Ding Yiteng received his early education in America where his mother was doing her medical research. At first, he couldn't1others at school and had few friends there. What's worse, when he and his2returned to China after the sixth grade, Ding couldn't be accepted by kids in China, either.
Difficulties shaped(塑造) Ding's 3 to communicate with others, and loneliness caused his wish to express himself. In college, Ding became4 in theatre and spent most of his time acting. His5 for Chinese opera became stronger while acting in Denmark in 2015. A picture of Peking Opera performer Mei Lanfang on the wall of the Danish theatre company made him feel 6.
"I felt great need for Chinese culture and its greatness," Ding said. And then Ding7all his time and energy studying Chinese dramas and showing traditional plays, like Tou 0 Yuan, in a new way.
"I understand the Western perspective (视角) of art and beauty, and I love Chinese culture, "said Ding. "So8can't I be the one who integrates (融合) different cultures?"
He9a new method of theatre acting and expression "The Modern Format". It integrates traditional Chinese cultural elements with contemporary performance techniques (现代表演技巧).
10, because of his hard work, he became the winner of the "New Prominent Chinese Director "award in 2018 with Tou O Yuan.
Once a young man loved a girl very much. He folded 1, 000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift for the girl. Although he just worked in a small company, they were happy together. However, one day, the girl told him she was going to Paris and would never come back because she couldn't see any future for both of them, so they separated.
The young man felt very sad. After a long time, he became confident again and he worked hard day and night. Finally he had his own company.
On a rainy day, while he was driving on the street, he saw an elderly couple walking with an umbrella in the rain. He recognized (认出) they were the girl's parents soon. So he drove slowly beside them, wanting them to know that he had his own company, car, etc.
To the man's surprise, the couple was walking towards a cemetery(墓地). He followed them and there he saw his ex-girlfriend - a photo of her and he saw his paper cranes in a bottle placed beside her tomb.
The couple saw him finally and explained their daughter didn't leave for Paris at all. She died from cancer. In fact, she believed that he would succeed someday, but she didn't want her illness to make him ____________. So she decided to leave him.
The man cried. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you will never see them again.
Fourteen-year-old Wang Fa won the championship in a recent tennis competition held in Guangzhou. But what has attracted more attention is the way he carries his rackets (球拍)- using a bamboo pack basket. Many netizens have said that the basket is not just carrying his rackets, but also his tennis dream. Wang is from Cangyuan, Yunnan. Growing up in a remote village, he knew nothing about tennis until he was 8, when his talent was discovered by Zhang Xiaohong, a tennis coach.
Zhang started the wild Elephant Tennis Club in Yunnan. In 2016, he began a special program to train children from rural areas to take part in competitive sports. He hoped it could help them have more chances for their future life.
In the past, tennis was not known by too many Chinese people. The success story of Li Na made it really popular. But for people in rural areas, it's still something far away from them. When there was a chance to play tennis, Wang Fa expressed his willingness(乐意) to follow Zhang to Kunming for training. Zhang chose 10 children from the county that time.
"Before I started to learn tennis, I had just stayed in my home town and knew little about the outside world. Now I've travelled to many different parts of the country, " said Wang. "I'll keep working hard. I hope I can be a member of the national team in the future and compete in global tournaments. "
In the southeast of the Tengger Desert in the city of Zhongwei, Ningxia sits a new desert library. The24-hour library welcomes book lovers and visitors with its beauty and culture. Zhongwei was an important place in China in history. The city of Zhongwei did a lot for many years to make its culture known to people. And the library is part of the desert culture of Zhongwei.
As Ningxia's first library built in the desert, the new library has three floors and can keep 40, 000books. It opened in June, 2022 and quite a few visitors have come to visit it. Some people like it for its special shape. "The library is a great success," Jin Weiqi, a visitor to the library said. "Seen from the sky, the chocolate brown building looks like a boat that is left on the beach." Others love the special reading experience there. Yang Fang is one of them. The primary school teacher brought her 8-year-old daughter to the library. With stars above their heads at night, they can enjoy reading when listening to the sounds of the wind in the desert.
