Beijing is the capital of China. Not only Chinese people but also lots of foreigners (外国人) come to visit it every day, because there are so many places of interest in Beijing.
Here’s a map of Beijing. And here is Tian’anmen Square. The Great Hall of the People is on its left and on its right is the National Museum of China. If you want to visit the Forbidden City (紫禁城) , just go straight ahead. It is opposite Tian’anmen Square. Have you ever been to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall? It’s between the Great Hall of the People (人民大会堂) and the National Museum of China. Do you like parks? Maybe Beihai Park will be your favourite. It is a quiet place.
Most people like shopping, especially women. The best place to go shopping is Wangfujing Dajie in Beijing. Go across the square. Take the first turning on the right. Go along Dong Chang’an Jie and then turn left. You can get to Wangfujing Dajie. 我确信在那里你会玩得很高兴的。
1. Why do people come to visit Beijing every day?2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?
3. 将文中划线的英语句子译成汉语。
4. 将文中划线的汉语句子译成英语。
5. 在文中找出与下面所给句子意思相同的句子。
In Beijing, Wangfujing Dajie is the best place to go shopping.
Why do Chinese people think getting a haircut in the first lunar month will harm their uncles?
In Chinese tradition, it is said that getting a haircut during the first lunar month would cause one’s mother’s brother to die. Although this is not true, some people still choose to avoid cutting their hair during this time. They wait until Dragon Head-Raising (龙抬头), the second day of the second lunar month, to line up outside barber shops (理发店).
Nobody knows why haircuts have anything to do with one’s uncles. One popular theory (理论) says the tradition might have started during the early years of the Qing Dynasty (清朝). At the time, as new rulers, the Manchu people forced the Han people to cut their hair in the Manchu style. Many Han people refused to do it. They decided not to cut their hair during the first lunar month, saying it was to “commemorate the former dynasty”, or in Chinese, “思旧”. Since “思旧” sounds very similar to “dead uncle”, there may have been a misunderstanding and thus the “no haircut” tradition.
Ancient Chinese people thought that the human body, including one’s skin and hair, was something that was naturally given by one’s parents and should not be changed. Therefore, they cherished their hair very much and considered cutting hair to be a great insult (侮辱) to one’s parents.
But this doesn’t mean they never took care of their hair. They would wash, comb and trim (修整) their hair regularly.
1. Why do many Chinese people avoid cutting their hair during the first lunar month?2. According to one popular theory, when did the “no haircut” tradition start?
3. Many people refused to cut their hair and used the first lunar month to .
4. What did ancient Chinese people think of their skin and hair?
5. How did ancient Chinese people take care of their hair?
A river is a flowing (流动的), moving stream of water. Usually a river feeds water into an ocean, lake, pond, or even another river. Rivers can vary in size and there is no hard rule on how big a flow of water must be to be called as a river. Here are five famous rivers in the world.
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It is about 4144 miles (1 mile = 1609.44 meters) long. It is located in the continent of Africa, mostly in the countries of Egypt and Sudan. It flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.
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It is about 4026 miles long. It is located in the continent of South America and flows through several countries including Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. It ends at the Atlantic Ocean.
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Located in China, it is about 3975 miles long and flows into the East China Sea.
The Mississippi River and the Missouri River
The river system of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River is the longest river system in North America at about 3891 miles. It flows south into the Gulf of Mexico.
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It starts in Mongolia and flows through Russia to the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋). It is about 3445 miles long.
There are 76 rivers in the world. A lot of people think that rivers always flow south, but four of the ten longest rivers in the world flow north. The United States alone has around 3.5 million miles of rivers. Four of the top ten longest rivers flow through China at some point.
1. Please choose the correct one to fill in the four blanks in the passage.a. The Yenisei River (叶尼塞河) b. The Yangtze River (长江) c. The Amazon River (亚马孙河) d. The Nile River (尼罗河)
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2. The Nile River is
3. The Mississippi River ends at
4. How many kilometers is the Yangtze River?
5. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
Going green is more than just a fad (一时的流行). Understanding the link between a clean environment and human life is not a new concept. In fact, it was noticed as early as ancient Rome and medieval Europe. However, it was only in the late 1960s that environmentalism grew to become a political and grassroots movement, influencing ordinary people around the world.
The movement has been able to influence governments across the world to be responsible towards the environment in a variety of ways, such as limiting the burning of fossil fuels and managing how harmful waste is thrown away.
Fast-forward to today and we see how green-living has entered so many areas of our everyday lives, from choosing the appliances that use less water and energy to using reusable bags instead of plastic bags and even buying clothes made from recycled sources. For many of us, making small environmentally-conscious decisions, such as bringing a reusable container to take away food, is how we change our normal habits one step at a time. However, there is a growing community of people who embrace a zero waste lifestyle and make great changes to the way they live to reduce their carbon footprint.
Living a zero waste lifestyle means doing one's best to achieve the aim of not sending anything to a landfill (垃圾填埋场). People who adopt this lifestyle cut down on their waste by reducing what they need and want. They reuse what they own and send few things to be recycled.
Despite what this movement is called, experts say true zero waste is difficult to achieve. This is because waste unavoidably comes about whenever an item is created, transported or repurposed (改换用途), either through emissions or energy. The idea, really, is to change mindsets and habits to lessen our negative impact on the environment as far as possible.
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