走进大自然手抄报-王羲之写字歇后语

2021年1月19日发(作者：章杞)
公共英语三级英语教材


lesson 1

Kip Keino



Kipchoge
Keino
is
a
modest
man
，
and
it
takes
prodding
to
get
the
great
Kenyan
runner
to
recall
how he felt on Oct
，
20
，
1968
—
when he won his first gold medal
，
in the 1,500 meters in Mexico
day hadn't started out well
，
Keino was suffering from stomach pains that later turned out to be
a
severe
gallbladder
infection.
His
doctors
advised
against
running
；
he
ignored the
race
，
Keino
was
so
focused
on
competing
against
American
ace
Jim
Ryun
that
，
in
retrospect
，“Without
watching
a vide
o, I wouldn't know what happened at
the finish.”
He
does
remember what happened
next.
“I
ran an honor lap. I ran it to celebrate and to let my body recover. I felt overcome by the
excitement.”
It
was
not
the
only
memorable
event
in
his
life
that
day.
Back
home,
his
wife,
Phyllis,
gave birth to their third daughter, named Milka Olympia Chelagat in celebration of her father's
victory.



Keino
went
on
to
win
a
silver
medal
in
the
5,000
meters
in
Mexico
City
and
a
gold
and
a
silver
four years later in Munich. He then became Kenya's Olympic running coach from 1976 to 1986,
furthering his nation's dominance in distance events. Kenyan runners have captured 32 Olympic
track medals since 1964 and won the last six consecutive Boston Marathons. This summer, Keino
will be in Atlanta as chief of the 120-athlete Kenyan delegation, which could include his son
Martin, 23, a former NCAA 5,000-meter champion at the 1,5000 meters.



But
Keio's
athletic
accomplishments
are
not
the
only
reason
he
is
a
hero
in
the
town
of
Eldoret
in
northwestern
Kenya.
Thirty
years
ago,
Keino
and
his
wife
—
who
now
have
seven
children
of
their
own
—
began taking orphans into their home. Their house became so crowded that they raised funds
to
build
a
dormitory
and
a
dining
hall
on
a
nearby
farm
Keino
owns.
Income
to
support
the
facility
comes from the farm, his sports shop and fees he has received from the Kenyan government over
the years. Today, 73 children and young adults
—
aged 2 to 22
—live on the farm. “I think I have
been lucky,” Keino says. “Now what is important is how I use what I have to help others.”



Lesson 1




Kip Keino



克普乔格·凯诺是一个很谦虚 的人，
要使这位伟大的肯尼亚长跑运动员回想起他在
1968
年
10
月
20
日
那一天的感受不是一件很容易的事情——
（当天他）
在墨西 哥城参加
1500
米长跑比赛中赢得了一生中的第
一枚金牌。那天天未亮，凯诺忍受着 剧烈的胃痛，后来证实他患了严重的胆囊炎。（鉴于这种特殊情况）
他的保健医生们都反对他参加长跑， 然而他却不予理会。在赛跑中，凯诺集中精力，全力以赴与美国长跑
能手吉木姆·润恩竞赛，后来他回忆 说，“如果没有看实况录像，我都不知道比赛的最后时刻发生了什么
事情。
”但他确实记得下面 的事情，
“为了庆祝胜利并恢复体力，
我光荣地跑了一圈，
兴奋得精疲力竭。
”
那天，这不是唯一值得他纪念的事情，回到家，妻子菲利生了一个女儿，为了纪念他的胜利，就给她取 名
为米尔卡·奥林匹克·克拉哥特。



接着，
凯诺在墨 西哥城举行的
5000
米长跑比赛中赢得一枚银牌，
而四年后在慕尼黑的比赛中又赢得 一
枚金牌和一枚银牌。
1976
到
1986
年，他成为肯尼亚奥运长 跑教练，使得肯尼亚继续在长跑比赛中保持绝
对的优势地位。自
1964
年以来，肯尼 亚长跑运动员已经获得
32
枚奥运田径奖牌，而且在波士顿马拉松比
赛中赢得了六连冠 。今年夏天，凯诺将以
120
名肯尼亚运动员代表团团长的身份去亚特兰大，代表团中包
括他的儿子马丁。马丁，
23
岁，亚利桑那州大学的全美大学生运动会
5000米前冠军，有希望在
1500
米长
跑比赛中获胜。



