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广州衡美高中2023-2024学年高一上期末复习
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Videos of 77-year-old Xu Xiuzhen, who speaks different languages with foreigners while selling water, postcards and headdress flowers, have brought her fame(名声).
To support her family, Xu, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, began to learn different languages ____36____(attract) more foreign customers.
Xu said she would convert(转变)words in any language into Chinese ____37____(character) based on their pronunciation and then memorize them. She would repeat the words in her head before going to bed and immediately ____38____waking up, which has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners, she said.
Over the past two decades, Xu ____39____(teach) herself 11 foreign languages, ____40____(include) English, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. In addition to making her ____41____(extreme) popular, her language ability has made it easier for her to communicate ____42____ foreign tourists. As ____43____result, Xu has also become one of the ____44____(busy) tour guides in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign visitors, _____45_____come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.
“More and more foreign tourists are coming to Yangshuo, and I hope they will feel at home here with my help J she said.
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About 15 years ago, Andrew McAtee, a businessman and cyclist, was riding his bike in Austin, Texas, when he thought about a friend's son. The 12-year-old boy had never known the joy of biking because he suffered from a rare disease, a buildup of liquid in the brain 36 often causes imbalance.
When he got home, McAtee went online and found a three-wheel bike with a seat belt, perfect for a child 37 balance problems. Soon the boy was pedaling around the street with his peers, having fun and getting exercise. 38 there was more. “To see his son cycling with other kids, " McAtee says, “I'll never forget the s