Do you like reading? How often do you go to a bookshop? To compete with online sellers, traditional bookshops have tried everything to win customers. And it is true that a great bookstore can encourage people to read in many ways. Here are some good shops in China and other countries that are worth a visit.
Eslite Bookstore, Suzhou
The Eslite Bookstore is very popular among young people in Suzhou. It has fashion shops, cafes and other places. It also holds many reading-relative activities including discussions and talks with famous writers.
Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, Beijing
It is 11:30 pm. But the Sanlian Taofen Bookstore is shining brightly. Many people are staying inside for one thing: to read. The bookstore is open 24 hours a day. It’s the first bookstore of its kind in Beijing.
Shakespeare & Company, France
France doesn’t have Shakespeare but it has Shakespeare & Company. Many great writers used to meet here including Ernest Hemingway. Today, it helps young writers by allowing them to live and work here.
Strand Bookstore, US
Strand Bookstore is a second-hand bookstore. It sells books for $2-3 each, much cheaper than they used to be. Sometimes you can even find very old and rare books here. For example, a Shakespeare book that was published in 1632 is worth $125,000!
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Good bookstores that are worth 1. | |
Eslite Bookstore, Suzhou | ·Many young people like it because it is fashionable. ·Readers can also 2. the books here and have talks with famous writers. |
Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, Beijing | ·People can read here as 3. as they want because it is never closed. |
Shakespeare Company, France | ·Many great writers used to meet here. ·Young writers are 4. to live and work here. |
Shakespeare & Company, France | ·You can buy books at a 5. price because they are used. ·You can even find old and rare books which are very valuable. |
Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident of your success. If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you may look at someone in the eye who you have wronged (冤枉) and say “I am sorry”, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill and know you are at the end of your life.
How can we build up our courage?
Believe you will be successful. | Take chances and know that you have your own talents. Besides, your family and friends are always there for you. |
Exercise your courage. | It can be compared to a muscle (肌肉). The more we use courage, the greater it gets. |
Know that giving up is not a choice. | It’s much easier to give up. But it takes courage to say or do what you think is right, even when other people think you are wrong. |
Read inspiring stories of brave people. | Abraham Lincoln is one of the people who you may think of. |
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Courage is the ability to be brave in different situations. It is important to everyone. With courage, you will feel confident of your success; with courage, you won’t be 1. of anything difficult or dangerous; with courage, you may look at someone you have wronged in the eye and say sorry to him or her; with courage, you may keep smiling even if you are seriously ill.
Here are some useful 2. to build up our courage.
First, believe that you’ll 3.. Take chances and know that you have your own talents.
Second, exercise your courage. It’s just like the muscle. The more we use courage, the 4.
we will get.
Third, don’t 5. to give up although it’s much easier to do so, and you need courage to say or do what you think is right, even when others think you are wrong.
Finally, read inspiring stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is such a kind of person.
Are you a Disney fan? Do you know the princesses well? How did Snow White survive? How did Sleeping Beauty finally w1. up after sleeping a long time?
It seems a kind-hearted person always comes to save the princess, l2. a prince or a god-mother (救星). Princesses can’t protect themselves, t3. they are very pretty and nice. They always need the help of others.
However, in real life, women can’t put their life in the hands of a prince-like man. They need to work and even f4. for their own happiness. The traditional image (形象) of a princess is getting out of date.
Recently, Disney posted the “top ten r5. for being a modern princess”. You will find them have nothing to do with beauty. Instead, more attention is paid to things such as being honest, caring for others, trying your best and l6. healthily. Princesses need to depend on themselves to get out of trouble. It’s not w7. to wait for a prince’s help.
It’s not the first time Disney princesses have c8. up with the society’s development. In 1950, Princess Bell loved reading when education was a man’s special r9.. Bell showed the improvement of women’s status (地位) in society.
Princesses are s10. beautiful, but the inner character is more important for being a real princess.
1.The _____ (每周的) TV show Readers hosted by Dong Qing has recently become a hot topic in China.
2.A report shows that people who keep pets take a lower _____ (风险) of having heart disease because pets bring them much fun.
3.Mr Yang said he _____ (更喜欢) reading paper books to e-books on the Internet.
4.What he said and what he did made him some _____.
5.Jackie’s life has completely changed since he was ___ (分开) from his family ten years ago.
1.Shenzhen, a(n) _____ (know) fishing village many years ago, has turned into a modern city.
2.Mary always has more difficulty than Lily _____ (work) out Maths problems.
3.The two _____ (Canada) have lived in China for over 10 years.
4.After the teacher shared the moving story with the students, the whole classroom was in _____
(silent).
5.On her_____(twenty) birthday, Annie received an iPhone 7 from her mother as a present. She was so excited.
Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage (破坏) these famous places. If we do nothing, they may even no longer remain. But looking after these places often costs more than one country can afford.
In the early 1970s, world governments decided that if they joined together, they would be able to preserve (保护) our history. If every country paid some money, they said, it would be possible to look after important historic places. For this reason, countries around the world united to form the World Heritage Organization in 1972. Today, the organization helps to protect and rebuild the most important places from our history.
However, one of the biggest problems for historic places is vandalism. That is to say, people sometimes enter these places and damage the buildings. At some places, such as Stonehenge in England, governments have built high fences to protect it from vandals.
There are many different ideas about how to solve the problem of vandalism. Some professors say that if guards keep walking around these places, vandals won’t be able to get in. Some professors say that if they fix more television cameras, they won’t need so many guards. Others say that the best way is education. If people learn to respect history, they won’t damage it. They will also want to spend money looking after old places. For this reason, the World Heritage Organization helps to spread information about the value of historic places.
1.Our children and grandchildren may not have a chance to visit many of the most famous places around the world, probably because .
A. they don’t have enough money to go there
B. these places may disappear in the future
C. governments don’t allow them to enter
D. they are afraid of the guards there
2.The World Heritage Organization was set up for the following reasons EXCEPT .
A. It would be able to help preserve our history.
B. No countries wanted to protect the historic places.
C. It would collect money to rebuild the damaged places.
D. It would be possible to take care of important historic places.
3.Which of the following shows us the action of vandalism?
A. People enter the places and damage the buildings.
B. Governments build high fences to protect the place from vandals.
C. Guards walk around these places and fix more television cameras.
D. War, weather, age, traffic and pollution damage these famous places.
4.What’s the best way to solve the biggest problem of vandalism?
A. To spend more money looking after these places.
B. To make guards prevent vandals getting in.
C. To fix more television cameras in these places.
D. To make people know about the value of historic places.
