Here are some of the movies that inspire you to travel.
The Lord of the Rings
The story is about Frodo, his friends and their adventurous journey through Middle Earth. Filmed in about 150 locations all over New Zealand, this traveling movie shows its beauty. From the rolling hills of Matamata to the volcanic region of Mt Ruapehu, this is the best movie to see New Zealand. Also, this travel movie might have the only distinction of being inspired by travel too. The director of the movie Peter Jackson first read the novel on a train going from Wellington to Auckland when he was just seventeen.
Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection
Indiana Jones and travel are inseparable. Everyone remembers the red line on the world map that shows up on screen when he flies. The Egypt scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark were filmed in Tunisia. Temple of doom was filmed mostly in Sri Lanka and Macau. The Last Crusade was filmed in Italy, Spain and Jordan including an excellent view of Petra. Unlike the other, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was filmed almost entirely in the United States. However, their shots of Iguazu Falls are amazing.
Romancing the Stone and jewel of the Nile
This movie series focuses on a romance writer Joan and her adventures with a soldier of fortune named Jack. In Romancing the stone Joan goes to Colombia to save her sister who was kidnapped(绑架). In the sequel Joan goes to the fictional kingdom of Kadir set somewhere in the Middle East. Romancing the stone's scenes were shot mostly in Mexico. For Jewel of the Nile, the scenes were mostly shot in France and Morocco.
The Talented Mr Ripley
Tom Ripley is a working class young man. Through a case of mistaken identity, he is asked to go to Italy to convince a wealthy businessman's son to come home. This travel movie starts in New York and heads to the fictional resort of Mongibello. The last section of the movie is filmed mostly in Rome and Naples. The locations are beautiful. They also did a good job of showing Italy as it looked in the 1960s.
1.If someone is interested in seeing views in Sri Lanka, he/she would most probably watch the film ________.
A. Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection
B. Romancing the Stone and jewel of the Nile
C. The Lord of the Rings
D. The Talented Mr Ripley
2.From Paragraph 2 we can know that the story of The Lord of the Rings ________.
A. is the best movie made in New Zealand
B. was shot from Wellington to Auckland
C. encouraged a 17-year-old boy to travel in New Zealand
D. caught the director's attention while he was travelling
3.The movie The Talented Mr. Ripley tells us a story of a man who ________.
A. owns a large amount of fortune
B. contributes to helping a man out of trouble
C. goes sightseeing in Rome and Naples
D. becomes wealthy by always working hard
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Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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I often imagine how my life will be like in the future. I think your life will be very different in ten years. I will be twenty-eight year old by then. I will have my own family, probable with a lovely child. I hope I will work in the computer company as a program designer. I will enjoy my work and get along well my colleagues. I will do a better job in whatever I do. In my free time, I would continue to take regular exercise, such as swimming, running and playing various ball games. On my holidays, I will travel around to the world. In a word, my life will be much richer but more colorful.
Can wine really improve our health? 1. (science) are beginning to say “Yes!”
Researchers have found that red wines contain antioxidants (抗氧化剂), 2. help the body resist cancer and heart disease. 3.(general), red wines contain more antioxidants than most white wines. So, the best bet for drinking wine for our health is to stick to the dryer red wines. 4., this doesn’t give us freedom to get drunk every night. Don’t overdo it—but adding a glass of red wine to your daily diet can definitely make 5.difference to our health.
Paracelsus, the noted 16th-century Swiss physician 6. (write), “Wine is a food, a medicine and a poison it’s just a question of dose(剂量).” As with almost any food or drink, wine 7.(consume) in large doses can be harm to our health.
Most health officials agree that one or two four-ounce glasses of red wine per day can be8.(benefit) to men, while women should limit their consumption to one four-ounce serving per day.
Professor Roger Corder, has spent years studying the evidence of health benefits 9.red wine. In his new book, “The Wine Diet”, he says he 10.(convince) that most of us should include red wine in our everyday lifestyle.
