【正文】 rs. Som e cows and sheep l ooked heal thi er than others too. H e was l ost i n though. What coul d a farm er do to get good crops from hi s fi el ds? Surel y there m ust be rul es that woul d help them. H e thought he coul d use his knowl edge to fi nd out the best ways for farm ers to grow crops and then wri te a book to hel p them. In doi ng so he col ected i nformati on from farmers who di d wel l, studi ed it and di d experim ents to find the best way. For exam pl e, he studied ways of keepi ng seeds and advi sed farm ers to choose seedheads whi ch had the best col or. Then he tol d them to hang them to dry al l wi nter. The next spri ng the seeds shoul d be knocked out of thei r seedheads and pl anted. H e studi ed how to im prove the soil . H e advi sed farm ers to cl ear weeds from the ground before pl anti ng crops. They coul d ei ther l et the anim als eat the weeds or turn the soil over so that the weeds were covered and woul d rot. Then he gave advi ce on Turi ng over the soi l. The fi rst tim e each year, farm ers shoul d di g deepl y, but the second tim e shoul d be l ess deep. Therefore the autum n pl oughi ng of the soil shoul d be deeper thant the spri ng pl oughi ng. H e suggested changing crops i n the fi el d every year: ri ve one year and wheat the next so that they woul d al ways get good harvests. They shoul d al so grow di fferent pl ants next to each other i n the fi el d. He al so gave adi ve on how to fi sh, keep a garden and even m ake wi ne. H e wrote down hi s i n a book cal led Qi Mi n Yao Shu, whi ch was consi dered an im portant summ ary of the knowl edge of farm i ng. For centuri es after Ji a Si xi e di ed, i t was studi ed by Chi nese farm ers and students of agri cul ture. Uni t 3 A MASTER O F NON VERBAL H UMO UR As Victor H ugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this beter than Charli e Chapli n. H e bri ghtened the l ives of Am ericans and Bri ti sh through two worl d wars and the hard years i n between. H e m ade peopl e laugh at a ti m e when they felt depressed, so they coul d feel m ore content wi th thei r li ves. Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! H e was born in a poor famil y in 1889. H is parents were both poor m usi c hal perform ers. You m ay fi nd i t astoni shi ng that Charli e was taught to si ng as soon as he coul d speak and dance as soon as he coul d walk. Such traini ng was m on i n acti ng fam il es at that tim e, especi al ly when the fam il y i ne was often uncertai n. Unfortunatel y hi s father di ed, l eavi ng the fam il y even worse off, so Charl i e spent hi s chil dhood l ooki ng after his si ck m other and hi s brother. By hi s teens, Charli e had, through his hum our, be e one of the m ost popular chil d actors i n Engl and. H e coul d mim e and act the fool doi ng ordi nary everyday tasks. N o one was ever bored watchi ng him hi s subtl e acting m ade everythi ng entertai ni ng. As ti me went by, he began maki ng fi lm s. H e grew m ore and more popul ar as hi s charm i ng character, the l i tl e tram p, becam e known throughout the worl d. The tram p, a poor, hom el ess m an wi th a m oustache, wore large trousers, wornout shoes and a sm al l round black hat. He wal ked around sti ffly carrying a wal ki ng sti ck. This character was a social fail ure but was l oved for hi s optim ism and determ inati on to over e al di fficul ti es. H e was the underdog who was kind even when others were unki nd to him . H ow di d the li ttl e tram p m ake a sad si tuation entertai ning? H ere is an exampl e from one of hi s m ost fam ous fi lm s, The Gol d Rush. It is the m i dni eenth century and gol d has just been di scovered i n Cal i forni a. Li ke so m any others, the li ttl e tram p and hi s friend have rushed there i n search of gol d, but wi thout success. Instead they are hi di ng i n a sm al l hut on the edge of a mountai n duri ng a snowstorm with nothi ng to eat. They are so hungry that they try boi li ng a pai r of l eather shoes for their di nner. Charli e fi rst pi cks out the l aces and eats them as i f they were spagheti. Then he cuts off the l eather top of the shoes as if i t were the fi nest steak. Fi nal ly he tri es cutti ng and chewi ng the bottom of the shoe. H e eats each m outhful wi th great enjoym ent. The acti ng i s so convi nci ng that i t m akes you bel i eve that i t i s one of the best m eal s he has ever tasted! Charli e Chapli n wrote, di rected and produced the fil ms the starred i n. In 1972 he was gi ven a special O scar for hi s outstanding work i n fi lm s. He li ved i n Engl and and the USA but spend his l ast years in Switzerl and, where he was buri ed i n 1977. H e i s loved and rem embered as a great actor who could inspire peopl e wi th great confi dence. 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