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Many Westerners have the idea that everyone in China knows how to do kung fu. This is, of course, a silly belief. But it is true that kung fu is a big part of Chinese culture.
Like most people from the West, I was first introduced to kung fu through Hong Kong action films. Stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan made kung fu popular in the Western world. The flashy and impressive performances they gave in films like Rumble in the Bronx and Enter the Dragon made them household names in the U. S. and elsewhere.
However, my own personal interest in kung fu was actually inspired by a hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan, founded in the early 1990s in New York City, is one of the most influential hip hop groups in history.
In their songs, they sometimes mention philosophical concepts that come from Wudang quan—a classic Chinese martial art from which they take their name—and Shaolin Temple. I was just a teenager when I first started listening to Wu-Tang Clan—little did I know that I would actually end up living in China later in my life!
I myself do not practice kung fu. However, the concepts behind it are quite interesting to me. There is a Bruce Lee quote that I often think of when I'm struggling with challenges in life." Be formless, shapeless, like water," he once said. By this, he meant that you should be ready to adapt to and change your attitudes or beliefs when you face difficulties. I think this is a good way to deal with life.
Georgia O'Keeffe always thought of herself as an artist. By 1928, the rest of the world did, too. At the age of 41 she was living in New York City and becoming a well-known painter. Still, O'Keeffe wasn't happy. New York had been a good source of ideas for almost ten years. Now those ideas were drying up. O'Keeffe felt like she needed a change. She had visited New Mexico in 1917 with her sister. The wide open space had thrilled her." Maybe I should go back," she thought. In April of 1929, O'Keeffe packed her bags.
The wide open space of New Mexico drew O'Keeffe in. She spent hours just watching the sky change. Because the light was so clear, she felt like she could see for the first time. The beauty of the land renewed her. She couldn't wait to start painting. Cow and horse skulls and desert flowers filled her canvases (画布). The colors of the desert inspired O'Keeffe. As a result, she made new choices in her artwork." The color up there is different," she explained. She loved the dusty blues and greens.
That August, O'Keeffe went home to New York. It was the start of a pattern. Each spring, she traveled to New Mexico to paint. These trips restored her spirit. Then, in the fall, she would return to New York. There, she showed her work. Each time O'Keeffe visited New Mexico, she explored a little more.
The bleached animal bones and skulls that O'Keeffe found excited her because she could see their special beauty. The bones didn't mean death to O'Keeffe. To her, they showed the lasting beauty of the desert. The landscapes, clear light, and bright colors also spoke to her. She often painted close-ups of the rocks and mountains. Later, she began to travel more in search of new ideas. However, she always came back to New Mexico.
As O'Keeffe grew older, her eyesight began to fail. Still, O'Keeffe wasn't ready to give up. Her friend Juan Hamilton helped her work with watercolors. He also taught her to sculpt. As a result, she made art into her 90s. When she died at the age of 98, Hamilton sprinkled her ashes over the desert. Her body became part of the land that had touched her art and her life.
British chemist David Evans has become an overnight celebrity on Chinese social media. His chemistry experiments have attracted over 2 million followers in just a few months. Evans is a chemistry professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. The 60-year-old always wears a white lab coat, a pair of safety goggles (护目镜), and smiles often. Some web users say he looks just like "the Grandpa of KFC".
Evans has posted videos of various experiments. His most popular experiments have attracted millions of hits on video-sharing apps. Excited children's cheers and shouts can be heard in his videos. "I hope my experiments can arouse people's interest in science," he says.
Evans has been interested in China since childhood. In the early 1970s, before the reform and opening up, he viewed China as "a country full of mysteries". He first visited the Chinese mainland in 1987 to attend a chemistry conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He quit his job in the United Kingdom and moved to Beijing in 1996. Many of his friends thought he was crazy. But Evans said they just saw China's challenges but not its potential.
Since 2011, Evans has turned to the Internet to popularize science. He learned short-video apps are also popular in small cities and rural areas. And he realized this enables him to reach more students, who lack opportunities to perform fun experiments. But even a one-minute video requires a considerable amount of work. Still, he thinks it's worth it to fulfill his responsibility to popularize science.
His experiments always fill schools' lecture halls with laughter. Some viewers call him "a Harry Potter-like magician", but he disagrees." A magician never tells the secrets behind his tricks, but a scientist always gives an explanation." He sees himself as a teacher. He performs experiments to spread knowledge, inspire thinking, remove misunderstandings and show that science can create change. Evans says he looks forward to more "chemical reactions" with China.
A new law came into use in Shanghai on Monday, requiring every individual, families and companies to sort (分类) their trash into different trash cans. Locals are now required to separate trash into four kinds: food waste, residual waste, harmful waste and recyclable waste. According to the new law, a 200-yuan fine can be given to individuals or families who do not follow it.
On the first day of practice of the rules, it was found that 38. 1 percent of hotels and 33. 2 percent of companies didn't meet the requirements. The success in residential neighborhoods was a result of early practice in pilot(试点的) neighborhoods around the city, which had caused mixed feelings among the public since June.
Some people praised Shanghai for being a role model and taking active steps to solve the trash problem in big cities, while others complained about the inconvenience the rule has brought to their daily lives, and made jokes about sorting their garbage.
