1My sister was fond of traveling.

2Ever since graduating,she had been determined to organize a tripto an old temple.

3Since transporting fare was expensive,she decided to use a bicycle to cycle therenot caring about the disadvantages.

4Her stubborn attitude was always her shortcoming.

5Once she made up her mind to do something,no one could persuade her to change her mind.

6Finally, we gave in as usualthough we preferred to take a train.

7After we prepared everything,including the schedule,reliable weather forecastand the insurance,we began our trip.

8Our journey was along a riverflowing from a high altitude.

9Our pace was slowbecause the river frequentlyhad many sharp bends through deep valleys,where the water seemed to boil.

10Just as I recorded in my journal,it was really a hard journey.

11But we also enjoyed great views.

12One night, I put my head on my pillowa parcel of wool coats, and lay beneath the stars.

13When the flamein front of our cave went out at midnight,I found the sky so beautiful!

1Dirty water rose in wellsand canals before the earthquake.

2But no one judged that an earthquake was coming.

3Suddenly, everything shook.

4It seemed as if the world was at an end.

5Millions of brick housesand a number of dams were destroyed.

6Railway tracks became useless bars.

7Pipes in mines burstand let out smelly steam.

8Huge cracks trappedcyclists everywhere.

9The next day, this event was the headlineor main title of all newspapers.

10With the reporters giving an outline of the disaster,the whole nation was shocked by the damageand the victim's extreme suffering.

11People were moved when they read thatthe survivors comforted each other by saying"Congratulations! You survived!"

12So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely,but also organized togetherto help the victims right away.

13The injured were rescuedand the dead were buried.

14The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruinsand were offered shelter,fresh water and electricity.

15Thanks to people's help, the loss was minimized.

1As the founder of the republic,the president had many good qualities.

2Before coming to power,he was a generous lawyer.

3He was willing to selflesslyhelp everyone who turned to him.

4He accepted no fee to offerlegal guidanceand opinions to those who were out of workor uneducated.

5Later, believing all mankind to be equal,he devoted himself to stopping the unfairanti-black laws.

6He set up the Black Youth League and was votedto be the leader.

7However,though he kept peaceful principles without violenceand terror,his mean enemies still blew up his houseand attacked his relatives,and he himself couldn't escape being sentencedto 30 years in prison.

8Not fearing of the prison guards' cruelty,he kept active and begged no mercy from them.

9As a matter of fact,he was always hopeful and never lost heart during the stageeven though he was in trouble.

10Finally, people rewarded him with the leader's positionand a gold blanket.

1A wooden vase from the Ming Dynasty,at the entrance of the reception hallamazed everyone.

2The artists designed it in a rare styleand selected valuable jewels to decorate it.

3People thought highly of its fancy colour of honeyand the beautiful paintings on it.

4The vase used to belong to a former castle.

5But when the country was at war,the enemy troops exploded the castle.

6Debates on how the vase survived went on and on.

7In order to remove people's doubt,a team of no less than 20 peoplecarried out an informal investigation.

8The evidences they found showed that a maidtook the vase apartand asked a sailor to sink it in a local well.

9She never gave away the secreteven under the cruel trialof the enemies who were in search of treasures.

10It is worth giving this brave maid a fortune in return.

1Swifter,Higher and Strongerstands for the spirit of the Olympics.

2But fairness is the basis of this motto.

3Only when you win fairlywill you and your homeland deserve the great glory.

4But nowadays,unlike the ancient honest slave competitors,some hopeless athletes who can't bear the pain of training cheatwhen taking part in games.

5Medals seem to have magical power causing them to cheat,and the prize money has replaced the mottoas their only goal.

6So, in the gymnasticsevent to be held in our city next month,one of the host's responsibilities,is to keep competitions fair.

7They advertisedon posters outside the stadiumto promise that every competitor is to have a regularphysical examination in a gymnasiumone after another.

