Why are planes usually white? There are many reasons. First, this color can protect planes from sunlight. Also, white lets people see damage (损坏) on planes more easily. Third, white planes are easier to see at night or during bad weather. |
Blue masks are common in hospitals. In the earlier years, the masks were white. But it was found that the white masks would reflect light and make doctors' eyes painful. Besides, blue can make people feel less nervous and not afraid. Also, blue doesn't show dirt easily. |
Tires are all black. Why? Early car tires had a much lighter color. That's because they were made of natural rubber. Its color is off white. Later, people added carbon black to the tires. This makes tires look black. Michelin is a French tire company. It made colorful car tires in 1996. But the colorful tires would attract (吸引) drivers. This could cause car accidents. |
The color helps tigers catch their "‘meals". The eyes of some animals, like deer, are different from human eyes. Orange is bright to humans. But deer see the color as green. In the forest, they can't see these "green" tigers. So, it is easy for tigers to hide and catch them. |
①Damage can be found easily.
② White can protect planes from sunlight.
③White planes look clean.
④White planes can stand out during night.
①Have you ever visited any traditional Chinese gardens? They look like more natural sights than some Western Gardens. They have a long history. As early as 1500, there were two main types of gardens: imperial gardens and private gardens. Imperial gardens were for the use of the emperor and his family. Private gardens were built by important officials or wealthy businessmen. Both types of gardens were built for hunting and resting.
②The Summer Palace in Beijing is China's most famous imperial garden. It covers about 3,000,000 m². Kunming Lake takes up almost three-fourths of the garden's total area. There are over 3,000 ancient buildings and more than 400,000 plants in the garden. You can also see more than 40,000 valuable works from each ancient period. With such a rich collection, the garden is known as the "Imperial Garden Museum."
③As for private gardens, the most famous one is the Humble Administrator's Garden (拙政园) in Suzhou. It has an area of only 41,000 m². It is quite small compared to imperial gardens, but it's beautiful. When you are standing in any corner of the garden, it all looks like a lifelike picture. And the whole garden looks different in different seasons.
④The traditional Chinese gardens have been designed (设计) to look naturally formed. Mountains and waters, trees and flowers, houses and towers are well-organized. They don't look crowded together at all. In fact, Chinese gardens are in some ways very much like traditional Chinese sight paintings. The two have influenced and developed alongside one another. Both of them show the importance of nature in Chinese culture.
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Ravi the teacher was very tired after a long, hard day at school.
He walked towards his house. Just then, Ravi felt something uncomfortable in his throat. He coughed and coughed, and something came out of his mouth—it was a heron's feather!
"How strange!" he thought. "How did it get in my throat?"
When he got home, he told his wife about it. His wife agreed that this was very strange. She also promised she wouldn't say a word. Or her husband would be the talk in the town!
When she went outside, their neighbour waved, "Have you heard any news today?"
"My husband was walking home and…you won't believe it…some heron feathers came out of his mouth! But you must promise not to tell anyone!" replied the teacher's wife.
The neighbour then went to the shop to buy some vegetables. He told the shopkeeper who loved to gossip (说三道四) all about what was going on in the town.
"You know what," said the neighbour, "Ravi the schoolteacher was giving a lesson today…and a whole heron suddenly came out of his mouth. ▲ "
Then the cook came into the shop. "Did you hear about that?" the shopkeeper said in a low voice, "Ravi the schoolteacher was buying pencils in the village shop—and suddenly a lot of herons flew out of his mouth! Ssh, don't tell others!"
The shopkeeper's little boy heard this. He ran outside to tell his friends. Soon, the rumors (谣言) had spread throughout the town!
When Ravi walked into the classroom the next morning, all his pupils were looking at him quietly—it was very unusual! Even more strangely, their parents were looking at him through the windows too.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?" he asked.
"We heard that yesterday a heron flew out of your mouth, and some other kinds of birds too. And a river of water with fish of all kinds in it! We want to see you do it again!" A boy spoke up.
Ravi sighed (叹气) and put his books on the desk.
"Today's lesson is a very important one!" he said."I think you all need to learn it!"
A bell rings at 7 pm every evening in Mohityache Avadgaon village, in India, telling people that it is time for everyone to turn off screen devices (设备), like televisions and mobile phones. At 8:30 pm, the bell rings the second time, telling the 3,000 villagers that screen-free time is over. The leaders of the village introduced it so that young people could focus on their homework and not be influenced by funny videos or phone messages. However, some say that a screen simply allows people to get information — it is not harmful in itself. A person can decide for themselves when to put down a device. So should you set limits (限制) on screen time?
Yes—screen time should be limited
Phones, computers and TV are great ways for getting information and lots of fun. However, they can be addictive (使人成瘾的) and some people need help to break from them. Even if people are chatting on their phone or playing online games together, they can still feel lonely. Screen-free time means people can connect with family and friends in the real world. It's also a great chance for people to go outside and be active, which is good for their health. Too much screen time can lead to other problems, such as not sleeping properly and being short on creativity.
No—people can manage their screen time
Through devices like phones and computers, people can find answers to many questions. Screen time can be productive—you can read great works of literature (文学), discover wonderful facts or read about important things happening in the world. It is great for homework and curious minds. Electronic devices also allow friends and family to stay in touch. Most people naturally take screen breaks, for example when they eat or exercise. People should be free to judge for themselves how much screen time they should have.
Now that you've read a lot about it, tell us what you think on the website theweekiunior.co.uk/polls. Choose YES if you think screen time should be limited, or NO if you don't. We'll show the results next week.
