What's On?
Electric Underground
7:30pm-1:00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre
Do you know who's playing in your area? We're bringing you an exciting evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract (合同)? If so, come early to the talk at 7:30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He's going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.
Gee Whizz
8:30pm-10:30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope
Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He's the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and snacks (快餐).
Simon's Workshop
5:00pm-7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage
This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years' experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.
Charlotte Stone
8:00pm-11:00pm Pizza World
Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta (面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.
She began to cry.
If you saw a father (pat) his son the back smiling happily, what would you think was on? You would probably think that the father was his son on (do) something well, maybe (pass) an exam or winning a race. You would know what was going because you understood the message (convey) by the father's body language. the world, a pat on the back and a smile usually means," Well done".
We produce 500 billion of plastic bags in a year worldwide and they are thrown away polluting oceans, killing wildlife and getting dumped in landfills where they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Researchers have been unsuccessfully looking for a solution.
The 16-year-old Canadian high school student, Daniel Burd, from Waterloo Collegiate Institute, has discovered a way to make plastic bags degrade(降解) in as few as 3 months, a finding that won him first prize at the Canada Wide Science Fair, a $10,000 prize, a $20,000 scholarship, and a chance to revolutionize a major environmental issue.
Burd's strategy was simple: Since plastic does eventually degrade, it must be eaten by microorganisms(微生物).If those microorganisms could be identified, we could put them to work eating the plastic much faster than under normal conditions.
With this goal in mind, he grounded plastic bags into a powder and concocted(调制) a solution of household chemicals, yeast(酵母) and tap water to encourage microbes growth.Then he added the plastic powder and let the microbes work their magic for 3 months.Finally, he tested the resulting bacterial culture on plastic bags, exposing one plastic sample to dead bacteria as a control.Sure enough, the plastic exposed(暴露) to the live bacteria was 17% lighter than the control after six weeks.
The inputs are cheap, maintaining the required temperature takes little energy because microbes produce heat as they work, and the only outputs are water and tiny levels of carbon dioxide.
“Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have piles of plastic bags falling on top of me.One day, I got tired of it and I wanted to know what other people are doing with these plastic bags.The answer: not much.So I decided to do something myself.” Said Daniel Burd.
Nothing could stop Dad. After he was put on disability for a bad back, he bought a small farm in the country, just enough to grow food for the family. He planted vegetables, fruit trees and even kept bees for honey.
And every week he cleaned Old Man McColgin's chicken house in exchange for manure(肥料). The smell really burned the inside of your nose. When we complained about the terrible smell, Dad said the stronger the manure, the healthier the crops, and he was right. For example, just one of his cantaloupes filled the entire house with its sweet smell, and the taste was even sweeter.
As the vegetables started coming in, Dad threw himself into cooking. One day, armed with a basket of vegetables, he announced he was going to make stew(炖菜).Dad pulled out a pressure cooker and filled it up with cabbages, eggplants, potatoes, corns, onions and carrots. For about half an hour, the pressure built and the vegetables cooked. Finally, Dad turned off the stove, the pot began to cool and the pressure relief valve sprayed out a cloud of steam. If we thought Dad's pile of chicken manure was bad, this was 10 times worse. When Dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.
Dad carried the pot out and we opened doors and windows to air out the house. Just how bad was it? The neighbors came out of their houses to see if we had a gas leak!
Determined, Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around. It didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, either. I took a taste. It would never win a prize in a cooking competition, but it was surprisingly edible, and we drank up every last drop of soup!
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
When I was in Junior Middle School, I once quarrel with my favorite teacher Mr. Yang because he criticized me strictly. Before that, I was so ashamed that I had no courage to see her again. To my surprised, Mr. Yang found me and apologized to me for his sharp words next day. He had said he could understand why I was so angry at that moment. Also, Mr. Yang hoped I could understand that he was so strictly with me because he thought I should have behaved better. What he had said or done made me very touching. Therefore, I was determined not to let him down any long.