8No one can bargain on this.

9The volunteers in charge will be very strict.

10It is foolish to cheatbecause they will not be admitted to competeand will even be fined as well.

1The goal of early calculating machines was to simplify difficult sums.

2But with the help of new technology,electronic chips replaced tubesand a revolution of artificial intelligence has arisen.

3From then on,the appearance of computers totally changedour lives.

4They can not only download information from the webwhen connected by the networkor mobile phone signals,but also solve different types of logical problems.

5With operators as their coaches,they can even control rockets to explore the moonand instruct androidswith the human race's charactersto mop floorsand watch over your naughty niece.

6Anyhow, computers are so helpfulthat they do bring happiness.

7However,computers are easily attacked by viruses.

8This reality has become a hard-to-deal with problem.

9As a result,computers are dangerous in a way.

10So, personally,I worry about their universal applications in some fields,such as finance.

1Dinosaurs died out because of an unexpected incident.

2But wildlife today disappears or is in dangerjust because humans do harm to it.

3For example,tigers are hunted for furto make carpets.so that they can only live in secure reserves.grassland is destroyed without mercyso that dust stormscome into being affecting distant cities.

4Last year, scientistssaw some monkeys rubbing themselveswith a certain kind of insectsto protect themselves from fierce mosquitoesbiting.

5According to the result of the inspection,they found that the insect contains a powerful drug,so local farmers were employed to catch the insects.

6The ending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zone.

7When told that it was a loss to humans,the farmers burst into laughter and responded,"Our real loss is our decreasing income."

8We should appreciate the natural balanceand pay more attention to the importanceof wildlife protection.

9Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace,can we smile in relief.

1I was very sensitive to music.

2Just dipping into the music books briefly,I could sing or play well.

3To be honest,I always dreamt of becoming a famous folk actor.

4I was so confident that I never decreased my devotion.

5I formed my first band called "Rolling Frog".

6At the beginning,we relied on performing on instruments in pubsor to passers-byto earn extra money in cash.

7Then we wore false beardsto pretend to be the musicianswhom people were familiar with.

8In addition,we attached humorous acts to our performancesand played jokes on each other.

9Soon, our "funny jazz" became famousand invitations to performfor broadcast stationsbegan to come.

10Afterwards, we sorted out attractive musicand made a record in a studio.

11A million or so copies were soldand we became millionaires.

12It was painful that the band broke up finally.

13But above all, I realized my dream to be a musician.

1The Agricultural Feasttakes place after the Independence Day.

2It is not a worldwide celebration.Only Christians in Mexicolook forward to its arrivalfor its religious origin.

3Long ago,humans' ancestors were bad.They fooled and played tricks on each otherand never kept their word.

4So God turned up and drowned all their crops.

5Humans starved day and night,weeping.In order to gain God's forgiveness,

6a woman poetset off to see God.She admired God and kept apologizing.

7God was moved.

8With his permission,humans finally had good harvests again.

9So, to wipe sadnessand remind themselves of the belief in God.

10people began the festival.

11On the festival,people gather in open air,such as playgrounds or parking lots,and energeticallyhave fun with each otherall night long,as though they were never tired.

12When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothingreads poems in memory of the poet,everyone holds their breath.

13Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster headis given to her as an award.

14Obviously, the story is not true,but the festival is interesting.

1Wang Peng earned his living by running a barbecue restaurant,

2which served delicious bacon,fried chicken breast and muttonroasted with pepper and garlic.

3But his food and discount attracted fewer and fewer customers.

4Finally,he was in debt.

5Yong Hui's slimming restaurant served fresh peas, carrots,eggplants, and raw cucumbers with vinegar.

6As the hostess,she said fibres benefited customers' digestion the most.

7In order not to let Yong Hui get away with telling lies,

8Wang Peng spied on Yong Huidespite her glare.

9But he was surprised that she was losing her customers, too.

10Curiosity drove Wang Peng to consult an expert.

