在厨房蒸馒头的母亲,揭开锅盖高兴地说到:“馒头笑了。”我没看出来,就问她怎么笑的。母亲说:“就是馒头开口了,过年了,讨个吉利,所以要说笑了才行。”
海上有一座冰山,阳光下,光芒四射,像一颗巨大的钻石。大鸟被迷住了,迅速飞了下去。其他大鸟纷纷向它呼唤,催它赶路,可它还是一个劲地飞向了冰山。
在贺龙、关向应所率八路军120师连续粉碎日军三次围攻后,1939年4月23日上午9时,敌人又在炮火掩护下对齐会村发起了攻击。进村的道路上有一座小桥,小桥失守后,村中央最高处的大槐树就暴露在敌人的火力网前。我们的战士隐蔽在大槐树后向敌人射击,敌人的轻重武器一起射向大槐树,树上留下无数弹痕,一颗炮弹正好打在树干上,大槐树被拦腰炸断。
我的第一个记忆是一岁多有的。那是在青岛,门外来了个老道,对我父亲说,14号那天,往小胖子(我当时比较胖)左手腕上系一圈红线就可以消灾,我当时吓得哇哇大哭,父亲却听从了老道的安排。他说:“二看小胖子手腕的红线,我觉得比写二本伟大的作品还骄傲。”
B: It’s about theexperiments three astronauts are doing on the space station.A: That’s great. I’minterested in space, so I want to be an astronaut like them.
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.
In the large yard stood thirteen trees ofdifferent sizes. One day, while Joey was playing with his sister under thetrees, he noticed that a tree trunk (树干) had a sad look. He raninto the house to tell his mom about it. She told Joey to find the reason whyit was sad.
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.
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 (南极).Amundsen arrived first.
As a boy, Kevin visited national parks and helearned the Earth is in ___12___ condition. He felt worried, and hewanted to ___13___ the Earth. In 2009, he went to swim in water nearNorth Pole(北极)todraw people’s attention to the melting glaciers(融化的冰川).
Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast.One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him ameal. In return, he gave them a coffee mill (磨粉机)and said, “Say, ‘Mill, please grind (磨粉)’,”
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.
YangHongwei, 56, was born into a kite-making family in Weifang. When she was young,she often saw kites with bright colors and different shapes in hergrandfather’s workshop.
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 (欣赏) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).
米吃多了,就有了想法。诗人说“米是漫山遍野的精灵,是生长绿色的种子,是陆地结的珍珠”,我也有这个感觉。有时我看到掉在桌上的一粒米,会产生一番联想:这粒米,不知道是哪粒种子被种在土里,经过了多少风霜雨雪,又被哪个农民精心养育,浇水、施肥、捉虫、打药,顶着酷暑烈日收割了来,再冒着酷暑高温脱了粒。脱一遍还不算,再脱一层皮,再脱一层皮,成为白白亮亮的精米,大有缘法落到我的饭碗里,结果不等它入口,就被轻轻抛弃,假如这米有灵,不知道会不会伤心?
①我妈是一个知青,我爸是一个农民。在我幼时的岁月里,我爸应该很辛苦。只有他一个农村户口,却有三个城里人要养活,他的田地太少了。但他勤快,愿意为生活付出所有气力。据说我家永远是每亩地里出钱最多的人家,而他的女儿们却几乎没去过那片土地。
“幸好!”妈妈笑道,“走出五里路我就哭了,一哭哭了几百里……”常乐想问为什么,忽然响起一片古怪的声音。满池塘都在怪叫。常乐像皮球一样弹到妈妈怀里,大叫:“水里有怪物!”
一只蜉蝣从水里一点一点钻出来。远远的天边,一个红红的家伙一点一点冒上来。蜉蝣高兴地和它打招呼:“你好,你很神奇呀,你一来世界就亮了。”“你好,小蜉蝣。”“你认识我?你是谁呀?”“我是太阳。”“太阳,我好快乐呀,我有一天的生命,你和我一样吗?”
出佛手园,远处有山,山中有岚,有云。岚清,云白,绸缎一般,棉花一般,曼妙而行,逍遥自在。除了爱,还有眼前这山川草木。小小人类身处自然,永不孤单。那些草木,那些动物,那些自然界中的生灵,各安其所,相处自洽。而人类,不免焦虑,屡屡焦虑,内在小宇宙紊乱,何不走到自然中,谦卑蹲下,去学习一株草、一颗露珠的宁静?
For a long time, I guarded the garden of peaceand quiet. When the children followed me into the garden, I would expect themto be out of sight (视野). And I would hand out tasks.