On 9 January 1896, Mao Yisheng was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. He is a famous bridge expert, civil engineering scientist and educator of China.
Mao received a modern education including maths, science and arts. He graduated from Tangshan Engineering College in 1916. In 1917, he was accepted into America’s Cornell University where he earned his Master’s degree. Then he moved to Carnegie Mellon University where he became the first PhD student in the university’s history. His dissertation (博士论文) contributed greatly to bridge theory in the 1920s.
Dr. Mao is considered as the founder (奠基人) of modern bridge engineering in China. He designed Qiantang River Bridge, the first road-and-railway bridge designed and built by a Chinese.
He also took part in the design of China’s first modern bridge—Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge.
Moreover, Dr. Mao also led the design of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. He became an academician (院士) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1955, and the first Chinese scientist to be awarded the title of a foreign academician of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 1982.
Dr. Mao worked in five famous universities. He greatly influenced Chinese engineering education by introducing new teaching methods.
Dr. Mao passed away in 1989. He was awarded the title of “the most beautiful fighter” in 2019. Mao Yisheng plays an important role in Chinese structural engineering.
Mao Yisheng | |
| Personal information | >He was born in 1896 and >He is a bridge expert, scientist and educator. |
| Education experiences | >He received a modern education. >After graduating from Tangshan Engineering College, he went >His dissertation made a great contribution to bridge theory in the 1920s. |
| >He was the chief designer of two famous modern bridges and the Great Hall of the People. >He was an academician of >He introduced new teaching methods to Chinese engineering education. | |
| Praise | >Awarded “the most beautiful fighter”, he is of great |
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【推荐1】It was a few years ago. A friend had sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I had picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice sit-down restaurant instead of the fast-food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious and we all had a good time just being together.
When the waitress brought the check. I looked down at it. The gift card covered almost all of it. I reached into my wallet to get enough cash to cover the rest. I saw two bills in my wallet. The first would cover the rest of the bill and give the waitress a nice tip. The second bill was much larger so I reached down to pick out the first one.
At that moment my mind flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a waiter in a restaurant much like the one we were in now. It was long hours of hard work for low pay. I went home just only making enough to feed my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitress counting their little tips worrying about how they were going to pay the rent and buy their kids things they needed. I remembered the pain in their eyes and sadness in their faces at the end of the day.
I blinked (眨眼) and was back in the present again. My fingers touched the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down, and picked out the much larger bill. I folded it around the gift card and covered both of them with the check. As we all got up from the table, I handed them to the hard-working waitress. “You keep the change,” I said with a smile and a happy heart.
We are all children of the same earth. Do your best to be kind then.
1. Did the writer take his children to the fast-food places they usually ate at on the sunny Sunday afternoon?
2. Why didn’t the writer choose the second bill in the first place?
3. What made the writer change his mind in the end?
4. Why are there always pain and sadness in the waitresses’ faces at the end of the day?
5. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 6 refer to?
6. How do you understand the underlined sentence “ We are all children of the same earth.”?
Why did Song Dynasty (960-1279) officials(官员) wear hats that had two “wings”?
Several months ago, many pictures of Chinese students wearing winged-hats have been posted online. They use the hats to practice social distancing when they return to school. Many people say the hats look like those worn during the Song Dynasty. It's true that in the Song Dynasty, officials wore hats that had two long wing-like flaps (长翅). According to one legend (传说），the hats were designed by Zhao Kuangyin, the first emperor (皇帝) of the dynasty.
One day, when listening to a minister's report, Zhao noticed that many ministers were whispering to each other and not respecting court rules. Zhao came up with a practical solution. He required that wings should be added to the ministers' hats. Using a metal plate and bamboo strips as the wings, the "wings" prevented the ministers from talking to others sitting beside them. Since then, the court order had been kept.
Although the story is recorded in a book from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), some historians (史学家) think the story may not be true. The wings of the hats might just be a decoration that could make people look dignified (庄严的). They were not convenient (方便) to wear, so the hats disappeared in later dynasties at last.