11The expert sighed and said, "Both of your menus have weaknessand limited strength.

12Your customers put on weight too easily,while Yong Hui's lose weight too quickly.

13So, Wang Peng, cut down the fat of your food and increase vegetables and fruits,like nuts, beans, mushrooms, peaches and lemons.You ought to combine the two menus and provide a balanced diet."

14Before long,Wang Peng won his customers back.

1This novel was about an unbelievablebut genuine adventure.

2Its author was a black businessmanwho was brought up in America.

3In 1956,he visited Africa,his birthplace.

4One day,when he was wandering on the pavement near the bayenjoying the sea scenes,he lost his money and passportthat he kept in an envelope.

5So he went to the embassy to seek help,but the ambassador with rude manners didn't permit his staff to help,though he bowed to him.

6Staring at his impatient face,he understood that it was the fault of his skin colourthat accounted for their refection.

7So he decided to take a chance to sailon a small boat home.

8He met a large amount of difficultybut was never stopped.

9On the contrary,difficulty pushed him to go ahead harder.

10Three months later, he was spotted by a ship by accident.

11He was in rags indeed.

12A maid even screamedwhen bringing him a steakand pineapple dessert.

13Aboard, he earned his passage by workingas a barber and got home finally.

14As for the name of his novel,he couldn't think of a better one than the phrase"Go Ahead".

1MKII, a planetbillions of kilometers away,is the origin of life in many religions.

2Physicists have provedthe theorythat its gentle climateand the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth's.

3And astronomers have found that oxygen atomsand carbon dioxide,which are fundamental to life,exist in its atmosphere through satellites.

4Cheered up by this news,biologists, in their turn,began to do some research to remove people's puzzles—

5Now that there are some suitable conditions,does life really exist on this globe?

6Do they multiplyby laying eggs or giving birth to babies?

7Last month,a spaceship was sent there.

8It's a pity that this mission failed.

9Unlike the earth,MKII is a much younger planet.

10Thus, masses of harmful acid cloudsfloat everywhere causing violentchain reactions to break out.

11These clouds not only blocked out the pilots' sightbut also damaged the engine system.

12Luckily,the pilots watched out carefully and preventedthe spaceshipfrom crashing in time.

1After a quiz last autumn,Kuang crossed the continent eastward to Torontoto visit his schoolmate,the distance measuring approximately 5,000 kilometers.

2His train started from Vancouver,a city surrounded by mountains.

3After confirming his baggage was aboard the train,Kuang settled down in his seat.

4Having a gift for communication,he started chatting with another passengerwithin 5 minutes.

5Their topics included the Canadian traditions,the Prime Minister,the mixture of races,and the terrifying Great Fall.

6After a nice buffet at noon,he was pleased to find that the scenery was impressive.

7He saw beautiful harbours in the distance,wealthy urban areasand maple forest that covered thousands of acres.

8He even managed to catch sight of an eagleflying upward over bushes.

9Kuang reached Toronto which lies slightlynear the border at a misty dawn.

10There was frostand the broad downtown streets were very quiet.

11Though it was early,Kuang phoned his schoolmate in a booth nearby at oncerather than waiting for him to come.

12They had a good time together.

1Born in a pigs' nest,Lina led a poor lifein her childhood.

2She was looked down uponby the children of her generation.

3But she intended to become a doctorafter she came across Lin Qiaozhi by chance,who was delivering medical courses to an audiencecrowding around her.

4Before moving off,Lin inspired her to carry on her study.

5With Lin's support,Lina entered an institute and studied hardsparing no time for entertainment.

6Her being outspoken and modestwon respect for her.

7Her excellent arguing skillsand observation ability put others into the shade.

8Now, Lina has become a specialist inhuman beings' emergency sickness.

9Her kindness and considerate behavior to the poorwere well known.

10The organization she foundedcarried out campaigns and welfare projects to helpcut the death rate for the poor.

