Fast Food Courier Wins Poetry Competition

Lei Haiwei, a 37-year-old fast food courier (送急件的人)from Hunan province won the championship in a televised Chinese poetry knowledge competition, winning fans over with his true love for poems.

“My interest in poems began as early as I was 6 years old,” Lei said after winning the competition.

Lei Haiwei was born in a village of Dongkou county, Shaoyang city. He inherited (继承) his father Lei Changgen’s love of poems. The elder Lei put poetry on the kitchen wall for his son to read throughout childhood.

“My father hoped I would grow up to be a man who keeps the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in mind,” the courier said.

In the father’s small house, there is a four-story bookshelf, the top of which is filled with poetry books. Lei Haiwei showed great interest in Chinese culture when he was a child. Every time his father told him the stories behind each poem, he was totally attracted. He enjoyed reading poems.

In 2001, the younger Lei graduated from a technical secondary school and found a job in Shanghai. Lei began to read books related to poems at bookstores or libraries in his spare time, since he didn’t have enough money to buy many. The young man also developed a habit of reciting poems he liked, writing down them after returning home.

Though Lei came to Hangzhou city in 2008 and works as a fast food courier, his love for poems hasn’t faded (减退). On his busiest work days, the courier has to deliver more than 50 orders a day, earning up to 9,000 yuan a month. Even so, he seized any available moment to recite poems.

“For example, I am used to reciting poems when I wait for food at restaurants, and traffic lights on my way to deliver food. Reciting poems not only enriches my knowledge, but also makes my job less boring,” the courier said.

As for his future plans, the courier said he will stick to reading and reciting poems.

1.When did Lei Haiwei begin to be interested in poems?

A. At the age of 6. B. At the age of 37.

C. At the age of 50. D. At the age of 16.

2.Why did Lei Haiwei read books at bookstores or libraries?

A. Because he could write down poems there.

B. Because he won the championship in a competition.

C. Because he could talk about poems with others there.

D. Because he didn’t have enough money to buy many books.

3.What does Lei Haiwei think of reciting poems?

A. It helps him get more money.

B. It makes his job more boring.

C. It makes him busier with his job.

D. It helps him get more knowledge.

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Street Markets Around the World

There are many ways of shopping.You can shop by telephone,by post or through your home computer,but for many people,the most exciting way to shop is also the most traditional—at a street market.You can find markets anywhere in the world.Here are four of them:

There are many“floating markets”in Asia;perhaps the most unusual is in Thailand,at a place called Damnoen Saduak.It’s open from six in the morning to the noon every day.People sell fresh fruit from their boats.

 

Many Belgians(比利时人)say that the Grand Place is the most beautiful square in the world.It is the home of a colorful flower market.It’s open every day except Monday.On Monday,instead of flowers,there’s a wonderful bird market!

 

One of the world’s most famous markets is in Mexico City—the Sonora Market.You can buy toys,birds,herbs and medicine.There are all kinds of things.It’s open every day from early in the morning till late at night.

 

In England,every weekend,thousands of young people from all over London travel to the Camden Market—it’s the place to go for street fashion,CDs and tapes.Many people also go there for fun.

 

根据短文内容,在表格中的横线上填写所缺单词。每空一词。

Names
 

Countries
 

Features
 

Things to Sell
 

Open Time
 

Damnoen Saduak
 

Thailand
 

unusual
 

fresh
(1)________
 

every day
 

the Grand Place
 

Belgium(比利时)
 

beautiful
 

(2)________
 

every day except Monday
 

the Sonora Market
 

Mexico
 

(3)________
 

all kinds of things
 

every day
 

the Camden Market
 

(4)________
 

fashionable
 

fashion things
 

every
(5)________
 

Tommy White has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat since he left California on July 10 ,2007. He has been heading for Australia with only birds, fish, and sharks ever since.

Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey. Tommy has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy. He will row, bike, walk, and climb the world without help from any motor (马达) at all. His plan includes climbing the tallest peak on six of the continents (大陆) along the way.

For the first part of his trip, he bicycled 5,546 miles from Seattle, Washington to Mount Mckinley in Alaska and back, walked 67 miles to base camp, and climbed 20,320 feet to Mckinley's top. Now in the second part of his dangerous trip, he is rowing to Australia.

Why would he try to go around the world this way? He explains that he wants to encourage kids to dream their dreams and get to their own goals. He wants to show kids that there might be hard parts along the way, and sometimes they might not even get to that final goal. But they can have great adventures and learn a lot along the way.

Tommy has already faced some difficulties. For example, wind and waves keep pushing him westward when he wants to go south toward the Solomon Islands. If his luck doesn’t change, he will cheerfully change his plan, and aim to land at Papua New Guinea. One way or another, he's sure he’ll get to his next goal: Australia.

When his trip around the world takes him across land, he enjoys meeting people — especially children. He has already visited many schools and shared his story.

Tommy encourages all kids to set their eyes on a goal and not to give up. He says, "With goals, we will make progress, and we will be farther along than when we started, even if we don't get to some goals. That's called life! ”

1.How has Tommy decided to go all the way around the world?

2.Which part of his trip is he in now?

3.If his luck doesn’t change, where does he aim to land?

4.What does he enjoy on his trip across land?

5.To Tommy, does life mean struggling for (为… 而奋斗)the goals?

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