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Edinburgh Is the world's "festival city" The city holds 12 festivals throughout the year, half of which are celebrated during the months of July and August. Hundreds of thousands of people visit the Scottish capital during the summer. Here are some of the events they can enjoy.
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The Edinburgh International Festival This is the original Edinburgh festival, which began in 1947. Actors, musicians, dancers and opera singers from all over the world perform for those who come. You need tickets for most of the festivals events, which take place in theaters around the city. |
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe This is the largest art festival in the world, with thousands of performances. Anyone can perform at the festival. Over 20, 000 artists can take part in it. Go to the Royal Mile, one of Edinburgh's main streets, to watch performers such as magicians and comedians. However, it can get very busy, as thousands of tourists and local people fill the city streets to enjoy the shows. |
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The Edinburgh International Book Festival The largest book festival in the world began in 1983 and takes place every year in Charlotte Square Gardens in the center of Edinburgh. There are over 700 events for children and adults. You can meet many authors, talk to them, ask them to sign a book or listen to them talk about their stories. |
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The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival Music lovers come to this festival to enjoy musical performances all over the city. Artists per-form street theater dance and circus shows in amazing costumes. Everyone can enjoy the music and dance performances. |
David was bankrupt. He was trying to figure out how to make some money. Maybe my insurance policy can save me, he thought. So he made a plan.
On a Saturday evening, as it got dark outside, he put on a pair of dirty boots and walked through his house. He left many dirty footprints. He went back the way he came while wearing socks. He cut the boots into pieces and flushed them down the toilet.
At 11pm. he took a gun from his bedside table and went down his hallway without shoes. He fired three shots down the hallway. Then, he walked to the other end of the hallway and fired two shots in the opposite direction.
His neighbors soon called the police. Three police officers came to David's house just a few minutes later.
"I can't really tell you much. I was woken by a noise on the ground floor of my home. I took my gun and went downstairs. Halfway down the stairs, I saw a shadow of a man. I shouted. 'Stop or I'll shoot!' "
"He shot at me three times and I shot back twice. The shadow disappeared into the kitchen. More than 15, 000 pounds in cash have been stolen." David said.
After collecting the footprints and bullets in the wall, the officers left.
The next day, the police called, "Please get dressed, David. We have to bring you to the police and ask you about the lies you told us yesterday.
You might have been told before that watching American TV series is a good way to improve your English. The show Friends is one of the most commonly suggested shows for English students.
Friends is a classic American situation comedy, or sitcom for short. It has been one of the most popular sitcoms since 1994. What has made the show so popular?
Its humor is, of course, the main reason. Sitcoms like Friends are full of lightheartedand funny jokes. According to a research, the number of jokes in popular US sitcoms ranges from 3. 4 to 7. 4 per minute. Friends has 6 jokes per minute. This pace of humor keeps the audience relaxed, but also fully involved in the show.
When you laugh at the jokes, you might hear people laughing along with you on the show.
This is another special feature of sitcoms-the laugh track. Dating back to the 1940s, the laugh track aims to create. a theater experience at home. This makes the show even more interesting-when others laugh, we want to laugh too.
But sitcoms are not only about Jokes and laughs. As American writer Ken Sanes said, sitcoms are often about the trivial matters of daily life and every character is as real as we are They have fears and foolish emotions, and also do crazy things. The weaknesses they show help us relate to them.
Sitcoms give us permission to move beyond the idealized images of ourselves and the world." as Sanes wrote. "They give us permission to be imperfect."
Did you know that Batman has turned 80 this year? He's one of the oldest superheroes.
Batman's real name is Bruce Wayne. Most superheroes have some kinds of special power—some can fly some have super-strength, some can read people's minds. But Wayne is just an ordinary man.
Well, perhaps ordinary isn't the right word. He uses them to fight crime. And he has one rule that makes him different from many superheroes: he refuses to actually kill his enemies.
It is perhaps these things that have attracted fans to Batman since he first appeared in comics. In refusing to kill anyone, he fights with honor and respect.
And there is also his tragic childhood—Wayne decided to become Batman after a watching a robber kill his parents.
