France has the most beautiful castles throughout Europe.Here are some of the best French castles to visit.You'll surely want to visit one of them during your travels in France.Have a look and enjoy!
Château de Versailles
The Château de Versailles is about 20km southwest of Paris.When the castle was built, Versailles was a small village.Today, however, it is a famous area in Paris.The castle was built as a small hunting lodge (乡间小屋) for Louis ⅩⅢ in the 1620s.Years later, he made it bigger.Later, Louis ⅩⅣ also made it larger, making it one of the largest palaces of the world.
Château de Chambord
The Château de Chambord is one of the largest castles around the world.It sits in the Loire Valley.Being at the heart of Europe's largest enclosed wooded park, Chambord, it was built for King Francis Ⅰ to serve as a hunting lodge.It is one of the world's most well-known castles in the world because of its French Renaissance (文艺复兴) building.
Château de Chenonceau
As one of the most famous castles in the Loire Valley, the castle was built during the 11th century on the River Cher.It was passed through many hands.The castle was not destroyed during the French Revolution because it was the only bridge across the river for many miles.
Château de Chantilly
This historic castle sits in the town of Chantilly, France.This beautiful castle is made up of two buildings: the Petit Château built around 1560 for Anne de Montmorency, and the Grand Château which was destroyed during the French Revolution and rebuilt in the 1870s.There are many interesting pieces of 17th century history concerning the castle.Every two years a fireworks competition is held in the castle gardens.
1. What do we know about the Château de Versailles?| A．It sits in a small village. | B．It serves as a hunting place. |
| C．It was first built for Louis ⅩⅢ. | D．It was the largest castle in the 1620s. |
| A．Its long history. | B．Its building style. |
| C．Its wealthy owner. | D．Its important position. |
| A．It was far from Paris. | B．It hid in the Loire Valley. |
| C．It played a very important role. | D．It was built by a famous French king. |
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Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, VanEyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronest.
The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm（Fridays 10am to 9pm）and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross（2-minute walk）. Leicester Square（3-minute walk）,Embankment（7-minute walk）,and Piccadilly Circus（8-minute walk）.
1. Where should you enter to enjoy the older collections ?
| A．The main entrance. |
| B．The ground floor entrance. |
| C．The Trafalgar Square. |
| D．The East Wing. |
| A．The 12th. | B．The 14th. |
| C．The 16th. | D．The 18th. |
| A．In the Sainsbury Wing. |
| B．In the main West Wing. |
| C．In the North Wing. |
| D．In the East Wing. |
| A．You can enjoy the Gallery at 6am on Thursdays. |
| B．You are advised to go there only on Fridays. |
| C．Any special exhibitions are absolutely free of charge. |
| D．Charing Cross is the closest station to the Gallery. |
【推荐2】The Best American National Parks to Visit for Christmas
The Christmas season can be stressful if you spend every moment cleaning, cooking, and hosting guests. Or the holidays can be a joyful celebration of beauty and peace if you plan an escape to one of America’s splendid national parks.
Yellowstone National Park
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Yellow stone, the country’s first national park, is your top choice. Your family can enjoy a quiet and private getaway（假日休闲地）at Old Faithful Snow Lodge & Cabins. Sit by the fire with hot cocoa and look out at the vast wilderness all around you. Also you can photograph a bison and other wildlife on a winter photo safari.
Rocky Mountain National Park
If you really want to get away from it all over the holidays, plan a trip to a park less traveled in the winter. Rocky Mountain National Park is quiet and uncrowded, but the wildlife is still active. Seeing a moose（麋鹿）in its natural habitat is an experience you won’t forget. Sledding and skiing are also exciting possibilities.
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon National Park offers a fun holiday experience for families. Families can get on the Polar Express that runs from Arizona to the South Rim of the park through early January and enjoy a pleasant ride complete with hot chocolate and cookies. When you reach the “North Pole”, Santa Claus is waiting with a gift for each child. It’s the best way for your kids to enjoy the magic of Christmas.
Virgin Islands National Park
If snow isn’t your thing, don’t worry. Virgin Islands National Park is perfect for you to escape winter. With white sandy beaches, clear blue water, and more than 800 subtropical plants, you will feel like you traveled outside the U.S. to a tropical area. Cinnamon Bay is a major spot for Christmastime visitors looking for water sports like sailing, diving, and snorkeling（浮潜）.