但是，凯诺的运动成就不是他成为肯尼亚西北方埃尔多雷特市镇英雄的唯一理由。
30
年前，凯诺和他
的妻子开始收养孤儿，现在她已经是七个孩子的母亲。他们的房子变得如此拥挤，以致它 们在凯诺自己的
农场附近集资建造了宿舍和餐厅。维持这些设施的经费来自他的农场、体育用品商店以及 多年从肯尼亚政
府获得的酬金。今天，仍有
2
到
22
岁不同年龄段的
73
个孩子和年轻的成年人继续生活在农场。“我想我
是幸运的”，凯诺这样说道，“ 现在重要的是如何用我所拥有的去帮助其他人。”

Lesson 2

A Gift of New Life



First came a boy weighing 3 pounds 14 ounces: Robert Jared Screws. After Robert Jared came
his
three
sisters:
Briannia
Rae,
3
pounds
1
ounce;
Brinkley
Faye,
3
pounds
13
ounces;
and
Buckley
Lenay, 4 pounds 2 ounces. All were tiny, but they were strong, healthy babies. In the hallway
outside the operating room, friends and relatives wept and cheered as the quad wheeled them by,
one by one, in their incubators.



The
babies
stayed
in
the
hospital
about
a
month.
Keith
went
there
too,
for
more
chemotherapy,
and the nurses took one or two babies at a time to his room for a visit. That seemed to help him
more than the medication.



Then
came
a
wonderful surprise. When we
were
ready to go home, we learned
that a physicians'
fund
had provided
a brand-new van
for
us, complete with
four
infant
car
seats.
Keith was waiting
for us at hone, frail mow and in constant pain, but also very happy.



The
whole
community
of
Swainsboro
and
surrounding
towns
united
in
trying
to
help
us.
Countless
women offered to baby-sit. Members of Keith's high school class prepared dinners for us twice
a
week.
All
sorts
of
fund- raising
events
were
organized.
A
Kroger
store
on
Wilmington
Island
near
Savannah donated
a
year's
supply of diapers and
other
baby needs. That
helped, because the
quads
required 40 to 50 diapers a day!



A man named Ricky Stevens came to measure our farmhouse for central air- conditioning, but
went away concerned that the house was too small for six people. That night he could not sleep.
He
consulted
a
friend
in
real
estate,
Ken
Warnock,
and
the
two
of
them
invited
a
group
of
Swainsboro
businessmen to lunch. By the time Lunch was over, they had enough pledges to begin building a
new house.



There was a site on our land with a view of the pasture and grazing cattle. Our new house
would be built there, a spacious home with five bedrooms-a master bedroom and one for each of
the quads.



As
spring
came
to
Georgia,
Keith's
health
continued
to
decline.
Still,
he
took
great
delight
in his four babies. In the mornings he would hold them and play with them and help feed them.
He got to be good at handling two bottles at a time. Before we left home for a chemo-treatment
or doctor's appointment Keith would spend time alone with each baby.



Later in the spring another operation was necessary, and complications followed. It became
difficult
for
Keith
to
talk
or
breathe,
and
at
last
consciousness.
His
final
words
to
me
were,“I
love you.”The doctors put him on a respirator, but they said it was only as matter of hours.
I sat beside him holding his hand and whispering,“Be at peace. Be at peace.”And finally, on
June 11, peace did come. He was 32 years old.



Life went on. Ground was broken for the new house on a blue-and-gold day in December. The
quads were old enough to stand, and each was old enough to stand, and each was given a little
gilded shovel to mark the occasion. Many friends and neighbors were there, and the mayor of
Swainsboro
put
our
feelings
into
words:“We
hope
that
when
these
babies
are
grown,
they
will
look
at
this
house
and
understand
how
much
their
father
was
respected
and
admired
by
everyone
who
knew
him.”



