Most 11-year-old children spend their summer holidays playing with friends and families, but one schoolboy from West Yorkshire, the UK, has very 1 plans.
The boy is Jude Walker. He 2 a 200-kilometer walk from his 3 in Yorkshire to London.
"During COVID-19I am really 4 about our Earth（地球）. I want to 5 people love the environment（环境）, "Jude says. "I decide to do the 6 walk because I think I can make it. I did many long walks. "
He started the walk on 7 25th. He walked 10 kilometers a day, and he finished the walk on August 14th. His mother was 8 him all the way and she was in a car. They also used the car as a hotel to 9 in.
"We are very proud of him. It is all his idea. He planned the walk after a-day-long training walk, "says Sarah Courtney, Jude's mother.
"We didn't do enough for the environment. I will go on more walks to make people 10 our Earth, "says Jude.
Dogs are "man's best friends". They are smart and they're kind to people. Some pet dogs just play with their owners. Others help people work. So how many kinds of dogs are there? Search and rescue dogs（救援犬） can help to save people. They are good at finding people after a big disaster （灾难）.
Guide dogs are good helpers for people who can't see things. They help these people walk without danger. They also know some words.
Dogs working with doctors can help sick children. These dogs make the children feel relaxed.
Herding dogs （牧羊犬） are important to people with sheep. They help look after the sheep. There are many herding dogs in Australia and New Zealand.
Do you know how to be safe around dogs? Here are some useful tips:
Be away from a dog when it is eating. If you touch it, it might think you want to take its food away. The dog may shout at you.
Never kiss a dog's face or put your face near its face, even if the dog doesn't want to scare you.
I'm Mark. I have a small family. They are my parents, my sister and me. We all love tennis my sister can play tennis and she is only four years old On school days l get up at 5: 30 a. m. and get dressed in my tennis clothes. I have breakfast and then my mum and I go to the sports center together. She works there. I play tennis for an hour before school. After tennis, I have a shower and get dressed in my school uniform. I meet my friends at 8:20 a. m. And we walk to school together. School starts at 9: 00 a. m. After school, I go to the sports center again. I have a tennis lesson at 4:15 p. m. with my mother. She's my tennis coach（教练）. Then we go home. My dad doesn't get home until 6：00 p.m. We have dinner together at 6:30 p. m. and then I do my homework. From 7:00 to 8:00 p. m, I watch TV or play computer games in my bedroom. I go to bed early because I'm tired—I get up very early in the morning.
There is a scholar（书生）in Yunnan Province. He studies hard day and night on an island. His wife is very kind. She crosses a bridge to take meals to him every day. It is far from their home to the island so the food gets cold and tastes bad when she gets there. As time goes by, the scholar is becoming thin and not in good health, so his wife is worried about it.
One day, the scholar's wife kills a chicken and cooks chicken soup in an earthen pot（砂锅）, putting some rice noodles, some pieces of meat and vegetables. Unluckily, when she crosses the bridge on the way to the island, she falls to the ground and can't stand up for a long time. When she finally arrives, she is surprised that the earthen pot is still hot. Her husband is surprised, too. They find two secrets（秘密）∶there is thick chicken oil（油）on the surface（表面）of the soup and the earthen pot can keep the heat in. As a result, the soup is hot and delicious.
After that, the scholar eats well and becomes healthy. Finally he succeeds（成功） in the exams. Therefore crossing-over bridge rice noodles（过桥米线）become famous and popular.
①the thick chicken oil on the surface of the soup
②the scholar's wife runs quickly to the scholar
③the earthen pot can keep the heat in
④the scholar heats the soup after his wife arrives
What is your dream life like in summer? It may be eating a watermelon in a house with an air conditioner（空调）. Watermelons came from Africa. Later, they came to the west of China along the Silk Road（丝绸之路）. Watermelons are Chinese people's favorite. People from other countries want to know why Chinese people like watermelons more. Here are two reasons.
One is that watermelons have a good taste. And they have lots of vitamins（维生素）and minerals（矿物质）, which are good for people's health. People would think of watermelons first when they buy fruits in summer. The other is that more than 90% of the world's watermelons are from China each year. In supermarkets, we can know that watermelons are cheap in China. However, in Japan and Korea（韩国）, people are not so lucky. In Korea, a watermelon is about 20, 000'KRW (about 100 yuan). And in Japan people think eating a watermelon can be a show-off（炫耀）.
People are careful when they buy watermelons. Most of them usually knock at them and the sound can tell which one tastes the best. However, there are many ways to eat watermelons. For most people, it is cool to enjoy half a watermelon just with a spoon. There are also some ways we don't often use. For example, in Xinjiang, people eat watermelons around the stove（炉子）and in Hainan, people eat watermelons even with salt. No matter how we eat watermelons, they make our summer better.
Have you ever seen whales? How long are they? Are they fish or not? Are they always under the water? What do they eat? Here are some funny facts（事实） about whales.
Whales can be very big.
Whales look like a fish, swim like a fish, but they are not fish.
Whales do not lay eggs. . They drink a lot and grow very fast. Whales have some hair. But when they get old,
Whales can talk with each other by making different sounds. The sounds of some whales can even travel 100 miles.
. They just open their mouths and are ready to have a big meal.
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People need good sleep. During the day we work and play, and at we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. So we can't stay up . We are ready to work and play again in the morning. When we sleeping, our bodies grow most. Too little sleep will make tired.
We can get better at our lessons after having a good rest. Boys and girls of eight or nine years need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies lots of air when we sleep. If we do not have enough fresh air, we'll feel tired when we up. When in bed, we must not cover our heads. we do, our lungs（肺） will not get enough fresh air. If we our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is good us. Boys and girls who want to be strong must get lots of sleep.
Mr. Clark lived in a small town. When he finished his middle school 42 years ago, he found a job in a police station. He'll retire（退休）this autumn. He worked hard but he wasn't a lucky man and never caught a thief（抓住小偷）. He is often sorry for it.
Last weekend, Mr. Clark found there was no sugar. So he went to the shop to buy some. He came in the shop and found a young man stealing（偷） some money from a woman's bag. He ran towards the. thief quickly, but the young man saw him and ran away at once. Luckily Mr Clark caught him.
"Please give me a chance（机会）, sir, "said the young man.
"Who will give me a chance?" said Mr. Clark. "I'll soon retire and I never caught a thief before!"
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• Mr. Clark worked in the police station and never caught a thief in the past 42 years. • He will retire this . • He often feels for that |
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Last weekend |
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• Mr. Clark went there to buy some sugar. • He saw a young man stealing some money form a/an bag. • Mr. Clark caught the thief finally. • The thief hoped Mr. Clark can let him go, but Mr. Clark refused （拒绝）. • It was the time for Mr. Clark to catch a thief |
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