Laoshe House Museum Fenghu Hutong, Beijing Welcome to the house where Laoshe lived from 1950 to 1966, and where he wrote his books. Today the house is a museum of his life and work and has an important collection of Laoshe's personal things. Enjoy beautiful gardens and the museum shop. Open: Sunday to Friday Tel: 010-2083-7262 for tickets only Monday to Friday: 1:30 p. m. — 4:30 p. m. Sunday: 11:00 a. m. — 5:00 p. m. Price: Twenty yuan for one person More information: www. Laoshehousemuseum. com. |
Tony Wheeler was born to (与生俱来)travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life,Tony and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s,Tony met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married.
Before getting jobs,Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a yearlong trip from England,through Asia,to New Zealand. On the trip,they visited places like China,India,and so on.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in New Zealand,people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions,Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Trip.The book told people about different countries' weather,customs,and places to see. But unlike other travel books then,Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go to. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Tony and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They still travelled everywhere. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler,the great traveller,still writes about travels to many places and will bring us happiness.
A 15-year-old boy named Tim Brown got lost in the mountains. However, he was safe at last thanks to his amazing survival(生存,幸存) skills.
One day in October 2016, Tim went hiking with his group in the Magaliesberg Mountains, South Africa. At first, everything went well. But at about one o'clock in the afternoon, he lost his way and couldn't find any other people. He was afraid at first, but then he tried to calm down. He knew what to do in such a situation.
"I should follow the river, follow the light, follow the sun and finally there will be buildings, roads and people and I could call home, " he told himself.
Tim kept walking. Suddenly he heard some sounds and ran towards them first. But suddenly he saw some baboons(狒狒). Unluckily, one baboon scratched(抓伤)his arm. He found some water to wash the blood off the scratches and walked on. Tim just wore a pair of swimming minks
(游泳裤), so he felt very cold. He tried to keep warm by covering his body with leaves. About 22 hours later, he finally met a farmer and was able to call his mom.
After he came back, his mom asked why he carried on walking when it got dark. The little boy said if he did that, he would see her again. Nothing could beat his love for his mom!
When most people think of the Olympics, they don't think of science. But in the USA, each year students take part in a kind of competition called the Science Olympiad. It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and so on. My best event is forestry (森林学). This time, I went to the Olympiad with my school's team. We had worked hard, but this was the state competition. It would be hard to win. The Olympiad was out of town, so we got to ride on a bus and stayed in a hotel for a night.
The Olympiad was in three big rooms. When we got there, we set up our team's "camp" off to one side. The big day had come at last! First, I went to watch the tower building competition. That's when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it. They hope they can hold them up. One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. She was nervous, and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! I felt bad for her. After lunch, I helped some teammates with their events. One was geography, and the other was history. I don't know much about those things, so I just watched my teammates do most of the work. At last, it was time for my favorite event—forestry. Another student was also in the forestry event. The rules were easy. We had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from. We also had to answer some questions about the uses of each leaf. I knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions. I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready.
In the end, it was time for the awards (颁奖), l was nervous, because the forestry awards were last. We won second place in the whole state! A nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me.
I had a great time at the Science Olympiad. I can't wait for next year!
In China, there are four ancient inventions—writing brushes(笔), ink sticks(墨), paper(纸) and ink stones(砚).
Those made of wool(羊毛) are called yanghao and those made of weasels'(黄鼠狼) tail hair are called langhao.
A story goes like this:Two famous skilled men Xi Chao and his son produced a kind of perfect ink stick. As a result, the Emperor Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty agreed to give them the family name "Li". In the Song Dynasty, its producing area was changed into Huizhou, and it was then called the Hui Ink Stick.
In Xuancheng, it's said that Cai Lun's pupil Kong Dan happened to see the ebony(檀木) in the rivers. It was wet with the water and turned white. Then Kong Dan used the bark(树皮) to produce world-famous Xuan paper.
Duan Ink Stone, She Ink Stone, Tao Ink Stone and Chengni Ink Stone are the most famous.
A. It's very hard for people to make paper now. B. They are mainly made of the hair of animals. C. The ink stick produced in Huizhou is perfect. D. There were some famous kinds ink stones in the Ming and Qing dynasties. E. The famous Xuan paper appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties. |
Would you like to practise calligraphy with a brush(练毛笔字)?Why or why not?
