Yang Jiang, the famous woman writer and translator is well-known to us all.

She was born in Beijing in 1911, originally named Yang Jikang. As a baby she liked laughing. Her parents let every daughter develop their character freely, which is rare at that time and even at present. Jikang, therefore, had a happy childhood in the 1920s.

She graduated from university and went to Tsinghua University as a postgraduate(研究生) in the 1930s. There she met Qian Zhongshu, they fell in love and married.

In the l940s, she started to use the name Yang Jiang as her pen name. Since then she was commonly known as Madam Yang Jiang.

In the l950s, she worked for Peking University, and started to learn Spanish. She was the first to translate Don Quixote(《堂吉诃德》) into Chinese.

She began to write short novels in the 1980s. The novel The Old Wang(《老王》) written in 1984 was selected as the passage in our middle school text book.

Besides, her famous works After Baptism(《洗澡之后》) and We Three(《我们仨》) also became a household name in China.

Sorry to hear that Madam Yang died at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, on May 25, 2016.

Such was Madam Yang, the best wife and the most talented woman! Her legend is still continuing!

Yang Jiang

Introduction

Born: in Beijing in 1911

Original name: Yang Jikang

_________:Yang Jiang

Her husband: ___________

Experiences

In the 1930s,graduated from university

In the 1950s,worked for Peking University,started to learn ___________

In the 1980s, began to write _________

Famous works

The Old Wang, After Baptism, _________

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Tuesday, 1stSeptember

I had mixed feelings today, nervous, worried, happy, excited… My heart went down when Miss Chan, our head teacher, said that Matthew and Beth, two students from England, would spend three months with us! I was worried that I had to speak English so much! But at the end of the school day, I was happier than I thought: the morning with them today was more enjoyable than I expected.

Today is the most unforgettable first day I have had! Matthew is fantastic! His English is clearer and easier to listen to than I thought. The other English student, Beth, is the most helpful girl I’ve ever met. There were lots of things to do on the first day. Beth offered to help Miss Chan put up all the notices. Of course, some of the credit (功劳) should also go to ME because I translated some of the notices for her. Miss Chan praised us!

We finished all the preparations 10 minutes earlier than expected, then Beth and I talked for a while, Matthew sang several English songs and did some stand-up comedy (单人喜剧表演) at the party. We all praised him. When the bell rang to end the first school day, none of us wanted to leave.

When I went back home, I had a little headache. I have probably spoken more English today than the whole of last year.

It was really a happy day! I hope our friendship can continue, even after they gone back to England!

1.The writer felt ______ when he heard the news from Miss Chan.

A.excited B.angry

C.fantastic D.worried

2.Beth helped Miss Chan with the ______.

A.comedy B.speeches

C.notices D.translation

3.Matthew ______ at the party.

A.had a talk

B.rang the bell

C.sang several songs

D.made a preparation

4.Matthew and Beth ______ on the first day.

A.spoke much Chinese B.got lots of praise

C.had a little headache D.forgot to leave the school

5.From the passage, we know that the writer ______.

A.caught a bad cold that day

B.went back home with Beth

C.expects to travel to England

D.likes the two English students

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