Spring Festival is China's biggest and most exciting festival. Its celebration starts from the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunar(农历) month. People always celebrate it in many traditional ways. Here're some little-known customs. Let's take a look at the following ones.
Little New Year 23rd of the 12th lunar month
| A Tight Sleep 3rd day of the first lunar month
| Birthday of Humankind 7th day of the first lunar month
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On this day, people start to prepare for Lunar New Year celebrations. Little New Year is also called the Festival of the Kitchen God. People belięve that the Kitchen God will return from Earth to heaven on this day to report the things every family have done to the Jade Emperor, including the progress you've made in study over this year. As a result, offering of food, fruits and flowers are placed on the family altar to admire him, praying for the safety and health for family members. | The third day is a day for sleeping in and resting after so much preparation and celebration. Traditionally, people believed the third day is when rats marry off their daughters. Therefore, it is customary to go to bed early in the evening and avoid influencing the rats and preventing any bad luck as well. You can go to bed earlier than your usual school days. | According to legend, the goddess Nyuwa created humans on the seventh day, after she made such animals as chickens, dogs, pigs, cattle and horses. As such, it's considered humankind's birthday. Ancient people would also climb mountains and write poems in honor of the day. It's also advised that parents don't punish their children just like you on this date. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? |
When we talk about science fiction (科幻小说), many people will mention Isaac Asimov, one of the "Big Three" sci-fi writers (along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke).
When Asimov was three years old, he moved to New York City with his family. Though it was more difficult than they had expected, his father managed to buy a candy store. It turned out to be a big influence on Asimov's future.
As Asimov worked long hours in the store, he noticed that the sci-fi magazines kept drawing customers in. His father, however, thought that sci-fi magazines were useless. He told his son not to waste time reading about things that "do not exist and never will."
Asimov continued to read those magazines—secretly. While they opened the door to a whole new world for the boy, his father gave him a library card. The boy became a regular visitor to the library nearby. As Asimov himself once wrote, " And I made the most of it. For a poor boy whose family could not afford to buy books, the library was like a door to wonder."
Asimov sold his first sci-fi story when he was still in high school. As his writing kept improving, Asimov's stories became more and more popular. By the time he was thirty-six, He created the word "robotics" and invented the famous "Three Laws of Robotics". It's hard to believe that these great achievements all started from a love of "useless" magazines in a candy store.
A．Asimov was born in 1920 in Russia. B．Asimov became interested in them very soon. C．This didn't kill Asimov's love of science fiction. D．His father bought a lot of sci-fi magazines for Asimov. E．Asimov was considered to be a master of science fiction. F．I can never be thankful enough that I chose to walk into the library. |
Do you like science fictions? What do you learn from the story? (请用不超过10词回答第二个问题)
Science finds that feeding wild animals may bring harm to them in the long run. Wolves with injured(受伤的) legs in the wild can usually do n but wait for death. But this was not the story of one injured wolf in a nature (公园) in Qinghai. It can get better thanks to tourists feeding it along the highway.
However, people have different ideas about w tourists should feed the wolf or not. It has caused a hot (讨论). People who support this act say that without feeding, the poor wolf would d. But those who are against think that humans should not (打破) the laws of nature. It has its own reasons.
Research in Scientific Reports studied how that human-provided food influenced the living of a group of dolphins. They said that asking for food from humans (增加)the risk of injuries for dolphins and sometimes it may also make them d on us for living.
So, what should we do when coming across wild animals that seem to need our help? I think it's (重要的) for them to learn to live on their own. Of course, the best help is to report to the local office for medical aid i of feeding them. Your action makes a big difference!
I'm a bit of an airplane fan. For the past few years, I (have) many model planes on my desk at work. You can imagine my joy when I had the chance to experience the first flight of C919 jet yesterday. Luckily, I got one just before the tickets (sell) out.
Before boarding, I found that almost every one of the 160 (passenger) walked around the plane to celebrate this historic moment. They got (excited) than ever before and some began to take (自拍). happy they were!
The excitement continued on board as the C919 took off. A special breakfast was served: Shanghai noodles, some White Rabbit milk a special dessert with a "World's First C919" logo on it. It was pretty short flight, about 2.5 hours from Shanghai to Chengdu. Soon we landed at our destination, and we cheered (loud). Almost everyone seemed overjoyed to have taken part such a proud moment for China.
Now I'm looking forward to (see) what new planes COMAC (中国商飞公司) has planned for the future. I can't wait to see them take on Airbus and Boeing!
two library simple afford take action |
A: Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me the way to Jinhua Children's ?
B: Of course. Walk along the street and turn left at the crossing. It's next to Aiqing Memorial Hall.
A: Well, thanks a lot.
B: My pleasure.
A: Hey, Mike! I am thinking about volunteering at the local kitchen on Sunday. Want to join?
B: Oh, I've never done it before. What should I do?
A: You just prepare and serve hot meals to people who can't it, like homeless people.
B: Wow! It's really a good way to spend my weekend.
A: And something as as picking up trash can be very meaningful.
B: I'm pleased to and get involved in volunteer work!
Five people were waiting for an interview in a room of a company.But they couldn't use the phone or the Internet.
On the first day, all of the five people were excited. But there was no interview.
On the second day, they came again for the interview. But to their surprise, there was no news about the interview.
On the third morning, they arrived earlier. Still, no news came. By mid-day, most of them were irritated(愤怒的). Some thought the company did not care for them. Some regretted coming here. He was happy all those days. He kept smiling while the others complained(抱怨).
At the end of the day, the boss appeared. To their disappointment, the boss said that their interview had ended and only one of them was chosen. It was the man who kept happy. Then the boss added, "We want someone who can keep happy in whatever situations."
A. Two of them got upset.
B. They all felt very unhappy.
C. Only one man was different.
D. Keeping happy is an ability!
E. They were imagining their bright future.
F. Inside the room, they could do whatever they liked.
A. pressure B. normal C. compare D. communicate E. relation F. allow G. and
Hey, friends!Are you the only child in your family?Do you feel lonely sometimes?If so, it's to have the feeling. And because you are the only child, you're the most important person in the family. Of course, your parents care about you a lot, right?When you're free, they often with you, don't they?And maybe they always you with other children, right?
Sometimes, they don't you to make phone calls to a boy or a girl, do they?These things may make you unhappy. Maybe you think they put too much on you. Do you often argue with them?Some of you may even decide to leave home. But if so, you will have more problems. I think you should show your parents that you're growing up. Then they will no longer(不再) think of you as a small child. So you'll have a happy life never think of leaving home.
As a child, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others.
I still remember it was an early autumn. Some(leaf) started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready for school, my mother carelessly(hand) me my father's vest(背心) instead of(I). At that time, I was getting to have a(large) size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn't able to breathe(呼吸)!I(realize) that it was a small mistake which was made by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong it made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I shouted at her without(think) much. I got it off my body so wildly that I made hole in it. I put on my own vest and rushed out of the house before my mother could stop me.
Later, I calmed down and I felt ashamed(惭愧的) of my bad behavior. that day, I decided not to let anger control me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I will try(remember) my father's vest. It always reminds me to think about others' feelings when I get angry.
