The winner of the fifth season of the China Central Television's Chinese Poery Cornference (中国诗词大会) was shown on Feb 9. Peng Min, who has fallen at the final competition twice before, finally won the crown(王冠) for himself.
The competitors are different in age, from teenagers to adults. Peng, 36, an associate senior editor(副主编)of a poetry magazine, is one of the most familiar faces of the show. He can recite around 1,000 poems.
With a master's degree in literature, Peng is always the hot favorite to win the prize. But, surprisingly, he's lost two finals in a row-the second season he lost to a 16-year-old high school student, Wu Yishu, and in the third season he was beaten by deliveryman (送货员) Lei Haiwei.
He cried after losing the season three final," I realized that if I compete and fail again, at least I've tried, but if I don't sign up, that means I'm more of a failure because I'm afraid of trying.
Therefore, when season five came around, I decided to give it another go," Peng recalls.
The season five final came down to Peng and 11-year-old Han Yaxuan-again he was facing a much younger rival. This time, though, there was to be no mistake and victory was finally his.
"I want to tell people who have a similar experience that, even though you go through all kinds of misfortune(不幸的)or difficulties, as long as you are brave enough to look up, there will always be a light in the sky to guide you out of the darkness," Peng said in his speech. "Thousands of years later, all of our shadows will vanish, only the beauty, of poems will last."
I'm sure you all know how important recycling is. Recycling is when you take old things and turn them into new things. It sounds like magic. But it's actually very scientific.
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The first thing you have to do is to collect items that can be recycled: Only certain materials can be recycled. These include things made out of paper, metal, glass and plastic. |
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Can you think of everyday items made of these materials? Soda cans are good example. They are made out of metal. Magazines and newspaper are made out of paper. So are cereal boxes. Some bottles of juice are made out of glass. Bags and yogurt containers are made out of plastic. There are many things that can be recycled. |
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These things are usually stamped with the recycling loop. It has 3 arrows that go in a triangular (三角形) circle. This shows that cycle (循环) continues. Items are thrown away but continue their lives as something else. |
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Let's go back to the process of recycling. ①The items are put in a recycling bin. ②A truck carries the items to a recycling plant.③The materials are separated and squashed (被压扁成) into square cubes.④ Companies buy and turn them into new products. |
Who is Li Ziqif? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it's easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger's videos about her country life recently went viral (走红). Her fans call her "the goddess of nature".
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming she practises and is master of many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears hanfu that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to sew quilts. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
"She performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy," the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her sick grandmother.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented quickly won her many fans. "In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it's beautiful to watch such a slow process unfold (展现) without her getting stressed," one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li's deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. "I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!" one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
①Li came back to the village to look after her sick grandmother.
②Li made videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④Li became famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤Li practised all kinds of skills, such as cooking, painting, designing, farming.
Most of the universe is made up of a kind of matter. It's called "dark matter". None of us have ever seen it, and It's also very difficult to study.
Past research suggested there is more dark matter around younger galaxies (星系) than the ancient ones from the early days of the universe, but where did the dark mater come from? After studying some 1,500 galaxies, researchers led by Alfred Riley found the amount of dark matter around these huge stars and planets is about the same as it ever was.
We can't see dark matter in space because it doesn't reflect (反射) light, but we can study it by studying the influence the matter has on all around it. It gives a pull, just like "normal" matter.
By explaining the size of a galaxy and the speed at which stars on its edges (边缘) are moving, scientists can learn how much dark matter is around it.
Recently, scientists use the same way to study many hundred galaxies, both young and old.
They believe there's not much of a difference in the amount of dark mater between ancient galaxies and much younger ones.
However, not all of them fully agree with this new finding. The model researchers used has been called into question, especially as it relates to measurements (测量) of faraway high-mass (高质量的) galaxies which have been studied by others searching for dark matter.
Well have to wait and see how this all goes, but the results are certainly interesting and will no doubt further the conversation about where the universe's dark mater lies.
