亲爱的同学们:新的学期,新的起点,也就意味着新的机遇与挑战,新的拼搏与奋斗。高三在我们的关注中如约而至,征战高考的号角已经吹响,时间不容置疑地把我们推到命运的分水岭。在慢慢品尝高三滋味的同时,我们正在加速长大和成熟,过去对时间的浪费让我们痛心,父母期待的目光更加殷切和慈祥,一夜之间,忽然有了更多的知识需要我们去拥有,我们对未来的思考更加清晰。是的,同学们,面对未来,你可能有无数条道路,但一旦进入高三前进的队列中,作为志存高远的热血青年,你一定会义无返顾的说,高三,我来了;高考,我要成功!
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Not all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an s-shaped body of water covering 33 million square miles. The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization. Unlike real inland seas, which seem strangely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness. It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.
“Storm at Sea”,a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankind's earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.
Whenthewindisfromthewest
Allthewavesthatcannotrest
Totheeastmustthunderon
Wherethebrighttreeofthesun
Isrootedintheocean'sbreast.
As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull. It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly. It makes all kinds of noise —it is forever thundering, boiling, crashing, and whistling.
It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breath — perhaps not so noticeably out in mid-ocean, but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach. It mimics (模仿) nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living crea...