Becoming a Minimalist

I have loo many things. My bedroom is often very messy. I have shelves with dirty books I never read and CDs 1 don't listen to. My drawers are filled with clothes I never wear. I was getting upset that I never had any space in my bedroom.Then I read about minimalism. Minimalism suggests that you only keep the most necessary and important things and get rid of (处理掉)everything else .After reading about minimalism I felt encouraged to solve my problem.started clearing out a lot of the things which I didn’t use. I collected bags of clothes to give to charity. I sold some of my CDs and books online.Although I know that I would never need these things again ,I still found it very difficut to get rid of them.My brain tried to stop me from letting them go. I said lo myself ?§I might need them in ihc fulure!?¨ or ?§won’t I be sad if I lose that??¨But the things was,I knew I couldn’t keep everything.

After getting lots of thing out of my room, I actually became quite excited to see the tidy room with some fresh space. And on organized bedroom also makes me have a clear and organized mind! The main idea behind minimalism is to cut down what you own, and by doing this you can really value the things you have, It’s not easy to be a minimalist. We are often told that it is better to have more things. Advertisements try to make us believe that we will only be happy by spending more money to buy more things. Of course I’m not a perfect minimalist—I’ve only just started I still own a lot of things which I don’t really need , but 1 think this was a good start. In the future f I will be more mindful of what I buy. And I will continue to make an effort to get rid of what I don#l need.

1.What does minimalism suggest?

2.How did the writer get rid of some of her CDs and books?

3.How did the writer feel after getting lots of things out of her room?

4.Why is it hard to be a minimalist?

5.What are the advantages of being a minimalist?

Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum(论坛) asking what “PK” meant.

“My family has been watching the ‘I Am the Singer’ singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what ‘PK’ meant, but I had no idea,” explained the puzzled father.

To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, “PK” is short for “Player Kill”, in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.

In the case of the “I Am the Singer” singing competition, “PK” was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition raking.

Like this father, Chinese teachers at Middle schools have also been finding their students using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write the compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didn’t understand.

“My ‘GG’ came back this summer from college. He told me I’ve grown up to be a ‘PLMM’. I loved to ‘FB’ with him together; he always took me to the ‘KPM’,” went one composition.

“GG” means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). “PLMM” is Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). “FB” means Fu Bai (corruption). “KPM” is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.

Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language.

If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, meaning an ugly looking femal) or a Qing Wa (frog, meaning an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!

1. By writing the article, the writer tries to ________.

A. explain some Internet jargons

B. suggest common Internet jargons

C. laugh at the Beijing father

D. draw our attention to Internet jargons

2.What does the underlined word Internet jargons mean?

A. Internet language

B. Internet action

C. Internet behavior

D .Internet fashion

3.What does the writer think about the word “PK”?

A. Fathers can’t possibly know it.

B. The daughter should understand it.

C. Online game players may know it.

D. “I Am the Singer” shouldn’t have used it.

4.The example of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher is used to show that Internet jargons ________.

A. are used not only online

B. can be understood very well

C. are welcomed by all the people

D. cause trouble to our mother tongue

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A Puzzled Father.

B. Do You Speak Internet English?

C. Keep away from Internet English.

D. Kong Long or Qing Wa?

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