“In life there is no such thing as complete happiness. Happiness always comes with worry.” These are the words from Yang Jiang’s famous work We Three.
Yang Jiang was a writer and translator. She wrote several successful comedies and novels and was also famous for her translation work.
Yang Jiang was born in Beijing in 1911 and grew up in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. She started studying at Tsinghua University in 1932 and there she met Qian Zhongshu. They married in 1935. During 1935—1938, they were abroad to study at Oxford University and University of Paris. In Oxford, Yang gave birth to their daughter Qian Yuan in 1937. They came back to China the next year. In 1949, Yang began to teach at Tsinghua University. She passed away in 2016.
The book We Three is a national bestseller (畅销书). It’s about Yang Jiang’s family life with her husband and their daughter. Yang started writing it at the age of 92.
In the book, Yang used simple language to describe all the joyful and difficult times she spent together with her husband and daughter. From her words, you can feel the love between them. The love usually cannot be described with words alone. You can not only understand what the three of them had achieved and how proud Yang was to have her husband and daughter, but also feel how sad she was for having to spend the rest of her life without her loved ones. However, like Yang wrote, “ Although the pains in life hurt so much, it is the light and hope that I see.”
Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.
| Yang Jiang | |
| Her achievements | She was a writer and translator. Several successful comedies and novels were She was famous for her translation work. |
| Her | In 1911, she was born in Beijing. In 1932, she studied at Tsinghua University and she met Qian Zhongshu there. Three years later, they got married. During 1935-1938, she and her husband were In 1937, their daughter was born. The next year, they returned to China. In 1949, she began to work as a In 2016, she passed away. |
| Her work We Three | It is a Yang Jiang started writing it at the age of 92. She described all the joyful and difficult times she spent together with her husband and daughter. |
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【推荐1】Now many students from China come to the UK to attend school. Over 4,000 new students came in 2019 alone. Many students decide to attend a British university(大学) after their British middle schools. It can help them improve their written and spoken English, find out more about different cultures and experience(体验) very different ways of teaching.
Life for a student studying in the UK can be very exciting. Children start school at the age of 4. At 11, children go to middle school where they may study 10 subjects including Maths, Science, English, History and one or more languages such as French and Chinese. Classes in British schools often have 20 or 30 students. Most schools do not make students sit in the same seat for every lesson.
Children do not just learn from books or a screen, but enjoy different sports as part of their school day, such as soccer, rugby(英式橄榄球), field hockey(曲棍球) and cricket(板球). They can attend clubs after school.
1. Why do many Chinese students come to the UK to attend school?2. When do British children start school?
3. What foreign languages do British middle school students learn?
4. Can British children enjoy many kinds of sports as part of their school day?
5. What do you think of the British school life?
They can have different colors and shapes. They can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone. What can they be? Right, the answer is chilies (辣椒).
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food, but do you know that this spicy (辣的) vegetable could also be very dangerous? A 34-year-old US man lost his life in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili. After taking just one bite, the man began to get serious headaches in the following days, reported by BBC News.
In fact, eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache. But if chilies are harmful, why do people eat this vegetable? What makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced (影响) by natural chemicals (化学物质) that produce “a sense of happiness”. That means chili makes them happy.
And chilies do good to people in another way. A study shows that the death rate (率) of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. This makes people eat more spicy food to make their health better. So don’t worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are really good for us.
1. The passage is mainly about2. Who enjoys adding chilies to food?
3. Chilies do good to people in two ways. What are they?
4. What happened to the man after eating the spiciest chili?
5. Will you eat chili or spicy food? Why?
【推荐3】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
The Belt and Road Forum (一带一路论坛) for International Cooperation was held from May 14 to 15 in Beijing. About 29 heads of state and government took part, as well as over 70 leaders of international organizations, 100 ministerial-level officials from around the world and 1,200 other delegates from various countries and regions.
一带一路国际合作论坛将会于5月14日至15日在北京召开。届时将会有29位国家元首参与会议，同时也会有超过70位国际组织的领导人，以及来自世界各地的100位部级官员和1200位国家和地区代表到场。
Chinese President Xi Jinping first brought up his "Silk Road Economic Belt" initiative (倡议)on a visit to Kazakhstan in 2013 and later proposed (提议) building a "21st Century Maritime (海运的) Silk Road."
中国国家主席习近平在2013年访问哈萨克斯坦时首次提出了丝绸之路经济带战略，后来又提出了建设21世纪海上丝绸之路。
Over the past three years, the One Belt and One Road initiative has had an impact on every country along the road, which together are home to over half the world’s population.
The proposed economic belt is considered as the longest economic corridor in the world, connecting the Asia-Pacific region in the east with the developed European economies in the west. The countries involved have a population of over 4.4 billion people and a combined GDP of 21 trillion dollars.
这条经济带被视为是世界上最长的经济走廊，连接了东部的亚太地区和西方发达的欧洲经济体。这些国家总人口达到44亿, GDP总额达到21万亿美元。
September 2013-The Silk Road Economic Belt concept was first introduced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a speech delivered at Nazarbayev University during his visit to Kazakhstan.
