—I really hope you will visit it. It's a good chance to learn about the history of our city.
In a peaceful mountain village, a father named Edward and his beloved son Bob lived in a small farmhouse.
Edward was a hard-working 1 who worked on his land every day. Bob was a lively and innocent (纯真的) boy, and he always followed his father around. The son could often learn something 2 about life from his father.
One sunny morning, Edward took Bob to the yard. He 3 to several huge stones lying on the ground, and said with a smile, "Son, 4 these stones, they are in the way now. What can we do?"
"Can we move them 5 ?" Bob thought for a while and asked.
"Good idea! Maybe you can do it!" nodded the father.
Bob's eyes lit up with excitement, and he rushed over to 6 pushing one of the large stones. However, no matter how hard he tried, the stone 7 there.
Bob, feeling a little sad, said, "Dad, I tried to move it just now, but it didn't move 8 . I have tried my best. I have given it my all. I've used up all my 9 ." Edward smiled softly and replied, "No, son, you haven't used up all your strength. You haven't 10 for help."
With these words, Edward bent down, lifted a heavy stone and began moving 11 . He tried hard and finally moved it to one side of the road. Bob 12 his father in amazement when his father proved his words with his action.
13 Edward moved the stone, he turned to Bob and said, "Facing challenges with a determined (坚毅的) spirit is important. 14 , your own strength is limited. When a task is beyond your ability, you can choose to 15 strength from those around you."
From then on, he learned to ask for help and cooperate (合作) with others, understanding the importance of teamwork.
China is home to tea and has a long history of tea culture. As time goes by, the tea culture has developed greatly.
In the Tang Dynasty, people not only drank tea, but also ate the tea leaves. That was why tasting tea was called "tea-eating". In the Song Dynasty, the way people drank tea became romantic and was full of art. In the Ming Dynasty, tasting tea returned to its true nature of "drinking tea". People put dry tea leaves in the cup and then poured boiled water into it before drinking. And in the Qing Dynasty, the tea culture finally came into common families. Drinking tea became part of their daily life. At the same time, there were more tea houses.
Nowadays, making tea around a stove (围炉煮茶) has become popular among young people. This is a special way of drinking tea. Many young people like to choose a quiet and comfortable environment to make tea. While boiling tea, there must be delicate and tasty snacks like small oranges and sweet potatoes on the charcoal (炭) stove, satisfying people's eyes and mouth. And beautiful cups and teapots would bring them more pleasure in mind. What they enjoy are art, spiritual world and the deep Chinese tea culture. Away from their busy work and life, they feel calm and peaceful in mind.
In fact, people began to make tea around a stove in ancient times. Traditionally, about the art of making tea, the most important part is the types of tea, water quality, the control of fire, the choices of tea tools, and the skills of brewing (沏茶). In some ways, the art of making tea is a kind of communication between tea and people.
As time passes by, Chinese tea culture continues to develop. Modern tea culture has mixed traditional and modern art and life, showing a more open and colorful culture.
BEIJING, May 28, 2024 (Xinhua News)—The Shenzhou-18 crew (全体工作人员) completed the first spacewalk of their mission (任务) at 6:58 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, according to the CMSA (中国载人航天局).
The two members of the Shenzhou-18, Ye Guangfu and Li Guangsu, started their spacewalk. They worked outside the Tiangong space station for nearly 8.5 hours. With the help of space equipment (设备) and a team on Earth, they successfully completed many tasks during their spacewalk, including some difficult fixing tasks. Now they have returned to the Wentian lab module (实验舱). The third crew member, Li Cong, stayed inside Tiangong to provide support.
The Shenzhou-18 crew has set a new record for the longest single spacewalk by Chinese astronauts.
This marked Ye's second time to have a spacewalk, and his first spacewalk was in the Shenzhou-13 mission, but this is the first time for Li Guangsu to start a spacewalk.
The mission will include many tasks. First of all, the three members will do a series of space science experiments (实验) and many necessary tests. And then, they will carry out more activities and do some fixing work outside the space station. The three astronauts will work on board Tiangong until late October, according to the CMSA.
So far, Chinese astronauts have successfully carried out 15 spacewalks in all. On September 27, 2008, astronaut Zhai Zhigang in Shenzhou-7 mission made history as China's first person to take a spacewalk, which lasted about 19 minutes.
The Shenzhou-15 crew has achieved a milestone (里程碑) by having 4 spacewalks, marking the highest number of spacewalks by a single Chinese astronaut crew.
The Shenzhou-17 members completed, for the first time, the repair work to keep the equipment in good condition during their second spacewalk, which lasted about 8 hours.
In the bright moonlight, Jack is walking home. Suddenly, he finds a hawk (鹰) lying beside a box. Very curious, he begins to check it.
The hawk seems to be in pain. One of its wings looks broken, touching the ground. Its eyes look scared. So Jack takes off his T-shirt and wraps (包裹) it carefully round the hawk. Then he carries it home.
"I can't take him into the house," he thinks. "My mum doesn't like animals in the house!"
Thinking for a while, Jack decides to hide the hawk in the garden shed (棚子). He secretly puts the hawk down on the floor with his T-shirt. Looking at the hawk, he says, "It's your home now. Call you Falco, OK?"
