A man was1 because he tried hard but always failed. He went to the 2 and met a wise hermit(隐士). The man asked, "Why should I keep trying?"
"Look," the hermit said, pointing towards3 plants. "Do you see that fern(蕨) and bamboo there?"
"Yes," the man nodded.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. Within a short period of time the fern 4 grew from the earth," the hermit continued. "But even though the bamboo seed was cared for years, there was no sign of 5 . But I did not give up on the bamboo seed and continued to water and take care of it. By the fifth year,a very small sprout(芽) came out from the earth. And within six months, the tree grew 6 tall. It was as tall as a seven-storey building."
"Did the bamboo stay still for four years and then grow a lot in the fifth?" asked the hermit. The man didn' t know what to say.
"It's simple," said the hermit. "It was making 7 roots underground. These roots helped it grow big in the fifth year and keep growing."
"Did you know that all the times you had been struggling(挣扎), you were growing strong 8 ?" said the hermit.
The man learned his9 that day. He understood that persistence and hard work can10 , even if it takes time. The fern and the bamboo stood right in front of him as he walked towards his life to continue to work on his dreams.
Wang Yan is a student at Northeastern University(东北大学) in Shenyang. She likes to spend her weekends exploring the narrow streets of the city. She is especially looking for unknown bookstores. In these bookstores, she can relax and read. "Each store is special," she said. "We can enjoy the beauty of the city and read a good book."
Since the beginning of this year, "City Read" has become a popular topic. Many young people share their favourite bookstores and talk about their experiences of finding"reading freedom" near home.
In Shenyang, there are many private bookstores hidden away in the small streets. Some are quite famous. The 101-year-old Gede Bookstore has a grand style. Whoop Book & Cafe, a former boiler room(锅炉房), suggests new books every week. And at the When Paper Talk Bookstore, new books are never sealed (塑封).
"These bookstores are very close to my place. They feel like home. I love sitting there. It's just wonderful," said Zhang Qi from Shenyang.
In Beijing, 24-hour libraries are very popular. Their convenient locations and all-day service attract many young people.
"City Read" has become popular because public(公共的) facilities are much better than before. In Shenyang, for example, old buildings have been turned into cultural spaces. Across China, "10-and 15-minute reading circles" are being set up to improve public reading facilities.
Many players at the Olympics represent(代表) their countries. However, some players cannot do this because they are refugees. Refugees are people who had to leave their home countries because of war, problems, or being treated badly. There are more refugees now than before.
To help these players, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a special team for refugees. This team started in 2016 to let refugees take part in the Olympics. They don't represent any country, but they can still win medals.
The refugee team first played in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. They also took part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
This year, the team had 37 players from 11 countries. They showed that more than 100 million people around the world who had to leave their homes could still do great things. In Paris, they played in 12 different sports like swimming, running, badminton, boxing, and more.
The IOC President said that even though these players didn't have a flag or a national anthem(国歌), they were welcomed at the Olympics with the Olympic flag and song. They showed that people could be strong and do well even in difficult situations. This gave hope to many people who had to leave their homes.
28th July, 1973, is a big day for fish. Two little mummichogs(花鳉) became the first fish in space. They lived in a plastic bag aboard Skylab. Three weeks later, they learned how to swim in zero gravity(零重力).
51 years later, four zebrafish are now swimming aboard China's Tiangong Space Station. This is for a space experiment to see how very little gravity changes how fish live and grow.
We know people feel weightless in space. But very little gravity can cause more changes. It affects almost all our body activities. If we' re going to live more in space in the future, we need to understand these changes. People are hard to study though. So, scientists study fish instead.
Zebrafish have helped us learn about living things. They may seem different, but have many similar body parts with us. "Their bodies often work like ours," explains Aaron van Loon, a biologist at the University of Washington.
Zebrafish are also small and easy to take care of. And, they' re clear before they are born. Scientists can look inside them while they' re growing.
Zebrafish have been in many medical studies. In space too, they' re studied since the 1970s. In 2015, zebrafish on the International Space Station helped learn how muscles get weak in very little gravity.
Like astronauts, fish are carefully picked for space trips. They always have a job to do. Our little friends in water are helping us learn to travel in space safely.
A. The songs of birds wake the sleeping world. B. In Liu Yuxi' s"Yang Liu Zhi", he shows the beauty of life in winter through comparison. C. The birds sing when the moon rises up in the sky. D. They use rich imagination and words as brushes to paint unique pictures of them. E. The poet shows the power of autumn through the bleak wind and the rolling waves. F. In summer, poets describe the warmth of summer. |
Chinese poets speak highly of the beauty of the four seasons.
In spring, poets praise the vitality of spring. In Meng Haoran's"Spring Dawn", it describes the morning of spring.
In Bai Juyi' s"Observing the Harvesting of Wheat", the poet shows the warmth of summer by telling scenes of summer work.
In autumn, poets tell us a grand autumn. In Cao Cao' s"Observing the Sea", there is a famous sentence"The autumn wind blows drear and bleak; The monstrous billows surge up high."
In winter, poets praise the beauty of life through coldness of winter.
Their poetry makes us feel that the changes of the seasons are not just natural phenomena(现象), but also a reflection(反映) of life, time, and history. Through these poems, we can deeply understand and feel the beauty of the four seasons.
A. Naturalist(nature smart)
| B. Musical (sound smart)
| C. Mathematical (number smart) (号)--x(后一元)
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D. Interpersonal(people smart)
| E. Linguistic (word smart)
| F. Bodily-kinesthetic (body smart)
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(recent), Ding Xiaoyun' s school held a special exhibition with many"ancient artifacts"finišhed by students. She (make) a gold buyao, which looks an antler(鹿角) with a horse head. It is a type of (woman) headwear(头饰) from a very long time ago, during the Southern and (north) dynasties. People wondered she made it.
She made it by (cut) out 10 (leaf), two heads, and three antlers from pieces of copper sheet(铜片) and put them together with iron wires(铁丝) and glue. The hardest part was cutting the copper sheet it was too thick. Instead of using scissors, she ended up using a knife. It was very hard for ancient people (make) these kinds of decorations.
内容如下： 1.你的业余爱好是什么；
2.关于业余爱好最难忘的一次经历；
3.业余爱好对你产生的影响。
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2.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
3.可适当增加细节， 以使语句通顺、条理清楚、意义连贯；
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My favourite hobby
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