材料一∶
语言是文化的天然载体,而方言是地域文化的底色。以多样化的艺术形式保存、传播方言,不仅可以保护地域文化的多样性,也能让文化传统得以传承并焕发活力。尤其是在网络文艺兴盛的当下,寻找新的文艺形式和表达空间来唤起方言新的生命力,维系乡土记忆与城市生活之间的精神联系,是一个值得探讨的话题。
方言让文化传承开新花
考察方言与文艺形式的渊源,可以发现,传统的地方曲艺最能体现方言的文化特点,比如秦腔、豫剧、粤剧等,合辙押韵的戏词依托方言特色,唱出中华传统文化丰富性和多样性的特点。将地域文化与方言结合起来的音乐形式是网络原创歌曲,像网络空间里大受欢迎的陕西方言民谣《西安人的歌》、微电影主题曲《重庆的味道》,用方言演唱,再配上地域的风土人情、美食美景,不仅是自媒体内容生产者寄托乡情的载体,也是网民了解城市文 化的有效路径。
方言网络歌曲为方言的传承找到了舞台,同时也让方言退去了"土"和"俗"的标签。川渝风味的说唱、三秦大地的摇滚,成为网生代追捧的新时尚。川渝说唱歌词,具有四川青年文化的地域性,成为青年人享受生活、敢耍爱玩的生活写照。四川话那种脆生生、活泼泼的腔调和韵味,天然具备接地气的基因,像《精神小伙听令》里的"整起来""懂了撒",不仅形象鲜活,也易于流传。
方言利于情绪和情感传播
在互联网时代,方言作品的兴起,满足了个体的自我表达和社群文化的认同。方言成为短视频的常见声道,是因为方言在连接情感、渲染气氛、拉近距离、强化认同上具备传播优势。研究表明,母语更容易激起强烈的情绪反应。而今互联网上的情绪传播成为主流。网友们通过情绪,而不是传统意义上的身份、职业来确认社群归属。感性类内容通常将私密的议题带入公共领域,在激发受众情绪的基础上,创造新的归属感。
在表现社会生活的丰富性和作者的个性方面,方言具有无可比拟的优越性。不少作家回归故土,发掘方言,找寻语言的源头。方言作为一种叙述方式,常能使作者的语言别具风格,像莫言作品中地域色彩浓厚的生活用语,贾平凹作品中文白夹杂的商洛方言,金宇澄《繁花》中通篇的上海话思维,成就了作家语言的独特性。
网络语言作为新的语言现象,折射出互联网时代人们的精神世界。方言不仅是告别故乡的人纾解乡愁的出口,也是在城市生活的人对地域风情和乡村生活进行想象的一种凭借,是连接乡土中国与城市空间、连接传统话语与二次元表达的全新网络文化景观。
彰显方言的文 化魅力
当前,方言网络文艺大多为自媒体生产,存在良莠不齐的现状,有些作品难免存在内容粗俗化、制作粗糙化、趣味粗鄙化的情况。方言网络文艺创作不可沉溺于"土味",一味追求娱乐效果,从而让方言沦为媚俗的手段。
"语言是思想的直接现实。"面对价值观念多元化的挑战,网络语言的生产者和创作者,要坚持审美趣味的引导和高质量的方言内容生产。网络文艺尤其是方言创作长于日常表达,但日常不等于一地鸡毛、无聊琐碎。如何在小人物的平凡日常中发现美、记录美,表现有温度的人性,直面现实的困惑,寻求心灵的慰藉,这是网络文艺方言创作的努力方向。方言网络文艺作品应该以文化为起点,用方言的魅力建立地域文化自信,让那一份乡愁成为文化传承最美的寄托。
(摘编自刘亭《方言网络文艺别沉溺于"土味"》,《光明日报》2020年11月11日)
材料二∶
方言之于文学,好比盐之于饭菜。一顿饭有各种吃法,"舌尖上的中国"百味杂陈,可总也少不了一点儿盐——有盐才有味儿。远的不说,就只说大家耳熟能详的四大名著,哪一部不是包含着南北各地的方言风味?哪一部不是总有一点儿增色添香的方言桥段?《西游记》有诙谐风趣的淮安方言,《水浒传》有豪爽劲道的山东方言,《红楼梦》则更是集各地方言之大成,苏北、常州、南京、北京等地的方言大放异彩,在小说里穿插自如,恰似一首大合唱。
一地方言成一家"盐",来自南北各地的作者,自然而然地把这"盐"撒进了自家的作品里。无论读者有啥口味,喜好啥味道,总能在文学里的方言中,找到获得感与归宿感。这当然是方言的魅力,也是方言总能活跃在文学作品中的根本原因。
"新文化"运动至今已上百年,各地方言屡屡被作家们注入到作品之中,为中国现代文学创造出脍炙人口的新鲜滋味。沈从文以《边城》开创了湘西方言文学,李劫人以四川│方言写的《死水微澜》引人入胜,巴金的《家》《春》《秋》三部曲"中不乏四川方言,老舍以北京方言创作了不朽的《骆驼祥子》,后来,陈忠实的《白鹿原》路遥的《平凡的世界》,让更多中国读者在《秦腔》中品悟到了"最美的平凡"。
总之,中国方言文学的版图一直都在,也一直百花齐放。
(摘编自肖伊绯《大师笔下的方言之美》,海燕文学月刊网2020年2月28日)