1. In which park can you both see animals and go skiing?| A．Yellow stone National Park. | B．Rocky Mountain National Park. |
| C．Grand Canyon National Park. | D．Virgin Islands National Park. |
| A．Art lovers. | B．Explorers. |
| C．Outdoor photographers. | D．Families with children. |
| A．Various water sports. | B．Beautiful train rides. |
| C．The quiet environment. | D．The snow-covered landscape. |
【推荐3】This March is a busy month in Shanghai. There’s a lot to do. Here are the highlights.
Live Music—Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He’s coming with his new 7-piece band, Herbie’s Heroes. Herbie is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t expect to get much sleep. This is Herbie’s third visit to Shanghai. The first two were sold out, so get your tickets quickly.
PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15—23 March
PRICE: ￥80,120 TIME: 10:00p. m. till late!
TEL: 6466-8736
Scottish dancing
Take your partners and get ready to dance till you drop. Scottish dancing is fun and easy to learn. Instructors will demonstrate the dances. The live band, Gordon Stroppie and the Weefrees, are also excellent.
PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: every Monday
PRICE: ￥60 including one drink TIME: 7:00—10:00 p. m.
TEL: 6402-1877
Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum
There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the w hole of Chinese history under one roof. It’s always interesting to visit, but doubly (加倍地) so at the moment with the Egyptian Tombs exhibition. There are lots of mummies and more gold than you’ve ever seen before. Let us know if you see a mummy move!
PLACE: Shanghai Museum PRICE: ￥30 (￥15 for students)
TEL: 6888-6888 DATES: daily
TIME: Monday—Friday 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m. , Weekends 9:00a.m.—9:00p.m.
Dining—Sushi chef in town
Sushi (寿司) is getting really big in Shanghai. In Japan, it’s become an art form. The most famous Sushi “artist” is Yuki Kamura. She’s also one of the few female chefs in Japan. She’ll be at Sushi Scene all of this month.
PLACE: Sushi Scene in the Shanghai Hotel DATES: all month
PRICE: ￥200 TIME: lunch time
TEL: 6690-3211
For a full listing of events, see our website.
1. Suppose you are going to attend an activity at 8: 00p. m. on Saturday, which one can you choose?| A．Live Music—Late Night Jazz. |
| B．Exhibitions—Shanghai Museum. |
| C．Scottish dancing. |
| D．Dining—Sushi chef in town. |
| A．Scottish dancing is so interesting and easy that it never tires you out. |
| B．The performance given by the American jazz band won’t last long. |
| C．Sushi is not popular in Shanghai as it is a kind of Japanese traditional food. |
| D．It is more interesting to visit Shanghai Museum for the exhibits from Egypt. |
| A．an instructor |
| B．a waitress |
| C．a cook |
| D．an artist |
| A．On a website. |
| B．In a newspaper. |
| C．In a book. |
| D．In a magazine. |
【推荐1】“I hope my technology can help the blind to live independently.” Said Dr. Chieko Asakawa, an IBM computer scientist, sharing her life experience and her research with students in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Asakawa began losing her eyesight after an accident and was totally blind by the age of 14. Since the 1980s, she has devoted herself to helping blind people to live a better life with the help of modern technology.
Asakawa was born a normal child, but she became blind at age 14 due to a swimming accident at age 11. In the 1980s. she was a lead developer in digital(数字的)books, allowing blind people to read newspapers and books.
Three years ago, Dr. Asakawa began to work on cognitive assistant (认知辅助)research. NavCog an app developed by Asakawa, uses cognitive technologies to locate users’ position, determine their facing directions and get other information about the surrounding environment. Asakawa is exploring more possibilities, hoping people with disabilities like her can give a presentation on stage without any assistance.
Dr. Asakawa and her team want to develop new technology for various situations-shopping malls. airports, hospitals, etc. She hopes this technology can also be used by normal people-a Take Me Home app for the elderly who get lost, for example.
Dr. Asakawa studied English literature(文学)in college. After she joined IBM, she earned a Ph. D. degree from the University of Tokyo after three years’ study. One student asked Dr. Asakawa how she dealt with the difficulties of changing from English literature to computer science. She replied that she studied from 9 p. m. to midnight every day including weekends and worked the rest of the time. Dr. Asakawa told the students that everything is possible if you don’t give up.