1. When did the Chinese students began to wear winged-hats?2. Why did the Chinese students wear winged hats?
3. What materials were the ancient hats' wings made of?
4. Where is the story recorded?
5. Why did the hats disappear at last?
Hello,everyone!I'm Wang Qiang.34.我通常在早上六点二十起床。I eat breakfast at 6:50 and go to school at 7:20.35.I walk to school.Our first class begins(开始）at 8:00.We have four classes in the morning and three in the afternoon.My favorite subject is English.Our English teacher is great fun.Her classes are very interesting.I also like music .I'm good at playing the guitar.I have two music classes a week.
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1. How many classes does Wang Qiang have a day ?
2. What subjects does Wang Qiang like ?
3. Can Wang Qiang play the guitar well ?
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It is often believed that we are always well protected by those who are brave. Zhong Nanshan, a well-known doctor, is one of them. Let’s know something about him.
October, 1936, Dr. Zhong was born into a family of doctors. July, 1960, Zhong graduated from Beijing Medical College and took a teaching here. 2003, Dr. Zhong risked his life to control SARS, which led to a terrible fast-spreading disease. At that time, few people knew about SARS and had no idea to fight against it effectively. Dangerous as it was, Dr. Zhong and his team discovered the cause of the disease and the effective treatment through hard work for several months.
September, 1971, encouraged to follow his parents’ footsteps, Zhong started his career as a doctor in Guangzhou. He made up his mind to bring healthier and happier lives to people. April, 2004, because of his great contributions, Zhong was presented Bethune Medal (白求恩奖章) which was the highest prize in the field of medicine and health. In 2020, the Coronavirus (新冠病毒) outbreak in January in Wuhan frightened billions of people. Dr. Zhong, aged 83, still joined in the battle against the disease bravely. To free people from fear, Dr. Zhong taught them how to protect themselves patiently. Meanwhile, he played an important role in the vaccine (疫苗) development team. In March, Dr Zhong shared China’s experience online with the doctors in Europe, where the virus (病毒) also came around at the end of February.
1. What is the first job that Zhong Nanshan chose to be?2. How old was Dr. Zhong Nanshan when he won the highest prize in his field?
3. Who did Dr Zhong share experience with online in March?
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【推荐2】Charles Darwin
One of the most famous scientists to study adaptations (适应) was Charles Darwin. He was born in England in 1809. He wasn’t the best student in his school, but when he was 16, his father sent him to a medical school. Charles liked spending time outdoors observing (观察) nature more than attending medical classes. He dropped out (退学) without graduating.
Next, Charles’s father sent him to school to become a minister (牧师). This time he made it to graduation. But he didn’t want to do the work of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.
After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the Beagle as an unpaid (无薪) scientist. He wasn’t the first choice, but he was the lucky one to go. The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. The crew’s (全体船员) task was to make maps of the places they visited.
On December 27th, 1831, Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five years. During this time, he saw many amazing things. He collected lots of plants and animals and took them back to England to study.
Twenty-three years later, Darwin published an important scientific paper with another man named Wallace. Darwin described how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. They are passed on to offspring (后代). Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still very important to the study of living things.
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4. In fact, the trip sailing from England on the Beagle lasted
5. Darwin described
The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England.
Charles’ father was a well-known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor and scientist. Charles’ father hoped that his son would also become a doctor.
As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He watched nature, and compared what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves. His father did not like this, as Charles was not studying very well at school.
①为了成为一名医生，十六岁时达尔文就被送到爱丁堡大学（Edinburgh University）学习。But he was interested in the history of nature.
Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831.
Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and wanted a scientist. His professor advised him to go. He said the trip would be just for Darwin. So when the ship left England in December, 1831, Darwin was on it. The research lasted almost five years. The Beagle studied the waters in the sea near South America. It also visited Zealand, Australia and islands in the Pacific. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants.
In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent, where he continued his studies of change in nature. ②Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change
By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”. It made a great hit in the world of science.③ He was opposed(反对) by the church and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.
Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.
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