"Lost 'Treasure Box (丢失的宝盒)", the name of the library, shows us part of Zhongwei's history and culture. "The library has a lot of stories to tell, "said Liu Huiling, a worker of the library. Many important historical events took place there in the history of China. So visiting the library is a good way to learn about local history and culture.
These days, Max Burns becomes popular on the Internet. The 19-year-old British boy is interested in Chinese food and he is trying to teach people how to make it through short videos.
He lived with his family in Qingdao for the first 6 years of his life and then they moved to Beijing. They could find all kinds of street food and restaurants near their house. When his family moved to the UK again in 2016, he often missed that.
Though he didn't live in China anymore, he loved to eat Chinese food. He decided to order Chinese food online, but the food always let him down. He also made some cooking videos and shared them online.
Now the cooking videos are very popular. They can learn to make all kinds of Chinese food from his videos, like jianbing and zongzi. Max usually teaches cooking in a simple way.
"When people ask me where I'm from, I find it hard to answer it. I grew up in China, but I'm now living in the UK," he says. " I hope to share Chinese or British culture with people of the two countries. "
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A. It's difficult to change eating habits. B. Over 3 million people watch his videos every day. C. It is not convenient to order Chinese food online here. D. Max's love for Chinese food started from a young age. E. Then he had the idea of making Chinese food by himself. F. I want to build a culture bridge between China and Britain. |
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A. Please write down some good sentences when you read. You can also keep a diary in English every day. B. Don't read word by word. And guess a word's meaning by reading the sentences before and after it. Try to understand the main idea. C. You have to go over the words more often. You can write the new words in your notebook and read them before you go to bed and after you get up. D. There are many ways of improving English listening, like listening to English songs or watching English movies. I advise you to choose English songs or movies because they are easy to understand. E. Don't be afraid of making mistakes and just speak out. Joining an English club and having more conversations with foreign friends can help you practise your speaking. F. Doing more grammar exercises will help you learn English grammar. When you don't understand something, you should ask your classmates or English teacher for help. |
Betty: I know grammar is important, but I think it's hard to learn. What should I do?
Li Lei: I never talk with others in English. I'm afraid of making mistakes when speaking English.
Alice: I don't do well in writing. I always get bad scores because of writing. I don't know how to improve it.
Maria: I'm a slow reader. I often read word by word. And I always look up many words when reading a passage.
Daisy: It is difficult to remember so many words. I spend much time remembering the new words. But soon I forget them.
After a big earthquake hit Luding, Sichuan on September 5, rescuers from across Sichuan went to the area (help) people there.
During the activity, the photo of a young rescuer a 2-month-old baby in his arms touched many people. When Zhang Zili and some other rescuers (find) the baby and her grandmother trapped(被困) at their home in a village on September 6, they sent the baby and his grandma to (safe)quickly. The baby's father, a firefighter, took part in the rescue activity after earthquake happened. His mother and grandfather were so (serious) hurt that they were in hospital.
Zhang Zili, a 20-year-old boy, is from Maoxian. It is near Wenchuan where a big earthquake killed more than 69, 000 people in 2008.
14years ago，Zhang experienced the terrible earthquake (he). It broke down his family's house. He and his family lived in a tent was set up in a school playground. "I remembered the tent was very dark, and 1 was frightened," Zhang said. "Then an uncle of the People's Liberation Army came to mc. He taught me to sing (song) and played with me. He kept (say), "Don't be afraid. We are here now. '"
The words left a deep impression on the boy.
This year, Zhang became a firefighter and he has taken part in several rescue activities.
要点提示:
1）一些学生过度使用眼睛的现状；
2）介绍一些如何保护眼睛的方法；
3）号召大家一起保护眼睛。
参考词汇:
eyesight视力
写作要求:
1）短文须包含所有提示信息，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
2）条理清楚，语言流畅，语句通顺，标点正确;
3）80词左右。
As we all know, eyes are important to us.
