In the sweltering heat of summer,a visitor to Nugusitai Town of Tongliao City,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,might find it hard to recognise the landscape.Once a desolate expanse of drifting sand,the hillsides are n...In the sweltering heat of summer,a visitor to Nugusitai Town of Tongliao City,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,might find it hard to recognise the landscape.Once a desolate expanse of drifting sand,the hillsides are now cloaked in lush forest.Tall wind turbines rotate quietly,and wetlands glimmer between groves of forest,providing a haven for waterfowl.展开更多
There are similarities and differences in the construction of the two poems:Charlotte Mew’s"Rooms"and Philip Larkin’s"Home is so Sad(HISS)".Both convey a sense of regret and loss through the port...There are similarities and differences in the construction of the two poems:Charlotte Mew’s"Rooms"and Philip Larkin’s"Home is so Sad(HISS)".Both convey a sense of regret and loss through the portrayal of abandoned rooms.However,"Rooms"highlights the despair upon the withering away of life and the slow,painful approach of death,while"HISS"expresses the pain upon the loss of loved ones.The rooms in each poem may have different roles in the lives of their owners,but in each case,they form a significant linkage of the past and present,and ultimately symbolise the abandonment of human heart itself.展开更多
Only in the mountains could Yan Dongdong feel truly alive.“In a desolate,inhospitable environment,the vitality emanating from within becomes sharply perceivable,”Yan once said.“You feel your heart pounding.I know m...Only in the mountains could Yan Dongdong feel truly alive.“In a desolate,inhospitable environment,the vitality emanating from within becomes sharply perceivable,”Yan once said.“You feel your heart pounding.I know mine pumps more blood per beat than most people.It’s a tangible sense of my own existence.”展开更多
Tender leaves sprouting from cotton seeds in a container aboard the Chang'e-4 probe to the far side of the Moon add vitality to the otherwise desolate celestial body.
文摘In the sweltering heat of summer,a visitor to Nugusitai Town of Tongliao City,Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,might find it hard to recognise the landscape.Once a desolate expanse of drifting sand,the hillsides are now cloaked in lush forest.Tall wind turbines rotate quietly,and wetlands glimmer between groves of forest,providing a haven for waterfowl.
文摘There are similarities and differences in the construction of the two poems:Charlotte Mew’s"Rooms"and Philip Larkin’s"Home is so Sad(HISS)".Both convey a sense of regret and loss through the portrayal of abandoned rooms.However,"Rooms"highlights the despair upon the withering away of life and the slow,painful approach of death,while"HISS"expresses the pain upon the loss of loved ones.The rooms in each poem may have different roles in the lives of their owners,but in each case,they form a significant linkage of the past and present,and ultimately symbolise the abandonment of human heart itself.
文摘Only in the mountains could Yan Dongdong feel truly alive.“In a desolate,inhospitable environment,the vitality emanating from within becomes sharply perceivable,”Yan once said.“You feel your heart pounding.I know mine pumps more blood per beat than most people.It’s a tangible sense of my own existence.”
文摘Tender leaves sprouting from cotton seeds in a container aboard the Chang'e-4 probe to the far side of the Moon add vitality to the otherwise desolate celestial body.
