The hottest TV drama in China – “Nirvanain Fire” or “Langya Bang” has just ended. Millions of people waited every day after midnight for the latest (two) episodes. Are you one of them? What is the story about? Why the show is so popular?
“Nirvana in Fire” is based on an Internet novel by author HaiYan, who was invited to pen the screenplay for the television adaptation. The 55-episode series, set in a fictionalized kingdom, weaves together two storylines — one about a betrayed general's revenge and the other about princes fighting for the throne.
The series was put on screen on Sep. 19th, and the number of Internet views exceeded 140 million times the next day. Only during the week of National holiday, the number increased by 1.6 billion.
It's now the hottest Chinese TV show with a very high score of 9.3 on Douban. (The classical TV drama, Journey to the West, produced in 1986 is with the same score). Previous and recent costume dramas such as “The Journey of Flower” and “Yun Zhong Ge” only scored 6.4 and 3.5.
Drawing comparisons to “The Count of Monte Cristo”, the story revolves around a gifted young man named Lin Shu, whose father serves as a general. Already a high-ranking military officer by his teenager years, Lin Shuenjoyed a close friendship with Prince Xiao Jingyan and was even engaged to Princess Nihuang.
At age 17, however, Lin Shu's life turned upside down when his father's army was framed and destroyed by a foxy political rival. LinShu escaped death, but due to the poisoning, his body became weak and frail, and he lost his martial arts abilities. From then on, his face was pale and his fingers always ice-cold.
After twelve years, Lin Shu returned to his country's capitalwith a new name, Mei Changsu, and a new identity, the leader of the Jiang ZuoAlliance. He then became the strategic adviser for his friend, Prince Jingyan, who had been exiled(流放) by the king. Despite the efforts of Prince Xiao Jingheng and the crown prince to win the throne for themselves, Mei Changsu succeeds in paving the road for his friend to take over as king, as well as the avenging the injustices dealt to histroops many years before.
Dear Editor,
I'm a Senior 1 student in a middle school. This term, my favourite teacher, Miss Mao, no longer teaches us. I want to see her, but I'm afraid that she no longer likes me and I don't want to trouble her. I really miss her. What should I do?
Tian Yan
Dear Tian Yan,
It's bad luck that you have lost your favourite teacher. But, if she is still in your school, nothing can stop you going to see her. When she isn't busy, ask her if she minds having a quick chat. You can then tell her she wa s your favourite teacher. Everyone is happy to know they are liked!
If she has left the school, it will be more difficult to meet her. It will be hard, but remember people always come and go in our lives. We can't rely on them being with us all the time.
You may be sad to say goodbye to her, but we can remember and learn from her. Think of her best qualities.
You could also try looking for similar qualities in your other teachers. Study hard and give your new teacher a chance. In time, you might start to see that he or she has different qualities to learn from.
Finally, you can not completely(entirely) rely on(depend on) other people getting you through your studies, or even your life.
Editor
Dear SJ,
Losing a best friend is never easy.
Your problem, is not just that you miss your best friend, it is that you feel empty and lost without her friendship.
It takes time to get over a lost, and during that time, your mind is getting used to a new way of being. This is usually a good thing, even if it feels like a bad thing.
Now that you are on your own, you are being forced to learn to be by yourself and to rely upon your own inner voice for guidance. I am sure that this feels strange for you, but if you can hang on for a bit longer, it may work to your advantage.
Best friends are cool, but it is important to know the difference between missing someone and being too independent upon them.
At your age, girls do tend to stick together and having a good boyfriend may not yet be the better choice. Your friend is leaving you, her best friend, for a boyfriend. Boyfriends are completely different from best friends. The distinction is that boyfriends come and go, while girl friends often stay in your life throughout high school, and even afterwards. It is a completely different sort of bond.
I suggest that you take advantage of this period in your life to expand your horizons. Enjoy the freedom of having no best friend for a while, and hang with the group. By the time your former best friend breaks up with her boyfriend, you will be in a completely different place, a far better place.
