A: Dennis, do you know the famous host He Jiong?
B: Yes.
A: What do you think of his game shows?
B: I love all his TV shows. What about you?
A: No, I don't. And I don't like game shows. But I like his Happy Camp.
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A: I love sports shows ![]()
B:You know, I don't like playing sports.
A: What do you think of Animal World?
B: I can't stand it. It's for kids. I like CCTV News.
A:I learn a lot from it.
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A. Who's He Jiong? B. Do you like him? C. He is a very funny man. D. Oh, I don't mind them. E. I do, too. F. May I ask you some questions? G. What kind of TV shows do you like? |
Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称) in the world, Levi Strauss & Co. is the inventor of blue denim jeans. Here's how it happened.
In the mid-1800s many people went to California to look for gold. A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business. He sold canvas(帆布) to the workers for tents. But the workers said they needed pants more, because their pants were easy to wear out. Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making, he turned them into pants. These kinds of pants were very popular with workers. He was very happy and named the kind of pants "denims". And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co.
Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets. During the working, Strauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉) in the jeans for strength.
On May 20, 1873, they received the U. S. Patent No. 139, 121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of"blue jeans".
Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco, California. Over 11, 000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year.
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A. children B. brother's C. At the same time D. The other E. Another F. quietly G. together H. himself |
Two brothers workedon the family farm. One was married and had a large family. was single. At the day's end, the brothers shared everything equally (平等地) .
Then one day, the single brother said to, "It's not right that we should share equally the harvest. I'm alone and my needs are simple." So each night he took a bag of rice from his barn (仓库) and moved across the field between their houses, putting it into hisbarn.
, the married brother said to himself, "It's not right that we should share everything equally. After all, I'm married and I have my wife and to look after me in years to come. My brother has no one to take care of him in future." So each night he took a bag of rice and put it into his single brother's barn.
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WHICH FAMOUS PERSONS IN HISTORY WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET AND WHY?
For me it would clearly be Leonardo da Vinci. I'd love to meet him. He was not just an artist. He seems to know a number of things that only came about hundreds of years later, like flying machines and so on. I'd like to tell him he really did see the future. Naomi, Chicago |
I'd choose Cleopatra — the last king of ancient Egypt. It was said that she was very beautiful and she developed some really useful political alliances (政治联盟). Not many women were so clever and powerful in ancient times. I'd like to have seen how she did it. Lucinda, Nairobi |
I'm Latin American, so I would name Simon Bolivar as the person I would like to meet. He was a brave leader and helped develop independence(独立) for several countries in Latin America in the nineteenth century. Patricia, Caracas |
I studied philpsophy(哲学), so I would like to speak face-to-face with the Great Chinese philosopher Confucious. I'd like to discuss with him about his political philosophy and his idea about family values. Even though he lived over two thousand years ago, some of his opinions are still meaningful. Li Yun, Shanghai |
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