Though he will never bring his parents back, Wayne's determination to fight crime and save others from experiencing similar tragedies is inspiring to many. He is truly a Dark Knight.
A. He is different from most other superheroes.
B. He's very smart and invents a lot of tools and weapons, such as special guns.
C. He first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939.
D. The darkness and drama of his personal story has struck a nerve with fans for years.
E. He's an ordinary man who does extraordinary things.
People often talk about dreams, but Xia, who was born in Chongqing in 1949, is the kind of person who takes action to realize them.
On May 14, last year, Xia made his dream come true by reaching the top of Qomolangma.1didn't come easy He had failed four times2becoming one of the few who are without legs to reach the top of the world.
Xia was3by the Chinese mountaineering team in 1974. "I didn't know much about climbing at that time, but I was a basketball player and4often. I thought I had the5that climbing requires, so I applied, he says.
That decision changed his whole life.
The first climb by a Chinese team to the top of Qomolangma was in 1960. In 1975, the second attempt, which included Xia,6All his teammates eventually reached the top, but Xia suffered severe frostbite in his legs, which had to be cut off at the knees. It's beyond imagination how difficult it was to accept the fact that I would suddenly become a7person, Xia recalls.
When a doctor told him that with artificial limbs he could live a8life like anyone else and he would9be able to do a lot of physical exercise, his hopes rose and he made up his mind to climb Qomolangma again. "I had been preparing and10for climbing Qomolangma for years, Xia says. After his success, he says, "I got11from strangers who wanted to climb Qomolangma with me. However, they knew12about climbing and had no experience at all. Climbing is a dangerous sport and you must13strictly for it.
He is now planning to climb Mount Elbrus, the highest in Europe. Meanwhile, he will a set up a fund to help young people realize their dreams. "Without targets, people lose14"Xia says. "So I will keep climbing and contributing in more ways15society.”
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Receiving new textbooks is one of the first things students do when they go back to school. From this fall semester many senior high school students will start using new unified of Chinese language, politics, and history.
The new textbooks will first be by first-year high school students in Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Shanghai, Shandong and Hainan. The textbooks will go nationwide by 2022, according to the Ministry of Education ( MOE).
The textbooks focus on traditional Chinese culture than before.
For example, the new Chinese language textbook has 67 traditional Chinese articles and poems, making up nearly half of the articles in the book, China Daily noted.
In the textbook, students will learn about the struggle of Chinese people in modern times, as well as the long journey of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The new politics textbook aims to help students have a deeper understanding of Chinese people have chosen the CPC as their leader, according to Xinhua.
The new textbooks will help strengthen their in China's path, theory, system and culture. They will help a generation of young people grow up all-around education Guangming Daily noted.
The books have been warmly . A survey showed that about 90 percent of students like the new textbooks, and about 92 percent of teachers are with the textbooks, according to the MOE.
A Chinese folk story says the idiom,“狗腿子", comes from Li Shi Zhen, a doctor lived during the Ming Dynasty. The story goes that official's servant asked Li to treat his boss' injured leg. Knowing that the servant did many bad things please his boss, Li decided to teach him a lesson.
After examining the official's leg, Li said he would replace the injured leg with a healthy one. Then he looked at the servant and said to the official. This man has been loyal to you. His leg will fit you well. The servant cried, "But I need my legs to walk!'" Li looked at a dog nearby and said, "Well, I'll put a dog's leg on ”.
After that, the servant had to walk with a dog's leg People laughed at him and called him "狗腿子", which was used to describe those who help someone harm other people.
A: It's finally Friday. Hooray！
B: I can't wait to see my dearest mom and dad.
A: Me too. ?
B: I'll ride my bike.
A: Ok. Let's meet at the school gate then. See you.
B: See you.
(On their way home)
A: ?
B: I don't know. Maybe I'll stay at home doing homework.
A: Come on! , It's about how a boy has saved the earth. We can watch it together.
B: But the final exam is coming. My parents won't allow me to watch it.
A: But we also need to relax.
B: OK. I'll talk with them late
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