The Geography teacher told us that the Sun in the east.

You'd better the door first before you others' room.

    He was a poet known for the nostalgia (乡愁) he describes in his poems. Now, it's time for us to express (us) nostalgia for this great writer.

    On December 14, 2017, the famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan. He was born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Yu and his family moved to Taiwan in the 1950s. He lived and worked there his death.

    Nostalgia is Yu's famous poem in which he (express) his homesickness (乡愁) for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan. The poem came out in 1971, and it remains highly popular among Chinese (speak) worldwide. Even those who know little about literature (enjoy) lines from the poem. The poem is included in (China) high school textbooks.

    Besides his achievements in poems, Yu was also a (success) translator (翻译家), essay writer and critic.

    He once translated (翻译) English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem In me, past, present, future meet Chinese. It is regarded as perfect and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is“心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇”for "In me the tiger sniffs the rose".

    Yu spent his whole life (write). In a 2015 interview with People's Daily, he said, "The reason why I keep writing till today is my passion (热爱) for the Chinese language." He then added that his love for his mother and his motherland made this passion stronger.

要点提示：1）我妈妈是名医生；2）她工作很努力，耐心照顾医院里的病人，每天工作到很晚才回家；3）表达我对妈妈的爱。

My mum

—Sure, I have. __________ great achievement our country has made!

    A dinosaur for my birthday is the only thing I need. It doesn't matter if it's slow or one that has a fast speed.

    A huge one, a tiny one or one that's in between. A dinosaur that's dark brown or bright green.

    I don't care if it's big and tall or really old and not beautiful. I don't care if it's rough and tough or soft and cute.

    Just it's a living, breathing (呼吸的) dinosaur, and_____________.

    I promise if you bring me one I'll never ask for more. That's all I want for my birthday: just one single dinosaur.

    William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. They are still popular today.

    He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor (演员) when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582, he married a farmer's daughter. She was eight years older than he was. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592.

    At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599. He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. With the money he bought a large house in his hometown.

    At the age of forty-nine, Shakespeare retired (退休) and went to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. He died at the age of fifty-two. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.