11Her job was hard but worthwhile.

12She often refers to the connection between her achievementand Lin Qiaozhi,and says that her poor childhood is the bondbetween her and the poor.

1Tuan was a farmer in Vietnam.

2For decades,he had been struggling to rid his family of hunger.

3However, it always confused him how to expandthe output of his crops.

4This disturbing problemled to his regretting being a farmer.

5He would rather have chosen another job.

6One day, when skimming through a newspaper,Tuan read a comment on Yuan Longpin.

7He underlined Yuan's nationality and occupation,and then focused on his discoveryand the statistics of his research.

8He found the knowledge Yuan circulated very practical.

9Therefore, he made a summaryand began to build up a new farming method.

10He planted super grain of rich nutrition andequipped himselfto keep his crops roots free from bacteria and pests.

11He also enriched minerals in the soilwhile reducing chemical fertilizers.

12Though it cost him more time and freedom,he was full of hope.

13The next year, Tuan was sunburntbut satisfied with his productionvery much.

14Thanks to Yuan Longpin,he not only won the battle against hunger,but he could also export his crops abroad.

1Chaplin was an extraordinary performer whostarred in and directed many outstanding comedies.

2Few were bored watching his moustache,his gestures or his entertaining reactionswhen chased by detectives.

3Being drunk,sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody,he made us feel more content with our lifewithout any verbal explanation.

4His particular sense of humorhas astonished everybody throughout theworld up to now.

5In a small budget film,he played a badly-off and homeless personwearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.

6On one occasion,he was trapped by a snowstormin a vast mountainous area.

7Though he overcame many difficulties,he wasn't fortunate enough.

8With all the porridge eaten up,he picked out a shoeand boiled it to eat.

9He cut off the leather bottomand chewed it like a pancake.

10According to an actress,his acting was so convincing and amusingthat everybody couldn't helpbursting into laughter.

1In general,spoken statements are the major way of communication,but body language and facial expressionsalso have such kinds of function.

2For example, yawning means being not interestedand turning one's back to someoneor swinging your fist shows your anger.

3But what those gestures really meanis subjective in different cultures.

4Thus, misunderstandings happen now and thenin today's world of cultural crossroads.

5Once, representing the Adults' Education Association,I went to the airport to meet an official of high rankfrom Columbiaand take him to his dormitory and then to the canteen.

6After the flight arrived,I saw a man looking around curiously.

7So I approached to greet him.

8He suddenly dashed to hug meand kissed me on both cheeks.

9As a young girl,I felt truly embarrassedand put up my hands to defend myself.

10His false smile told me that he had lost face.

11Later, I received a cassette from him,in which he recorded his apology.

12On hearing that Columbianswere more likely to kiss others,I soon felt at ease.

1As soon as our shuttle got close to the theme parkby the freeway, everyone came to lifeand put on cloth sneakers in advance for an outing.

2Our translator paid for the admission,and we started enjoying the variousattractions in the sunlight.

3According to the travel brochure,this unique park is famous for its well preservedminority culture.

4We experienced many deeds of the early settlers,such as swinging across rivers,hunting creatures in the jungle,or taking part in swords fighting tournaments.

5This park is also famous for its wooden souvenirs.

6Whichever we bought in the central shop was made of wood,and wherever we went we could see minority carpenters working.

7They made wooden tools,wooden cartoon figures,wooden athletic products and so on.

8They even built a huge wooden enginewith a length of 20 metres,which was modeled after a real one.

9This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park.

10No wonder it has become the brand of local tourism.

1When the construction of the firework factorycame to the stage of painting,a pump was put in.

2Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood weredefeated by a severe diseasewhose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.

3An expert physicianwas instructed to attend to the victimsand handle this case.

4He was enthusiastic,but he didn't foresee that it was a hard challenge.

5After simple enquiry,he announced that the polluted paint was to blame.

