Four famous classic Italian writers
When speaking of Italian literature, many people come up with Dante. But there are many other famous Italian authors. Below are four recommended writers and their masterpieces.
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533)
Ariosto is best known for his epic (史诗般的) poem Orlando Furioso, which was published in 1977. As a poet always with new ideas, Ariosto invented the way of "singing the poem to the audience". The poem presents a rich variety of characters, which has been an encouragement for many paintings and musical works.
Italo Calvino (1923-1985)
Calvino was the author of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler published in 1979. The novel differs from others for its unique description of a frame story - a unifying story within which several tales are related. It has encouraged musicians like Sting to create their works. At the time of his death in 1985, Calvino was one of the world's most translated Italian writers.
Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
Eco wrote The Name of the Rose, a historical murder mystery (神秘) novel published in 1980. In the story, he skilfully applied the use of signs and symbols to it. A number of his books deal with the meaning and understanding of communication.
Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873)
Manzoni is most famous for his novel The Betrothed published in 1827. The novel was regarded to be connected with Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement(统一运动) in the 19th century. Probably we can say, without this great novelist and this masterpiece of world literature, Italy wouldn't be Italy.
Russ Miller, 36, from Ohio, was first found ill with a serious disease when he was just 26. The condition attacked joints (关节)，making it more and more difficult for him to do everyday tasks.
"My hands are not shaped properly and I can't manipulate them normally," said Miller in a letter to the company. "I can no longer use normal computer keyboards and it's hard for me to even hold a pen anymore."
Russ' condition worsened at fast speed, which resulted in him living on the streets in Florida for 4 years —but in 2018, he started trying to turn his life around.
"I was trying to get help and get myself out of my situation. I had a phone, but I had difficulty typing on normal keyboards... So I started looking for different smartphone keyboards. I found Typewise by accident."
Russ thinks much of the Typewise smartphone keyboard for it enables him to "get his life back" by giving him freedom to communicate with people, get help, get an apartment and even get a job.
"Because I was able to type on my phone again, I was able to use social media to reach out to an organization that helps people with disabilities."
It's the specially designed keyboard that Russ finds a lot easier to use. "I can move my fingers around and don't mess things up as often."
"Now I have a part-time job where I take care of dogs and cats. I can't work full-time because of my physical problems, but at least I have something to do and something to look forward to."
According to related new research, tropical cyclones （热带气旋）, from hurricanes to typhoons, are moving more slowly across the globe than they did decades ago, meaning that they get more destructive power and last longer.
It may seem like a good thing that cyclones pace at a slower speed, but in fact it's not the case. Although the cyclones are moving slower across the ground, they still get high wind speeds inside, which makes hard rains stay longer over communities.
"Nothing good comes out of a slowing storm," says James Kossin, a climate scientist, "It can increase the amount of time that buildings are suffering strong wind. And it increases rainfall."
According to Kossin's findings, changing storm patterns (模式) is causing greater destruction in another way. He noted that the speed of global tropical cyclones slowed by an average of 10 percent from 1949 to 2016. The pace of the storms slowed even more as they made landfall in some regions(地区). In the western North Pacific, it slowed down by nearly a third. That means there will be more time for a storm that may already contain large quantities of water to give off more of it in each place.
Basing his research on the details of nearly 70 years' worth of storms, Kossin did not try to determine the cause of the slowdown. Even so, the change is the expected result of climate change, just as he and other cyclone experts said.
Kossin's work was considered to be "important and new" and "pretty reasonable" by Christina Patricola, who has been studying this issue.
It is Kossin's hope that a model (模型) showing which communities are likely to be at the highest danger could be developed by scientists. Given that in some areas, the storms are moving poleward (极地) and gaining in strength as well, places not normally passed by could be affected by unusually heavy rainfall as a result. "These are not good things to be put together," he says.
Friday and Saturday were full of surprises for Chinese, as two places in China were listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The first, a World Natural Heritage, is made up of a series of migratory bird sanctuaries (候鸟保护地) along the coast of the Yellow Sea in Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu Province. The second, the Liangzhu Archaeological Site in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site.
China began the application process for the bird sanctuaries in 2017. It only took two years to successfully complete the process. The migratory bird sanctuaries are the central point of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and many endangered species, especially threatened migratory birds including red-crowned cranes and flamingos, go there to hunt for food during the migration season. The birds usually take a month to finish their migration. At about 10 days into their migration, they must stop and find food in order to have the energy to continue their journey.
