— Thanks. I will go to bed earlier. ___________.
Kitts is one of "Tomorrow's people"—people who have electronic body parts. She has an electronic arm. One year, Kitts lost her arm in a truck accident. She felt angry and sad. She couldn't accept it. But then she heard a piece of good news that a doctor could use her remaining nerves (神经) in her shoulder to fix an electronic arm.
Before long, the doctor decided to move Kitts's nerves to different areas of her top arm. For months, the nerves grew and moved deeper into their new homes gradually. After three months she started feeling a little painful. The doctor helped her a lot to reduce (减少) pains. A month later, her pains disappeared and she got her new electronic arm. An engineer worked with Kitts to connect the computer programs with her real movements more and more closely.
Today, Kitts's arm is great, but it's not yet perfect as normal people. She wants feelings in her hands. For example, she needs to feel whether something is smooth or not. She also needs feelings to do one of her favorite things—drinking coffee. One time at a coffee shop, she, together with her friends, wanted to drink coffee as they talked happily. However, her hand kept closing until it broke the coffee paper cup. "One day I'll be able to feel things with it, and clap my hands to the songs my kids are singing…" she said with hope and pride.
—Yes. __________ good time we are having!
It was two months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Snow White bike was just too old to ride, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came closer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, for she didn't mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys.
Then much to our surprise, on the evening of December 24, she said she terribly wanted a bike more than anything else.
Then we didn't know what to do. It was just too late for us to make her dream come true. So there was no time to buy the "right bike" for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their child unhappy, we tried to deal with the problem.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. "What if I make a little bike out of clay and write a note that she could trade in the model bike for a real one?" "Perfect!" I shouted. So he spent the next five hours carefully working with clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited to wait for our daughter to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened it and read the note loudly. She looked at me and her father, and said, "So, does it mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?" Smiling, I said, "Yes." Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, "What a wonderful surprise I have! I will never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike." At that moment, we would have bought her every bike on the earth.
My name is John, I'm from England.When I was young, I was so interested in Chinese culture like Beijing Opera. I often dreamed to go to China one day. When I was learning theater at university, I was provided with a chance to study abroad. There was a program to study Asian theater arts either in China or in India. I decided to go to China and learn Beijing Opera in a Chinese theater school.The school offered me a place to practice. It was good because I could practice whenever I wanted. Also I had a private lesson—the teacher would give me one-to-one class for three hours. That was the best part of my study in China.
Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. It's full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings and wonderful fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera. A Wusheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man. Dan is a woman. Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting, some of them are from history book, but most of them are from the literature, especially famous novels.The stories usually end with happiness.
I got a lot from my study in China. It has greatly influenced me and helped me develop into a more skillful actor. This Chinese art gives me plenty of tools, so I can use them when I perform other shows in Europe. I have set up an art center to teach Beijing Opera. Now there are more fans of Beijing Opera in my country.
A. Would you like to go with me? B. Because I am interested in art. C. Where shall we meet? D. What about you? E. I'd like to take a bus there. F. May I take a camera with me? |
A: Hello, Linda. The holiday is coming. What are you going to do?
B: I'm not sure.
A: I plan to go to the Modern Art Museum.
B: Why do you want to go there?
A:
B: It sounds great.
A:
B: Yes, I'd love to.
A: We'll have a good time there.
B: I want to take some photos.
A: I'm afraid you can't. We are not allowed to take photos inside the museum.
B: OK.
A: At the gate of the museum. Be sure to get there before 10 o'clock.
B: OK. See you then.
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