口语讲义Lesson 5.doc

Lesson 5 Jintishi The jintishi(近體詩) is a Chinese poetic form based on a series of set tonal patterns using the four tones of the classical Chinese language in each couplet: the level, rising, falling and entering tones. Jintishi often have a rich poetic diction, full of allusion, and can have a wide range of subject, including history and politics. One of the masters of the form was Du Fu, who wrote during the Tang Dynasty (8th century). Transportation is a major contributor to air pollution in the United States, according to the Surface Transportation Policy Project, and nearly half of all Americans are breathing unhealthy air. Their study showed air quality in dozens of metropolitan areas has got worse over the last decade。 Residents of low-density, residential-only sprawling communities are also more likely to die in car collisions, which kill 1.2 million people worldwide each year, and injure about forty times this number. Sprawl is more broadly a factor in inactivity and obesity, which in turn can lead to increased risk of a variety of diseases. Improving the positive and reducing the negative impacts Fuel taxes may act as an incentive for the production of more efficient, hence less polluting, car designs (e.g. hybrid vehicles) and the development of alternative fuels. Alternative fuel vehicles are another option that is less polluting than conventional petroleum powered vehicles. High-speed trains High speed trains normally travel during the day, and arrive at their destination before the night falls and are in competition with airliners in speed. The fastest train on rails is the French TGV (French for High Speed Train) with a 574.8 km/h (356 mph) speed. Inter-city trains For trains connecting cities, we can distinguish inter-city trains, which do not halt at small stations, and trains that serve all stations. Movie/Film: Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considere