人教版初中英语文化背景知识总结

2012年11月九年级三科联赛备考文化背景知识归纳

1. If you are often weak and tired, maybe you have too much yin. You should eat yang foods, like beef. Eating Dangshen and Huangqi herbs is also good.

2. If you are too stressed out and angry, you may have too much yang. You should eat more yin foods, like tofu.

3.. Li Yundi, a well-known Chinese pianist, was born in 1982 in Chongqing. He began to learn the accordion at the age of four, and he started to learn the piano when he was seven.

In October 2000, Li Yundi took part in the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland. He won the first prize.

4. Before 1929, there was no sound in movies.

5. A snake robot could help look for people under buildings.

6. Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered in the city of Memphis on April 4, 1968.

7. Yang Liwei flew around the Earth on October 15, 2003.

His first flight around the Earth lasted about 22 hours.

8. The world Trade Center was destroyed in New York on September 11, 2011.

9. Man walked on the moon for the first time on July 20, 1969.

10. Greenpeace is a group that cares for “Mother Earth”.

11. Doctors without Borders is a group that helps sick people in poor countries.

12. UNICEF is a group that helps children in poor countries.

13. WWF is a group that cares for wild animals in danger.

14. Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, is an interesting Province, is an interesting city with a very colorful history. Some of the old buildings there are in Russian style.

15. The first Jews probably came to Kaifeng more than a thousand years ago and were welcomed by the Song Emperor.

16. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened, later the same gift may be given to someone else.

17. In Canada, many people pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person.

18. In the USA some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts.

19. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money Instead, making a meal is enough.

20. Disneyland is an amusement park, but we can also call it a theme park. The theme, of course, is Disney movies and Disney characters.

21. Singapore is a small island in Southeast Asia. More than 3 quarters of the population are Chinese. Singapore is an English-speaking country.

22. Singapore has a night zoo called the “Night Safari!” You can watch animals in a more natural environment than a normal zoo.

23. The temperature in Singapore is almost the same all the year round because it is so close to the equator.

24. We can deal with our problems by learning to forget, regarding problems as challenges and thinking of something worse.

25. Stephen Hawking, a very clever scientist, regards his many physical problems as unimportant. He can’t walk or even speak, but he has become very famous and successful.

26. Martin Robinson is a famous doctor who has a lot of experience dealing with teenagers. His new book, what would You Do If …? gives advice on what to do in lots of different situations.

27. If you cut yourself by accident, first you should cover the cut with a clean cloth and press it hard.

28. If you burned yourself by accident, you should put the burned area under cold running water.

29. If you injured your knee while running and felt some pain, you should stop exercising. And if it hurt for more than a few days, you should see a doctor.

30. If an “internet friend” asks if you can meet, you should tell your parents about it, agree to meet in a public place and you shouldn’t go alone.

31. If you get pimples when you are nervous, you should eat lots of fruits and vegetables drink lots of water. You can also ask your doctor for advice.

32. Hemingway and Mark Twain were both American writers.

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34. The hurricane “Sandy” attacked the coast of New Jersey in America at about 8 in the evening in EST 29 of October.

35. Mo Yan is the first person that won the Nobel prize in literature in China.

36. The Chinese Communist Party’s eighteenth National Congress was held in Beijing on 8th, November.