Many years ago, I lived in Greece, on a very beautiful island. During my first year, I 1 to the beach for the Labour Day holiday. Greek people celebrate Labour Day on 1st May, and it is also a festival to celebrate the beginning of 2 . The sun was shining 3 and the sea was clear blue. I was sitting in a small restaurant by the sea while the cook was cooking 4 over a fire for lunch. The cooked fish smelled delicious. There were a lot of local people 5 some tourists. The girls and women 6 flowers in their hair. Someone gave a circle of flowers to me. In the afternoon, people played traditional Greek 7 to dance with it on the beach, and I also danced with them 8 the evening. 9 a wonderful day! All the people 10 themselves. I will remember it for ever.
Job interviews(面试) can be very different from country to country. An interviewer's "body language" and questions, and the form of an interview are not the same around the world.
If you're at a job interview in Japan, don't look directly into the eyes of the interviewer. It is considered impolite. But if you're at an interview in the U. S. , you should make eye contact(交流) with the interviewer. If you don't, the interviewer may think you are not sure about your ability.
In the U. S. and some other countries, interviewers aren't supposed to ask questions about family and personal information. In most countries, however, personal questions are very common during job interviews.
In Germany, your interview might begin with a very short conversation followed by a formal(正式的) interview. In Mexico and many other countries, the whole interview might not be formal.
One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the guqin, one of the four arts—along with go, calligraphy(书法) and painting. It first appeared over 3, 000 years ago and stands for China's solo musical instrument tradition.
At first, the guqin had only five strings(弦), meaning the five elements(元素) of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Later, in the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his son. King Wu of Zhou, added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang.
Ambience was important in playing the guqin. Usually, it was practiced in a quiet setting and never for public performances. Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains. The sound of the guqin mixed with the echoes(回音) from the mountains, until the musician felt he was at one with nature. Playing it in snow was also an enjoyable activity for ancient artists, who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the world. Also, a night with moonlight was considered wonderful for playing the guqin. Wang Wei, a highly talented man of the Tang Dynasty, liked playing it in a bamboo forest on nights with moonlight most.
Guqin pieces are usually three to eight minutes long, with the longest being Guangling Verse, which is 22 minutes long. Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements, Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute.
Nowadays, there are fewer than one thousand well- trained guqin players and perhaps no more than fifty living masters. The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only one hundred works by today. The guqin and its music was added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity(人类非物质文化遗产) in 2003.
Zhang Xini was born in 1990. (A) When she was 2 years old, she lost most of her hearing in a medical accident (医疗事故). But that didn't stop her from making great success.
Zhang Xini started reading when she was a child. Reading is her favourite now. She reads storybooks. She also reads science books. She likes Chinese stories. (B) She likes foreign stories too. Reading helps her a lot. She likes to write and show her ideas of life. (C) She has written many articles (文章) in newspapers and magazines.
Zhang Xini lives in Shenzhen now, and she loves Shenzhen very much. When she was young, she always told others that (D) 将来她想当一名作家.
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A. What is he doing in the gym? B. Is your father learning a dragon dance? C. What is your mother doing? D. Where is your uncle? E. Is he getting ready for Spring Festival? |
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B: He is in the gym.
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B: He is learning a dragon dance with his friends. They are getting ready for Spring Festival.
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B: No, he isn't. He is cleaning the house.
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B: Yes, he is.
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B: She is cooking the meal.
