(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模D篇)A13-year-oldChinesegirlFanYi(Nancy)whohadherprimaryeducationintheUSrecentlypublishedherfirstfairytaleSwordbird.ThefairytalewritteninEnglishhas
(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模D篇)
A13-year-oldChinesegirlFanYi(Nancy)whohadherprimaryeducationintheUSrecentlypublishedherfirstfairytaleSwordbird.ThefairytalewritteninEnglishhasappearedonthechildren’sfictionbestsellerlistintheUStheShanghaiEveningPostreported.
FanYiwasgreatlyinterestedinobservingbirdseversinceshewasalittlegirl.InHamiltonNewYorkwhereshelivessheoftenwatcheskingfishersandwoodpeckersflyingoverherhousefromthesmallwoodsnearby.TheinspirationforwritingthebookSwordbirdactuallycamefromoneofherdreams.AtthattimeshewasstudyingAmericanhistoryinschoolandhappenedtoreadmanyarticlesinmagazinesaboutthe9.11terrorist(恐怖分子)attacks.Onedayshehadadreaminwhichsomerosefinchesandbluejayswerecontrolledbysomeblackbirdsandbegantofightwitheachother.Whenshewokeupshedecidedtoturnherdreamintoastoryandtoconveyhermessageofpeacetothepublic.
InordertogetherbookpublishedinChinaFantranslatedtheentireEnglishversionintoChinese.
“Itisalearningprocess.SinceIdidn’tknowmanyChineseidiomsIhadtogethelpfrommymomanddadfromtimetotime.ForanotherthingalotofpoemsintheoriginalstoryarewritteninrhymesowhenItranslatedthemintoChineseIwantedtomakesurethattheywereinrhymetoo.”shesaid.
FanYiwasborninBeijingin1993.ShestayedinBeijinguntilshefinishedherfirstgradeofprimaryschool.ThenshemovedwithherparentstotheUnitedStateswhenshewasseven.TwoyearslatershestartedtowriteherEnglishstory.
InMarchthisyearthebookwaspublishedbyHarperCollinsPublishers.Itwasselectedastheweek’sbestsellerofchildren’sfictionbytheNewYorkTimessoonafteritwaspublished.
FanYihassaidshewillwritemorebooksinthefuture.Itisexpectedthatthesequel(续篇)toSwordbirdwillcomeoutnextyear.
68.Theunderlinedwords“rosefinches”and“bluejays”inParagraph2probablyreferto .
A.creaturesfromouterspace
B.differentkindsofbirds
C.differentkindsofplanes
D.peoplefromdifferentraces
69.FanYi’sbookwasrelatedtothe9.11terroristattacksbecause .
A.itwasbeingwrit