Hundreds of years ago, many people thought birds were holy(神圣的)．They believed birds were messengers(信使)of God．Birds’ songs meant peace and joy．Birds’ bright and colourful feathers(羽毛) meant beauty and happiness to people．
In the eyes of Native Americans, birds’ feathers are a symbol of friendship．If a person shows kindness to another person, he may get a feather as a present from the other one．To them, the eagle feather is the best to show friendship．Native American people believe the eagle is the leader of all birds．It flies the highest and see the furthest of all birds．If they give an eagle feather to someone, they mean their friendship is very precious．
Native Americans are good at making friendship feathers．They usually put beads and leather on feathers to make them more beautiful．A friendship feather is usually 27 centimetres long．
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Lei Haiwei, a 37-year-old fast food courier(快递员) from Hunan Province, got first place in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition. He beat other competitors, including a master’s degree（硕士学位） graduate from Beijing University, in the third season of the Chinese Poetry Conference on CCTV on April 4, 2018.
“My interest in ancient poems began as early as I was six years old. My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in mind,” the courier said.
In 2001, the younger Lei found a job in Shanghai and began to read books related to ancient poems at bookstores or libraries in his spare time, since he didn’t make much money. The young man also developed a habit of reciting poems he liked and writing them down after returning home.
Though Lei works as a fast food courier in Hangzhou later, his love for poems never died. Even on his busiest work days, he used any available moment to recite poems. “For
example, I am used to reciting poems when I wait for food at restaurants, and traffic lights
on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge, but also
makes my job less boring. As for my future plan, I will stick to reading and reciting
poems,” Lei said.
1. How old is Lei Haiwei?
2. What habit did Lei Haiwei develop when he worked in Shanghai?
3. What is Lei Haiwei’s future plan?
4. 把短文最后一段中划线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 给短文拟一个恰当的标题。
The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.
“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.
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| Be used in | to be caught red-hanged | to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation |
【推荐3】Being polite is very important.(1) If you are polite to others, they will be polite to you.
In English there are many words to show your politeness; the use of “sir” and “madam” is not an important one. These words are used far more rarely than we think. In Britain, it is unusual for someone in the street to say “Excuse me, sir.(2) Can you tell me the way to the station?” The people who use the word “sir” in this way are usually expecting some money for a service—a taxi or a waiter. For example, “That will be $12,sir.Thank you!”
The word “please” is used everywhere in Britain.(3) Many visitors don’t know when to use “please”. When they go into a cafe they say “A coffee.” or “I want a coffee.” or even “Can I have a coffee?”(That might be really alright in their own languages).However,(4) it seems that they are impolite! Just adding a simple “please” would make it better —“A coffee ,please.” or “I would like a coffee, please.” It is better and safer to always use “please”!
Let’s look at polite ways of asking questions. Instead of a direct question we often use “Can you” and “Could you” before we say what we want .Look at these examples, which are from a normal conversation at home between husband and wife: “Can you park your car over there, please?” “Could you move the table against the wall, please?”
“Could...?” is a little more polite than “Can...?”,but both questions contain the word “please”.
If you are not a native English speaker ,then to use “Can...?” and “Could...?”to express a request is wise. In fact, you can be even more polite: “Sorry, could you tell me the way to Oxford Street, please?” “Sorry, could you tell me your name again, please?” (5) it’s, with, the, word, request, very, common, to, start, a, “sorry”.
If you ask for help, try “I’m sorry to bother you, but could you help me, please?” You might say to a friend “Hey John, lend me $100,will you?” But you couldn’t say this to somebody you do not know well.
1. 将画线部分(1)译为汉语。2. 将画线部分(2)改为含宾语从句的复合句。
3. 将画线部分(3)改为复合句。
4. 将画线部分(4)改为简单句。
5. 将画线部分(5)的单词组成一个意义完整的陈述句。
Tape-Measure Murder is a short story by Agatha Christie. In the story, Miss Polit, the dressmaker, finds that Mrs. Spenlow is dead in her house in a small village called St. Mary Mead. Everybody, including the police, thinks that Mr. Spenlow is the murderer (凶手) because he is so calm and quiet after discovering his wife’s death. But after the police talk to Miss Marple, she finds out the real murderer.
The best part of the story is when Miss Marple explains how she solves the mystery by noticing a tiny pin (别针) on a policeman’s uniform. Her explanation is very clear and clever. Miss Marple is my favorite character in the story. I think she is very special because she is just an old lady but she is even smarter than the policemen. I never thought that an old lady could be the main character of a detective (侦探) story!
Can you guess who the murderer is? Read the book to find out! You will enjoy the story very much because the ending is so surprising.
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4. The passage tries to tell us that the detective story is
Recently, hazy(霾)weather has become a serious problem in many parts China. Heavy haze has spread quickly all over China. It has influenced people's lives in the whole country from the north to the south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Guangdong. People even can't see each other when they stand about 50 meters from each other. It can cause lots of traffic accidents. So the highways are closed and the flights are put off on hazy days.
Cities like Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered with the grey sky for the past several weeks. Many walkers in the street had to wear masks(口罩). In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, more than 60 flights were cut out on Saturday because of the hazy weather, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop having classes on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing. Earlier this week, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said that there were several reasons for the heavy haze. Especially Bad weather conditions made it difficult for polluting things to disappear.
In order to clean up the air , the Chinese government now plans to cut coal use and increase cleaner production.
“We must face the problem,” said Yan Naiqiang, a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “It will take a long time to control and improve the weather condition.”
1. Why are the highways closed on hazy days？2. How many flights were cut out because of the hazy weather in Nanjing？
3. When did the schools in Nanjing stop having classes？
4. What’s the main reason for the heavy haze？
5. How will the Chinese government clean up the air？
Last week, Eric had an excellent trip. He visited his grandparents in the countryside. So, what did he do ? He went fishing every day. Sometimes, he picked some strawberries and took them back to his grandma. And he fed the chickens with his grandpa in the afternoon. It was so much fun. The weather there was great, and the air was so clean. Eric watched the stars at night. They were very beautiful. Eric was very lucky, and he had a wonderful time with his grandparents.
1. How was Eric’s trip last weekend?
2. What did he do every day?
3. What did he pick and took them back to his grandma?
4. Who did he feed the chickens with in the afternoon?
5. How was the weather there ?
