
书面表达
Shang Rongjie是我国盲人专用计算机方面的一位专家,请根据下面的提示,用英语叙述他的一些情况。
1.他曾就读于国际关系学院(Institute of International Relations),学习英文,1967年毕业,28岁时不幸眼睛失明。
2.他现在在中国盲文出版社(the China Braille Publishing House)工作。出版社在北京西南部,从他的家到出版社,途中倒两次车。
3.他酷爱阅读,但汉语布莱尔盲文(braille)印刷的书不多,于是收音机就成了他最好的伙伴。只要在家,他总是收听各种节目。
注意:1. 短文包括所有内容要点 2. 长度为80-140 个
八年级上册学英语报2021~2022第四期原报试题答案
What’s your opinion on spicy food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili(辣椒) in their dinner while others can’t get enough of it.
Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love chili and others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating back to as far as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chili is related to childhood experiences, and cultural influences affect our taste buds, too. But the latest study has found that a person’s love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality more than anything else, CBC News reported.
“We have always assumed that liking drives intake---we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect these personality traits with intake of chili peppers,” said Professor John Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.
But before you look at the study, you should first know that “spicy” is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty. It is, in fact, a burning sensation that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by people’s longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster.
In the study, 97 participants, both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires about certain traits of their personality, for example. Whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given cups of water with capsaicin(辣椒素), the plant chemical that makes chili burn, mixed into them.