Tina was a sixteen-year-old girl. She suffered from a disease and had to use a walker (步行器)most of the time. But she always 1 a bright smile. Maybe it was because of her 2 action, most students always kept away from her. Tina always tried to break the ice with people she met with a big "Hi".
In one class, I gave the students a task to recite (背诵) a 3 . It would be a very small part of their total grade4 I knew most of them wouldn't do it on time. The next day, one after another, each student failed to recite the poem correctly as I 5 .
Finally, 6 and half joking, I said that the next student who failed had to do three pushups (俯卧撑). 7 , Tina stood up. She moved to the front of the class, with the help of her walker. She made a mistake, too. Before I could say a word, she threw her walker away and started doing push-ups. All of us were 8 ! I wanted to say, "Tina, I was just 9 !" But she made it, then went on with the poem and she 10 the rest at last.
Then I heard a student asked, "Tina, why did you do that? It's not an important job!"
"Because I want to be like you guys! To be 11 . " Tina said.
12 fell on the whole room. Then another student cried out, "Tina, we're not normal! We are sorry that we might do something 13 all the time before. "
"I know. " Tina said as a big smile spread across her face. The rest of the students laughed, too.
Tina couldn't recite the poem completely that day either, but she 14 the love and respect of her classmates. To her, that was worth a lot more than a 15 .
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Lin Qiaozhi was a well-known doctor in women's disease from Fujian. When she was a little girl in the early century, she decided to be a doctor. At that time, it was difficult for a woman to get medical training, but she to do it. She worked hardest her classmates and in 1929, she became a doctor. She was very busy all the time. She travelled abroad to study as well as writing books. One of her books explained how to reduce the death rate from having and caring for babies. She gave some rules to follow for keeping babies clean and healthy. Many doctors got a lot of on women's disease from her books.
Last year, I worked in a middle school near my mother's house, and I stayed with her for a month. During that time, I helped her do some (家务活) and buy some food.
After the first week, I noticed that the food was eaten up very quickly. Then I began keeping an eye on my mum. I was so (惊讶的)to find that she would put some of the food into a paper bag and go out with it at about nine every morning. And finally, I decided (跟着)her. I saw her taking the food to the street children. She would also spend a lot of time talking and (玩耍)with them.
One day, I talked to a (邻居) and found out that my mum was well-known in the area. The children were very friendly with her and even thought of her (当作) their own mother. Then it hit me—why wouldn't she want to tell me about it? Was she worried that I would stop buying food if I found out?
When Mum got home, I told her she didn't need to keep it a (秘密)from me. And she told me something about the children. Some of them lived with an old lady in a small house, and the(其他的)children slept on the street. For years, she was helping the poor street children by giving them food. After she told me everything, I was so moved by how great she was. She helped them in need. Being her son, I took (骄傲)in my mum.
I (继续) to buy food for my mum after that. But I always added one more bag for her.
In one's life, one usually has little understanding of oneself. When you succeed, you may be very happy. When you fail, you may be sad. If you don't get thorough (全面的)understanding of yourself, you may miss lots of (chance) in life.
To get a thorough understanding of yourself is to know well yourself. You may know your strong points and weak (one). You may hope for a wonderful future, but be sure not to expect too much you can't realize all dreams . You may be confident enough to meet challenges, but first you should know what to do.
To get a thorough understanding of yourself, you should believe yourself. Maybe you think you are not a much (tall) tree but just some smaller grass. If you get full confidence, you will be sure to face any trouble.
It also (need) to look after yourself if you want to understand yourself well enough. When you are angry, find a quiet place so that you won't be hurt. When you are sad, tell your friends about it (change) the bad mood(情绪) into a good one. When you are tired, get a good sleep. If you don't take good care of yourself, you won't be able to stay away from (ill).
So if you get a thorough understanding of yourself, you (get) a full control of yourself and find your life will be colorful.
What sports you often have | What you can get from sports |
◆run ◆play basketball ◆ride a bike ◆climb mountains ◆swim ◆… | ◆have a strong body ◆reduce pressure ◆make new friends ◆… |
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As we know, doing sports is very common in daily life.