There was once a young man who began to feel self-satisfied after some small achievements.
One day, the young man took a walk with a 1 man from the town. On the way the young man was bragging(吹嘘) about himself, 2 the wise man didn't say a word. When they3 a peak(山峰), the wise man asked, "Look down. What do you see?"
"I see trees, houses and people as 4 as ants working in the fields," the young man said.
"What do you feel?" the wise man asked.
"Everything is 5 me. I feel I rule the world," the young man answered.
The wise man said nothing. After a minute, he asked the young man to look 6 "What do you see this time?" the wise man asked.
"I see 7flying around high mountains, the white clouds on the mountains and the blue sky above the white clouds," the young man answered.
Then he asked the wise man's 8.
"I feel small and powerless," the wise man answered. "A person who knows to look upward can 9 understand his position(位置). When a person knows the blue sky is always overhead, he won't be so luck as to believe he rules the world."
The young man felt foolish for his pride. From then on, he looked up at the sky and remembered 10 small he really was.
Try to look upward when you feel too good about yourself.
One day I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying "You don't say!". I was puzzled, and I thought, "Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about." So I said to him, "Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?"
"Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful!" "Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it." As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, "You don't say!"
I couldn't help asking, "Why do you ask me not to talk about it?"
"Well, I didn't ask you to do so," he answered, greatly surprised.
"Did you say 'You don't say!'?" I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain," 'You don't say!' means 'Really'. Perhaps you know little about English idioms."
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
Do you use WeChat or QQ to chat with your friends? If yes, then you must be a user of memes(表情包), too. Memes are now an important part of online chatting among Chinese.
Memes can be pictures of GIFs. They are usually of stars, TV and film scenes or animated images(动画形象). There is often a line of text in a meme. It explains the picture.
The memes of singer Huang Zitao are very popular. Huang runs and says his famous line, "I will not easily go die."
There are some other popular memes, too. TV hostess Dee Hsu rolls her eyes. Actor Zhou Jie shouts with anger. Basketball player Yao Ming laughs but looks like he is crying.
These people have exaggerated(夸张的)facial expressions. Users make memes of them for fun. On the other hand, memes can give people information in an easy, funny way.
If you are tired of using the popular memes, then make your own. Meme apps can help you do that. Why not try it for yourself?
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Watching Movies for Your Winter |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Captain Jack Sparrow again appears on the screen. This time, he finds himself in a heavy debt(债) to Davy Jones. The only way to get out of it is to find the Dead Man's Chest. He asks his old friends for help and they start to the sea. |
| Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties Hello, Garfield will meet you again on the screen. This time American's favorite cat Garfield travels to London. Garfield gets lost on the way. However, he enjoys his new life in his new home. But danger is near him… |
| Superman Returns How exciting it is to see Superman on the screen again! Like before, he is again saving the world. But his enemy, Lex Luthor, is still planning to kill him so that he can control the world. |
What might the future be like? Here are some predictions(预测): things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time and the journey is difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, nuclear power(核能) and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students' library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students' parents through e-mail. And school buses will be comfortable and safe.
Tips for Writing Better Articles
Good writing skills will help us improve our grades and benefit us later in life.
Choose good words. When we're not sure which word is the right one for a sentence, look it up in a dictionary.
Check facts. If we want people to believe what we write, we must make sure our facts are true.
Rewrite. A common problem is that we don't like to rewrite. In fact rewriting is the best way to find out and correct some mistakes, like grammar and spelling mistakes. , though it takes more time and more work.
Read aloud. Sometimes it's easier to find problem with spelling and grammar when we read aloud. Reading aloud helps us not only find out our problems but also develop our writing.
. Preparing a list is necessary for writing a good article. Such a list includes: Is there a proper title? Have we explained every point? Are all the parts of the article included? This can help us to make sure that we have covered everything.
. But with a few simple steps, we can improve our writing skills and learn how to write better articles.
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A. Prepare a list B. The following tips can be helpful C. Rewriting makes our writing better D. It is not easy to become a better writer E. Good word choices are necessary for good writing |
Each year, China creates around 300 million tons of rubbish. Less than a ['kwɔːtə] of the waste is recycled. Most rubbish is buried in landfills or burned without being (sort). Landfills take up a lot of space in cities. It can also (pollution)the nearby soil and water.
Things in developed countries are much (good) because of their sorting systems (制度). In Japan, for example, there are strict rules for (throw) away rubbish. One has to put the rubbish in the right place at the right time. The rubbish is usually sorted into eight [kaɪndz]: burnable, non-burnable, plastic bottles, recyclable plastic, other plastic, paper, harmful rubbish and then hard rubbish as desks and old TV sets.
China has been helping promoting (促进) rubbish sorting in recent years.to a plan in Beijing, people get WeChat points by sorting out rubbish. They can later exchange (兑换) the points for['ʃɒpɪŋ]cards or even money!
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