egg yolk (蛋黄) are delicious. Egg whites have as much protein(蛋白质) as egg yolks. Egg whites are more popular because each one has just 15 calories (卡 路 里). However, egg yolks have around 55 calories.
It takes a chicken between 24 and 26 hours to lay one egg. Different chickens lay eggs of different colors. The eggs may be white, brown, green and even blue. You can predict what color eggs a chicken may lay according to the color of its earlobes(耳垂).
Now that you have learned about some facts, let' s dig up some wrong ideas. First, brown eggs are healthier than white eggs. The truth is, white eggs are as healthy. Second, eating eggs is bad for your heart because they have cholesterol(胆固醇). But a long-running study found that eating eggs doesn't cause heart problems. Third, an egg that floats(漂浮) in water is bad. In fact, it just means that the egg is old. But if it smells bad or has strange colors, it might be bad.
Now you know the truth about eggs! So, go on and enjoy an egg or two today!
A man named Randy in Canada liked to hunt for trees. He looked for big trees and old trees in Canada. He made maps to show where these trees were. He did not want to cut them down. Actually he wanted people to take care of them.
Ancient trees are today rare (稀少的) everywhere in the world. On Vancouver Island in Canada, there are so many big trees. The biggest trees are about 800 years old. They are the survivors of a forest fire. The fire brought damage to the area about 350 years ago. Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said to be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree.
But someone else found it first. It was found by a logger—a person whose job is to cut down trees. The loggers wanted to cut down Canada's tallest tree and all the trees around it.
Randy made a path (小路) in the forest in order that people could see the tall tree. The tree was so big and beautiful that even more and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now a park. Canada's tallest tree is still there.
There may still be a bigger tree out there. Maybe you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of being cut down.
Do you know the reason why we feel tired in the middle of a class？Maybe you would say it is because the teacher's class is boring. Perhaps this is something you have not paid enough attention to or not yet noticed.
Purpose of sleep.
Sleep helps our body heal（修复), grow, and stay healthy.It also gives us energy，so we can be active all day.Doctors and health scientists say：When you close your eyes and need to rest, sleep is just the very best!This is more than advice.
Sleep time.
Enough sleep is important to us.How much sleep do we need？New-born babies sleep most of the time.They can sleep 20-22 hours a day.Children need 10-12 hours of sleep a day.Teenagers need 8-10 hours of sleep a day because they need lots of energy to grow into their adult（成人的）bodies.Grown-ups usually need 6-8 hours of sleep to keep active. That is why old people sleep less than young people.
Interesting facts.
Almost everyone has their dreams while they sleep, but not all of them can tell their dreams clearly when they wake up. More surprisingly, some may even get up in their dreams and walk around.This is called "sleepwalking". Are you a sleepwalker？Or, is there a sleepwalker around you？
It's not just people that love to snooze（打盹）.In fact，many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.Some animals, such as bears and hedgehogs，sleep all through winter. The swift is a very fast bird that can sleep while it flies! Cute koalas sleep around 18 hours a day. Giraffes don't need much sleep at all.They usually sleep standing up.
A.Sleepy animals.
B.Why do we need sleep？
C.Some people talk in their dreams.
D.However, the real reason is probably that we don't have enough sleep.
E.The older you get, the less sleep you will need.
F.How to sleep well.
Pan Jingfu was a ship building engineering expert in our country. When Pan finished school, he got a job working with electricity. A few years later, he got a new one — working on ships!He was so 1 because this was his dream job.
At first, Pan didn't know much about shipbuilding. He 2 small jobs like reading and translating technical documents (文件). Slowly, he learned more and more about ships. Later, Pan helped make China's first guided missile destroyer(导弹驱逐舰). It was a big 3 ! Thanks to that, Pan was called the"father of China's guided missile destroyers".
Pan loved his job and worked on ships for many years. 4 , Pan passed away on October 8,
2023. Even though Pan is not with us anymore, his spirit and work will always be 5 . He showed us that we can do amazing things if we have a dream and work hard for it.
There are many great stories in Chinese history.This is one of the most educational stories. Kuang Heng was a very famous person in the Western Han Dynasty, and he was born in a 1 family.He liked reading very much.He needed to work in the daytime, so he bad to read books during the night.But he was too poor to buy a 2 .
One day，he found his neighbor had candles，but the light couldn't go 3 the wall.After thinking for a while, he had an idea.He 4 a small hole in the wall in his house so that he could use the light from his neighbor's house to read books.From that day on，he read books every night 5 the light went out.After some days, in his house there were no books for him to read.Then he went to a rich man's house and worked for him without 6 any money.Hearing this，the rich man thought that Kuang Heng was 7 but still asked, "You meant you would work for me for free.But why?" Kuang Heng replied, "Well, I only want to 8 your books to read.That's enough."
The rich man was deeply moved and he 9 . Kuang Heng read the books in the rich man's house one by one. 10 , he became a great scholar (学者). If you are still worried about reading books, it's necessary for you to learn from Kuang Heng.
Qingming, meaning clear and bright, is an important festival in spring. It's also ( call )Tomb Sweeping Festival.It comes early April. On that day, people visit the tombs（坟墓） to honor the dead.They always spend some time (clean) the tomb areas. They usually plant some trees near the tombs decorate them with some fresh flowers.But it is not just a day for honoring the dead. It is good time to celebrate the coming of the spring. With the coming of spring，the nature (wake) up，dressing the world in green. All around the world is new, clean and fresh.Birds begin to fly back from the south (happy) to build their nests for their babies.In the forests and fields，many animals come out of their holes and have babies at this time of a year.Days begin to get (long) and the weather gets warmer. Qingming is a happy time for people to enjoy outdoor ( activity )，such as flying kites and hiking.This is why this festival ( be) very popular for thousands of years.
提示：
1.不参与打架斗殴，遵守校规校纪。
2.待人友好，谨慎交友；
3.学会自我保护，寻求父母、老师的帮助。
参考词汇：
1. self-protection（自我保护）
2. bully(n./v.欺凌）
3. personal safety（人身安全）
4. have violent behaviors(打架斗殴）
How Can We Protect Ourselves at School?
School bullies happen in almost every school. In my school, we sometimes have bullies and some students are hurt, so it is really bad for us to bully others or be bullied at school.