And, by the way, next time you feel empty and lost, try to write about it in a diary. In several months, you will look back and read it with curiosity about yourself. “Who was I then, and what could I have been thinking?”
We can choose failure, but we can't choose fear. That's like what James Cameron said “Failure Is an Option (选择), but Fear Is Not” at the end of his TED talk and I love it. We shouldn't be afraid of facing failure, try to accept it and learn from it.
Make mom for failure
Nobody wants to fail, but failure is often on your way to success. George Bernard Shaw said, “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable (可敬的), but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” So if you never fail then it probably means that you do nothing. Failure shows that you actually do something instead of just sitting in your comfortable seat.
Learn from each failure
Don't just fail and get nothing out of it. Learn something from each failure that makes you better and better.
Fail fast
Time is precious, so if you fail then you'd better fail fast. Why? Because it will make you learn and improve faster. Don't wait until everything is perfect. Instead, test your idea in the real world as soon as possible.
Don't choose fear
Many people don't want to work on something unknown. But fear is not a good choice, so you should be willing to try out your new ideas. Even if you aren't successful, you will still come out better than before.
A good teacher is many things to many people.In my own experience,the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded（要求）the most discipline（纪律）from their students.
I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school.I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person.I remember very vividly（清晰地）a sign over her classroom.door.It was a simple sign that said, “Laboratory—in this room the first of the word was emphasized（强调）,not the last seven.” In other words,I guess, labor（工作）for her was more important than oratory,which means making speeches.
She prepared her work very carefully and demanded of us to do the same.We got lots of homework from her. Once she had broker arm,and everybody in the class thought that maybe the homework load would be reduced,but it continued just the same.She checked our work by stamping her name at the bottom of the papers to show that she had read them.
I think sometimes teachers who demand the most are liked the least.But as time goes by,this discipline really seems to benefit（有益于）the students.
People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendships, knowledge, and relaxation. Sometimes they even yield financial profit. Hobbies help people relax after periods of hard work, and provide a balance between work and play.
The structure of the sentence is ______.
A. with no mountains or hills
B. for a long distance
C. spend time
D. in the exact middle of
E. very warm
①②③④分别代表不同的句子成分，请选择分析正确的一项
A But Peter said that he was too nervous to eat.
B "You'll have more energy if you do," said Peter's Mum.
C Mum told him that he should eat breakfast first, so that he would have enough energy after he got to school.
D A few weeks earlier, he decided to apply for the school basketball team. Peter ran downstairs to tell his Mum that he had to leave for school early.
E Peter got up early on Thursday morning because he would have a try at basketball that day.
Heavy space suits, limited electricity and water, no communication with the outside world, or no fresh fruits and vegetables, you wouldn't be mistaken if you're picturing a space mission to Mars. And that's exactly what NASA wanted with their copied Mar's training programming.
For four months, Kate Green and five others lived in isolation (隔离) at the top of the Hawaiian volcano of Mauna Loa. Though not real astronauts, they lived, worked, and slept inside of a specially built circular house in order to understand what life on Mars could be like. In her new book, Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth, Kate writes about her experiences and what human exploration really means.
Here's some of what she wrote: "As expected, while I was away on Mars my home changed as well. When an astronaut comes back, Earth isn't where it was. The whole system has changed from under and all around. It's like anything, though. You leave and come back, and home isn't what it was. But sometimes leaving is the only way to know it was ever home in the first place. "
"In the days and weeks after returning to Earth, my partners and I ate fresh fruits and vegetables and we shared some of our more personal observations during the mission, all in service, we believed, of a better imagined future trip to Mars. Those early days back home are something of being unclear, though I do recall the strength of certain sensations (知觉). Loud noises easily frightened me. It took days for me to not actively notice even the slightest wind on my skin. "
Although tough and unknown, we must believe that we humans can better explore space through our on-going efforts.