We'd been told it was very hot in Solomon. By hearing this, we decided to take lots of 1 clothes and were wearing the same as it was summer. The only problem was that we had to catch an overnight bus to the airport. It was 2on the bus! My husband and I were snuggling (紧抱) our son and daughter as best as we could, trying to keep3warm. The bus stopped many times as people got on and off, 4_we didn't take much notice. The little ones were awake, unable to sleep 5 the cold weather.
Starting senior high school is a great experience for any teenager. 1 you are coming from a middle school or a junior high school, there are many things in high school that are 2your old school environment. You will experience many changes.
You will experience the 3 such as being in a new school, making new friends in an unfamiliar class and getting to know new teachers. These new teachers will usually be very different from your middle and junior high school teachers. They want to help you get into college.
In return, they expect you to 4more time working hard and developing your skills.
Peer pressure (同伴压力) to drink and smoke often increase in high school, because you will find 5 difficult to refuse these offers. 6 this, the pressure could also come from grades, loneliness and so on.
Although there is a lot of pressure, it is nothing you can't deal with. When you are feeling pressure when doing something wrong, the best way 7 the problem is to talk to a friend, parent or teacher. They are there to help you get into this great new time in your life. When you find something 8 in studying, turn to someone to ask for help. When you want to make new friends, try to join a school club or group.
It seems that high school may make you lose the confidence 9. As time goes by, you will come to thankful for everything and proud 10 yourself. On the point of starting your senior high school, are you ready?
A study has found that the risk of developing Alzheimer's (阿尔茨海默氏病）or other forms of similar diseases can be cut when people choose a (health) lifestyle, even if they have genes (基因) that raise the risk for these mind-destroying diseases.
People with high genetic risk and bad habits are about to develop Alzheimer (easy). While no matter how much genetic risk someone has, a good die, enough exercise, limiting alcohol and no (smoke)make dementia (痴呆)less likely. No one can ensure you'll escape this awful disease but you can reduce the risk by making the right choice.
One such study a few years ago found that good living could help overcome genetic risk for heart disease. The result (discuss) at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Los Angeles. Meanwhile researchers (show) the same to be rue for Alzheimer so far. The genetic risk is classified as high, medium or low based a large number of scientific research After about eight years of study, 1. 8 percent of (that) with high genetic risk and poor lifestyles had developed to 2. 4 percent higher than before.
The results should give encouragement to people fear that gene alone determines their destiny. That means that even with high (possible) of getting such disease your lifestyle will make a difference.
One limitation is that the research may not be useful for every one around the word, researchers only had information on Europeans and it hasn't been proved whether it is true for people in different colors and from different ethnic groups.
Over 30 percent of all food produced goes to waste, according to The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (联合国粮农组织). Supermarkets throw away food that is not sold before its sell-by date, while families throw away food that they can't finish eating. To stop food waste, some people have come up with great ideas. Take a look for yourself.
Food bank
The world's fist food bank was created in the US in 1967. The bank took donation s(捐赠) of food from people and stores that had extra food. People could then go to the food bank and take the food home if they could not afford to buy any for themselves. In Shanghai, there is a "shared fridge" in some communities. It stores (储存) food that is donated by nearby markets and restaurants. It s free for anyone to take.
Pay as you like
A UK company called The Real Junk Food Project says that food that has passed is sell-by date is still safe to eat. They collect this food from supermarkets and sell it in cafes. You only have to pay as much as you feel is necessary.
If you don't want to spend money, you can volunteer at the cafes instead. There are now 125 Real Junk Food cafes worldwide. And the number is growing quickly.
Buy less
What else can we do to stop food waste? The answer is simply buying less food. There are millions of people around the world who still don't have enough to eat. We should be more careful about how we shop for food.
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Dear Mike, I'm not good at making friends. I can't find a topic because I don't know what to talk about with others. What should I do? How can I make myself better? I'm looking forward to your reply! |
Dear Jack,
Of course, life is not easy when you have a hard time making friends. But do you have any hobbies or interests?