Compared to the short period for the World Natural Heritage's application, the Liangzhu application was far more challenging. The application team spent six years making their dream a reality. The site in Liangzhu is evidence of the existence of an early regional state in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the late Neolithic (新石器) period in China, which helps fill in the gaps in the history of the rice-cultivating (种植) civilizations of China and East Asia more than5000 years ago. The site was one of the 20th century's most important archaeological discoveries in China.
With these two new additions, China now has55World Heritage sites, the highest number in the world. The successful application means greater responsibility and duties. Protecting these places is much more important and is our future work.
For many people, travel is a necessary part of celebrating the holidays with loved ones. This means enduring(忍受) all the troubles that can come with traveling and spending time away from the comforts of your own home. You may face delays, and many hours of sitting that can make you suffer mentally and physically.
Take control of your posture and breathing
And it increases physical and mental tension. That's why it's important to take control of your breathing at least once an hour , which can help restore your posture（姿势） and cultivate a sense of calm while traveling.
Drink enough water
Those muscle pains on the road may have a lot to do with your water intake. Considering that our bodies are mostly water, hydration is important for proper circulation. Your access to drinking water may be limited while traveling, so it's important to plan ahead.So pack a reusable water bottle and, if you're driving, don't forget to bring a cooler with water.
Studies regarding the health dangers of long-time sitting are beyond count, yet few people seem to make an effort to avoid it while traveling. Break up long hours of sitting by taking advantage of opportunities to stand and walk around whenever possible. When traveling by air, take a walk around your terminal. When traveling by car, find a park or even a mall on your route where you can get out and take a 10-minute walk.
Plan your schedule properly.
During the trip, it is necessary to plan the schedule properly to avoid excessive fatigue(疲劳) and tension.
A. Do more exercise B. It's necessary to sleep regularly. C. Stand and walk every opportunity you can D. Most airports have water stations to refill bottles for free. E. You can arrange the time reasonably to avoid a too tight schedule. F. To enjoy the holidays, try these tips below to reduce stress and tension. G. When you sit for long periods while traveling, your posture often suffers. |
When I first met Sarah, all I noticed was her drool (口水) running from the corner of her mouth. As Mrs. Wagner pushed the wheelchair toward me, I felt 1 . Why was she seated beside me?
For the entire morning, I was uneasy.2 , I nerved myself to ask Mrs. Wagner, "Mrs. Wagner, can I have my seat3 ?" She patted (拍) my shoulder4 and said, "Natalie, Sarah needs our5 . Try it."
Why? I didn't need a deskmate with running drool! I decided to take no notice of Sarah. At three o'clock, our gym teacher came and said, "Kickball time! Put on your gym shoes." As I bent over to tie my shoes, Sarah caught my attention and I6 how it felt to never walk. My7 felt tight.
Mrs. Wagner asked me, "Natalie, although Sarah cannot kick, she can8 balls. Would you help her in the gym class?"
I had to9 and push Sarah to the10 .Firstly, Matt kicked the ball and it came to me. I11 it to Sarah and she threw it, which just struck Mike's heel!
"You got him out!" I12 . Sarah laughed happily. Then I laughed, too. The rest of the game was13 and we all enjoyed ourselves.
At the end of the day, Sarah read a journal entry to us, "My first day of school went well. I14 playing kickball. I made a nice new friend, Natalie."
Sarah smiled at me. I didn't15 her drool. What I saw was a new friend, a friend I had almost missed.
You know how disappointed it can be if you are not able to communicate with the (native) when you're traveling, and you might think learning a new language is a tough task.
But fear not! We figured out (exact) how many words you need to learn to speak a language well. A group of linguists（语言学家） have created a test (see) how many words you know in English. There are 200,000+ words in the English language, but the test only (include)50 of them. You may not understand all of the50 words. The linguists believe that if you multiply (乘) number of words out of50 that you understand by500, you'll almost know your English vocabulary.
A professor has found that native speakers of a language know 15,000 to 20.000 lemmas (词目). A lemma (make) up of a root word (say: walk) and all of (it) inflections（屈折形式）(walked, walking, walker, etc.). But if you learn a new language, you can never understand 15,000 lemmas.
He discourages people from learning all of the words in a language. There are 800 to 1,000 lemmas are used most frequently in the language. He advises people to focus these lemmas. With these lemmas, people can understand 75% of the language. And they will be (confidence) enough to start a conversation, order at a restaurant, and deal with other daily communication.
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