The final goal of the trash sorting program is to reduce waste and increase recycling. Shanghai's 24 million residents produce 56, 000 tons of trash every day. Actually, Shanghai is not fighting alone in the battle against trash disposal, as trash sorting has been popular nationwide. Those cities will set up a basic system to classify and dispose of their household garbage by 2020, and by 2050, cities at the prefecture level (地级) and above should have the system in place.
A. Only 7. 4 percent of the residential neighborhoods needed to be corrected.
B. Sales of trash cans on Taobao also increased before the regulation took effect.
C. On Sina Weibo, the topic of trash sorting has caused a heated discussion.
D. People in different cities have different attitudes towards sorting their trash.
E. Most of the trash ends up being buried, which wastes precious land and can pollute water and soil if not solved properly.
F. The country plans to have 46 major Chinese cities to join in it, including Beijing and Guangzhou.
G. And for companies, the fine can hit 5, 000 to 50, 000 yuan.
In the Ituri rain forest in America live many different tribes (部落), one of 1 is Pygmy. Most of the Pygmies are not taller than four feet. They 2 only about eighty pounds each. In spite of their small size, they are the best 3 among all the jungle people. Even the great elephant can be 4 by them. They can shoot three or four arrows so 5 that often the last one leaves the bow 6 the first has hit its mark. If an arrow should miss its 7, the impatient Pygmy may become very angry, 8 his arrows and step on them.
Since they do not plant any crops, Pygmies are 9 moving around. They seldom sleep in one camp for more than a few days. In their camps there is no 10 at all except some weapons (武器) such as spears, bows, and arrows. There are 11 cooking pots either. Food is eaten 12 or smoked over a fire. So when the tribe moves to a new camp there is 13 to carry except their weapons and babies too small to walk.
Pygmies can move on the trees almost as skillfully as 14. Often they travel great distances through the branches without 15 the ground.
One of the 16 facts about the small men and women is their appetite (胃口). A Pygmy can 17 sixty bananas at a single meal 18 quantities of meat. After eating, they will 19 on their hard earth bed and groan all night. But in the morning, they are ready to eat the same amount of food all over again.
In spite of the 20 life, Pygmies are almost always good-natured and helpful. They seldom lie, steal or fight among themselves.
Everyone likes to have friends who are (rely). When what we say matches what we do, we earn trust and friendship. Therefore, the (important) of keeping one's promise cannot be stressed too much.
There was a story of someone (break) his promise to his friend. Two men were travelling through a forest together promised to help each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far when a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good climber, and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other, seeing that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat his back and pretended to be dead.
The bear came up to him and sniffed at him. The bear thought the man was dead, so he went off into the wood again without hurting him. When he had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and smilingly asked his companion what the bear (say) to him." My (good) friend," he said," I saw the bear put his mouth close to your ear." "He told me to tell you," replied the other (calm)," that you were great coward, and that in future I should not trust those who make fine promises, but will not stand by their friends in danger. "Don't trust fine promises you are sure of the person who makes them.
Life doesn't always turn out the way we'd like. When situations take an unfriendly turn, we become angry. When others don't agree with us, or act in a manner we find disturbing, anger is a typical reaction. It seems that we feel anger gives us the momentary feeling of power. However, in fact, with the exception of a few cases, an angry reaction rarely improves the situation. It only makes the situation worse. So consider the following alternatives to anger.
One is understanding. If we view an individual whose behavior we find unacceptable, we should think each person has a right to live life according to their beliefs, dreams, needs and so on. Even if people are acting inappropriately, you should understand them. If they are struggling, lost, or in pain, you should choose to feel sorry for their suffering. If you do so, your anger will disappear.
Humor is another powerful tool for stopping anger because it can help you stay calm when things get bad. Sometimes we take life far too seriously. That is bad for us and anger is easy to happen. We need to use humor to turn any serious situation into a light one. Humor acts as a protective shelter from emotional pain.
Therefore, when others behave improperly, find it in your heart to forgive them for their unwise behavior. When life hands you the exact opposite of what you want, take no notice of it. After all, the bad situation is only temporary. So choose these alternative reactions to soften our heart and prevent anger from happening so that we can enjoy our life to the fullest.
I first played ping-pong in our basement (地下室) at home. My brother and I asked for an old wooden table from my grandfather. It was painted green. Although it was very simple, it served its purpose every day. My father never really played any other sport with me, but ping-pong was one that he played quite well and it took me plenty of time before I could beat him. My elder brother was also a very good competitor.
When I got to university, I was happy to discover a ping-pong table in the common room. I spent a great deal of time there, often until the midnight. There were about three or four friends that I often played against. We were all at the same skill level. One of them had ever played in a tournament(锦标赛). A friend from Germany said his father had ever won the German national tournament. We took part in a tournament. My ranking(名次) was the third place, but I had beaten the first and second place winners when we had played for fun. I sometimes played with other friends who didn't play ping-pong well, so I would use my left hand to give them an advantage. But before long I became so skilled with my left hand that they no longer had the advantage.
Later, I played in a ping-pong competition which was held by my university. I lost at first. But because it was double elimination (双淘汰制), I went to the loser group. I beat all the players and then played against the student who had beaten me in the first round. Surprisingly, I beat him 3 times and won the competition.
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Later, there was a tournament held in the city where I studied.
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After the tournament I didn't often play the sport because of the busy study.
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