I
have
gone
back
to
teaching.
Devoted
friends
and
relatives
and
fully
qualified
helpers
take
good care of the quads while I am away. Without Keith's illness we never would have recognized
the amazing goodness that lies in people. The outpouring of love and compassion and caring that
has surrounded us is almost beyond belief. One life was taken away from me, but four other lives
were
given
to
me
to
sustain
and
to
comfort
me.
Facing
death
with
Keith
made
me
realize
how
precious
life is. I cherish it and am grateful for it every single day.


lesson 3

The Cause of the El Nino Phenomenon



El
Nino
is
the
Spanish
name
for
the
baby
Jesus.
The
phenomenon
is
so-called
because
warm
water
moving across
the Pacific traditionally
reaches
South America
around Christmas. Scientists have
now
applied
the
term
El
Nino
to
the
major
warming
episodes
over
large
South
American
coastal
areas
and westernly
along
the equator and
the
Dateline
area. Scientists noted
the
El
Nino
has a
return
period of four to five years and lasts between 12
—
18 months.



In the late 1960s, it became apparent that the year-to-year variations in the sea surface
temperature and consequently El Nino events, were closely linked to the Southern Oscillation,
a
relationship
between
atmospheric
pressure
over
the
southeastern
Pacific
and
Indian
Ocean.
When
pressure is high in the Pacific Ocean, it tends to be low in the Indian Ocean from Africa to
Australia.
These
conditions
are
associated
with
low
temperatures
in
both
these
areas
and
rainfall
varies
in
the
direction
opposite
the
,
the
combination
of
El
Nino
and
Southern
Oscillation
（
ENSO
）

is the linkage atmospheric and oceanic events and involves changes in circulations of the
atmosphere and oceans across the Pacific Basin. The strongest El Nino this century occurred in
1982
—
1983 and resulted in droughts and disastrous forest fires in Indonesia and Australia,
wreaking economic damage of at least US $$8 billion.



A major warming of the ocean waters across the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean,
known
as
ENSO,
has
developed
since
March
1997.
The
El
Nino
developed
very
rapidly
during
April
—
May,
and
reached
strong
intensity
by
June.
This
event
is
currently
comparable
in
magnitude
and
extent
to the 1982/1983 episode.

lesson 4

Our Changing Diet



What do most Americans and Canadians usually eat Many people think that the typical North
American diet consists of fast food-hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, pizza, fried chicken,
and
so
on.
They
think
Americans
and
Canadians
also
eat
a
lot
of
convenience
foods,
usually
frozen
or caned, and junk food-candy, cookies, potato chips, and other things without much nutritional
value.
Unfortunately,
this
description
is
mot
totally
inaccurate.
The
American
diet
is
generally
high in sugar, salt, fat, and cholesterol, and these substances can cause health problems.



However,
some
people's
eating
habits
are
changing.
They
are
becoming
more
interested
in
good
health, and nutrition is an important part of health. North Americans are eating less red meat
and
fewer
eggs,
and
they
are
eating
more chicken
and
fish.
Chicken
and
fish
contain
less
fat
than
meat and eggs. Many people are also buying more fresh vegetables and eating them raw or cooked
quickly in very little water in order to keep the vitamins.



Restaurant menus are also changing to reflect people's growing concern with good nutrition.
The
“typical”
North
American
diet
now
includes
food
from
many
different
countries.
More
ethnic
restaurants are opening in big cities in the United States and Canada. Foods from China, Japan,
Korea, Thailand, India and the Middle East are very popular. Even fast-food places now offer
“lean” （
low-fat
）
hamburgers,
broiled
or
roasted
（
instead
of
fried
）
chicken,
and
salad
bars
with a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables.



How are we going to eat in the future Because we now know about the importance of nutrition,
we will probably continue to eat more fish and vegetables and less meat. We will still buy
convenience foods in supermarkets, but frozen foods may be more nutritious and canned foods may
have
less
salt
and
sugar.
Our
junk
food
will
not
be
“junk”
at
all
because
instead
of
candy
bars
we will eat “nutrition bars” with a lot of vitamins and protein. In the future, our diet will
probably be even more interesting and healthful than it is now.



