Practice9
DoyourememberhowForrestGumpwaspreparingforthebiggestpingpongmatchofhislifetobeplayedinChina?Well,hecame,heplayed,andhekickedbutt.Iamprettysure“LoseFace”werethewordsoftheday.
TheForrestGumppipedreamvisitsmeeverynowandthen.Ihavealwaysfantasizedaboutstandingatopthegold-medalpodiumfortheRed,WhiteandBlue;victorypaddleinonehand,24-karatsaroundmyneck,Chineseopponentsonbothsides,withOldGloryrisingandtheStar-SpangledBannerplaying.Ok,wakemeup.WhoamIkidding?TheChinesewilllosetheirnumberonespotonthepingpongpodiumwhenHainanIslandfreezesover.Andthat'swhyIstartedplayingthegloriousgameofmajiang.
Ifyoucan'tbeat'ematpingpong,majiangmustbethesecondbestthing,right?Now,Iamnottalkingaboutmahjong,thematchingtilegameyouplayonthecomputertokilltime;Iamtalkingaboutbonafide,cutthroatChinesemajiang.
Ifeelthemost"Chinese"whenIamsittingatthemajiangtablerakinginthedough.Andmostofthetime,intermsofmakingmoney,ChairmanMao'sfaceismyfriend,buthotstreakseasilygivewaytocoldones.Indeed,mostofmajiangisagameofluck;Iwouldsay70%luckand30%skill.
Unlikepoker,inmajiang,readingyouropponentstendstobealmostimpossible,sotensestaredownsarerarelyseen.
Perhaps,IamtheonlyWesternerinthiscitywhoplaysmajiangcompetitively.IguessyoucouldcallmetheDaShanofmajiang,andthat'spartofthethrillforme.TheotherpartofitisbeingjustasskilledasmyChineseopponents,whostartedplayingmajiangwhenIwasjustalittlekid,swingingtheLittleLeaguebatbackstateside.
Truly,whenIstartedplayingmajiang,Ididn'tknowwhatIwasgonnaget;Ididn'trealizebackthen,thattoday,Iwouldloveitsomuch.Iamacompetitiveperson,soIguessmajiangandmeturnedouttobe-well-youknow,likethosetwocompatibleveggies.Intheend,ifmajiangonedaybecomesanOlympicevent,youknowwhat'sgoingdown.(390words)
DoyourememberhowForrestGumpwaspreparingforthebiggestpingpongmatchofhislifetobeplayedinChina?Well,hecame,heplayed,andhekickedbutt.Iamprettysure“LoseFace”werethewordsoftheday.
TheForrestGumppipedreamvisitsmeeverynowandthen.Ihavealwaysfantasizedaboutstandingatopthegold-medalpodiumfortheRed,WhiteandBlue;victorypaddleinonehand,24-karatsaroundmyneck,Chineseopponentsonbothsides,withOldGloryrisingandtheStar-SpangledBannerplaying.Ok,wakemeup.WhoamIkidding?TheChinesewilllosetheirnumberonespotonthepingpongpodiumwhenHainanIslandfreezesover.Andthat'swhyIstartedplayingthegloriousgameofmajiang.
Ifyoucan'tbeat'ematpingpong,majiangmustbethesecondbestthing,right?Now,Iamnottalkingaboutmahjong,thematchingtilegameyouplayonthecomputertokilltime;Iamtalkingaboutbonafide,cutthroatChinesemajiang.
Ifeelthemost"Chinese"whenIamsittingatthemajiangtablerakinginthedough.Andmostofthetime,intermsofmakingmoney,ChairmanMao'sfaceismyfriend,buthotstreakseasilygivewaytocoldones.Indeed,mostofmajiangisagameofluck;Iwouldsay70%luckand30%skill.
Unlikepoker,inmajiang,readingyouropponentstendstobealmostimpossible,sotensestaredownsarerarelyseen.
Perhaps,IamtheonlyWesternerinthiscitywhoplaysmajiangcompetitively.IguessyoucouldcallmetheDaShanofmajiang,andthat'spartofthethrillforme.TheotherpartofitisbeingjustasskilledasmyChineseopponents,whostartedplayingmajiangwhenIwasjustalittlekid,swingingtheLittleLeaguebatbackstateside.
Truly,whenIstartedplayingmajiang,Ididn'tknowwhatIwasgonnaget;Ididn'trealizebackthen,thattoday,Iwouldloveitsomuch.Iamacompetitiveperson,soIguessmajiangandmeturnedouttobe-well-youknow,likethosetwocompatibleveggies.Intheend,ifmajiangonedaybecomesanOlympicevent,youknowwhat'sgoingdown.(390words)
举一反三
- The Communist Party of China will lead the Chinese people in building a ____society.[br][/br] A) good off [br][/br]B) well off [br][/br]C) good on [br][/br]D) well on
- The cotton feels______ and it sells _____. A: well;<br/>good B: soft; well C: softly;<br/>well D: comfortably;<br/>good
- _______ you've got a chance, you might as well make full use of it.[br][/br] [br][/br] A: Now that B: After C: Although D: As soon as
- — How are the team playing? [br][/br] — They're playing well, but one of them _______ hurt.[br][/br][br][/br] [br][/br] A: got B: gets C: are D: were
- 有以下程序：<br/>#include<stdio.h><br/>#include<string.h><br/>structA<br/>{<br/>inta;<br/>charb[10];<br/>doublec;<br/>};<br/>voidf(structAt);<br/>main()<br/>{<br/>structAa={1001,"ZhangDa",1098.0};<br/>f(a);<br/>printf("%d,%s,%6.1f\n",a.a,a.b,a.c);<br/>}<br/>voidf(structAt)<br/>{<br/>t.a=1002;<br/>strcpy(t.b,"ChangRong");<br/>t.c=1202.0;<br/>returnt;<br/>}<br/>程序运行后的输出结果是（）。 A: 1001,ZhangDa,1098.0 B: 1002,ChangRong,1202.0 C: 1001,ChangRong,1098.0 D: 1002,ZhangDa,1202.0