Culture UK: Bristol
Chocolate!
The first chocolate bar in the world was created in Fry's, a company in Bristol. Joseph Fry invented the delicious treat around the year 1720. Fry's also produced the first chocolate Easter egg in the UK in 1873. The company continues to produce chocolates and sweets to this day.
Balloon Festival
The Bristol Belle was the first modern hot-air balloon in Western Europe and was developed and built in 1967. The Bristol International Balloon Festival is held every summer in the city, and is Europe's biggest hot-air balloon event.
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According to a new study, Bristol is the UK's most musical place, with the biggest number of musicians among the population. It's well-known for giving birth to the trip-hop scene in the 1990s. Its multicultural（多元文化的）population has really influenced the sounds of the Bristol music scene.
Famous people
JK Rowling
J.K. Rowling was born and brought up in Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol. It is said that she invented her famous character Harry Potter after meeting a young boy named Ian Potter in the village where she grew up.
Banksy
Banksy is a graffiti artist local to Bristol. He is famous all over the world for his street art. Some of his pieces have been sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. Many Hollywood pop stars and famous people love to collect his work.
1. What does Fry's produce?2. What can people see every summer in the sky of Bristol?
3. Please give a title in English for Paragraph 3. (In no more than FIVE words.)
4. Is Ian Potter an invented character or a real person?
5. What is Banksy well-known for?
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【推荐1】Cyril Dick’s house is neither a modern house nor a house of the future. It is 40 years old. There are more houses like that in the south of France. They are called “bubble houses(泡泡屋)”, and you can see why!
Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves round things. He collects old records and clocks. He also collects round furniture. And now he has a completely round house.
Everything in the “bubble house” is round. The centre of the house is one very big bubble. This is both the living room and dining room. There are round armchairs, a round table, and a big round rug in front of a round fireplace. Around the living room are three small bubbles. One bubble is a kitchen with round shelves, another bubble is the garden room, and the third bubble is a music room. Upstairs there are two more bubbles – a bedroom and a bathroom.
The doors and windows are also round, of course. The windows are like eyes. There aren’t any curtains in the house, because Cyril likes to see the garden all the time.
Bubble houses are the idea of a Hungarian architect (建筑师), Antti Lovag. “Because round homes are more natural, people feel happy in them.” Cyril agrees with this. “Some people think my house is funny,” he says, “but for me, this is the perfect home.”
1. 完成句子You can find more “bubble houses” in2. 完成句子Cyril Dick is a designer and he loves
3. 简略回答问题What is the third bubble around the living room?
4. 找出并写下第三段的主题句。
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
Taiwan is famous for its hundreds of night markets. It’s fun for you to spend time walking through the night markets. It’s common to find night markets in most cities and towns in Taiwan. They take place on the same streets every day. During the day, these streets are quiet. At night, there are crowds of people.
Usually people arrive at three or four in the afternoon. By 6:00 p. m., the streets are full of people, including many tourists. Foodies（吃货）can taste different kinds of snacks here. The food is not only delicious but cheap. When you’re just a little hungry, you can buy some snacks. When you are really hungry, you can sit down for a meal. Smelly tofu is popular, although it really smells terrible.
Besides the food, there are shops that sell all kinds of things such as clothes, toys, and books. Things sold at night markets are usually cheap. If you think the price is high, you can bargain with the seller. You may get a lower price.
There are also fun games at the night market. In one game, you throw plastic rings around the top of a bottle. In another game, you shot with a toy gun. If you do well in them, you can win a prize. They’re such interesting games that even foreign tourists are interested in them.
1. Where can you find the night markets in Taiwan? (no more than 6 words)2. When do people usually reach the night market? (no more than 8 words)
3. What about the food in the night market? (no more than 7 words)
4. 将划线部分句子译成汉语
5. 给短文拟一个适当的英文标题
[1] I’m Liu Li. Welcome to my hometown. It’s an older city near a river. (5) But it is smaller than some other cities. It is quiet, clean and nice. So most people think it is a good place.
[2] When you come to my hometown, I will show you (4) ①________ a big and beautiful park—Taishan West Lake. It is my favorite place. I usually go to the park on Sundays with my family or friends. Kids can play games in the park and they can also (4) ②________ sports in it.
[3] The best cinema is Wanda Cinema. The tickets are not the cheapest but it has the biggest screen and it has the most comfortable seats. The best restaurant is New Restaurant because it has the most delicious food and it has the best service. If you are (4) ③________, you can go there for a meal. Do you like my hometown?
1. When does Liu Li usually go to the park? (No more than 8 words)2. What’s the best cinema? (No more than 6 words)
3. Why is New Restaurant the best restaurant? (No more than 13 words)
4. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 into Chinese.
6. What can be the best title (题目) for this passage？
