第二年的端午节,我到离沙地稍远一点的一个村子里采访。这个地方几乎家家房前屋后都是沙枣,就像成都平原上一丛竹林一户人家。过去我以为沙枣总是临沙傍碱而居,其叶总是小而灰,色调总是暗而旧。但在这里,沙枣依水而长,一片葱绿,最大的一片叶子居然有一指之长,是我过去看到的三倍之大。
2009年美国网球公开赛。观众目不转睛地期待比赛开始,发球方运动员将球举过头顶,蓄势做随时发球状态,但裁判微笑示意他再等一等。
熙宁九年,恩州武城县有旋风自东南来,望之插天如羊角,大木尽拔。俄顷旋风卷入云霄中。既而渐近,所经县城官舍、居民略尽,悉卷入云中。县令儿女奴婢卷去,复坠地,死伤者数人。民间死伤亡失者不可胜计,县城悉为丘墟,遂移今县。
门前广场上临时拉了一些电灯,将堡门下半截依稀照见,上半截和高高在上的门楼混在如墨的夜色里。一个正在熔化铁水的大炉子起劲地烧着。鼓风机使炉顶和炉门不停地吐着夺目的火舌。
第二天打早,母亲便端一小凳,坐在这些水淋淋的盆具间,像一位老到的艺术家,开始了熟练的操作。包粽子说难不难,但真要把它包得大头尖尾,见棱见角——按母亲的说法要“俊模俊样”,也不容易。
这种美如此生动,直教我心灵震颤,甚至畏怯。是的,人可以直面威胁,可以蔑视阴谋,可以踩过肮脏的泥泞,可以对叽叽咕咕保持沉默,可以对丑恶闭上眼睛,然而在面对美的精灵时却是一种怯弱。
我从认字起,爸爸就给我买书刊,我关注的第一本文学书是爸爸在阅读的《红岩》,当时书名上的字我还识不全,就念成了“红山石”,别人都笑了,而爸爸微笑着说:“她聪明,大概的意思并没有错。”
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars, because at that time,gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料), electriccars were more popular.
Melatonin(褪黑素) is produced by the body to control when you get sleepy and whenyou wake up. As night falls, the levels of melatonin rise, telling the bodythat it’s time for bed. And the levels naturally fall as daylight comes near,getting you ready to greet the day.
Lu Junling, a security guard from Hebei University, became popularon the Internet. As an ordinary (平凡) person, though Lu Junling is more than 50 years old, hememorizes English vocabulary for CET 6 under the street lights every day justto improve himself. When he is free, he also writes novels and sings operas.That’s not all! Painting, music, kongfu, ancient poems, etc. are all hishobbies. So a number of people call him “treasure security guard (宝藏保安)”. Lu Junling said, “If I want to become an artist, I will alwayswork hard for my dream!” Mr. Lu’s words live in many people’s memory.
Each ofthem has their own experience- two people with synesthesia may both “feel”music, but they almost never feel the music in the same way. For example, onemay feel the music of the violin lightly brushing his face; the other may feelit on her ankle (脚踝). And one’s experience of synesthesia is alwaysthe same. If they see the number 5 in the color blue, then 5 is blue every timethey see it.
Dealing with a nosebleed(鼻出血)mightseem simple. But recently, the British RED Cross asked parents with youngchildren how to help a child with a nosebleed. About 65 percent of parents didnot ____11____ the correct action to help.
My earliest memory ofthese events began when I was around four years old. I was filled with ___12___ at that time. There were lots of ___13___ — crying, shouting, and doors slamming (砰地关上).
Shuttlecock exercise doesnot require equipment(装备) and is perfect for people to perform at home.Liu Genghong helps you to keep going until the last minute, and you can burnyour fat fast.
Bill doesn’t like doingfamily housework at all. He likes to play with his friends in the park.Bill asks his four friends about their housework.Bill: What do you have to do at home, Dan?
Paper cutting or tearing is a cultural traditionin China. For centuries, it has been passed down from one generation(一代人) tothe next, especially from mothers to daughters.
Parentsand children often face the challenges of money. Common topics include settingpocket money, learning to save, and deciding to buy expensive things. The goalof most parents is to teach their kids how to deal with money wisely. The goalof most kids is getting money to spend. How can families achieve these goals?
Every month, Julia and her cousins would go forthe big family meal at their grandparents’ house. On each visit, their grandpawould give them a few coins. Then all the children would run off to buy sweets.One day, he gathered the children together.
Dudiscovered his interest in folding paper in his childhood. After Du went tocollege in 2017, he had enough time to take the hobby seriously. He learnedfolding from online teachers and experts. Later he copied patterns from books.He spent almost three years improving his basic skills by making copies ofother artists’ designs. Then he made his own creations.
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in Hong Kong. He moved to Canada for workwhen he was 26 years old. Everything was good till COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(经济)inCanada began ___12___ down.