In the early spring of 1974, the now world-famous photographer Stephen Wilkes was a 16- year-old reporter and cameraman for his high school’s television station. His best friend was also a reporter for the _______, and together they came up with the wild idea of_______some of the great news broadcasters and journalists of the age. So they wrote personalized, hand-written letters to dozens of them.
Nobody _______but perhaps the greatest news broadcaster and journalist of them all: Walter Cronkite, who generously offered to spend a full _______ with the boys. Stephen and his friend understood that this would be the most _______reporting event of their lives, so they prepared_______for it.
They_______dozens of thoughtfully well-prepared questions and practiced the questions over and over again. When the day of the interview _______, they were ready. They sat with Mr. Cronkite and asked him one question after another, carefully_______each question on their notepad. And Mr. Cronkite was unbelievably__________ with his answers for the entire hour.
Then, as they were__________ things up, he said, “Boy, I’d like to ask you both an important question; Do you know what makes a __________interview?”
Stephen and his friend were caught off-guard, so they quickly began searching __________their notepad, which didn’t provide an obvious __________. Mr. Cronkite smiled and quickly rescued them, __________. “Being a good listener, boys. That’s what truly makes a great interview. Being a good __________will always lead you to the next best question.”
The boys looked up at the legendary broadcaster and suddenly __________ they had spent their whole hour robotically __________one scripted(照本宣科的) question after another meaninglessly, but not truly listening or __________to a single answer. And if they had listened, they could have allowed Mr. Cronkite’s answers to guide their question, and guide them to a far more __________ hour together.
1.A. company B. station C. town D. country
2.A. becoming B. knowing C. studying D. interviewing
3.A. replied B. cared C. accepted D. believed
4.A. minute B. hour C. day D. week
5.A. challenging B. fortunate C. important D. rewarding
6.A. separately B. anxiously C. independently D. carefully
7.A. gathered B. employed C. received D. composed
8.A. passed B. ended C. arrived D. occurred
9.A. looking at B. breaking down C. leaving up D. checking off
10.A. patient B. funny C. strange D. wise
11.A. making B. packing C. turning D. cleaning
12.A. slow B. peaceful C. great D. content
13.A. for B. inside C. through D. with
14.A. way B. answer C. favor D. chance
15.A. complaining B. warning C. declaring D. explaining
16.A. listener B. reporter C. broadcaster D. cameraman
17.A. mastered B. realized C. expected D. remembered
18.A. showing B. donating C. asking D. guiding
19.A. responding B. sticking C. objecting D. agreeing
20.A. effective B. unforgettable C. interesting D. meaningful
We’ve all heard about the power of our attitude, and it’s our attitude that determines how much we succeed in life.
All the things that you have been through, all the people you have met and interacted with can have an impact on your attitude. If you think that all these factors have molded you into a person with a poor attitude towards life, there is no need to worry. 1.
Identify and understand what you want to change.
The first step towards change is clearly understanding what needs to be changed. 2. When it comes to changing your attitude, you need to do an honest and in-depth self-evaluation so you could point out exactly which of your traits need to be improved or totally changed.
3.
Find someone who has the kind of attitude that you want to have, and let his or her life give you inspiration and encouragement to move beyond your temporary failures in your journey towards becoming a better person.
Choose the right company.
As they say, “Bad company corrupts good character.” You don't expect yourself to be able to change if you go on surrounding yourself with people who possess all the negative traits that you want to change. Consider befriending new people, especially those who are optimistic and have a healthy attitude towards life. 4.
Believe that you are able to change.
5.If you don’t believe in yourself or believe that you or your life can change, it just won't happen—you will either never start, or give up quickly that you won't have even given yourself the opportunity to succeed.
A. Look for a role model.
B. There is always an opportunity for change.
C. Setting clear goals is the key to success in any endeavor.
D. Think about how your attitude change will affect your life.
E. The greatest obstacle is our inability to trust in what we can do.
F. Your effort to change will be easier with these people as friends.
G. Fix your mind on the things that would come as a result of your attitude change.