2013年9月，丝绸之路经济带的概念首次由中国国家主席习近平在他访问哈萨克斯坦期间对纳扎尔巴耶夫大学发表讲话时提出。
October 2013-President Xi offered guidance on constructing a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to promote( 促进) international maritime cooperation.
2013年10月，习近平主席提出了建设海上丝绸之路的战略指示，以促进国际海上合作。
November 2014-President Xi announced that China will contribute 40 billion dollars to set up a Silk Road Fund to finance Belt and Road projects.
March 2015-China released an action plan on the principles, framework, and cooperation priorities and mechanism of the Belt and Road initiative.
2015年3月，中国发布了关于一带一路倡议原则，框架以及合作优先顺序和机制的执行计划。
January 2016-The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a China-initiated multilateral bank to support the initiative, started operations.
2016年1月，由中国发起的多国参与的银行——亚洲基础建设投资银行针对一带一路倡议展开了运营。
May 2017-China hosted The Belt and Road forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. President Xi Jinping made a wonderful speech at the opening ceremony of the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on Sunday provided the world a full and rich picture of the “project of the century” which will benefit people across the world.
1. How long did the Belt and Road Forum last?Liu Cixin is a Chinese science fiction writer. He’s a nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award and the winner of the 2015 Hugo Award and the 2017 Locus Award. Liu has become not only the first Chinese writer but also the first Asian writer to win a Hugo Award. Read the time line to learn more about him.
The Wandering Earth was made into a film and the film won great popularity. | ||
| The translation of Death’s End won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. |
| The English version (版) of The Three-Body Problem won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. |
| Liu’s work Death’s End was translated by Ken Liu into English. | American writer Ken Liu translated The Three-Body Problem into English. | |
| His short story The Wandering Earth came out. | His most famous work The Three-Body Problem came out. | |
| He graduated from university and began to work as a computer engineer in Shanxi. | He finished his first novel China 2185. | |
| June 23 He was born in Shanxi, China. | ||
任务一：回答问题。
1. Where is Ken Liu from?
2. What’s the purpose of the time line?
任务二：列举一条有关Liu Cixin的事实性信息（fact）。（用英语列举）
3.
任务三：根据材料内容补全下面句子。
4. The translation of Death’s End won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in
5. 任务四：填写以下信息卡中所缺的内容（_______上填写一词）
| What can we know about The Three-Body Problem? ①It’s Liu Cixin’s most ②It’s translated into English by Ken Liu. |
【推荐2】Hans Christian Andersen is one of the greatest fairy tales writers in the world. He wrote a lot of best-known stories such as The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling. His fairy tales have brought happiness to the children across the world. The tales have versions(版本) of over a hundred languages. Andersen was born in Denmark in 1805. When he was still a young boy, he was already very clever. He created a small toy theatre and made clothes for his puppets (木偶). He also loved reading. In 1816, his father died and he learned to be a tailor(裁缝). Later he worked in a factory. When he was fourteen years old, Andersen moved to the capital of Denmark to become an actor and gave performances in the Royal Danish Theatre. However, because his voice changed when he grew older, the job had to stop. Then he began to write poems and fairy tales.
| One of the | |
| Two best-known | The Emperor’s New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling |
| As a young boy | Creating a small toy |
| At the | Becoming an actor and giving performances in the Royal Danish Theatre |
| As an adult | Beginning to write poems and fairy tales |
Who was Lu Xun? This is not a hard question for most Chinese people. All of us have read his works in textbooks (课本); From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study (《从百草园到三味书屋》) to My Old Home (《故乡》) We know his characters (人物) such as Runtu and Kong Yiji, from a young age. Lu Xun’s real name is Zhou Shuren. He was born on Sept 25, 1881. This year is the 140th anniversary of his birth. People still remember and talk about this great writer.
Pick up the pen
Lu Xun once dreamed of (梦想) being a doctor. He went to study in a Japanese college. However, in the early 20th century, Lu Xun found that there were many problems in Chinese society (社会). The minds of Chinese were numb (麻木的). Most Chinese were just followers without thinking. So he gave up medical study and started writing He hoped his words could inspire (唤醒) people. He changed his dream to save the country. This encouraged me a lot, said Zhao Zhihan, 13 from Beijing. When we make choices (选择), we should think about what they are for.
A changer of writing
Lu Xun is called the “the father of modern Chinese literature (文学)”. He wrote A Madman’s Diary in the everyday language of most Chinese people then. It is a first in modern works. Before this, people wrote in wenyanwen, Wenyanwen is hard to read for someone without training (训练). Lu Xun’s writings opened a new page for modern literature. More writers followed him to write in spoken language.
1. When was Lu Xun born?2. What did Lu Xun want to be at the very beginning?
3. Why did Lu Xun start writing?
4. Did Lu xun write in wenyanwen or spoken language?
5. Why is Lu Xun called “the father of modern Chinese literature”?
