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一、 Love for Jin Yong Never Dies 二、 “Dad, I Love You!”
Riding on a “Dragon” Buzz Off!
A Perfect Iceberg Paying in Followers
键盘侠
三、 The Point of Traveling
Why We Travel
Please Put Down Your Smartphone! 四、 Walking You to School
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Moving to a Swiss Village A Two-Day Tour in Xi’an 五、 The History of Fast Food Restaurants
Why Do Dogs Like Bones? Mend the sheepfold 六、 七、
My Future
Chengdu to Launch Artificial Moons
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Love for Jin Yong Never Dies 身已不在江湖，却留下永世传说
I COULDN’T stop reading,” says Ricky, now 28. “I read it in class ... under the desk. I read it in bed. I covered up my head and the book in the quilt so that I wouldn’t be caught by my mum.”
The book Ricky talks about is Condor Heroes (《射雕英雄传》). This is just one of Jin Yong’s wuxia novels (武侠小说). Like Ricky, many people find it hard to stop turning the pages when they read Jin’s books.
For decades, Jin was loved by readers across China. Some people believe he is the greatest Chinese writer of the 20th century. Jin’s novels have been made into TV shows, movies and video games. They have greatly influenced popular culture.
When news broke last week that Jin died, the whole world felt shocked. “How much I hope this was not real!” many people said. The internet was full of memories of reading Jin’s novels.
Jin is gone, but he will always be in our hearts. After all, who would want to put down his novels?
? condor
? catch (caught, caught) v. 当场发现、发觉 ? decade n. 十年 ? influence v.&n. 影响
? break (broke, broken) v. (新闻、消息等) 传开 ? shocked adj. 震惊的
→ shock n. 令人震惊的事 v. 使震惊 ? memory n. 记忆，回忆 ? gone adj. 去世了的 ? cover up
? so that，为了，以便 ? ? ? ? ?
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popular culture news broke felt shocked was full of memories of reading Jin’s novels Jin is gone after all put down
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Chengdu to Launch Artificial Moons
月有阴晴圆缺？成都拟发射“人造月亮”替代路灯。
HAVE YOU ALWAYS WISHED there were a second moon in the sky? Dream no longer. Chengdu is going to launch (发射) artificial (人造的) moons. If everything goes well, the first one will be in the sky in 2020.
The coating (涂层) of the artificial moon is like a mirror. It can receive light from the Sun and reflect (反射) it to Earth. The moon can be eight times brighter than the real Moon.
The artificial moon’s place in the sky can be easily changed. It can light up a large area. It is 10-80 km in diameter (直径). The light can be turned off.
The artificial moon can take the place of (替代) street lights. This can save energy and the cost of lighting (照明). If it works well, Chengdu will launch more moons later. They will take turns in working.
Will such a bright night light affect (影响) animals in the area? Don’t worry. The light will be a dusk-like (似黄昏的) glow (亮光). ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
launch artificial coating reflect diameter affect
dusk-like glow
no longer If everything goes well is like a mirror
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? in the area
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a wizarding school (巫师学校). It is located in Hogwarts Castle. The castle is in the mountains near a lake.
Hogwarts has many spells (咒语) on and around it. They make it impossible for a Muggle (麻瓜) to see it as a wizarding school. A Muggle sees only ruins and several warnings of danger. In this way, the students and the school are protected from harm.
Hogwarts Castle covers a large area. It has a lake, a forest and a Quidditch Pitch (魁地奇球场). There are 142 staircases (楼梯) in the castle. The steps on the staircases can move around in the large castle. Some rooms in the castle can move around, too. The castle has a long history. Even Albus Dumbledore (阿不思·邓布利多) did not know all of its secrets.
The school’s motto is “Draco (/'dreik?u/)Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.” It means “Never tickle a sleeping dragon (眠龙勿扰).”
? witchcraft /'w?t?krɑ?ft/ n. 巫术；魔法
? wizardry /'w?z?dr?/ n. 巫术，魔法 → wizardly 神奇的，奇异的；男巫的 ? wizarding n. 巫师 ? spell vt. 拼，拼写；意味着；招致；拼成；迷住；轮值
n. 符咒；一段时间；魅力
? muggle /'m?g(?)l/ n.麻瓜 ? ruin /'ru??n/ n. 废墟
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