6But without positive evidence, people suspectedand rejected his view,saying the theory he put forward made no sense.

7Being much more strict with himself,he contributed himself to the case.

8Apart from making enquiries,he made detailed charts and analysed the datacautiously.

9Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion,linking the disease to the radium in the pump.

10Exposed to radium,a kind of radioactive material in the universe,people absorbed radiationand got sick immediately.

11Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium.

12This simple movement cured all the victims.

1After the wedding,my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdomfor nationwide sightseeing.

2He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday.

3To my delight, he no longer made any tense error.

4And his description roughly clarified my questionsabout the UK--its currency,its administration, the institutionwhich divides it into four provinces,and the historical conflicts and quarrelswhen Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.

5Unwilling to leave out any attraction,my cousin arranged his enjoyable journey carefully.

6One attractive place he visited was a castlein the countryside of Scotland,which lies near a port.

7It used to be the headquarters of the Communism Unionbut broke down during the war.

8Finding nothing could take the placeof this splendid architecture,people accomplished rebuilding it in 1952.

9It was to their credit that all furnished roomsare consistent with what they used to be.

10My cousin was thrilled by itscollections consisting of statues plusroyal uniforms folded in glass tanks.

11Though there was no possibilityto buy some of these exhibits,it was convenient to take photos,which he sent me along with his fax.

1I was a previous typist in a post office.

2Because I couldn't tolerate typingany more postage billsor postcodes on a typewriter every day,I resigned.

3With a greedy motivation of making big money,I took up working as a business representativefor the G.E Ecology Company,which produced goodsby recycling useful materialsfrom our dustbins.

4My new job left me good impressions in many aspectsexcept that the working timetablewas full of traveling by jets.

5Once, when speeding up,our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm,which destroyed our GPS receiverand made us lose sight of the directions.

6A constantly flashing lightshowed that our jet was in danger.

7A steward instantly asked us to put on masksand fasten the safety belts,and then pressed a buttonto switch on the escaping capsule.

8It slid sideways out of the openingat once and landed in a desert area safely.

9Lacking food and tablets,we were nervous and uncertain at first.

10But we all kept optimisticand made good adjustment to the situation.

11We swept up the surrounding mudto make our settlement and were back on our feet soon.

12Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet,some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.

1Jane is a housewife,but delighted to work as an amateur journalist.

2It is a dilemma for herto rush between family and work,and it is also unusualfor the News Department to depend on an amateurto cover crimes.

3But Jane is really gifted.

4It is admirable thatshe is seldom accused of making mistakes.

5And, eager to become more professional,she concentrates on her joband updates herself now and then.

6Once she is informed of a new case,her normal working process is as follows:First, she makes appointments with guilty peoplefor interviews.

7So as to acquire accurate stories,she usually demands to record what they say.

8Meanwhile, a technically good colleaguewill assist her in taking photographs.

9Second, she assesses whether they are deliberatelyhiding the truth.

10If she is skeptical about their words,she will look into the case herself.

11Third, she writes thorough storiesahead of the deadlineand submits it to the senior chief editor,who polishes and approves every section.

12Finally, her stories will be publishedin different editions of their magazine.

1A boy fell ill.

2His organs were damaged by the radiationof an infrared ray stove.

3But before the ambulance arrived,a number of other injuries happened to this unlucky boyover and over again.

4First, he was choked by some poisonous liquidfrom the kettle on the cupboard.

5Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock.

6Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.

7Fortunately,the boy's nurse gave him proper temporary treatmentsaccording to his complex symptoms.

8She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throatand put bandages firmly in placeto apply pressure to the ankle woundto stop bleeding.

9As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve,poured a basin of cold water over the burn to cool itand put her hands on a damp blouseto cover his swollen tissue tightly.

10She also inspired his braveryto fight against the unbearable pain.

11Her first aid made a vital differencein saving his life.

12A ceremony was held to honour the nursewho overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.