Question

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

Nostalgia(乡愁) is Yu’s famous poem in which he expressed his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan. The poem came out in 1971, and it remains highly popular among Chinese speakers. Even those who know little about literature(文学) enjoy lines from his poem, too. The poem is included in Chinese high school textbooks. Besides his achievements in poem, Yu was also a successful translator and essay(散文)writer. He once translated English poet Siegfried Sassoon’s poem In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet into Chinese. It is regarded as a perfect and powerful translation. Yu spent his whole life writing. The reason why he kept on writing was his love for the Chinese language. The other reason is that his love for his mother and his motherland. He tried his best to make this passion(热情) stronger during his life.

任务 1：阅读短文(B), 根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。

1.e______ to tell or show what you are feeling or thinking by using words, looks, or actions

2.p_______ being complete of its kind and without fault

任务 2: 阅读短文(B), 进行同义句转换，每空一词。

Even those who know little about literature enjoy lines from his poem, too.

Even those who know little about literature are 3. 4. lines from his poem, too.

3._________

4._________

任务 3: 根据短文(B)内容回答问题。

5.When and where was Yu Guangzhong born?

________________________________________.

6.Whom does Nostalgia remain highly popular among?

________________________________________.

7.Why did Yu Guangzhong keep on writing ?

________________________________________.

Answer 1