11AsIapproachthehospitaldoctor.ThatisuntilIputonmycurlyrainbowwigbadge“DoctorLarryLaugh-Out-Loud”.Iwalkthroughthedoorsintothewaitingbeenreadhundredsoftimespreviously.Anxiousparentsdowhattheycanto2Inthemiddleofthisparticularitsnormalsize.Ispeakwiththeon-dutynurse,whotellsmethatLara’sparentsrushedhertothehospitalaftershefelloffherbicyspenthertimecryinginpain.Althoughit’sthedoctorsandnurseswhowilltreat3Scientificstudiesshowthatlaughterproduceschemicalstomakepeoplefeelbetter,whichmeansclowndoctorscanbehelpful.Wearespeclownswhoworkaspartofaprogrammeknownas“hospitalclowning”.IthiscareerbecauseofmyexperienceofgoingtohAlthoughthedoctorsandnursesforchildren.IspentmuchofthetimewhenImorethanlittlebored!BeingaclowndoctormeansIcanhelpp24Visitinghospitalsandotherhealthcarefacilities,weclowndoctorsworktogetherwithmedicalprofessionals.Onatypicalday,wuppatients,theirfamilies,andmoreoftenthannot,thehospitalstaff,too!Wedothisbydoingmagictricks,singingsongsjokes.Somechildren,though,don’tfeellikelaughing,especiallyifthey’reinpWehavetobeverysensitiveandworkcloselywiththedkeepusupdatedoneach為此，我們會變魔術(shù)、唱歌、講故事，當(dāng)然還會5AndmymagicmedicinedoesindeedseemtodconcentratesonexaminingLara’sankle,Igetherattentionbydoingamagictrick.Althoughsheisclearlystillinsomepain,herscaredandanxiouslreplaced—firstbyasmallsmile,andthenbyloudlaughterasI“magically”producehersockfromoutofmypocket.SeeinhasinturnmadeLara’sp6Andasforme?Well,whenItakeoffmywigandmyrednose,I’mstillwearingabigsmile,asIrememberallthefunandlaughteromightbemorehospitalvisitsaheadforLaraandothers,Ihopethatclowndoctorshelpmakeitafriendlierplacetovisit.Afterall,itreallyistruethat“l(fā)aughteristhe31Humourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanbyears.ThereiscomedyinthetextsofAncientGreece,andwerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlighton2Closertomoderntimes,someonewhoisrememcombinehumourwithmoreseriousmesTwain’sparticularstyleofwritingisfunnyandoftenmischievous.ForexamhisclassicnovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,hefamouslysays,“Writingiseasy.Allyouhavetodoiscrossoutthewrongwords.”ButknownforhiswittyremarksinhiseverydayinteractwhileonalecturingtouroftheUnitedStates,Twainwentintoabagetahaircutandashave.Thebarber,notrecognisingtothelecture.WhenTwainrepliedthathedidn’t,thebarbertolwantedtogototheeventhewouldhavetostand,astherewerenostheatre.Twain’sresponsewas,“That’sjustmyluck.Ialwayshavetostandwhenthatfellowlectures!”稱。吐溫獨特的寫作風(fēng)格幽默風(fēng)趣，而且常常帶詞劃掉?！彼粘Ｅc人交流中的詼諧言論同樣出演講時，馬克·吐溫走進(jìn)一家理發(fā)店去理發(fā)和有沒有這場演講的門票，馬克·吐溫說沒有。理那個家伙演講，我總是要站著！”3LikeTwain,butontheothersideofthewobecomefamousforhisuniquebrandofhumour.Awell-LinbroughttheconceptofhumourtomodernChineseliterature.In192creativelyborrowed“youmo”fro聞名。作為著名的雙語作家，林語堂將幽默的4Lin’squickwithelpedmakehimfamoushavingbeeninvitedtodinneratauniversity4tellastoryaboutacruelRomanemperorwhotriedtofeFirstcamealion.Themanwhisperedsometlionshookitsheadandwalkedawayunhappily.Ththemanwhisperedinthetiger’sear.Thetigerlookedshockedandhurriedaway.