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.
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.
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。”
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?
予谓菊,花之隐逸者也;牡丹,花之富贵者也;莲,花之君子者也。噫!菊之爱,陶后鲜有闻。莲之爱,同予者何人?牡丹之爱,宜乎众矣。
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)
Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____
Once, herfather took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg ____11____ two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was ____12____, andasked her father, “Do you want me to cook?”
TheChinese knot, a folk art, has a long history. People first made them to recordinformation and send messages before they started to use words. The knots wereused for decoration (装饰) and to express thoughts and feelings in theTang Dynasty. They were later popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But thisart wasn’t really accepted by the common people until the Qing Dynasty.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Antarctica is a continent (大陆) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
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.
Mostschools offer different kinds of subjects and activities for students, but someschools offer additional training in certain areas, such as the performing andarts. In this way, schools can help students develop their artistic talentsfrom an early age and have greater success in their future profession. THE ROYAL BALLET(芭蕾舞)SCHOOL
When he was 12, his parents died. He was aloneand didn’t ____11____others. No one showed kindness to him. People always laughed ____12____ him. His only friend was adog named Bobby. He ____13____his dog enough to eat and drink, but he was a little rude(粗鲁的)to it sometimes.
余幼时即嗜学。家贫,无从致书以观,每假借于藏书之家,手自笔录,计日以还。天大寒,砚冰坚,手指不可屈伸,弗之怠。录毕,走送之,不敢稍逾约。以是人多以书假余,余因得遍观群书。
【甲】予观夫巴陵胜状,在洞庭一湖。衔远山,吞长江,浩浩汤汤,横无际涯;朝晖夕阳,气象万千。此则岳阳楼之大观也,前人之述备矣。然则北通巫峡,南极潇湘,迁客骚人,多会于此,览物之情,得无异乎?
京剧是流行全国的戏曲剧中之一。自清乾隆五十五年起,四大徽班陆续进京演出,他们相互影响,并接受昆区和秦腔的部分剧目、曲调、表演方法,又吸收了一些民间曲调,就是在这样的融合、演变和发展中京剧逐渐形成。在京剧发展的历程中,产生过许多优秀的演员。
纪录片具有文献价值、文化意义和美学价值,2011年元旦,中央电视台纪录频道用中英文面向全球开播,它是我国首个覆盖国内外的纪录片专业频道。
当代大画家李苦禅撒手人寰驾鹤西游的时候,我的老师许麟庐正在山东旅行。许老听到噩耗,立即登车,直奔北京。到了苦禅灵堂,满头白发的老人,长跪不起,恸哭不止。他和苦老,同是齐白石大师的弟子,手足之情,比一奶同胞还亲。
过去,公交车五六分钟来一辆,现在一二分钟来一辆,方便多了。有的乘客说,现在坐公交上班比开私家车还快呢,很多时候我们都坐公交车了。