Few of us haven't read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).
Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is unable to see. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue to find her. Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can do to make sure Mary doesn't get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. The film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
"The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping-off point, "writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, " The focus is firmly on following your dream. "
2020年10月8日,瑞典学院宣布将2020年诺贝尔文学奖授予美国女诗人露易丝·格吕克。格吕克1943年出生于美国纽约, 50多年的写作生涯里,她著有12本诗集和1本诗歌随笔集,曾获美国普利策奖、国家图书奖等多个奖项,被认为是美国当代最杰出的诗人之一。对于格吕克的获奖,颁奖方称她的“诗意之声”能够“让个体的存在具有普遍性”。然而,由于受到新冠疫情的影响,今年的诺贝尔奖将不再举办现场的颁奖典礼,而是通过线上举行。
戏答元珍①
欧阳修
春风疑不到天涯,二月山城未见花。
残雪压枝犹有橘,冻雷惊笋欲抽芽。
夜闻归雁生乡思,病入新年感物华。
曾是洛阳花下客② , 野芳虽晚不须嗟。
(注)①此诗作于宋仁宗景佑三年(1036年)。此年欧阳修因事左迁峡州夷陵(今湖北宜 昌)县令,与峡州军事判官丁宝臣(字元珍)交好。②宋仁宗天圣八年(1030)至景元年(1034), 欧阳修曾任西京(洛阳)留守推官,领略了当地牡丹盛况,写过《洛阳牡丹记》。洛阳以牡丹花著称。
10月21日,我国自主三代核电“华龙一号”全球首堆一中核集团福清核电5号机组首次达到临界状态,标志着机组正式进入带功率运行状态,向建成投产迈出了重要一步。经国家核安全局批准,华东核与辐射安全监督站核查释放,福清核电5号机组开始反应堆达临界操作。通过稀释一回路硼浓度和提升控制棒操作,反应堆首次达到临界状态。“华龙一号”是我国完全具备自主产权的三代核电技术,是我国核电走向世界的“国家名片”。
材料一:古之学者必有师。师者,所以传道受业解惑也。人非生而知之者,孰能无惑?惑而不从师,其为惑也,终不解矣。生乎吾前,其闻道也固先乎吾,吾从而师之;生乎吾后,其闻道也亦先乎吾,吾从而师之。吾师道也,夫庸知其年之先后生于吾乎?是故无贵无贱,无长无少,道之所存,师之所存也。(《师说》节选)
材料二:学不可以已。青,取之于蓝,而青于蓝;冰,水为之,而寒于水。木直中绳,輮以为轮,其曲中规。虽有槁暴,不复挺者,輮使之然也。故木受绳则直,金就砺则利,君子博学而日参省乎己,则知明而行无过矣。(《劝学》节选)
①是故无贵无贱,无长无少,道之所存,师之所存也。
②故木受绳则直,金就砺则利,君子博学而日参省乎己,则知明而行无过矣。
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Walter's goal in life was become a successfully doctor. He knew he have to finish high school first, so he put his heart into his studies—in particular, biology, chemistry and maths. Because he worked hard at these subjects, Walter became good at it. However, Walter forgot that he needed to master some other subjects besides those he had been chosen. As a result, Walter fails in both English and Latin in the end of the second school year. But he had to repeat these subjects and he was almost unable to graduate as planning. Walter learned good lesson.
It's hard to avoid looking like a fool on April Fool's Day. On April 1 each year, people play tricks on each other. These tricks are usually silly rather than mean. Classmates sometimes tie each other's shoelaces to their chairs. Teachers might hand out an impossibly difficult surprise test that scares students before they realize it's only a joke. Newspapers announce fake contests (such as "Win an elephant!") and report on fake stories (like "UFO" lands in New York City).
Forget gifts, songs and special foods—those are for the other holidays of the year. On April Fool's Day, the only tradition is to laugh (and maybe to cause a little bit of trouble).
One April Fool's Day, when I was in high school, a group of students in my class played a very clever and funny trick on the teachers. They bought some chickens and set them free in our school cafeteria. The chickens ran all round the school, in and out of classrooms and under our feet. Feathers were flying everywhere.
Teachers began running after the chickens, trying to catch them. Finally, they caught four of them. But the chickens were wearing numbered tags (商标) around their necks, and the teachers discovered that they had only caught chickens NO. 1, 2, 3, and 5. Where was chicken No. 4?
The teachers looked and looked. They couldn't find another chicken. After a few hours, they realized that the students had played another joke on them: There were only four chickens in the first place! They've been tricked by the numbers on the chickens.
It's been a long time since I was in high school, but that April Fool's Day remains one of my favorite memories from those years.
冬柳
[唐]陆龟蒙
柳汀斜对野人窗,零落衰条傍晓江。正是霜风飘断处,寒鸥惊起一双双。
采桑子
[宋]欧阳修
天容水色西湖好,云物俱鲜。鸥鹭闲眠,应惯寻常听管弦。
风清月白偏宜夜,一片琼田。谁羡骖鸾,人在舟中便是仙。