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WELCOME UNIT
WELCOME UNIT
单元主题:人与自我——高中开学
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。
In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a child
named Kuang Heng. He loved books, but his family
was so poor __1__ he couldn't get books to read.
At that time, __2__ (book) were very valuable.
People would not easily lend them __3__ others. Then Kuang Heng had an idea. He went to work for rich people in the busy farming season. He said that he did not want their money. He only wanted them to lend him books. Kuang Heng kept __4__ (work) hard all day, and he only had time to read when he had __5__ break. It usually took him a long time __6__
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
(finish)reading a book. He thought that __7__ he didn't have time to read books during the day, he could read them at night. However, Kuang Heng did not have the money to buy the lamp oil (灯油) for lighting. What should Kuang Heng do? One night, Kuang Heng was lying on the bed memorizing the book he had read. __8__ (sudden), he saw light shining through the walls. He wondered where the light came from. He stood up and walked over to the wall. He found the light was from his neighbor's lamp. Kuang Heng thought of a way. He took a small knife and widened the crack in the wall, __9__ (make)the hole bigger. In this way, the light became brighter. He __10__ (use) the light that came through the wall to read his books. Kuang Heng continued studying hard like this, and later became a learned scholar.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________
6.________ 7.________ 8.________9.________ 10.________
答案: 1.that 2.books 3.to 4.working 5.a 6.to finish 7.although/though/
while 8.Suddenly 9.making 10.used
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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Kuang Heng, styled Zhi Gui, was a famous Confucian scholar and statesman in the Western Han Dynasty. Despite his poor family, Kuang Heng was full of enthusiasm for reading books. Unable to afford lamp oil, he chiseled a hole in the wall to borrow the light of his neighbor's house to read books. This is the famous “chisel the wall to steal the light” story. Since the ancients worked so hard, we students should cherish the present and value our youth, for youth is meant for struggling.
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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匡衡,字稚圭,是西汉时期著名的儒家学者和政治家。尽管家境贫寒,匡衡却对读书充满热情。因无力购买灯油照明,他便在墙上凿了个洞,借邻居家的灯光来读书。这便是著名的“凿壁偷光”的故事。古人尚且如此努力,我们学生更应该珍惜当下,珍视青春——因为青春本就是用来奋斗的。
课外拓展阅读——用英语传播中国文化
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