The clever monkey
Once upon a time, there was a clever monkey. He lived on a beautiful island, in an apple tree.
One day, a crocodile(鳄鱼)swam to the island. "I'm 1"he said. So, the monkey threw a red apple to the crocodile. The crocodile ate it 2.
The next day, the crocodile came back. "Please, may I have two apples?" he asked. He ate one and gave one to his 3.
The crocodile went to see the monkey every day. He wanted to be 4 just like the monkey. The crocodile's wife had an idea. "Why don't you5his heart? Then you'll be clever, just like him!"
The next day, he said to the monkey, 'To thank you for the6, please come to my house and have lunch with me together. But when the monkey 7, the crocodile said, "I want to eat your heart, so I can be as clever as you!"
The clever monkey thought quickly and said, "But my 8 isn't here. It's on the island."
They all 9 to the island. "Wait here. And I will get my heart." said the monkey.
The monkey quickly 10the tree and sat at the top. "Oh, Crocodile, you are so greedy(贪婪地). Of course, you can't have my heart. And now, you can't have my apples!" And the clever monkey laughed and laughed.
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Here are important dates for the first semester of 2018—19 |
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Aug.6 |
First day back for teachers, school staff (员工) |
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Aug. 13 |
First day of school |
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Sept. 3 |
Labor Day (schools and administrative 行政的 offices closed) |
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Oct. 11—12 |
Fall break(schools closed; administrative offices open) |
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Oct.30—31 |
Middle school student—led meetings |
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Nov. 19—20 |
Primary school parent / teacher meetings |
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Nov.21 —23 |
Thanksgiving break(schools closed； administrative offices closed Nov.22—23) |
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Dec.21—Jan.4 |
Winter break (schools closed; administrative offices closed Dec.24—Jan.1) |
The Spring Festival is coming. It's the time of the year when children become "rich" again.
A study showed that more than 50% of students from large cities in China got more than 5,000 yuan in lucky money(压岁钱)last year, with 5% getting more than 10,000 yuan.
How did they spend so much money in their little hands？ According to the study, 70% of students younger than 12 gave the money to their parents, while 80% of those older than 12 could decide how to use the money by themselves.
Shen Changfeng, a 16-year-old student at Taiziwan Middle School in Nanshan District, could keep her lucky money. She usually spends most of it on stationery such as rulers, pens and books, while the rest might go toward shopping with classmates.
"This year, the most popular gift must be an iPhone XS Max. One of my classmates bought one last week. I'm going to buy one with my lucky money this year." Shen said.
Every term (学期)after winter vacation, students are more likely to buy snacks, video games and gifts for each other, a teacher named Zhang Jie in Qianhai Middle School, Nanshan District, said on Friday.
Hi, I'm Dino, the family dog. I help keep people safe, especially on the roads. Take a look at my diary to see what I did last week.
Sunday
Some children are really too young to take care of themselves. Our neighbor's boy ran in front of a car to get his ball. The car almost hit him. I saved him though. Remember, always look and listen.
Tuesday
People can get very angry when driving, usually for silly reasons. One driver started shouting at Mum today when she stopped to let some children cross the road. I soon made the driver stop.
Wednesday
One thing makes me really mad. Grrrrrr. People walk on a dangerous road when they can walk on the safe pavement (人行道). I saw two girls doing that today but I soon made them change their minds.
Saturday
Today Mum took me for a walk. One car was parked in a very dangerous place. It was right on the corner of the street. Don't worry though. I left him a message.
Computers can do lots of jobs. They can do maths or play music.
You can use a computer to write or to play games. What do you know about the history of computers？
The first computers were very big. They were the size of a room! They were so big that people couldn't have them at home. Early computers could only do easy maths. In the 1930s. Alan Turing had the idea for a computer. His idea made computers do different things.
In 1958, Jack Kilby invented the microchip. It was a totally new thing for people at that time Microchips are tiny but can keep lots of information in a computer. They helped make computers smaller. In the 1970s, computers were smaller and cheaper so people started to use them at home. In the 1980s, computer games were very popular. Lots of people bought computers just to play games.
In 1989, Tim Berners-lee invented the World Wide Web, which is a way to organize information on the internet. With its help, now people all over the world can look for and share information on websites.
England, Scotland and Wales are on an island in the north—west of Europe called the Great Britain. The Great Britain together with Northern Ireland is called the United Kingdom, or the UK.
England is the largest part of the UK. Its name comes from people called the Angles, who came from Germany 1500 years ago. About 53 million on people live in England and the capital city is London.
Scotland is in the north of Britain. Over 5 million people live in Scotland. The highest mountain in the UK is in Scotland. It is called Ben Nevis and is 1,345 meters tall. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh and the largest city is Glasgow.
Wales is in the west of Britain. About 3 million people live there and about 20% of them speak Welsh. Welsh is one of the oldest languages in Europe. The Welsh flag has a picture of a dragon. The capital of Wales is Cardiff.
Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland, an island west of Britain. Nearly 2 million people live there. The Giant's Causeway is a popular place to visit. There are huge rocks made by lava (火山岩), but an old story says that a giant built it. The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.
It was nearly Christmas. Katie got up and found that the world was white cold.
"Snow!" she shouted. "Snow for Christmas!"
She ran outside and danced in the snow. Her brother Eddie came out too. They made big round snowball and a small one. They put them together and made a huge snowman. exciting!
"Hello," the snowman said. "It's Christmas. Would you like (have) a gift for yourselves？"
"Yes, please!" the two (child) said happily. The snowman waved his arms, and Eddie was (surprise) to see snowflakes (雪花,雪片)fall from the sky.
"We must give you gifts too!" said Katie. They gave the snowman a carrot for a nose and a hat on his head.
"Happy Christmas!" they said excitedly.
The snow stopped and the sun shone (bright). The snowman started to melt(融化)."Goodbye!" the snowman said. "If it (snow) tomorrow, you can build me again. I really want to make friends you."
Katie and Eddie said goodbye to the snowman and (their) hoped to build a snowman the next day.
