Sometimes it is difficult to talk to taxi drivers. They must give all their attention to the road as they work out the shortest way to the place where you are going. However, passengers from Wangfujing were in surprise when they took a taxi. The driver just would not stop talking in English.
Organized by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy, “Dare to Speak” examines if Chinese people will speak English in “real-life” situations.
Matthew Knowles, an acting student from South Carolina at Beijing Film Academy, acted the part as the “driver”. He collected six passengers on Saturday morning, most of whom were female white-collar (白领)workers.
“Of course they were surprised at first, wondering why I'm driving a taxi, and wondering whether this is a real taxi, but then most of them were pretty willing to speak,” he said. Knowles said he was also surprised by his “passengers”. “Apart from my first ‘passenger', who could speak very little English, all the rest spoke English very well, and it was fun to communicate with them,” he said, adding that some “passengers” were quite talkative.
The “foreign taxi driver” project was just one of the “Dare to Speak” activities, which have been going on since the end of October. Other projects included a foreign store owner near a high school in Beijing, a cook in a Shanghai university canteen. They were testing the willingness of Chinese people, especially students and white-collar workers, to speak to foreigners in English.
Rong Xin, senior manager of IELTS (雅思) with the British Embassy, said they hoped to let IELTS takers in China know that communication is the ultimate goal of IELTS.
“We hope that more and more IELTS takers in China can realize the importance of communicating in English in real life, instead of just getting high test scores,” she said.
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抽弦促柱①听秦筝,无限秦人悲怨声。
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【注释】①抽弦促柱:弹奏时,以手指或鹿骨爪拨弄筝弦;缓拨叫“抽弦”,急拨叫“促柱”。
广东省新高考方案正式公布,高一的同学要选科了。是选物理还是选历史呢?同学们各抒己见。
小吴说:“我决定选物理,我发现选物理可以选择的大学和专业比选历史的多。”
小李说:“我也选物理,我舅舅是核物理研究专家,我们都觉得国家发展很需要物理专业的人才。”
小栗说:“我觉得物理太难学了,我选历史吧,学起来容易一些,说不定高考分数能高一些。”
小史说:“我也选历史,纯粹是因为我真的喜欢历史,我想到大学研究中国历史。”
小郑说:“我妈说,选科一定要考虑以后的就业,别选了一个以后找不到工作的学科。”
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你作为高一的学生,面临选科,肯定也听了不少建议,有过很多体验,作过很多思考,形成了你的认识。请根据材料内容,或记叙你的经历和体验,或表达你的思考和心得,写一篇文章。
要求:①自选角度,自拟题目;②文体不限(诗歌除外),文体特征明显;③不得抄袭,不得套作,不要泄露个人信息;④不少于800字。
时立爱,字昌寿,涿州新城人。父承谦,以财雄乡里,岁饥发仓廪赈贫乏,假贷者与之折券。辽太康九年,中进士第,调泰州幕官。丁父忧,服除 , 调同知春州事。未逾年,迁云内县令,再除文德令。枢密院选为吏房副都承旨,转都承旨。累迁御史中丞,刚正敢言,忤权贵。除燕京副留守,丁母忧,起复旧职,迁辽兴军节度使兼汉军都统。
太祖已定燕京,访求得平州人韩询持诏招谕平州。是时,奚王回离保在卢能岭,立爱未敢即朝见,先使人来送款曰:“民情愚执,不即顺从,愿降宽恩,以慰反侧。”诏曰:“朕亲巡西土,底定全燕,号令所加,城邑皆下。爰嘉忠款,特示优恩,应在彼大小官员可皆充旧职,诸囚禁配隶并从释免。”于是,辽帝尚在天德,平州虽降,民心未固。奚王回离保军所在保聚,蓟州已降复叛。民间流言谓:“金人所下城邑,始则存抚,后则俘掠。”时立爱虽开谕而不肯信,乃上表:“乞下明诏,遣官分行郡邑,宣谕德义。他日兵临于宋,顺则抚之,逆则讨之,兵不劳而天下定矣。”上览表嘉之,诏答曰:“卿始率吏民归附复条利害悉合朕意嘉叹不忘山西部族缘辽主未获恐阴相连结故迁处于岭东西京人民既无异望皆按堵如故。或有将卒贪悍,冒犯纪律,辄掠降人者。已谕诸部及军帅,约束兵士,秋毫有犯,必刑无赦。今遣斡罗阿里等为卿副贰,以抚斯民,其告谕所部,使知朕意。”
其后,以平州为南京,用张觉为留守,时立爱遂去平州。而张觉遂因燕京人东徙,其众怨望,觉遂叛入于宋。立爱既去平州归乡里,太祖以燕、蓟与宋,新城入于宋。宋累诏立爱,立爱见宋政日坏,不肯起,戒其宗族不得求仕。
及宗望再取燕山,立爱诣幕府上谒,拜同中书门下平章事,任其子侄数人。立爱从宗望军数年,谋画居多,封陈国公。表求解机务,不从。九年,为侍中、知枢密院事。久之,加中书令。天会十五年,致仕,加开府仪同三司、郑国公。薨于家,年八十二。
(节选自《金史·卷七十八·列传第十六》)
①民情愚执,不即顺从,愿降宽恩,以慰反侧。
—__________ We won the match 4-0.
东晋大画家顾恺之,终日沉醉于绘画,每每迷恋创作而忘记其他,人们赞誉他“才绝、画绝、痴绝”。一次做东请客,他却因忙于绘画,竟将请客之事忘了。
莱特兄弟为研制飞机夙夜不懈、殚精竭虑。
诺贝尔为了发明新型安全炸药,多次遇险,实验室也曾被炸得面目全非,五个助手牺牲。
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要求:自拟标题,自选角度,确定立意;不要套作,不得抄袭;不得泄露个人信息;不少于800字。
读书是我的最爱。在我的生活中书既像睿智的老师又像贴心的朋友。书是知识的源泉,使我受益颇多。我最感兴趣的是文学作品。一方面,它们帮助我提高写作水平,开阔眼界;另一方面,它们丰富了我的生活,给我带来巨大的乐趣。
The city will later this year.