As Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves on Friday on his first overseas tour, which includes stops in Moscow and three African countries, Beijing’s media is very interested in Xi’s famous wife Peng Liyuan, who will be traveling with him.
China’s new First Lady, one of the country’s most famous folk singers and
a World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador(亲善大使) for
Tuberculosis(结核病) and HIV/AIDS, has long been as well known
as her husband.
The news that she would come along with her husband on the trip has already attracted widespread attention on China’s micro-blogging service, where expectations(期望) are high about her ability to promote China’s image abroad.
“Each country’s First Lady has her own style and charm, and the thing that the world loves is color and difference,” says Tsinghua University political scientist Tang Xiaoyang.
As Peng and President Xi start their trip to Moscow, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo, the outing is the president’s first chance to shape his image as China’s new leader before foreign audiences.
Renmin University journalism professor Zhong Xin says there are high expectations that Peng will help her husband pass on a friendly image of China.
“Mrs. Peng is beautiful and popular.” Zhong said, explaining that the new First Lady will not only have a good effect on herself, but the president and the whole country.
| Peng Liyuan—China’s New First Lady |
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| A brief |
● Beautiful and popular. ● Famous for her folk ● Well-known |
| Her overseas tour |
● Setting out with her ● Starting her overseas tour on Friday, |
| Widespread attention on her |
● Beijing’s media is ● On China’s micro-blogging service, people express that they look forward to her ● The world expects her to be colorful and |
| Possible effects |
● Peng will help President Xi pass on a(n) ● Peng will not only have a good |
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When I was18, one morning, my father told me to drive 16 into a town, about 18 miles away. I had just learned to drive, so I 17 (agree) with pleasure. First we came to the town. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it 18 (repair) and promised to pick Dad up at 4 p.m. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the cinema. 19 , I became so interested in the films 20 I forgot the time. When the last film finished, it was 6 o’clock. I drove back quickly to meet Dad and made an excuse for my being late.
“I’m disappointed that you lied to me, Jack. I’m angry, not with 21 but with myself. I have failed because I’ve brought up a son who can not even tell the 22 (true) to his own father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about 23 I have gone wrong all these years.”
Dad began walking alone the road. I begged all the way, telling him 24 sorry I was. I drove behind him for 18 miles, at a speed of 5 miles 25 hour. It was the most unforgettable lesson I have never lied to him ever since.
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You probably know what fast food is. It is cooked food that is ready almost as soon as you enter a public eating place. It does not cost much.
Most fast food restaurants are chain (连锁) restaurants. That means each one is part of a huge company. Each restaurant in the chain has the same large, colorful sign that can be easy to recognize from far away. Each offers its own carefully limited choice of foods. Each kind of hamburger or piece of chicken tastes the same at every restaurant in the chain.
The fast food industry began with two brothers in the nineteen forties. Mac and Dick McDonald owned a small, but very successful restaurant. They sold only a few kinds of simple food, especially hamburgers. People stood outside the restaurant at a window. They told the workers inside what they wanted to eat. They received and paid for their food very quickly. The food came in containers that could be thrown away. The system was so successful that the McDonald brothers discovered they could sell a lot of food and lower their prices.
Ray Kroc sold restaurant supplies. He recognized the importance of the McDonald brothers' idea. Kroc paid the McDonald brothers for permission to open several restaurants similar to theirs. He opened the first McDonald's restaurant near Chicago in nineteen fifty-five. Soon, more McDonald's were opening all across the United States. Other people copied the idea and more fast food restaurants followed.
Fast food restaurants spread quickly in the United States because of franchising. Franchising means selling the legal right to operate a store in a company's chain to an independent business person. If the company approves, the business person may buy the store for a period of years. Each restaurant also gives the company about ten percent of the money it earns in sales. Today, over seventy percent of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent businessmen and women.
| McDonald's and fast food industry |
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| Explanation of fast food |
It is cooked food which is more convenient and much ( |
| Characters of the chain restaurants |
There are: ▲( ▲carefully ( ▲the ( |
| ( |
It developed from Mac and Dick McDonald’s ( |
| Great changes brought by Kroc to McDonald's |
▲The McDonald brothers ( ▲Franchising made Fast food restaurants spread (79) in the United States. |
| Current situation |
At most ( |
What is a dream?
