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WELCOME UNIT
UNIT 8 LITERATURE
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播
中国文化
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
March 8 marks the annual International Women's Day. Around the world, women usually played an unnoticeable role in history. They were often buried with their unknown talents and __1__ (amaze) tales. Yet there are still some lucky ones __2__ stories have been recorded.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
Li Qingzhao is one of them. __3__ (praise) as the “No.1 talented woman”, Li Qingzhao, a poet from the Song Dynasty (960-1279), was born in Shandong Province.
She was good at poetry, ink painting and calligraphy (书法), and __4__ she was most wellknown for was her poems, which __5__ (divide) into two contrasting styles reflecting her life as a married woman and a widow. Before her husband Zhao Mingcheng's __6__ (die), her poems were mainly about a carefree and happy life. The keynote turned into __7__ tragic tune after Zhao passed away.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
However, Li was not a narrowminded woman. Apart __8__ expressing feelings and experiences of women, she also wrote poems praising war __9__ (hero) and criticizing the corrupt and weak emperor and royals. One of her most famous poems __10__ (be)“Born as an outstanding soul, even die as a hero among spirits”.
As an example of female patriot, Li has a great effect on modern women literature.
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
答案:1.amazing 2.whose 3.Praised 4.What 5.were divided 6.death 7.a 8.from 9.heroes 10.is
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课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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Hardship and suffering made Li Qingzhao's poetic style widely different from earlier works, which mainly deliver the maiden naivety and the subtle feelings of parting with her husband, or her passion with mother nature and her love of plants and pets.
艰难困苦使李清照的诗歌风格和前期的作品有很大的不同,她的前期作品主要表达了少女的浪漫及其与丈夫的离愁别绪,或者是她对自然景物、花草禽鸟的热爱。
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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