“Whatdidyousaytomyanimals?”saidtheemperor,astonished.“Itoldthemtheyhadtomakeaspeechaftereatingmefordinner.”Lin’saudienceroaredwithlaughter.Withthislittlejoke,Linwasabletom飯，當(dāng)校長突然讓他做演講時，他感到很為耳語了幾句，獅子搖了搖頭，不高興地走開5BothTwainandLinunderstoodthathumourisn’tjustaboutisawayoflifeandatoolthatcanbecreatedanequationtoexplainthihumourmakesthiseasier.Sharingjokesandlindividualsandevencommunitiestogetheneedforhumourisalmostasgreatasourneedforwaterandair.Inthew是一種可以用來闡明世界的工具。林語堂甚至Unit2Onwardsandupwards……1“Weregrettoinformyou...”Thesearethewordstreceiving,butwordseverywriterknowswcomesbackandthewritereagerlyopensa5theyreachthatfinalsentence.Youmayhavespentyearandfreetimetowriteyourlife’swork,yetstillthisisoftennotenough.Everyoneknowsthatsuccessrarelyhappensovernight,bu“我們抱歉地通知您……”這句話對每個作家而言既害怕又熟悉。出版商給了2TakeforexampleJ.K.Rowling.shedecidedthatitmeantshenwriters,andstuckitonherkitchenwall.Rowlinghadsplittlemoney,spendingallhertimewriting.Whenshbook,shereceivedcommentsfrompublishersalongthelinesof“toodifficultforpersevered.“Iwasn’tgoingtogiveudown,butIoftenfearedthatwouldhappen,”shelaterpostwelverejections,onepublishereventuallyagreedtoprinbook,andasweknow,HarryPotterbecameaglobalsuccess,withover400millionbookssoldandtranslatedintomoreth評價卻是“對孩子來說太難理解”“太長”“孩子們此，她還是堅持了下來?！拔也粫艞壍?，除非所3Alltoooftenwritersofgrrejection.J.D.Salingerstartedwritingshorstruggledtogethiswocharacterwellenough”wasthecriticismhereceivedonhismanuscriptforTheCatcherintheRye.Despiterejectionrefusedtogiveup.EvenwhenservingintWar,hecarriedsixchaptersofTheCatcherintheRyewithhimandworkedonthenovelthroughouthiswarservice.Whenitwaseventuabecameanimmediatebest-sellerandwentontosellmillionsandmillionsof開始寫短篇小說了，但之后他的作品卻難以發(fā)64PerhapstheoverallprizeforperseverancesVictorianEnglandwhodreamtofseeingtheirwordsinprinttimewhenwomenwerenotencouragedtobecomewritLaureate,RobertSouthey,wrotetooneofthem:“Literaturebusinessofawoman’slife,anditoughtnottobe.”Nevertheless,thesiststoptrying.Theirresponsewastowriteabookofpoemsundermalenames.Evenwhenthebooksold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,theChinesewomen’svolleyballteamhasfoughttheirwaythroughupsanddowns.LedbywLangPing,theyhavecontinuedtoaimateamstepsoffthevictorypodium,theynenewchallengesahead.Inthisway,theteamUnit4MeetingthemuseEveryartist’swishistocreatesomethingthatexpressesanidea.Butwheremoreabouttheinfluencesbehindthesucces1FlorentijnHofmanisaDutchartist,whoselargesculpturesareotoys.Theseobjectshavegivenhimideasforhisanimalsculptures,suchasthewassetamongthebeautifullandscapeofWuzh從而創(chuàng)作出動物形狀的雕塑，比如著名的“大黃鴨”。他最近的新作是一條巨大的“浮魚”，位于風(fēng)景宜人的烏鎮(zhèn)西柵景區(qū)內(nèi)。2Hofman’sinspirationforFloatingFishcamefromChdownthroughthegenerations.Hewaboutafishjumpingthroughthe“DragonGate”.ThisstorycametolifeforHofmanwhenhevisitedWuzhenandsawhowpeoplel霍夫曼表示，“浮魚”的靈感源自世代相傳的中門”的古老故事尤其感興趣。當(dāng)他游覽烏鎮(zhèn)，3“Duringthewalkandmys“我住在鎮(zhèn)上期間，當(dāng)我散步的時候，看到人們在喂魚。墻上還有魚形的浮4“Thereisnoterritoryintheworldofmusic.”ThesearethewordsofChinesecomposerTanDun.Heismostwidelyknown“音樂的世界沒有邊界?！敝袊髑易T盾如是說。