Thinking that her dream could never come true,Kelly was in low spirits and ____18____ her studies at school. Hermother did all she could to cheer her up, ____19____ Kelly refused tochange. She even took out all her anger and ____20____ on her mother.
At the age of nine, Kelly dreamed of being abasketball player. But one day when she was playing basketball, she hurt herleft leg ____16____.
Antarctica lies in the most southern part of theworld. It is the coldest area on Earth. There isn’t much rain, but there is alot of snow and wind. The lowest temperature was on 21 July in 1983 at -89.2℃!
During 1907-1909, British explorer EarnestShackleton explored Antarctica on foot. In 1911, two explorers—a British mannamed Scott and a Norwegian named Amundsen—raced 1, 400 kilometres to the SouthPole (南極).Amundsen arrived first.
Taiping nijiaojiao is made of the mudfrom the local mountain. It takes more than ten steps to make the clay toy, andthe key step is to knead (捏) it with your hands. You can knead the clay toyinto anything, like animals and plants. The blowhole is the most difficult partto make, for the size of the blowhole makes a difference to the sound. Whilecoloring, you can use traditional cultural elements (元素) thatcarry good meanings. It’s hard to make taipingnijiaojiao. But when you finally make it, you will feel proud of yourself.
“Red Trip” in TonghuaTonghua is a good choice to have a “red trip”. It is aplace full of “red stories”. The well-known national hero Yang Jingyu oncefought here. Experience the “red spirit”!
I joineda band (樂(lè)隊(duì))as a drummer in my middle school. I thought itwould be fun playing the drum and meeting new friends. At first it was easy,but a month later, it got difficult. I was the only one who couldn’t keep pace (節(jié)奏)with the other players. Our teacher,Angie, singled me out to keep practicing while everyone else got to relax. Ifelt ashamed (羞愧的)as my teammates watched me fail so many times.Finally I got so tired of practicing that I didn’t care about doing it right.
When itcomes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. Alife filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, whatmakes a meaningful life?Manyresearchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors (因素): havinglong-term goals, believing that one’s life matters, and feeling that one’s lifefits together and “makes sense”.But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimeslife enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open toappreciating (欣賞) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).
生平所見(jiàn)之友,以窮以老而遂于衰頹者,十居七八。赤豹②,君子也,久居江東,得無(wú)有隕獲③之嘆乎?昔在澤州,得拙詩(shī),深有所感,復(fù)書(shū)曰:“老則息矣,能無(wú)倦哉?”此言非也。夫子“歸與歸與”④,未嘗一日忘天下也。故君子之學(xué),死而后已。
“......不瞞二位先生說(shuō),此五省讀書(shū)的人,家家隆重的是小弟,都在書(shū)案上,香火蠟燭,供著“先儒匡子之神位'?!迸2家滦Φ溃骸跋壬?,你此言誤矣!所謂“先儒'者,乃已經(jīng)去世之儒者,今先生尚在,何得如此稱(chēng)呼?”匡超人紅著臉道:“不然!所謂“先儒'者,乃先生之謂也!”牛布衣見(jiàn)他如此說(shuō),也不和他辯。
牛是家鄉(xiāng)的風(fēng)景。春天的圖畫(huà)里少不了雨、離不開(kāi)牛、缺不得迎春花。一犁春雨半畝洼,蓑衣斗笠半袖花,春風(fēng)應(yīng)時(shí)而至,春光爛漫無(wú)邊,翠綠墨綠嫩綠鵝黃綠,梨花李花桃花梔子花,所有的草葉花蕊、溪流石泉都滴著青春的原汁。
出佛手園,遠(yuǎn)處有山,山中有嵐,有云。嵐清,云白,綢緞一般,棉花一般,曼妙而行,逍遙自在。除了愛(ài),還有眼前這山川草木。小小人類(lèi)身處自然,永不孤單。那些草木,那些動(dòng)物,那些自然界中的生靈,各安其所,相處自洽。而人類(lèi),不免焦慮,屢屢焦慮,內(nèi)在小宇宙紊亂,何不走到自然中,謙卑蹲下,去學(xué)習(xí)一株草、一顆露珠的寧?kù)o?
媽媽19歲嫁給爸爸。外婆生育了6個(gè)孩子,還領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了一個(gè),但媽媽是唯一的女兒,在那個(gè)年代,雖然說(shuō)不上能享受到多少寵愛(ài),但至少?zèng)]有遭受過(guò)任何對(duì)女性的輕慢,媽媽甚至還念到初中畢業(yè),字寫(xiě)得比我還好,能自由閱讀文學(xué)作品。
There are many kinds ___21___art forms in China. ___22___ you often see any of them in your life?They help us understand and enjoy the traditional Chinese culture. When theSpring Festival comes, some people often ___23___ the red paper intodifferent art works with scissors.
Tim: _______36_______,Bob.Bob: Good afternoon, Tim. Icalled you just now, but nobody answered. _______37_______?Tim: I went to the cinema.And I watched a movie named The Battle atLake Changjin.Bob: Oh, great. It’s very famous nowadays. _______38_______?
I often use old clothes that people don’t wearany more to make bags. I opened a small shop in my community and set up awebsite to sell the bags online. Many customers think they are fantastic. Now Iplan to write a new book about ways to use old clothes.
Remember that it’s better to fail than it’s togive up, and the key is to learn from your failure(失敗). But along withdifficulties, there will also be ____18____ wonderful waiting for you.
Michelle,a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in hercountry. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a Health Program to dealwith it. The Health Program is to reduce the number of fat students today andin the future.
I often hear some students say English isdifficult, so they can’t learn it well. ___11___ English is very easy for me. I’m good ___12___ it. I’m very glad to tell you ___13___ about how I study English.
Theoil paper umbrella is a traditional Chinese handicraft(手工藝品).It has a history of over 1,000 years in China.In early TangDynasty, it was introduced to Japan and Korea, so it was called the “TangUmbrella”. Later oil paper umbrellas were spread to other Asian countries, suchas Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, and each had its own style. However, assteel-ribbed(鋼骨的)umbrellas appeared in the last century, thehand-made oil paper umbrellas became less used in daily life. They were turnedinto decorative artifacts(裝飾性工藝品).