首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、When the President and the First Lady danced in the White House. B、When an old slave was interviewed about American Black Hist
A、When the President and the First Lady danced in the White House. B、When an old slave was interviewed about American Black Hist
admin
2016-12-18
64
问题
For me the most magical moment in this week’s news was the sight of a 106-year-old woman, Virginia McLaurin dancing with the President and the First Lady in the White House. There she was, glowing with excitement like a child: thrilled to be in the White House, thrilled in American Black History Month to be holding hands with a black President and First Lady after all that history of slavery and suffering. It was glorious. And other people thought so as well because 60 million have watched the video. How do you get to be that old and stay that young?
The best answer I know is at the end of the book of Deuteronomy. The Bible says about Moses that at the age of 120, "his eye was undimmed and his natural energy not weak." I used to think that these were just two descriptions, until I realized that the first was the explanation of the second. Why didn’t his energy decline? Because his eye was undimmed. Because he never lost the ideals of his youth, and his belief that his people could emerge from slavery and, inspired by God, write its own chapter in the history of the human spirit.
And despite all the setbacks, despite the fact that a journey that should have taken days took decades, he never lost hope, never stopped journeying toward the Promised Land.
A few months ago, Lord Weidenfeld died at the age of 96. He too stayed active almost to the very end with plans to bring peace to troubled parts of the world. On his 92nd birthday he was interviewed by a journalist who said, "In their nineties, most people think about slowing down. You seem to be speeding up. Why is that?" He replied, "When you get to be 92 you see the door beginning to close, and I have so much to do before it closes that the older I get, the harder I have to work." That’s how he stayed young.
It isn’t always possible: we get weak, the body ages, the mind fades. But while we can, let’s live the life of the spirit to the full. We are as young as our ideals. Never lose faith: never lose hope: never close your mind to wonder. And when the President asked Virginia McLaurin for the secret of being able to dance at 106, she didn’t reply: she danced. "Just keep moving," said the First Lady with a smile.
23 What was the most magical moment in this week’s news according to the speaker?
24 What was Moses’ secret to stay young according to the speaker?
25 What do we learn about Lord Weidenfeld?
选项
A、When the President and the First Lady danced in the White House.
B、When an old slave was interviewed about American Black History.
C、When an old lady danced with the President and the First lady.
D、When some African American children visited the White House.
答案
C
解析
录音开头说话人提到对于她来说本周最不可思议的时刻是看到新闻上播放一位106岁的老太太在白宫和总统及第一夫人跳舞的事。故C为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/1TF7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
中国是世界上河流众多的国家之一。长江是中国最大的河流,也是世界第三长河,仅次于非洲东北部的尼罗河(theNileRiver)和南美洲的亚马逊河(theAmazonRiver)。长江全长约6397千米,流域(catchmentarea)总面积达1
宋徽宗,名赵估,北宋第八位皇帝,是宋朝最著名的皇帝之一。他不是一个称职的皇帝,却是一位杰出的书画家。宋徽宗身在宫苑,有条件接近当时的第一流名家。他的花鸟画(flower-birdpainting)主要受吴元瑜的影响;在书法方面,他最初是向黄庭坚学习,后来自
Thetraditionaldistinctionbetweenproductsthatsatisfyneedsandthosethatsatisfywantsisnolongeradequatetodescribec
Overthepastdecade,Americancompanieshavetriedhardtofindwaystodiscourageseniormanagersfromfeatheringtheirownne
Phew,whatarelief.ItseemsthattheRoyalShakespeareCompanyandShakespeare’sGlobewon’thavetochangetheirnamesanyti
MasstransportationrevisedthesocialandeconomicfabricoftheAmericancityinthreefundamentalways.Itcatalyzedphysical
Thefinancialclimateforcharitiesisworsening,withmorethanhalfhitbytheeconomicdownturn,asurveyrevealstoday.Over
Nevermindthefighttogetpeopletoopentheirwalletsintherecession—somecompaniesaretakingadifferentpolicy,andtryi
A、Itwasbetterthanthepreviousone.B、Itdistortedthemayor’sspeech.C、Itexaggeratedthecity’seconomicproblems.D、Itre
A、Thewomancan’tfindherpurse.B、Themanisinneedofsometissue.C、Thewoman’sfriendstoleherpurse.D、Thewomaniscare
随机试题
女性,50岁。慢性萎缩性胃炎20余年。胃镜检查,胃窦部大弯侧可见一直径约1cm的息肉状隆起。活体检查,病理诊断为中分化腺癌。手术切除癌组织局限于黏膜内。符合该患者早期胃癌的肉眼类型是
对抗艾滋病病毒有效的药物配伍是
诊断前置胎盘最可靠而安全的方法是
下列哪种麻醉药和辅助麻醉药可引起小儿全麻后躁动不安、抽搐等
下列说法正确的是
有的人即使长时间处于高强度的压力下,也不会感到疲劳,而有的人哪怕干一点活也会觉得累。这除了体质或者习惯不同之外,还可能与基因不同有关。英国格拉斯哥大学的研究小组通过对50名慢性疲劳综合症患者基因组的观察,发现这些患者的某些基因与同年龄、同性别健康人的基因是
Weoftentendtoassociatesmilingastheresultofapositiveeventormood.Butresearchdemonstratesthattheactofsmiling,
WhereHaveAlltheBeesGone?Scientistswhostudyinsectshavearealmysteryontheirhands.Allacrossthecountry,honey
大规模地
Throughouthistorythebasicunitofalmosteveryhumansocietyhasbeenthefamily.Membersofafamilylivetogetherunderthe
最新回复
(
0
)