這位著名的作曲家曾為5TolistentoTan’smusicistoexperienceandWesterninfluences.Sincehisfirstopera,NineSongs,TanDunhasbeenusingacombinationofChinesemusicandsoundsfromallovertheworldtotellstories.AsTanoncesaid,Chinesemusicshouldcarry“universalexpression”ofthe6YangLiping’spassionisPrincess”.Theinspirationforherf7“IfeelverygratefulfortheyearsinXishuangbanna,”saysYang.achancetogodeeperintothelivesofvariousethnicgroups...Ourethnicgroups,melotsofinspiration.MydancecomesfromtheirtraditionalbeliefandaimstobringouttheDaiwomen’sbeauty.”的生活里面……我們的少數(shù)民族，特別是傣族人民蹈源自他們的傳統(tǒng)信仰，同時也致力于展現(xiàn)傣族女性的美?！?Think“art”.WhatcometheLouvre,orChinesepaintingsinthePalaceMuseum?Ormaybe,justmay2TheartworksbyAmericanardidthisbyusingtheirphonestochangeitscolothesearecertainlynewandexciting,bu3Whateveryouropinion,peoplehavebeenexpressingtideasthroughartforthousandsofyears.Todothis,theyhavtoolsandtechnologies.YetMichelangeloandothershavebeenlabelledratherthan“technicians”.Thismeansthatartandtechnologyhavealwaysbeen此，人們使用了各種各樣的工具和技術(shù)。然而，4Today,however,technologicaladvanceshaveledtoacombinationofartandtechnology.Asaresult,theartworldischanginggreatly.Nowartismaccessibletousthaneverbefore.TakeforexamplpaintingsfromtheSongDynastythisartworkisrarelyondisplay,peoplehavesforachancetoseeit.Onceinfrontofthepaintspendtakinginitsfivemetresofscenesalontotechnologyhowever,millionsmorepeopldigitalversionofthispainting.Three-dimviewerscanseethecharactersmovearoundandinteractwitTheycanalsowatchasthedifferentsceneschang5Theart-techcombinationisalsochangingourconceptsof“art”andthe“artist”.Notonlycanweinteractwithart,butalsotakepartinitscreation.Withnewtechnologicaltoolsatourfingertips,moreantheircreativesides.Theresult6However,theincreaseintheraisedquestionsoveritsoverallquality.Canavideoofsomeoneslicingatomatoplayedinslowmotionreallybtechnologylessdistinct.Cansomeoneunfamiliarwithtraditionalartists’toolsreallycallthemselvesan“artist”?Andithemakerofthetechnologybehindit?AreceinthesamewaythatRembrandtusedhispaiprintedin3D,wasanew“Rembrandtpainting”created347yearsaftertheartist’sdeath.Theseadvancesareperhapsbringingusclosertoatimewhen勃朗畫作”誕生了。也許，這些先進(jìn)的技術(shù)正8Wheretechnologywilltakeartnextisanyone’ssure—withsomanyartistsexploringnewpossibilities,wecaUnit5Revealingnaturetheopportunityofvisitingdistantcountriesyetlittleknown”.Thepersonwhoansweredthecallwasnotthecaptain’sfirstchoice.Itwasayoungmanwhohadreceivedaletterfromhisfatherpredictingthathewoulyourselfandallyourfamily”.Despiteallthis,hisadventuresonthisshipwouldfascinatedbyrocks,plantsandanimals.HeleftEnglandont1831.Thejourneygavehimthechancetostnaturalenvironments.AfterDarwinhadspenroomontheshipwascrowdedwithsamplesoftheplants3Atthattime,peoplebelievedthatallspecieshadappearsametime,andhadnotchangedsince.ButDarwnoticedthatsomespeciesofanimalsweranimalsevolvedastheyadaptedtotheirchangvarietyofnewspecies,butitwasthebirdsthatinterestenoticedthattherewasadifferencebetweentheseemedtheirbeakshadevolvedaccordingtowhatfoodwasavail物種，但最令他感興趣的是鳥類。