For centuries, people have wondered about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep. However, they have been valued as necessary to a person's health and happiness.
Historically people thought dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically believing that they tell about a person's character. He believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.
The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's compensation theory. Jung, a former student of Freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer. Thus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.
Using more recent research, William Domhoff from the University of California found that dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. , Until they reach age five, they can not express very well what their dreams are about. Once people become adults, there is little or no change in their dreams. The dreams of men and women differ. For instance,
The characters that appear in the dreams of men are often other men, and often involve physical aggression.
The meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand. If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.
| A．Dreams make up for what is lacking in waking life. |
| B．However, people should not take their dreams as reality. |
| C．They have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys. |
| D．It gives scientists chances to better understand human mind. |
E．Children do not dream as much as adults.
F．They think their mind is trying to tell them something.
G．First, there was Sigmund Freud’s theory.
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I’m writing to tell you my imagination about life in the future.
No one can tell exactly what kind of life will be a__________ of ___________
us. But I can ____________ (宣布) with certainty that life will ___________
be m___________ easier. I’m sure there will be more educational ___________
programs on the radio or TV. So children will get _____________ ___________
at home w_____________ going to school every day. Besides, most ___________
of us will have videophones at home through __________ we can ___________
have a medical exam or do some _________ (购物) at home. Meanwhile, ___________
we’ll have robots to _______ (帮助) us in doing housework, allowing ___________
us more time to enjoy life. With the development of ___________ (科学) ___________
researches, ordinary people may soon be able to spend their holidays
in space and a great __________ of people may live in space or undersea. __________
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AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ) is a medical condition caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), a virus which damages people’s natural defenses against disease. So far, no cure has been found for it.
In the early mid-1980s, while other parts of the world were beginning to deal with the serious disease, Asia remained relatively unaffected by this newly discovered health problem. By the early 1990s, however, HIV and AIDS had hit several Asian countries, and by the end of that decade, HIV was spreading rapidly in many areas of the continent. Today, HIV and AIDS are a growing problem in every region of Asia. The latest statistics produced by UNAIDS suggest that in 2008, over 5 million people were living with HIV or AIDS in Asia.
Various factors cause the spread of HIV, including poverty, inequality, unequal status of women, cultural myths about sex and high levels of migration（移民）. Although it’s useful to understand the situation of AIDS in Asia as a whole, each country in the region faces a different situation. In Cambodia and Thailand, there has been evidence of declines in HIV infection levels. In Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam, meanwhile, the number of people living with HIV has rapidly increased. In China, the number of people newly infected with HIV and AIDS is also rising although at a much slower pace.
Much improvement is needed to prevent HIV and AIDS around Asia. New guidelines and policy documents have been continually issued over the years. Most of the successful programs do have at least three features in common. Firstly, these programs encourage HIV and AIDS education among the general population to teach people how to avoid infection and to face discrimination. Secondly, they are every practical and they involve the infected people themselves in program design and implementation（实施）. Last but not least, strong leadership is essential for HIV prevention. If all of the leaders truly committed themselves to this cause, them a great many lives would be saved.
| Overview of HIV and AIDS in Asia |
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| The ( |
HIV, a virus( |
| The past situation |
◇In the early mid-1980s, with other parts of the world troubled with the serious disease, Asia remained( unaffected by this newly discovered health problem. ◇In the early 1990s, HIV and AIDS( |
| The （ |
◇AIDS/HIV is a growing problem in every region, over 5 millions people living ( ◇Asian courtiers are facing( |
| The improvement to prevent HIV and AIDS including three ( most of the successful programs have in common |
◇( ◇being practical and getting the infected people. ( ◇Leaders’ taking an active part in the cause. |
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