After that, he goes back to his room. Unluckily, his parents are waiting for him. Finding his T-shirt missing, they get quite angry and don't allow him to go out within a week. Jack goes to his room without any words, but he can't fall asleep because he is worrying about Falco.
In the early morning, Jack takes some bread to feed Falco and goes back to his room secretly. After breakfast, Jack goes to the garden shed, holding a small bowl of water.
In the shed, he finds Falco sitting quietly in a corner, the bread still on the floor. Falco's eyes are open, but not bright now. Jack puts the water in front of Falco. At first, Falco ignores (忽视) it, then he begins to drink. Jack sits quietly, looking at him, imagining Falco flying in the endless blue sky. But now he is trapped on the earth. "How can I help you return to the sky, Falco?"
When Jack leaves the shed, his brother Jim is waiting for him outside.
"What's so interesting in the shed?"
"Nothing."
"Tell me the truth, Jack. I think you haven't forgotten my broken rocket!"
Finally, Jack has no choice but to tell his brother the truth. Jim becomes very excited.
"Jim, please don't say anything to Mum and Dad. I can repair your rocket."
"My rocket isn't important, Jack. But Falco is!"
Then the brothers discuss how to feed Falco. They decide to get help from their friend Holly because she knows a lot about animals, birds and nature. Later, the brothers go to Holly. Holly advises them to feed some meat to Falco.
Over the next few days, Falco gets much better. He always eats the meat Jack and Jim bring him from the kitchen. Jack even digs up worms in the park for Falco. Falco loves them! His feathers look bright and shiny, too. But he still can't fly.
One morning, Holly comes to see Falco. After watching it for a while, Holly says, "Falco is well enough to fly again!" Hearing this, they happily open the door, and watch Falco step into the sunlight slowly. Falco beats his wings and tries to fly in small circles, then in large ones. Suddenly, he makes a loud cry and flies away. Jack feels a bit sad, but he knows they are right.
One evening, Jack and Jim are sitting in their room. It is a cool and quiet evening. Suddenly, he hears a cry from far away. A familiar (熟悉的) cry. A bird is flying in circles across the sky. It's Falco! Jack watches it fly, happy and wild.
—Adapted from Jack's Endless Summer
① digging up worms for the hawk ② telling Jim the secret of the hawk
③ asking Holly for useful advice ④ letting the hawk fly into the air
How to Be an Interesting Person
An interesting person is very popular. And to be an interesting person will help you live an easy life. But how can you become interesting?
Try learning new things
An interesting person lives a colorful life. If you take up new work or new hobbies, you will become open-minded, talented and creative. So, it is necessary to try learning new things.
Insist on doing sports
Developing a habit of doing sports can help you become interesting. When doing sports such as playing basketball, you will make more friends. In this way, you will be an interesting person.
Communicate with different people
When you communicate with different people, it will bring you different advantages. Different people share different ideas. They will enlarge your knowledge and enrich your life. They may open up a new world to you. It's helpful to make you become an interesting person.
Everyone likes talking, but only a few people enjoy listening. In fact, talking too much won't make you attractive. Instead, listening carefully to others will help you become patient and wise.
To become an interesting person, please take action right now!
A. Learn to be a good listener.
B. Try listening to more music.
C. Your life will be more colorful.
D. Here are some ways to help you.
E. It helps you become friendly and confident.
F. So you have to ask people for more support.
G Communication plays an important role in life.
Su Shi, known as Su Dongpo, was a famous Chinese writer, poet and painter.
When he was young, he read a lot of books and wrote many good articles. People thought (high) of him. Because of this, he became very proud and wrote a couplet (对联) for (him).
Knowing all the words in the world;
Reading all the books on the earth.
A wise old man saw this couplet and thought, "It is necessary for Su Shi (learn) how to be modest." So, one day, he came to Su Shi's house with a book.
The old man showed Su Shi the book and explained, "So far, I (read) the book several times, but there are still some difficult words that I can't understand. I have asked many people, but none of them could understand their (meaning). I have heard that you are a person of rich knowledge, so I come to ask you."
Full of confidence, Su Shi took the book from the old (man) hand, but when he opened it, he became very (surprise) because there were many words he didn't know. At that moment, Su Shi realized that there were many more things that he had to learn.
Actually, the old man knew every word in this book. He just wanted to make Su Shi know the importance of (be) modest. Su Shi was embarrassed (尴尬的) and said, "Now I know why you came. I shouldn't have been so arrogant (自大的)."
The old man smiled and (leave). Then Su Shi quickly took his brush and ink, and added some words to the couplet:
Working hard to know all the words in the world;
Being determined to read all the books on the earth.
From then on, he worked even (hard) than before. Finally, Su Shi made great achievements in many fields, especially in literature.
To be a better self | |
懂感恩 | 敬爱父母；服务社区…… |
亲自然 | 保护环境；关爱动物…… |
爱自己 | 健康生活；培养兴趣…… |
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To be a better self
Dear schoolmates,
I am Li Hua. I am glad to be here to give a speech about "To be a better self".
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That's all. Thanks for your listening!