達(dá)爾文注5Darwinsuspectedthatwhichhadarrivedontheislandsalongtimebefore.Overtime,ithadslowlyevolvedintomanynewspecies.Andthatwastheanswertohownewspeciesofplantsandanimalscametoexist:theyevtheoryinhisbook,OntheOriginofSpecies.Itwasnotpublimmediatelycausedastorm.Manypeoplerefusedtobelievethatlivinincludinghumans,hadeDarwin’sscientificstudiesweresoconvincingthatmoreandmorepeoplestarted這是一個全新的觀點——進(jìn)化論。達(dá)爾文在他7Today,OntheOriginofSpecworkseverwritten.IthaschangedideasaboutlifeonEbeganwiththejourneyontheBeagle.Unit5Revealingnature1Talkingplantshavelongbeenathingofmythsandlegends.ManhavestoriesoftalkingtreesthatgiveadviceaswellaswarningstopeoAndinsomemodernstories,suchasthefilmAvatar,treescancommunicatewith事里，會說話的樹給予人們忠告和警示。據(jù)說亞歷度見過一棵會說話的樹。在一些現(xiàn)代故事，例如3Ithasbeenknownforsometwitheachother.Thishappenswhenaplant,sayabeanplainsects.Theplantreleasestinyamountsofcbeingeaten.Thisislikeawarning,oracallforhelp:“I’mbeingattacked!”Whenanotherbeanplantdetectsthechemicalsfromitsinjureleaseitsown,differentchemicals.Someoftbeanplants.Scientistshopetolearnmoreaboutthispwecanuseittogrowcropswithoutpesticides.物——被昆蟲襲擊時，就會發(fā)生這種情況。植物從正4Moresurprisingly,plantsalsousesoundtocommunicate.Peoplecan’thearthesesounds,butplantsaremakingthem.Someplantsroots.Cornandchilliplantsdothis.Theyalso“l(fā)isten”tothenoisesfromotherplants.Achilliplantcantellifaneighbouringplantishelpftreesmakeclickingnoiseswhenthereisnotenoughwate5Mostsurprisinglyofall,plathatcanlinknearlyeveryplantinaforest.Scientistscallthissystemthe“woodaworldwidenetworkofcomputerslinkedbycablwebislinkedundergroundbyfungi.Thisfungalnetworklinkstherootsofdifferentplantstoeachother.Usingthewoodwideweb,plantscanshareinformationandevenfoodwitheachother.Forexample,somepinetreescansendfoodtosmallerpinetreestohelpthemgthewoodwidewebhasitsownversionof“cybercrime”.Plantscanstfromeachother,orspreadpoisonstoattascientistswilllear森林中所有的植物?？茖W(xué)家們稱之為“植物萬維網(wǎng)”。在某種程度上，它很像人類“植物萬維網(wǎng)”，植物可以互相分享信息甚至是食物。比如，某些松樹會通過真菌網(wǎng)絡(luò)向松樹幼苗輸送養(yǎng)分，幫助它們生長。但是，像互聯(lián)網(wǎng)一樣，植物萬維網(wǎng)也會發(fā)生“網(wǎng)絡(luò)犯罪”。植物會偷取同伴的養(yǎng)分，或散播有毒物質(zhì)攻擊其他植物。也攻擊。6Scientistsarelearningmplantstalktoeachother.Whoknows?MaybeonedUnit6Nurturingnature1Sittingbackinmyseat,Ican’tquitebelievethatI’mabouttotratherailwaythatmanyforeignexpertsclaimedwas“impossiblebeenracingalongsteadilysinceitleftXining.Allthistime,thesong“SkyRailway”hasbeenplayinginsidemyhead.Thewordswindingamongthemountains”seemparticularlyvividasItravelacrossthe“roof靠坐在火車的座位上，我簡直不敢相信，我2Iwasoneofthepeoplewhorailway.Takingyearstocomplete,theQinghai-Tioureffortstoovercomethemostdifficultengineeringchallenges.Howtoprotectthedelicateecosystemwasamongthetopconcerns.3ThefirstlandmarktocatchmyeyeisthesplendidQingshuiheBridge,theworld’slongestbridgebuiltoverpermafrmovingunderthebridge,withsomestoppingtoeatgrassattheirleisure.Thirty-threepassageshavebeenbuiltundermovesafelyandfreelyintheirnaturalhabitat.antelopeshavenowbeenusingthesepassaunawarethatwearespeedingpastat4Topreventdamagetowetlandsandgrassmoved140,000squaremetresofwetlandtoanewareainor