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.
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.
Ibelieved that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrongand he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us alesson. She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side ofher desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and roundobject. I could clearly see that it was black. The teacher asked us what colorthe object was. “White,” Tony answered. I couldn’t believe he said the objectwas white! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony andme, this time about the color of the object.
Ibelieved that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrongand he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us alesson. She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side ofher desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and roundobject. I could clearly see that it was black. The teacher asked us what colorthe object was. “White,” Tony answered. I couldn’t believe he said the objectwas white! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony andme, this time about the color of the object.
Ibelieved that I was right and he was wrong, and Tony believed that I was wrongand he was right. Our teacher, a kind and smart lady, decided to teach us alesson. She brought us to the front of the class and placed him on one side ofher desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large and roundobject. I could clearly see that it was black. The teacher asked us what colorthe object was. “White,” Tony answered. I couldn’t believe he said the object waswhite! “Clearly, it was black!” Another argument started between Tony and me,this time about the color of the object.
By usingthis method, the study found that red meats were the most unfriendly foods tothe environment. Keeping farm animals produces a large number of methane(甲烷)that keeps 30 times more heat than CO2. As well asmaking the earth warmer, eating too much red meat is known to increase the riskof a few illnesses, such as heart trouble.
When youand your friends turn to each other to talk about problems or troubles, yougive each other advice and help. One important thing of our growth is to makedecisions to help our friends and learn to support each other. This requires usto learn what it means to help friends and how to help them in right ways.
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.
Raden Roro Hendarti, nearly 50 years old, is alibrarian in Muntang village. She started a “trash library”, hoping to makechildren read more as well as make them realize the importance of environmentprotection. Each weekday, Raden puts all kinds of books on the back of herthree-wheeler (三轮车)and rides to Muntang village. There, children line up to exchange plastic cups,bags and other trash for books from Raden’s mobile library. After finishing theexchange, Raden carries back all the trash.
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.
Slowlybut surely, Amy and her grandparents were making progress. Boxes of all sizeswere placed on top of each other throughout the house. Amy’s grandparents hadlived in the house for years and they had collected many things.
As thegovernment encourages the renaissance (复兴) of traditional culture,Hanfu is getting more and more popular with the teenagers. Every year, we canenjoy different Hanfu shows around the cities. And now quite a few Hanfu clubshave been set up in universities. Members usually wear Hanfu at theirgraduation ceremonies or during holidays. Some even wear Hanfu on regular days,too. And these fans created a special day—China Haniu Day to celebratetraditional Chinese clothing. It falls on the third day of the third month inChinese lunar calendar (阴历).
We allknow that rice, wheat and corn are staples, but do you know there is anotherkind of staple food—potatoes? Potatoes have many advantages. Theyare a good source of vitamin C and potassium(钾). A potato’s vitamin C isas rich as 10 apples. What’s more,potatoes are low in calories(卡路里)-onlythree fourths of the same amount of wheat and corn, according to People’s Daily. Potatoes are easy togrow. It can be grown in both the north and the south during winter, spring andautumn. The plant is also able to bear drought(干旱). Some areas of China arefacing water shortages, so the potato is safe to grow.
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
Locatedin the mountains about 100 miles from Los Angeles, the Idyllwild Arts Academyis a boarding school for young artists. It offers training in arts, likedrawing, painting, photography and cinema, along with programmes for theperforming arts. The school’s quiet, rural location also makes it a verypeaceful and beautiful place to learn. THE NATIONAL CIRCUS(杂技)SCHOOL
二、教学目标1.知识与技能掌握下列单词:market, supermarket,biscuit, lemon, strawberry, Mother’s Day, size, take, may, try, try on,certainly, wait a minute, sale, price, sale, look. fresh2.过程与方法:1. 能够通过书面表达购物。2. 能够根据情景进行购物对话。3.情感态度与价值观:乐于参加运用英语的实践活动,了解别国文化。
二、教学目标1.知识与技能掌握下列单词:market, supermarket,biscuit, lemon, strawberry, Mother’s Day, size, take, may, try, try on,certainly, wait a minute, sale, price, sale, look. fresh2.过程与方法:1. 能够通过书面表达购物。2. 能够根据情景进行购物对话。3.情感态度与价值观:乐于参加运用英语的实践活动,了解别国文化。三、学习者特征分析这一模块内容的学习者,是七年级的学生。学生已经学过一些形式的特殊疑问句,像what can I do for you?/can I help you?这些购物句式 ,学生在学生在小学阶段已经学过,学生通过阅读,情景购物对话的练习,学生准确的进行购物的对话。
本文具有很强的画面感,凸显出绘画美,虽是散文,却满贮诗意,正是文中有画,画中有诗。作者从色泽、层次和动态上向人们展示了一幅栩栩如生的春景图。作者笔下的春景图色泽鲜艳,不仅有象征希望的“嫩嫩的,绿绿的”小草,还有“红的像火,粉的像霞,白的像雪”的繁花,也有温暖的“红红的”太阳的脸和“黄晕的”灯光,这些色彩描绘出了一个生机勃勃而又安静祥和的春天。在描写春景的时候,作者还通过有层次感的描写使景物意蕴悠长,例如对春雨的描写是从“人家屋顶上”到“小路上”“石桥边”再到“地里”,从远至近,层次分明。另外,朱自清使用精妙的语言向读者展示了动态(生机)美,在他笔下,花是“赶趟儿”的,蜜蜂是“闹着”的,气味儿是“酝酿”的,一切都是“生长着”的,洋溢着盎然的生机。作者从总体上描绘春景,大地回春、万物复苏的景象就活生生地展现在了读者眼前。
鲁迅曾把《昆虫记》称为“讲昆虫的故事”“讲昆虫生活”的楷模。鲁迅说:“他的著作还有两种缺点:一是嗤笑解剖学家,二是用人类道德于昆虫界。”周作人说:“法布尔的书中所讲的是昆虫的生活,但我们读了却觉得比看那些无聊的小说戏剧更有趣味,更有意义。”巴金说:“《昆虫记》融作者毕生的研究成果和人生感悟于一炉,以人性观照虫性,将昆虫世界化作供人类获取知识、趣味、美感和思想的美文。”传统文化玉蝉:蝉意喻人生蝉在古人的心目中地位很高,向来被视为纯洁、清高、通灵的象征。玉蝉究其用途,大体可分为四种:一是佩蝉,是专门佩戴在人身上以作装饰和避邪用,示高洁;一种为冠蝉,是作为饰物缀于帽子上的,表示高贵;一种是琀蝉,以蝉的羽化比喻人能重生,寓指精神不死,再生复活;还有一种是镇蝉,做镇纸用的文房用品,多出现在明代以后,前三种蝉属于高古玉,主要产生在商周至战汉时期。