【正文】 d them to hang them to dry al winter. 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 clear weeds from the ground before pl anti ng crops. They coul d either l et the anim al s eat the weeds or turn the soil over so that the weeds were covered and would rot. Then he gave advi ce on Turi ng over the soi l. The fi rst ti m e each year, farm ers shoul d di g deeply, but the second tim e shoul d be l ess dep. Therefore the autumn pl oughi ng of the soi l 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 different pl ants next to each other i n the fi el d. H e also gave adi ve on how to fi sh, keep a garden and even make wi ne. H e wrote down hi s i n a book cal l ed Qi Mi n Yao Shu, which was consi dered an im portant sum m 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 farmers and students of agri cul ture. Unit 3 A MASTER O F NO N 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 abl e to do thi s better than Charli e Chapli n. H e bri ghtened the l i ves of Am eri cans 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 i n a poor fami l y i n 1889. Hi s parents were both poor m usi c hal l perform ers. You may fi nd i t astoni shi ng that Charl i e was taught to si ng as soon as he coul d speak and dance as soon as he coul d wal k. Such trai ni ng was m on i n acti ng fam il i es at that tim e, especi al l y when the fami ly i n e was often uncertai n. Unfortunatel y hi s father di ed, l eavi ng the fami l y even worse off, so Charli e spent hi s chi l dhod l ooking after hi s si ck m other and hi s brother. By hi s teens, Charli e had, through his hum our, be e one of the most popul ar chil d actors i n Engl and. H e coul d m im e and act the fool doing ordi nary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored watchi ng him hi s subtle acti ng m ade everythi ng entertai ni ng. As tim e went by, he began m aki ng film s. H e grew m ore and m ore 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 l arge trousers, wornout shoes and a smal round bl ack hat. H e wal ked around sti ffl y carryi ng a wal king sti ck. Thi s character was a soci al fai lure but was loved for hi s opti mi sm and determi nati on to over e al di ffi cul ti es. He was the underdog who was ki nd even when others were unki nd to him . H ow di d the l i tl e tram p m ake a sad situati on entertai ni ng? H ere i s an exam pl e from one of hi s m ost fam ous film s, The Gol d Rush. It i s the mi dni eenth century and gol d has just been di scovered i n Cali forni a. Li ke so m any others, the li ttle tram p and his fri end have rushed there in search of gol d, but without succes. Instead they are hi di ng in a sm al hut on the edge of a m ountai n duri ng a snowstorm wi th nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they try boil i ng a pai r of l eather shoes for thei r di nner. Charli e fi rst pi cks out the l aces and eats them as i f they were spaghetti. Then he cuts off the l eather top of the shoes as i f i t were the fi nest steak. Final y he tri es cuti ng and chewi ng the botom of the shoe. H e eats each m outhful with great enjoym ent. The acti ng is so convi nci ng that i t m akes you beli eve that it i s one of the best meal s he has ever tasted! Charli e Chapli n wrote, di rected and produced the fi lm s the starred i n. In 1972 he was gi ven a speci al O scar for hi s outstandi ng work i n film s. H e l ived i n Engl and and the USA but spend hi s l ast years i n Swi tzerl and, where he was buried i n 1977. H e is l oved and remem bered as a great actor who coul d i nspi re peopl e wi th great confi dence. AN APRIL FOOL’ S JOKE: THE NOODLE HARVEST April Fool’s day, or April 1st, is known in m any countri es as a day for pl ayi ng jokes on others. It i s usual l y a tim e when chil dren m ake fun of each other, but som etim es other peopl e can get caught i n the fun too. One of the most famous jokes in Engl and took place on British tel evi sion i n 1957. It was a Monday ni ght when there were al ways many serious program mes on the tel evi sion. One of them was cal ed Panoram a, thi s show expl ored probl ems and progres al over the world, so nobody was surprised when it 1 安化縣 2020節(jié)水灌溉工程可行性研究報告 一 綜合說明 (一 )、項目概況 安化縣是一個地域較大的山區(qū)縣，地勢特點是南北峰巒對峙，資江自西向東、橫貫全境，境內(nèi)群山起伏，嶺谷相間。i ncrease ri ce harvests wi thout expandi ng the area of the fi el ds. In 1950, Chi nese farm ers coul d produce onl y fi fty m il li on tons of ri ce. In a recent harvest, however, nearl y two hundred m il i on tons of ri ce was produced. These increased harvests m ean that 22% of thwart world’s peopl e are fed from just 7% of the farm l and in Chi na. Dr Yuan i s now ci rcul ati ng his knowl edge i n Indi a, Vi etnam and m any other less devel oped countri es to i ncrease their ri ce harvests. Thanks to his research, farm ers are produci ng harvests twi ce as l arge as before. Dr Yuan i s quite satisfi ed wi th hi s l ife. H owever, he doesn39。t care about being fam ous. He feel s i t gi ves him l ess fredom to do hi s research. H e woul d rather keep ti me for hi s hobbi es. H e enjoys l isteni ng to voli n m usi c, pl ayi ng m ahjong, swim mi ng and reading. Spendi ng m oney on him sel f or l eadi ng a fortabl e l ife al so means very li ttl e to him . Indeed, he beli eves that a