For Yang, one of the long-expected activitiesduring the Spring Festival is to take photos with family members. On the earlymorning of the second day of the Chinese New Year when the whole family reunite,he would dress up and wait for the photo to be taken.
At the age of seven, I started school in London.There I met a ____21____,Mr. King. He influenced my whole life. Mr King taught me maths. He washumorous. Sometimes, he told us funny stories. So his lessons made us ____22____.
All the family—my grandparents, my parents, myaunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister and I— ___27___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___28___.It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot of work to cook…and there are a lotof chances for things to go wrong.
All thefamily—my grandparents, my parents, my aunt and uncle, my cousin, my sister andI— ___22___ the turkey. However, turkey is not the easiestthing to ___23___. It takes a lot of time to prepare and a lot ofwork to cook…and there are a lot of chances for things to go wrong.
My mum and dad bought a nice, big turkey a fewdays before Thanksgiving. ___29___was proud of herself as she got it for a good price. ___30___ Thanksgiving, Mum got the turkey out of thefridge.
I’m glad to receive your letter and know yourunforgettable(难忘的)experience.Now I’d like to share mine. Last Friday, I was cleaning my room and found anold photo in a drawer. While I was looking at it, the ___16___ memory of that day came back to me.
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. This beautiful art created byskillful artists is used to decorate(装饰) doors, ceilings, and bedsin people’s homes, or at celebrations such as birthdays and weddings.
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___ in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in HongKong. He moved to Canada for work when he was 26 years old. Everything was goodtill COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(经济)inCanada began ___12___down.
Jared ___15___ to stay at home, but his mom sent him anyway.He had to sit next to Jessica. At reading time, Mrs. Thomas asked Jared toread. Reading aloud always made Jared ___16___ . As he picked up the book, his hands shook.“He can’t read,” Jessica said. “I didn’t call on you, did I?”
Du, 23,is a student from Shanghai University. He won third place at the ninth IOIO (国际折纸奥林匹克) in February this year. A total of 803 competitors from 59countries and areas took part in this year’s event.
Russia’s skating silver medalist AlexandraTrusova, 17, amazed the world with five quadruple jumps (四周跳)during free skate at the Beijing Winter Olympics. No other woman has everfinished five quadruple jumps in an Olympic competition.
ThreeRiver-Source National Park on the Qinghai-TibetPlateau(青藏高原),is the largest national park in China. Because it is home to the sources of theYangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers, people call it “China’s water tower”.
Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees (黑猩猩)are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours.The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching andhugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learnsimple sign language.
Chopsticksoriginated from(起源于) China.Though simple and little, they are agreat invention in the history of humans. There are many legends aboutChopsticks, Da Yu and Chopsticks is one of them.It issaid that during Yao and Shun times, Shun ordered Yu to control the flood. Oneday, Yu took a boat to an island, he was so hungry that he used an earth pot tocook meat. After the meat was well-done in boiled water, he didn’t want towaste time to wait for it to cool, so he took two branches to pick up the meatfrom the soup. After, to save time, he always took small branches to take outfood from the hot pot. For a long time, he was skilled at picking up food withsmall sticks. In this way, the first types of chopsticks were born.
桃花峪是黄河中下游分界线,把桥建在这里自有讲究。我个人的选择原因,就实用层面来讲,自是离老家更近,却也有非实用层面:是它的外形更时尚更壮观,名字我也格外钟爱:桃花峪——黄河——大桥,既明艳又铿锵,既坚固又绵长,不是么?
古诗是一幅幅草木明净的“无声画”。芦苇摇曳,先民低唱“①______,白露为霜”(《<诗经>二首》);登楼远眺,崔颢吟诵“②______,芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲”(《黄鹤楼》);持节塞上,王维长叹“ ③_____,归雁入胡天”(《使至塞上》);羁旅天涯,马致远感慨“④______,小桥流水人家,古道西风瘦马”(《天净沙·秋思》)。
夫所为求福而辞祸者,以福可喜而祸可悲也。人之所欲无穷,而物之可以足吾欲者有尽,美恶之辨战乎中,而去取之择交乎前。则可乐者常少,而可悲者常多。是谓求祸而辞福。夫求祸而辞福,岂人之情也哉?……是以美恶横生,而忧乐出焉,可不大哀乎!
①我要笑遍世界。②只有人类才会笑。树木受伤时会流“血”,禽兽会因痛苦和饥饿而哭嚎哀鸣。然而,只有我才具备笑的天赋,可以随时开怀大笑。从今往后,我要培养笑的习惯。③笑有助于消化,笑能减轻压力,笑是长寿的秘方。现在我终于掌握了它。④我要笑遍世界。
大雪纷飞的日子,教室内暖气充足,温暖如春。大地负责的那盆对对红,,早已长出一片片流油般的绿叶。叶片都是两侧对生,先端渐尖,如一柄柄出鞘的青剑,亦如大地那一对好看的剑眉。两叶中间也长出了高接不一肥粗直溜的茎。离考试还有三周的时候,大地于某个课间拾绿叶擦拭灰尘时,发现那些茎顶端竟都一左一右鼓出了大花苞。大地的身体里瞬间灌入一股热流,心里充满期待。
中华民族的传统节日很多,除了端午节,还有元宵节、花朝节、上巳节、清明节、重阳节——这些传统节日的习俗也很丰富。元宵节吃汤圆,猜灯谜,赏花灯。清明节祭先祖,放风筝,荡秋千。二月十二花朝节,民间有“贯红”之俗,文人雅士会相聚饮酒,赋诗唱和。三月三上巳节,人们以香草沐浴,与亲友携游……丰富的习俗让传统节日成为古往今来人们共同的期盼。