①Help people get information more easily. ②Make people go outside and be healthy.
③Help people stay alone by themselves. ④Make people connect with the real world.
productive adj.
① Not interesting.
②Doing or achieving a lot.
③Widely accepted and used for a long time.
④Full of new, exciting or dangerous experiences.
句子。选项中有一项是多余选项。Jackie, 14 Sofia Marconi, my dad, is the most amazing person I know. He's quite brave. He's a wildlife photographer and he travels to some of the most dangerous places, to take photos of the world's most endangered animals. He held a photo exhibition to show his works in public last year. | Alex, 15 The kindest person that I meet is my grandfather Steven Gwen. He's 78 years old this year. For example, he's just done a parachute jump (跳伞) to raise money for a children's program in India. I hope I can have that much life in me when I'm his age. |
Jacob, 16 First of all, he's a wonderful teacher. He always finds different ways to get us interested in his lessons. He's also a really amazing guitar player. He's in a band and I'm sure they're going to be famous one day. But I hope it doesn't happen too soon. I don't want to lose my teacher! | Oliver, 17 One of my heroes is my neighbour Jack. He and his wife Alice had the perfect life: good jobs, a lovely house and three young children. Then one day, a terrible accident left Alice in a wheelchair. Jack has spent all his time looking after Alice and the family well. He's such a warm person—someone you want to spend time with. |
A. Who is your hero? B. What a different story! C. His life changed forever. D. I am really proud to have such a great dad. E. The person I respect most is Mr. Donaldson. F. But he still spends a lot of his time doing things for others. |
Colored rice poured out of Manju's paper cup and showered across the floor. "I'm sorry," he told his grandmother. He rushed to 1 the rice. Would Grandmother still let him help with the rangoli?
The rangoli was a traditional good-luck 2 on the ground. Grandmother made one every start of the new year. This year, Manju was ten years old and he was 3 enough to help. But so far he'd only made a mess. Grandmother smiled at him and said, "Don't be 4 . It takes practice." Manju tried again more 5 . "It works!"
After a while, Manju saw over at Grandmother and said, "You've 6 a lot, but I've done a little." Grandmother said. "Breaks bring bad luck, but your side looks 7 . You're doing a good job." Manju kept working. Sometimes his rice ran outside the drawing. Sometimes he used the wrong color, 8 Grandmother had to redraw it. But slowly, the bright rice changed into a beautiful peacock (孔雀).
Manju admired the peacock when Grandmother left to answer the phone. Then he noticed a 9 on Grandmother's side. Should he fix it? "I'll surprise Grandmother!" 10 decided to help!
Suddenly, Manju fell down onto the rangoli. He pushed the rice back, but the colors were 11 . When Grandmother came back, Manju looked down. He said, "I'm so sorry. I should have waited for you." Grandmother shook her head. "You saw a 12 and tried to fix it. I'm proud of you." "But the rangoli is broken," Manju said. "Not if you 13 me." Grandmother said. Manju picked up the rice at once, dividing each grain (米粒) by color. Just before nightfall, they finished 14 the rangoli together.
"We did it! The peacock seemed alive." Manju smiled. "We make a good 15 ." Grandmother said. The new year felt full of good luck, thanks to grandmother and him.
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday. It is one of four top traditional Chinese festivals with a history of over 2,000 years.
Dragon Boat Festival (fall) on the fifth day of the fifth month lunar. This year, Chinese will have a 3-day public holiday Saturday to Monday for celebrations. The dragon boat race is one of them. And it is (warm) welcomed.
Many believe that Dragon Boat Festival (celebrate) to remember the death of Qu Yuan, a famous Chinese poet. He jumped into the Miluo River for his country. The local people searched for Qu Yuan's body, failed. To stop fish from harming his body, people threw zongzi into the river (feed) the fish. Over time, eating zongzi and the boat race have been the traditional activities of Dragon Boat Festival.
Do you know that "Happy Dragon Boat Festival" might not be a good greeting for (we), although it sounds quite natural? For we Chinese, "Safe and Healthy Dragon Boat Festival" is much (popular) than that greeting.
In addition to Chinese, many other Asian (country) also celebrate this festival. For example, in Singapore, the local seafood is used to make zongzi. Actually, Dragon Boat Festival has been a world-wide festival today.
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Customs around the world
In China, some schools have a spring outing every year. Students go to a park or some other beautiful areas to enjoy the springtime. People in the US also have their own (特别的) springtime traditions.
One example is spring break. For about one week in early to the middle of (三月), all students in the US have a break from school. Students are all interested in travelling, so it's a good (机会) for them to go on holiday. Middle school students usually travel with their parents. College students travel freely and enjoy t on their own. When I was in college, I took a road trip with my friends across the country for spring break. We saw all kinds of cool places and (遇见) lots of new friends along the way.
A example is spring cleaning. It has become an important tradition in American culture. During every year's spring cleaning, families collect old things that they don't want to keep. They sell them to their friends at a low p in their yard. It is called a yard sale. You never know what you might find and how cheap it is at a yard sale. Last spring, I f an ancient musical instrument and some valuable stamps. Once, I e bought a doghouse for my pet dog for only (十二) dollars! Spring cleaning is a good way to get a fresh start for the new year.
Presents | Reasons |
a silk scarf | soft and comfortable; some Chinese paintings on it |
Chinese tea paper cuts pieces of Chinese clay art Chinese fans toy pandas … | … |
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