In
the
United
States
and
Canada,
food
is
a
very
common
topic
of
conversation.
People
are
always
discussing new dishes, restaurants, diet plans, and ideas about nutrition. The arguments about
the best diets and foods will continue: Are vegetables better than a diet of cooked foods Is a
little alcohol good for relaxation, or is all alcohol harmful Is some caffeine good for energy,
or is caffeine always bad Can yellow vegetables really prevent cancer Will eating garlic help
avoid heart attacks One thing we do know for sure:the key to good nutition is balance. How do
we achieve that balance We can choose foods from a variety of sources, control the quantities
that we eat, limit fats, and exercise.

lesson 5

I Did It



“I did it.” This is what newly
-crowned Olympic gymnastics champion Li Xiaoshuang wanted
to say most after his victory here on Sunday night at the 25th Olympic Games.



Li scored points by successfully completing his somersault tuck, becoming the first male
gymnast
ever
to
execute
this
maneuver
in
the
optional
apparatus
finals.
The
program
was
extremely
difficult. Failure
could
have
been
met
by
his
head
slamming
the mat.
Former
Soviet Valery
Liukin
had once done this tuck in the team competition.



“all the gymnasts before me had pretty high scores and this was the only way out for me,”
said Li. “I knew I could end up either first or last.” Li also won a bronze in the rings with
a .



Grigori
Misutin
of
the
Unified
Team
scored points
to
share
second
place
with
Japanese
Yukio
Iketani.



Right
after his safe landing,
Li
rushed to his coach and
former world
parallel bars
champion
Huang Yubing. The two broke into tears and embraced each other after the final gymnast, Vitali
Scherbo of the Unified Team, failed to surpass Li.



Li's gold was China's first in the floor exercises since 1984, when Li Ning won at the Los
Angeles
Olympic
Games.
Until
the
1987
World
Championships
in
Amsterdam
where
Lou
Yun
won
the
floor
exercise,
the event was
dominated
by
the
former
Soviet Union gymnasts.
“Though the
floor
is
his
specialt
y,
Li
still
performed
above
his
normal
level,”
said
coach
Huang,
who
shed
from
the
award
ceremony and watched it on TV at the back of the gymnasium.



“It's not an easy job,” Li said. “It's the result of my hard training. And that three
backward somersault
s was the first rime that I have done it successfully.”



“I want to thank my parents and especially my coach Huang who contributed greatly to my
success.”



Li joined the national team
at
the
end of
1989
and
his
highest international achievement
was
first place in the floor exercises of the Beijing Asian Games.



At last year's Indianapolis World Championships, he was the best non-Soviet gymnast in the
all-around competition, placing fourth, though he failed to score higher than points in any
apparatus. He was only sixth in the floor competition. He was still so little-known that even
with his World Championship achievement here at the Olympics, computer statistics erroneously
listed
him as
having
done
badly competing
in two
women's events, the uneven bars and the balance
beam.



Li said he learned a lot here in Barcelona, both in gymnastics and manhood. He said in the
team all-around competition, he repeatedly got low scores, and did not get the amount of points
he
should
get
for the
degree of
difficulty and
execution of
routines.
But he kept
the complaints
to himself.



Yet
his
execution
in
the
floor
final
was
so
perfect
that
nobody
doubted
he
was
the
gold
medal
winner.



The 18-year-old from Hubei Province said that his regular training was not only technical
but also mental. He said to himself three times, “Start and leap, accelerate and land,” which
he said was crucial in winning.



Li
also
took
part
in
the
1990
Seattle
Goodwill
Games
and
finished
second
in
the
floor
exercises,
and is now regarded as the Chinese team's best all-around gymnast, especially after former best
Li Ning missed both in the pommel horse and high bar finals Sunday night.

lesson 6

Our Changing Lifestyles:Trends and Fads



These days urban lifestyles seem to change very fast. It is more than just clothing and
hairstyles that are in style one year and out of date the next; it's a whole way of living. One
year
people
wear
sunglasses
on
top
of
their
heads
and
wear
jeans
and
boots;
they
drink
white
wine
and eat sushi at Japanese restaurants; for exercise they jog several miles a day. However, the
next
year
everything
has
changed.
Women
wear
long
skirts;
people
drink
expensive
water
from
France
and eat pasta at ltalian restaurants; everyone seems to be exercising at health clubs. Then,
suddenly, it has changed again. People wear only natural fabric
（
safe for the environment
）
;
they
drink
gourmet
coffee
and
eat
Thai
food;
for
both
leisure
and
exercise,
they
go
rollerblading.



