Some American students will come to Li Fang's school next Sunday. Li Fang is going to introduce Chinese culture to them. She wants to talk about the following things.
| Traditional Chinese Medicine (also known as TCM) includes a lot of traditional medical methods beginning in China. TCM methods include treatments such as herbal medicine (草药). Traditional Chinese Medicine is very scientific through careful study of nature and the human body. Sun Simiao, known as the King of Medicine, was a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty. |
| The Chinese Zodiac, known as Shengxiao, follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. Twelve animals are as follows: Rat (鼠), Ox (牛), Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. For example, the year 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. |
| In China, a whole fish means richness. At a party, it is a tradition to serve the whole fish at the end. Fish has a special meaning because Chinese word for fish, "yu" sounds like the word for richness. |
"Where's Papa going with that ax (斧)?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
"To the pig house," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."
"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern.
"Well." said her mother, "one of the pigs is very small and weak, so your father has decided to do away with it."
"Do away with it?" shouted Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?" Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. Fern's shoes were wet by the time she caught up with her father.
"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed (哭诉), "____"
"Fern," he said softly, "you will have to learn to control yourself."
"Control myself?" shouted Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself."
"Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising pigs than you do. A weak pig makes trouble. Now run along!"
"The pig couldn't decide whether it was born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?" said Fern.
Mr. Arable smiled. "Certaınly not," he said. "All right. You go back to the house and I will bring the pig when I come in. I'll let you keep it. Then you'll see what trouble a weak pig can be." When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a box under his arm. He set it down at Fern's chair. When Fern came downthe stairs, she saw the box. Then she opened it. There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig.
"Look at it!" she said, "It's absolutely (绝对地) perfect."
a. Mrs. Arable told Fern about the pig.
b. Fern saw the newborn pig in the box.
c. Fern stopped her father from killing the pig.
d. Fern ran outdoors to catch up with her father.
e. Mr. Arable returned to the house with the pig.
Money can't buy you happiness? Well, what if it could? Not by making it or spending it, but by giving it away.
In an experiment in Switzerland, researchers gave each of the 50 volunteers 20 yuan every week for four weeks and asked half of the volunteers to spend the money on themselves and write down how they spent the money. But researchers asked the other half to spend the money on another person.
After that, all 50 volunteers did the same task in a laboratory. They needed to think of a person who they would like to give money to. Then they had to decide how much money, from 3 yuan to 20 yuan, they wanted to give away. While the volunteers thought about this, researchers studied their brain activity using an MRI machine.
The results showed two things. First, the 25 volunteers who gave their money to others during the four weeks were more generous (慷慨的) and chose to give more money to others in the laboratory task. Second, those same people were much happier than the people who once spent the money on themselves. In the experiment, the volunteers must give money away.
But would you like to do this in your daily life? Can you really make yourself happy by giving? The answer is yes, but remember to start small. You can start by giving £1 to a homeless person. Little by little, you can try to change your habits so you save money to give away. For example, stop buying something that you don't really need. Then you can save some money and give it to people in need.
Learning to give away money is all about changing the way you behave. It's about living with less money and being more generous. And this will make you happy.
Du Fu, one of the greatest Chinese poets, is well-known in China. Recently, the BBC's (英国广播公司) one-hour documentary Du Fu: China's Greatest Poet is spreading through the Internet.
The film introduces the great poet to Western audiences (观众). As the first English language documentary about Du, it compares him to Dante and Shakespeare, two of the greatest writers of the West. Du was born in 712 and lived a hard life. Du never stopped writing, although life was difficult for him. Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still cared about common people.
The documentary explains why Du's works have been popular for centuries. Chinese people really value the recording of history and Du is better than anyone at reflecting (反映) history in his poetry.
Du's 1,400 poems have been collected by Stephen Owen from the USA. It is expected to help Du's works reach more readers.
There is no doubt that Du is a cultural symbol of ancient China, but his brilliant (辉煌的) works and spirits have also inspired people abroad.
A. It also introduces the poet's life experiences in detail.
B. However, Du has still been unknown in the Western world.
C. In his poems, he cared about his country as well as the people.
D. He spent eight years translating them into English and published a book.
E. That's because the historical events were mirrored (反映) in his own life.
In the past, I always thought that being a teacher was an easy job. But I changed my 1 when I became a part-time teacher. About four years ago, Richard asked me 2 I could help teach his students how to make a website about themselves. I 3 because computer is what I do well in and I didn't think teaching computer would be that 4 .
But when I taught Richard's class, some of the students talked 5 their friends while I was explaining how to do something. At first, I just got 6 with them, but Richard taught me to 7 why they were doing this. He said that if he was teaching a lesson and the students weren't listening, he was angry with 8 for not making the lesson clear or interesting for them. I told him that I didn't 9 his idea. He then asked me if I had ever 10 the same thing at school. That made me stop. Of course, I had!
If any of my past teachers are 11 this, I want to say sorry if I sometimes played around in the class 12 you were teaching. I didn't think how that would make you feel. I promise I will do my best to be a good 13 in the future. Please help us when we don't understand, and most 14 don't be quick to be angry when we fail. 15 of us are perfect but with your help we can be successful.
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Robots don't seem new to people now. And they have a long . The first robot was made by a Greek inventor. You may see robots in some . The robots in these films are stronger, faster and than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many , difficult or dangerous jobs. Some people can't look themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can't see, they can use a dog to help themselves move around. This dog is a guide dog. Scientists are trying to make a robot to help them. In the future, a robot dog may take the place of a guide dog.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At a hospital, a robot meals from the kitchen to the patients'rooms. It never loses way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots can help us in different ways will work in space. But they will never take the place of humans.
How do your family celebrate Chinese New Year? Do you eat dumplings that day? Do you put the paper-cuts of the character "Fu"?
Writing couplets (对联) is one the most important parts of traditional Chinese culture. A couplet is usually a two-line poem. are many rules for writing couplets. For example, the two lines have the same number of characters. Besides, if a character in one line is a noun, the corresponding (相应的) character in other line should also be a noun.
Before the Qing dynasty, people only wrote couplets celebrate the Spring Festival. Today, you can see them on different occasions (场合). Some show good wishes to newly-weds (新婚夫妇). Others wish the elderly healthy on their birthdays.
A: Hi, Michael. Long time no see.
B: Long time no see Li Ming. So glad to return to our school.
A: Me too. ?
B: I went to Beijing. But I'm sorry for missing your birthday. Can you tell me something about your birthday?
A: . This year I had a meaningful birthday, because on that day Shenzhou-16 carrying three astronauts landed successfully.
B: Wow, how great! ?
A: They are Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao.
B: ?
A: They stayed in space for 154 days. They did a lot of research. They also carried out one spacewalk and the fourth space lesson.
B: Amazing! They are all heroes! By the way, what do you want to be when you grow up?
A: . I also want to make contributions to our country.
Time | Activities | Meanings |
The first day | Visit the history museum | Learn about the history |
The second day | Learn to make kites | … |
The third day | … | … |
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The study trip is a kind of school education which is held outside and popular with students.
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