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The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival __________ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.
Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ______ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period(战国时期). He was upright, loyal and highly respected. ____
____, he was dismissed from office. ____
____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were __
____ (able) to recover his body.
The people of Chu _______ mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost ___
____ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile(爬行动物)in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised __
___ to wrap the rice and bind it _
______ throwing it into the river.
During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize(象征,表示) the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize _______ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.
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A: Well, what do you think? McDonald’s is going to build new restaurant in our hometown.
B: (certain)not! I hate all that expensive,
(taste) food. Where are they going to build it?
A: Over there where that old restaurant is.
B: But where are we going to eat our local dishes? I love to eatthere. It’s so friendly. Why are they closing?
A: McDonald’s offered that old restaurant a lot of money, so they wanted to sell. I think we will all benefit. An old part of town (improve) and we shall have
(many) jobs.
B: Don’t you believe it ! I(read) read about these kinds of restaurants. They provide a terrible diet for young children. How does McDonald’s know that we want their restaurant here? Nobody has asked our opinions.
A: Well, since you are against it, why not take part in a meeting to vote whether we want McDonald’s
not? You may give the reasons why you don’t want it
(build) . I will give the reasons for building it.
B: That seems a very good idea. Let’s do that.
Christmas is no fun when you're poor.Twenty years ago I was a young,(struggle),substitute(替补) teacher whose calls into work had been few.Money was tight, bills were due
my wife and I couldn't even afford to get Christmas gifts for each other.The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I had found
(sell)at half price in the supermarket.I opened the door and brought in the gifts I
(hide) in our old car's trunk.Then I handed
to my son and daughter.I watched with a sad smile as they did their best to tear off the wrapping(包装) paper.As they pulled out their toys, though, I noticed their
lit up and they jumped up and down.My daughter
(happy) hugged her toy and then hugged her Mom and me as well.I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys _
_ hours, and Thanked God for the
(great) gift I’ve ever been given.Till today I still treasure
gift of pure love that my son and daughter gave me that day.
Susan: I’m so glad to see you, David.has been such a long time.How are you?
David: I’m fine, and you?
Susan: I’m just wonderful.God, time goes by so quickly! Are you going to the air quality conference in Chicago?
David: I am.And I’m really glad to see you.Just last night I found your name in the conference materials, but it didn’t come to my that we would meet on the plane.
Susan: I’m afraid I haven’t had time to look at conference materials very carefully.I had no idea you were coming, but I am certainly glad to see you.I was feeling very nervous about going there
friends.
David: I can imagine.My English has gotten not so fluent since I returned from the States, I’m rather nervous myself.But I saw that you
(give) the most important talk at the conference.
Susan: (frank) speaking, I’m scared to death about it.
David: I’m just giving a talk in one of the workshop sections, and I hope I won’t make all of you (disappoint).
Susan: But your English is much (good) than mine.
David: But you’re now the Director of the Air Quality Institute, so you know the technical terms.
Susan: Maybe.But I still can’t understand totally a lot of technical terms in my field.
Nowadays, more and more schools in China have rules making students wear school uniforms to School .A lot of Chinese students complain about__(wear) their school uniforms every day But
American students get annoyed about their uniforms, too? American high schools usually have a dress code,__
is about requirements for students' dressing. Boys at school must wear clean jackets every day. Girls are__
(luck) than boys, they have more flexible_
(choose) than boys. They can either dress similarly to the boys__
wear a dress. In general, it takes a student 10-15 minutes every morning__
(dress) up for class. As students do in China, plenty of American students also have their complaints about school uniforms. What if students really dislike the dress code and want to get rid of it? Instead of getting punished,__
(actual) there're ways to do that. At my school, "dress down" tickets__
(sell) on school days If students are willing to buy a ticket, they don't need to wear school uniforms the following day. I have a strong_
(believe) that one day Chinese students can buy these tickets, too
Nowadays, more and more schools in China have rules making students wear school uniforms to School .A lot of Chinese students complain about__(wear) their school uniforms every day But
American students get annoyed about their uniforms, too? American high schools usually have a dress code,__
is about requirements for students' dressing. Boys at school must wear clean jackets every day. Girls are__
(luck) than boys, they have more flexible_
(choose) than boys. They can either dress similarly to the boys__
wear a dress. In general, it takes a student 10-15 minutes every morning__
(dress) up for class. As students do in China, plenty of American students also have their complaints about school uniforms. What if students really dislike the dress code and want to get rid of it? Instead of getting punished,__
(actual) there're ways to do that. At my school, "dress down" tickets__
(sell) on school days If students are willing to buy a ticket, they don't need to wear school uniforms the following day. I have a strong_
(believe) that one day Chinese students can buy these tickets, too