My Favourite Travel Books
The Old Patagonian Express by Paul Theroux
Choosing my favorite Paul Theroux book is like picking my favorite place in the world: It’s impossible to settle on just one. But The Old Patagonian Express, which is about a train journey Theroux made from Boston, USA to southern Argentina, is right up there at the top of my list. Theroux has a wicked sense of humor. He brings so much wisdom and experience to his travels.
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
If he were alive today, Thoreau would probably frown if he heard someone refer to Walden as a travel book. But I regard it as a travel-writing masterpiece. I went into the woods, he writes, because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. That’s the same spirit of discovery that defines so many great contemporary travel records.
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Like so many people, I fell in love with Kerouac’s novels in my late teens and early 20s. On the Road gets all the press, but I always love The Dharma Bums. Kerouac beautifully captures the romance of California trains, Berkeley, and backpacking in the Sierras. It’s hard to read this book without wanting to leave for the mountains to brainstorm bad haikus on the trail and cook canned macaroni and cheese over a crackling campfire.
Confucius Lives Next Door by T. R. Reid
This is sort of A Year in Provence in Japan, only the cross-cultural differences are much greater. Reid and his family moved to Tokyo when he became the chief for The Washington Post, enabling him to uncover truths about the country. Among the highlights are his observations about Japanese schools, including Yodobashi No. 6 Elementary School, where his daughters were greeted by the whole school staff.
1.Which book enables readers to experience great cross-cultural differences?
A. Confucius Lives Next Door.
B. The Old Patagonian Express.
C. On the Road.
D. Walden.
2.What will people feel after reading Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums?
A. A strong desire to follow.
B. A love for novels.
C. A wish to learn cooking.
D. An excitement to write poems.
3.What is the feature of most modern travel books according to the author?
A. Experience.
B. Observation.
C. Culture.
D. Discovery.
假如你是李华，你想邀请美国好友John观看京剧表演，但John不在家，请你给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1.你到John家的目的；
2.简要介绍京剧；
3.询问什么时候方便，再约时间。
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头语和结尾语已给出，不计入总字数。
提示词汇：京剧 Beijing Opera
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When I was young, I was terribly poor in the Chinese. Be afraid of expressing myself was one of the reasons why I rarely did well in school. Once I failed in a mid-term exam. When I got the papers, I realized things could have been better if I listened to the teacher much more attentive. So I turned to my teacher for helps and he told me, “Where there is a will, there is a way. If you are devoted to learn Chinese, you’ll make it.” I couldn’t agree much. From then on, I began to work harder. Out of my expect, I made great progress soon. Today, Chinese is which my strength lies. And I’m grateful for my Chinese teacher.
Recently, an Internet slang word Foxi- or “Buddhist”- is becoming increasingly popular as it encourages people, especially 1. young to remain calm and peaceful and avoid conflicts as much as possible- in other words, to live like a Buddha.
The phrase 2. ( create) for the first time in 2014 in Japan to describe young men who no longer bother to start relationships with women or follow someone else’s life path. They prefer to stay in their own peaceful world without 3. (disturb) and care little about passion and success.
In this fast-changing and 4. (compete) world, many people are 5. heavy pressure. It’s only natural that people are seeking for a spiritual bay.
However, some would compare “foxi” with “demotivational(无动力的) culture”- a phrase 6. describes young people who feel aimless and powerless. They say that foxi actually reflects the reality that young people are losing their will to fight. They are pretending 7. (keep) a healthy and wise attitude towards 8. (fail) simply because they are incapable(无能力的) of succeeding.
All in all, there is one thing that “Buddhist Youngsters” should 9. (basic) keep in mind: You may want to keep a calm mindset, 10. you should never stop fighting for yourselves!
I spent last summer volunteering at a hospital. One morning, I was called to a room in which an ____ woman was staying. __ she wanted to go to a nearby gift shop, I got a(n) __ and helped her into it, heading for the shop.
When we got there, the shop wasn't ____ yet. It was merely a 30-minute wait so we went over to the ____ area and I read her bits and pieces of the newspaper aloud. After 30 minutes, we went into the gift shop. Pushing her around, I could see the ____ on her face as she looked at everything. She happily chose some window decorations and then __ chocolates. She asked me to push her ____ that direction. I helped her ____ all the different chocolate arrangements. She ____ decided on three different boxes.
As she was checking out, she asked the cashier for a ____ and asked me to write the numbers l, 2, and 3 on the boxes. She ____ that the nurses were taking such good care of her, so she ____ chocolates for each of the three shifts of nurses. The moment I wheeled her back up to her room, she gave the _____shift of nurses their box of chocolate, who ___offered some to me before taking some themselves. There were ____ all around.
___her generosity and getting the opportunity to spend time with someone who got so much pleasure from life was a ____ in itself. Gratitude has an amazing way of bringing people ____, especially in a place where health is so highly ____.
1.A. elderly B. honest C. impatient D. independent
2.A. While B. As long as C. In case D. As
3.A. wheelchair B. bus C. taxi D. ambulance
4.A. crowded B. complete C. open D. close
5.A. checking B. dieting C. parking D. waiting
6.A. joy B. surprise C. pride D. anxiety
7.A. smelt B. spotted C. tasted D. purchased
8.A. in B. to C. up D. at
9.A. put away B. hand in C. look though D. give out
10.A. properly B. eventually C. gradually D. hurriedly
11.A. change B. box C. card D. pen
12.A. admitted B. suggested C. explained D. promised
13.A. borrowed B. ordered C. made D. bought
14.A. next B. present C. previous D. night
15.A. in turn B. by chance C. on purpose D. in advance
16.A. noises B. greetings C. smiles D. jokes
17.A. Witnessing B. Taking advantage of C. Repaying D. Searching for
18.A. prize B. gift C. risk D. story
19.A. back B. upwards C. together D. down
20.A. respected B. praised C. admired D. valued
The search for one of life's greatest goals, happiness, is what brings almost 1,200 students to one of Yale University's most popular classes ever. 1. Psychology professor Laurie Santos teaches the class.
One in four Yale undergraduate students has registered to take it. It has the largest class registration size in Yale's 317-year history. 2. Santos says it is the hope that science can help students find peace among all the stresses and difficulties they face at college. "Students report being more depressed than they have ever been in history at college," she said.
Social science research has led to many new understandings of how people find happiness, Santos says. 3., she said of the students taking her happiness class.
Santos said feelings of happiness are created through several things. 4. She added that while many people may see money and possessions as goals in life, those things are not usually what make people most happy. School work for the happiness class, also known as Psyc157, includes showing more gratitude, performing acts of kindness and increasing social connections. Because of the popularity of the class, it has been made publicly available -- for free – on the website Coursera.
The class is already helping Yale students like senior Rebekah Siliezar. 5."What's most pressing on our minds is grades, it's the next job, it's a potential salary after graduation," said Siliezar. Now, she said tries more to "focus on the present moment and the people around me."
A. It is the third-oldest university in the United States.
B. The class is called "Psychology and the Good Life"
C. She describes her mindset before taking the class
D. Therefore, why do so many students want this class?
E. They really want to learn those insights in a science-driven way
F. Happy people even make time to talk to people who work at coffee shops.
G. Among them are socialization, exercise, meditation (冥想) and plenty of sleep.