Almost
nothing
in
modern
life
escapes
the
influence
of
fashion;
food,
music,
exercise,
book,
slang
words,
movies,
furniture,
places
to
visit,
even
names
go
in
and
out
of
fashion.
For
a
while,
it seems that all mew parents are naming their babies Heather, Dawn, Eric, or Adam. These names
are
“in.”
then,
suddenly,
these
names
are
“out,”
and
Tiffany
and
Jason
are
“in.”
It's
almost
impossible to write about specific fads because these interests that people enthusiastically
follow can change very quickly.



In the United States, even people can be “in” or “out.” Like people in
any country,
Americans enjoy following the lives of celebrities: movie stars, sports heroes, famous artists,
politicians,
and
the
like.
But
Americans
also
pay
a
lot
of
attention
to
people
who
have
no
special
ability
and
have
done
nothing
very
special.
In
1981,
for
example,
an
unknown
elderly
woman
appeared
in
a
TV
commercial
in
which
she
looked
at
a
vary
small
hamburger
and
complained
loudly,
“Where's
the beef” These three words made her famous. Suddenly she appeared in magazines and newspapers
and
on
TV
sh
ows.
She
was
immediately
popular.
She
was
“in.”
In
1987,
an
exterminator
in
Dallas,
Texas,
decided
that
he
would
be
very
happy
if
he
could
find
more
customers
for
his
small
business;
he
needed
more
people
to
pay
him
to
kill
the
insects
and
rats
in
their put
an
unusual
advertisement
in
a
Dallas
newspaper.
He
offered
to
pay
$$1,000
to
the
person
who
could
find
the
biggest
cockroach.
This strange offer made him suddenly famous. There were stories about him nationwide-from New
York to California. He was “in.”
However, this kind of fame does not last long. Such people
are famous for a very short time.



This
is
the
essence,
the
central,
quality,of
a
fad.
It
doesn't
last
long.
Some
fads
disappear
before
we
have
all
even
heard
of
them.
How
many
people
remember
Green
peace
swimsuits
They
changed
color to indicate polluted water. And then there was “Beethoven Bread.” Popular in Japan in
1994,
it
was
expensive-$$20
for
one
loaf.
It
was
made
while
classical
music
played
in
the
kitchen.
The woman who created this bread e
mphasized that “bread doesn't like rock music.”



A person who participates in fads should remember that they come and go very fast, and they
often come back in style after 10 to 15 years of being “out.” It might be a good idea never
to throw anything away
. Mickey Mouse watches and Nehru Jackets may soon be “in” again!

lesson 7

Compulsive Spenders



Are you a compulsive spender, or do you hold on to your money as long as possible Are you
a
bargain
hunter
Would
you
rather
use
charge
accounts
than
pay
cash
Your
answer
to
those
questions
will reflect your personality. According to psychologists, our individual money habits not only
show our beliefs and values, but can also develop from past problems.



Experts
in
psychology
believe
that
for
many
people,
money
is
an
important
symbol
of
strength
and influence. Husbands who complain about their wives' spending habits may be afraid that they
are loosing power in their marriage. Wives, on the other hand, may waste huge amounts of money
because they are angry with their husbands. In addition, many people consider money a symbol of
love. They spend it on
their families and friends to express love, or they buy themselves
expensive presents because they need love.



People can be addicted to different things, for example, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or
even
television.
They
are
compulsive
in
their
addictions,
that
is,
they
must
a
satisfy
these
needs
to
feel
comfortable.
In
the
same
way,
according
to
psychologists,
compulsive
spenders
must
spend
more money. For those who buy on credit, further more, charge accounts are even more exciting
than
money:
in
other
words,
these
people
feel
that
with
credit
they
can
do
anything.
Their
pleasure
at spending enormous
amounts is actually
greater than
the
pleasure
they get
from the things they
buy.



