The three astronauts aboard China’s Shenzhou-15 spaceship entered the country’s space station and met with another astronaut trio on November 30th, 2022, a historic gathering that added the manpower at the in-orbit space lab to six for the first time. China’s Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination early on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
“I’m grateful (感谢的) for the new era (时代), for giving us the platform (平台) to realize our dream,” said Deng Qingming. Deng Qingming, a Chinese astronaut who’s ready for the Shenzhou-15 mission after 24 years of wait. “Being a backup (备份) doesn’t mean you don’t need to work. I must watch closely in the control center and offer all I know about the mission and the spacecraft in case of emergency,” Deng said during a previous interview. “Only when the crew returns to Earth will my mission (使命) be complete.” “The success of the mission comes before my personal wishes,” said Deng. |
Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu will carry out the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission, and Fei will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced at a press conference. The Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship will be launched at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency on Monday. |
1. When did the Chinese astronauts meet in the country’s space station?
2. Who will carry out the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission?
3. Where will the Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship be launched?
4. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
5. According to Deng’s words, what do you think of him?
6. Do you want to be an astronaut? Why?
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【推荐1】It’s been a long journey. From DJ to producer to singer, Mark Ronson is now a pop star in his own right.
On Feb 15, his hit song Uptown Funk won Record of the Year, one of the most important prizes, at the 2016 Grammy Awards.
While the world has gone crazy for the song, Ronson, 40, went through six difficult months to produce it. In fact, the UK musician made 17 versions (版本) of Uptown Funk.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Ronson told the UK newspaper that he worked so hard that his hair started to fall out. At one point, the stress of trying to come up with a suitable guitar part even caused him to f'aint (晕倒) in a restaurant.
The difficulties didn’t stop there. Ronson also didn’t have enough confidence in his singing, as he had been a producer for a long time. “I work with great singers,” he told the New York Post, “so I’ve always heard what really good voices sound like.”
Still, things worked out great in the end.
His family plays an important part in his success. His stepfather guitarist Mick Jones was one of the first members of the rock band Foreigner and sometimes Jones would share ideas with Ronson.
“After school, Jones would play me the most recent mix of songs in the studio and ask what I thought, and l would tell him in my little English schoolboy voice, ‘I remember the bass (贝司) was turned up a little more on the mix from last week’”, Ronson told The Guardian, “I was kind of meant to live in the studio.”
All these influences led to his success. Ronson taught himself how to DJ when he was 16. “I practiced by copying my favorite DJs on the radio,” he told US radio station NPR. “I would listen to them and try and copy in my best way what they were doing.”
With the goal of being a cool DJ, Ronson dropped out of New York University and played in clubs in downtown New York, where popular artists often visited．
“If you do a good job, there’s the chance they might remember who you are,” he told NPR.
And doing a good job is how Ronson got into show business.
“Never underestimate (低估) Ronson,” UK DJ Zane Lowe told Esquire magazine, “he is fully prepared for opportunities.”
1. Is Mark Ronson a pop star now?__________________________________________________
2. What did he win on Feb 15, 2016?
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3. How did he teach himself to be a DJ?
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4. Where did he play after dropping out of university?
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5. What made him successful?
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【推荐2】Zhang Guimei, the headteacher of Huaping High School for Girls in Liiang city, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, was born in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province in 1957. At the age of 17, Zhang traveled to Yunnan and has been a teacher there for over 40 years.
The school founded (创立) by Zhang in 2008 was the first high school in the country to provide free education to girls. With Zhang’s help, the girls were able to continue their studies after completing their nine years of compulsory education. Zhang did so much to improve the education for girls from poor families that she was given the title “Role Model of the Times” in 2020.
If you know Zhang’s own conditions, you will be more deeply moved by her. She has no personal property (资产), and she has lived in the student dormitory since its founding. She spends most of her salary and the bonuses (津贴) she receives on her students. Although she has serious health problems, she always takes morning classes together with the students. She has also walked up to 110,000 kilometers to visit her students’ families over the years.
Thanks to her efforts, about 40 percent of the high school leavers have been accepted by key universities. More than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities through her education.
Zhang’s story will be long remembered and encourage more people to follow her example.
1. What is the name of the school Zhang Guimei founded?2. When was the school founded?
3. Why was Zhang given the title “Role Model of the Times” in 2020?
4. How does Zhang spend the money she receives?
5. How many girls have got university education with Zhang’s help?
【推荐3】A ground control operator at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center(北京航天控制中心) caught people’s attention during the launch of the Shenzhou XIII space mission over the weekend.Gao Jian,born in 1994,was first tasked with the job of directing the mission of Shenzhou XII in June this year.