1. What can be learned about Chieko Asakawa?| A．She went blind in her teens. | B．She was born with poor eyesight. |
| C．She wrote books for blind people | D．She became disabled as a college student. |
| A．It will locate lost things. | B．It will help normal people keep fit. |
| C．It will be applied in various surroundings. | D．It will help users become familiar with blind people’s life. |
| A．Be prepared for the future. | B．Never give up. |
| C．Treasure what we have. | D．Treat the disabled nicely. |
| A．Exploring the importance of modern technology | B．How the Internet has changed everyday life |
| C．How Chieko Asakawa “survived” an accident | D．Let the blind “see” the real world |
【推荐2】Greatest Scientists of All Time
Albert Einstein
As a journalist might say, Albert Einstein was the whole package: unique look (wild hair, untidy sweater), witty personality (his words, such as God not playing dice, would live on) and major scientific reputation (his papers turned physics upside down). Time magazine named him Person ofthe Century.
Marie Curie
Born Maria Salomea Sklodowska in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, she lived a hard life in her youth. In 1903, Curie, her husband and Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on radioactivity, making Curie the first woman to win a Nobel. In 1911 Curie won her second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry, for her work with polonium and radium. She remains the only person to win Nobel prizes in two different sciences.
Ada Lovelace
Ada Lovelace earned her place in history as the first computer programmer — a full century before today’s computers appeared. She couldn’t have done it without British mathematician, inventor and engineer Charles Babbage. Their cooperation started in the early 1830s, when Lovelace was just 17. Babbage thought Lovelace threw her magic around the most abstract of Sciences and has grasped it with a force which few male intellects could have placed over it.
Nikola Tesla
We owe much of our modern electrified life to the lab experiments of Nikola Tesla, the Serbian-American engineer, born in 1856 in what’s now Croatia. His designs advanced alternating current at the start of the electric age, powering American homes across the country. He developed the Tesla coil — a high-voltage transformer — and techniques to convey power wirelessly. Cellphone makers (and others) are just now using the potential of this idea.
1. What does the underlined word witty most probably mean?| A．Funny and clever. | B．Proud and optimistic. |
| C．Sensitive and careful. | D．Successful and reliable. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Albert Einstein was named Person of the Century by a journalist. |
| B．Marie Curie remains the only person to win Nobel Prizes twice in physics. |
| C．Ada Lovelace was the first woman British mathematician. |
| D．Nikola Tesla made great contributions to our modern electrified life. |
【推荐3】Channel One News
ChannelOne.com is by far the most comprehensive and informative site for teens. Not only does it keep them up with the latest world news, but it offers homework help, fun quizzes, music videos and movie reviews. Channel One News also covers sports and includes a section where teens can write their own blogs,
Teens Health
This great website covers anything to do with teens’ health. It approaches teen health in a non-clinical way concerning physical, mental and emotional well-being. The “body” section discusses skin and body art, and the “mind” section deals with depression and families among other issues. Diets and recipes are offered as well as discussions about school, jobs and alcohol.
Driving Rules Network
Getting ready to drive a car is usually on the minds of teens. Driving Rules Network is a good place to start. It is part of the Online Study Guide for Student Drivers, which is an interactive site with practice questions and quizzes. Driving Rules Network covers driving laws including state by state laws and study guides. Teens can be well prepared when taking the drivers’ test or applying for their learner’s permit by making use of this site.
Science News
Science News is designed as a science news site for young teens though the information they provide is interesting enough for anyone. Articles covering space, fossils, physics, weather, environment and many other things are offered. It’s a great place for science project ideas. Also on hand are brain teasers, inventing puzzles and science fiction composition exercises.
1. Which website can teenagers turn to if they have difficulty in doing their homework?| A．Channel One News. | B．Teens Health. |
| C．Driving Rules Network. | D．Science News. |
| A．Write a blog. | B．Consult a doctor. |
| C．Discuss about school. | D．Learn some driving laws. |
| A．They provide puzzles. |
| B．They are for teenagers. |
| C．They concern teens’ safety. |
| D．They benefit teens’ physical health. |