There
is
even a
special
psychology of bargain hunting. To save
money,
of course, most people
look
for
sales,
low
prices,
and
discounts.
Compulsive
bargain
hunters,
however,
often
buy
things
that
they
don't
need
just
because
they
are
cheap.
They
want
to
believe
that
they
are
helping
their
budget, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than
other people, they are winning.



It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but
also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business.
They consider people's need for love, power or influence, as well as their values, beliefs and
opinions, in their advertising and sales methods.



Psychologists
often
use
a
method
called
“behavior
therapy”
to
help
individuals
solve
their
personality
problems.
In
the
same
way,
they
can
help
people
who
feel
that
they
have
problems
with
money. They give
them
“assignments.” If a person buys
something
i
n
every
store that
he
enters,
for
instance,
a
therapist
might
teach
him
self-discipline
in
this
way.
On
the
first
of
his
therapy,
he must go into a store, for five minutes, and then leave. On the second day, he should stay for
ten minutes and try something on. On the third day he stays for fifteen minutes, asks the sales
clerk a question, but does not buy anything. Soon he will learn that nothing bad will happen to
him if he doesn's buy anything, and he can solve the problem of his compulsive buying.


lesson 8

Stories of Christmas



In
many
countries
of
the
world,
The
celebration
of
Christmas
on
December
25th
is
a
high
point
of the year. From November onward, it is impossible to forget that Christmas is coming. Colored
lights decorate many town centers and shops, along with shimmy decorations and artificial snow
painted on shop windows. In streets and shops, “Christmas trees” （
real or plastic evergreen
conifer
trees
）
will
also
be
decorated
with
lights
and
Christmas
ornaments.
Shopping
centers
become
busier as December approaches and often stay open till late. By mid- December, most homes will
also be decorated with Christmas trees, colored lights and paper or plastic decorations around
the rooms. These days many more people also decorate garden trees or house walls with colored
electric
lights,
a
habit,
which
has
been
long
popular
in
USA.
In
many
countries,
most
people
post
Christmas
greeting
cards
to
their
friends
and
families,
and
these
cards
will
be
hung
on
the
walls
of their homes.



The
custom
of
sending
C
hristmas
cards
started
in
Britain
in
1840
when
the
first
“Penny
Post”
public postal deliveries began.
（
Helped by the new railway system, the public postal service
was the 19th century's communication revolution, just as e-mail is for us today.
）
As printing
method
improved,
Christmas
cards
were
produced
in
large
numbers
from
about
1860.
Today,
pictures
are
often
about
jokes,
winter
pictures,
Father
Christmas,
or
romantic
scenes
of
life
in
past
times.



Father
Christmas
（
or
Santa
Claus
）
has
become
the
symbol
of
Christmas.
Pictures
will
be
seen
everywhere of the old man with long white beard, red coat, and bag of toys. Children are taught
that he brings them presents the night before Christmas, and many children up to the age 7 or
8 really believe this is true. In most countries, it is said that he lives near the North Pole,
and arrives through the sky on a sledge
（
snow- cart
）
pulled by reindeer. He comes into houses
down the chimney at midnight and places presents for the children in socks or bags by their beds
or in front of the family Christmas tree. In shops or at children's parties, someone will dress
up as Father Christmas and give small presents to children, or ask them what gifts they want for
Christmas. Christmas can be a time of magic and excitement for children.



Father
Christmas
is
based
on
a
real
person,
St.
Nicholas,
which
explains
his
other
name
“Santa
Claus” which comes from the Dutch “Sinterklaas.” Nicholas was a Christian leader from Myra
（
in modern-day Turkey
）
in the 4th century AD. He was very shy, and wanted to give money to the
poor people without their knowing about it. It is said that one day, he climbed up the roof of
a house and dropped a purse of money down the chimney. It happened to land in the stocking which
a girl had put to dry by the fire! This may explain the belief that Father Christmas comes down
the chimney and places gifts in children's stockings.