During an interview with reporters, Gao explained the meaning of his famous line “Beijing, copy”.
“My answer means I’ve got what you’ve said and I’m clear about your next move.”Gao said.
“We repeated it to ensure that astronauts can reach the ground at any time. When they call back, there are always people replying to them.”
His determined voice and calm tone won him national fandom. With his handsome appearance, he has been seen as the real-life version of character Yu Tu in the hit TV series You Are My Glory, which shows the lives and roles of space industry workers. For this, Gao replied,“It’s not only me, everyone in our space industry is the real-life version of Yu Tu.”
“It’s probably not me that people pay attention to, they actually pay more attention to my job, as well as the whole China’s space industry.”
At the end of the interview, Gao Jian said, “We are like the people who pick the fruit. The old generation (一代人)did a lot ahead of us. Just like an old saying goes, one generation plants the tree in whose shade another generation rests”.
1. Why did Gao Jian repeat “Beijing, copy ”during the launch?2. What does “Beijing, copy” mean in Chinese?
3. 从文中找出与He got a lot of fans all over China because of his way to speak.意思相近的句子。
4. What is the TV series You Are My Glory about?
5. Why do so many people pay attention to Gao Jian?
6. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
【推荐1】Two waste bottles for a pencil, 500 grams of unrecyclable waste for a notebook, and 15 kilograms of waste paper for a soccer ball or basketball－the equations（等式）are kept in mind by Nyima and all other students at a Second Middle School in Qinghai province.
Every weekend, Nyima holds a plastic bag of garbage, such as used water bottles, as she returns from home.
The garbage collected by the 14-year-old will be turned into stationary（文具）, items like pencils and notebooks, she says. "It is a habit for us to pick up the garbage in the ground." said Nyima. "It is hard to find enough garbage for exchange now"
"It took me about one month to save up enough waste bottles to get something like a notebook," said Nyima. The boy students sometimes work together and wait for a long time in order to get larger items, such as soccer balls and basketballs.
Since 2015, a program called "Garbage for Stationery" has improved the school environment and made students care about the environment around them in six middle schools in the area along with ecology（生态学） and environment classes.Students have welcomed the program since it started.There are about 40 stationary items available for exchange. The school has spent about 20,000 yuan on the program, and some of the money has come from donations from society.
According to Nyiga, headmaster of the school, fighting poverty through education requires not only knowledge but also a sense of responsibility among future generations to protect the environment the local people rely on.
1. Did the program “Garbage for Stationary” start in 2015?_____________________________________________________
2. What stationary item can Nyima get for two waste bottles?
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3. What is the purpose of the program?
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4. Why is it hard for Nyima to find garbage now?
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5. What is the attitude of Nyiga the school’s headmaster towards the program?
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6. Would you donate money to the program? Give at least two reasons.
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In China most children are getting plenty of homework, because it is believed that the more homework children do, the better they will perform in study. But one primary school in northeast China has done just the opposite for the past 37 years.
That is Shenyang Railway No. 5 Primary School. Although its students don’t have to do homework, they are still getting high-standard education. This requires teachers to prepare their lesson plans well, so that students can learn as much as they can during class time.
Also, students from all grades will have a 15-minute mini class in the afternoon (most classes in China are 40 minutes), during which they can focus on developing some abilities such as memorizing (记忆), listening, or summarizing (总结).
However, not having homework doesn’t mean that students do nothing after school. In fact, they are encouraged to read books at night, or watch the news. They can also find and develop their interests by taking the more than 60 clubs at school, including technology, arts, sports, and others.
Wang Hongliang, a former student of the school, said: “We really learned a lot from that experience. That’s what I found out during my later studies at middle school and high school.”
1. Does “the opposite” in Para 1 mean giving homework or not giving homework?2. What are teachers required to do to make sure students still get high-standard education?
3. How long is a mini afternoon class in Shenyang Railway No. 5 Primary School?
4. How can students find and develop their interests?
5. Who is Wang Hongliang?
China’s Henan Province has made headlines since it was hit with torrential rains, which left people dead, missing and severely affected. With donations, Chinese enterprises are setting a positive example.
Chinese sportswear company Erke made a donation of 50 million yuan (＄7.7 million) to provide supplies for flood relief and aid. After the company made the announcement on its social media platform, Sina Weibo, it received widespread support. One of the comments left by a netizen ranked at the top under the topic. “It feels like you’re going out of business and you donated so much,” the netizen wrote. What made the company’s donation impressive and led to go viral is the fact that the donation is a big sum for the company, the company’s live streaming channel on Taobao, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform, which was a big increase from its usual number of viewers.
