【推荐3】One day, Lindsay and Erica were at Lindsay’s house working on a science project about the weather.

Lindsay was a hard worker like Erica, so the two girls were happy to be partners. They were now writing about rain and were amazed to learn how much rain their town gets every year.

The girls were enjoying the fun facts they were finding. When all of a sudden, Lindsay saw Erica couldn’t breathe. Erica had been chewing on (咬住) a pen cap and had accidentally swallowed (吞下) it.

Lindsay asked her if she was choking (窒息). When Erica nodded to say yes, Lindsay quickly got her mom to do the Heimlich maneuver (急救法) to try to help Erica. (The Heimlich maneuver is a popular way to save some one from choking. This method is named after the doctor who invented it, Henry Heimlich.)

Lindsay’s mom didn’t want to hurt Erica, so the first time she tried the Heimlich maneuver, she did not do it very hard. She tried a second time, and nothing happened. After trying it a third time, the pen cap flew out of Erica’s mouth!

Erica was very thankful to Lindsay and her mom. She was really scared when she had swallowed the pen cap and could not breathe. Lindsay’s quick thinking saved her friend. This was one science project that both girls would never forget!

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【推荐2】Robert Frost was one of America’s best-known writers. But his fame came late in his life. When people began to read his poems, he was forty years old.

Robert was born in San Franciso, California. His childhood was unhappy. His father often drank too much and became angry. His father treated him unkindly and always put him in the dark room. As a child, Robert was scared of darkness. When he was eleven, his father died.

After high school, Robert’s grandfather offered to pay his cost at Dartmouth College. But Robert left there after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at different jobs. Sometimes he worked as a teacher, sometimes a reporter. But always, he wrote poems. In 1912, he decided to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. In Britain, his first book of poems, A Boy’s Will, was published in 1913. Robert received high praise from British readers. But Robert’s best book of poems was North of Boston. In Britain, readers liked his writing style—taking simple natural things and building a world of new meanings. His works were easily understood.

But his life was sad. His son killed himself. His wife was often sick. Robert Frost, too, suffered from his own imaginary sicknesses (幻想症). He lived a different life through his poems. He talked about simple, natural things: trees, the weather, seasons, night and day.

①On the Stork Tower

by Wang Zhihuan

The sun beyond the mountain glows;

The Yellow River seawards ________.

You can enjoy a grander sight;

By climbing to a greater height.

(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

②This poem is only 20 characters long, but its perfect mixture of beauty and philosophical (哲理的) thinking has made it a classic for centuries. The first two lines of the poem describe scenery, while the last two lines show the poet’s feelings.

③Wang Zhihuan used clever wordplay to write this poem. The first and second lines match in terms of their sound and meaning, as do the third and fourth lines.

④The first line describes the setting sun in the west, while the second line describes the river flowing towards the east. Together, they make for a grand (宏伟的) view. The third and fourth lines point out the fact that the higher one stands, the farther one can see. This not only shows the poet’s great aspirations (抱负), but also encourages people to keep moving ahead and not to let success or failure go to their heads.

⑤Wang Zhihuan (688-742) was a Tang Dynasty poet. He was a brave man. He liked to travel across China, drinking and waving his sword around while singing. He was good at writing quatrains (绝句). Most of Wang’s poems describe natural scenery and life in the frontier (边塞). Wang was good friends with frontier poets GaoShi and Wang Changling.