In
English
speaking
countries,
the
day
following
Christmas
Day
is
called
“Boxing
Day.”
This
word
comes from
the custom which
started in
the Middle Ages around 800 years
ago:
Churches
would
open their “alms box” （
boxes in which people had placed gifts of money
）
and distribute the
contents to poor people in the neighborhood on the day after Christmas. The tradition continues
today.

lesson 9

White House



The USA Chief Executive Mansion, White House, stands on a knoll on the Pennsylvania Avenue
in
Washington
overlooking
the
Potomac River.
The cornerstone was
laid in 1792 and in 1800 it
was
initially completed. Since the second President John Adams first moved into the house, all the
US presidents have lived and worked there. However, in 1814, when the English was at war with
America, the White House was set on fire by the British army. Only its enclosing wall survived
but stained with scorch marks. It took three years to hide the White House renovated and be
available for order to hide the scars of war, the burnt wall was covered with many layers of
white paint, hence the name White House was given. It was President Theodore Roosevelt who
officially named it first in 1902.



The
White
House
is
an
18-acre-estate,
yet
the
major
of
the
ground
is
filled
with
lawns,
gardens,
tennis
courts,
outdoor
swimming
pools,
bowling
alleys,
game
rooms,
movie
theaters,
horseshoe
pits
and
other
subsidiary
facilities.
The
26-meter
highs
3-floored
main
section
consisting
of
132
rooms
is mot quite spacious. In the west are the magnificent State Dining Room and the bright and
commodious East Room which is the place for balls and art performances. The other three smaller
rooms are resplendent in their decorations. Each of them has its distinctive features and has
its name matching the colors of the wall, ceilings, carpets, and the like in it. The Blue Room
in
the
middle
is
an
oval
office
used
officially
for
receiving
heads
of
state
and
foreign
diplomats.
The
Red
Room
in
the
west
characterized
in
the
US
style
in
early
19th
century,
is
a
family
parlor,
and
the
Green
Room
is
used
as
an
all-purpose
parlor
for
playing
cards
and
chess
or
having
a
chat.
The
second
floor
is
president
family's
private
living
quarters,
and
on
the
third
floor
are
offices
of president's secretaries' store rooms and service center.



President's
office
complex
is
in
the
west
wing.
In
addition
to
the
Cabinet
Room,
The
Diplomat
Reception Room, the Treaty Room, etc., the most important one is the Oval Office, the heartland
for president to formulate policies and make decisions. Just outside the Oval Office is the
charming Rose blooming with flowers and plants, where state dinners and ceremonial events are
sometimes held. In the East Wing, are offices of First Ladies' and wording staffs. The Kennedy
Garden lying outside of those offices is for press conferences and tea parties. The well-known
South Lawn is often used for arrival ceremonies in honor of visiting heads of state.


lesson 10

Paris, France



A short time later our plane began to slow and bank. Lovely, green England came into view,
but we soon left England behind. After watching the English Channel slip by, France appeared,
the land carved into squares of green and brown.



Paris, lovely, green romantic Paris, a city of contrasts-I fell in love with her as so many
others have before me. Magnificent modern buildings were everywhere, but in between them stood
tiny ancient shops and apartments. As long as I live, I'll remember my first night in Paris when
I stood on Montamarte, the highest hill in the city, the lights of Paris spread in a panorama
below while
the
cool
autumn
breeze
whispered through the trees. I could
not believe I was really
there!



The next morning, we enjoyed a tour of Paris, which is just as beautiful by day as by night.
The tree-lined streets were spotless, for each morning, water from the River Seine flows from
drains
onto
the
streets
where
shopkeepers
with
long
reed
brooms
sweep
the
streets
clean.
We
drove
past many famous restaurants, shops and apartment houses. At the end of the most famous street
in Paris, the Champs Elysse, stood the golden Arch of Triumph through which the Allies in World
War Ⅱ marched after driving defea
ted Germans from the city.



As
we
walked
through
the
grounds
around
Notre
Dame,
I
gazed
above
me
at
imposing
Gothic
towers
silhouetted like giant sentinels against the gray sky. From the top of the Cathedral wall rain
spouts
jutted
about
every
twelve
feet,
each
spout
made
in
the
face
of
an
animal,
the
rain
pouring
from its mouth.

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