With donations, supplies and condolences rolling in, many Chinese enterprises are setting a positive example.
1. What happened China’s Henan Province according to the passage?2. How much did Chinese sportswear company Erke donate?
3. Why did the company Erke receive widespread support?
4. Are Chinese enterprises setting a positive example?
5. What do you think of Chinese sportswear company Erke?
The Mars rover (探测器) Zhurong has traveled more than 1. 9 km since it first set its wheels on the surface of the planet in May the year before last year. The lastest information was reported by the Chinese space administration.
Since May last year, Zhurong has worked on the surface of Mars for 342 Martian days at a distance of 240 million kilometers from Earth. A Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
Zhurong touched down on the Utopia Planita, a huge plain in the northern half of Mars,
on May 15, 2021. Since then, it has collected surface rock samples (样品) and taken pictures while exploring the planet.
Mars is about to enter the winter season, during which night temperatures will drop to -100, with a high probability of sandstorms. Martian winters last about six Earth months. Scientists have made special designs on the Zhurong rover, including low temperature resistance (阻力) , sand resistance, power safety and other features, to make sure that the rover can work safely on the Mars.
The Chinese space administration also reported that lunar (月球) rover Yutu-2, or Jade rabbit-2, has been working for 42 lunar days and moved 1,181 meters on the moon surface.
China’s Chang’e-4 rover with a lander, and Yutu-2 were sent off on December 8, 2018. They made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019.
1. When did Zhurong first land the planet?2. How many Earth days has Zhurong worked on Mars since May last year?
3. What did Zhurong do when exploring the planet?
4. Why did scientists make special designs on Zhurong rover?
5. Please ask ONE question about the last paragraph with “What, Who, How…”.
【推荐2】Japanese researchers say they are working to build the world’s first satellite (卫星) made of wood. The goal is to help fight the problem of space junk. Space junk includes things like dead satellites, lost pieces of equipment (设备) and small pieces of paint. Such objects can be dangerous to spacecraft and satellites running in space.
The project is an effort from both sides, including the company Sumitomo Forestry and Japan’s Kyoto University. The development team recently announced plans for the satellite in a news release. The researchers say the wooden satellite, which they call LignoSat, is one of several planned projects that try to explore how wood might be used in space in the future.
The design of a wooden satellite model is being developed by researchers from Sumitomo Forestry company and Japan’s Kyoto University. The developers say wood offers several advantages over other materials commonly used to build satellites, such as aluminum (铝) and other metals. For example, the researchers say wood does not stop electromagnetic waves (电磁波). For this reason, wooden structures could be used to house antenna (天线) equipment and other controlling equipment, the team said in a statement. Wooden structures would also be simpler to design and weigh less than present satellite equipment, the researchers added. Such satellites would be better for the environment because they would burn up when returning to the Earth. They would not leave very small pieces of polluting things into the air and oceans.
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Welcome home! The Shenzhou XII manned spacecraft returned to Earth on Sept. 17. Carrying three Chinese astronauts—Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo—the return capsule（返回舱）touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia at 1:34 pm.
The three astronauts were found in good health. （A）Actually, the return journey was so smooth that Tang was seen playing with a pen in the return capsule. However, there were dangerous and challenging parts that you might not know about the landing.
While the return capsule entered the atmosphere（大气层）, the temperature of its outside could be higher than 2, 000 degrees! “Real gold fears no fire,” Nie joked as they experience this. Special materials on the outside of the capsule kept the astronauts safe inside.
More dangerously, the astronauts experienced a blackout（黑障）period, which was caused by the heating. It means they lost radio touch with Earth for several minutes. Radar（雷达）helped people on the ground locate（定位）the capsule.
When the capsule was about 10 kilometers above the ground, it prepared to land. At the time, the capsule still traveled at 200 meters per second. That’s twice the speed of high speed trains! It was too fast to directly land. Therefore, parachutes（降落伞）are used to soften the landing. Even so, if a chute is too big, it might turn over, just like an umbrella on windy days. So the capsule first opened a small chute before pulling out its giant main chute—as big as 1, 200 square meters! They let the capsule slow down gradually.
Sept. 17 was Liu Boming’s 55th birthday. He said it was his most memorable birthday. We can believe him!
1. 请将文中划线句子（A）翻译成汉语。2. What can we know from paragraphs 3-4?
3. Is Sept. 17 a special day for Liu Boming? Why or why not?
4. Why were two parachutes used?
5. 请用英文给短文拟一个合适的标题。
