Should Students Wear Uniforms？Some schools have a rule saying that students must wear uniforms to class. Now, uniforms have become more common in public schools. Many schools say uniforms catch students' attention in class. But some students think uniforms are uncomfortable. Should students wear uniforms？
Our magazine asked readers to weigh. They have different ideas and here, two of them share their ideas on it.
• YES!
Yuna Chong, 9，California
Uniforms are as much about safety as they are about a sense of group. Teachers don't have to worry about losing sight of students at the playground or on a field trip. Also, when kids wear uniforms, they feel like they are part of the same group. I wear a uniform and feel like my school is one big team. I feel included.
Also, when everyone wears the same, you don't have to worry about how you look. Parents can save money as well!And in the morning, I can save time because I don't have to think too much about my clothing.
• No!
Sterling Heights, 12，Michigan
I don't think kids should have to wear uniforms. If students are wearing the same thing, they can't show themselves. Kids should feel like they can be their own person. They shouldn't have to match. During school hours, we should also be comfortable.
If we feel uncomfortable in our uniforms, we can't learn very well. For many, it can't be more uncomfortable to be in a uniform all day. Next, parents have to go shopping and spend a lot of money on the uniforms that we never wear at home.
What is your idea about it？Do you wear uniforms when you go to school every day？Write to our students' magazine and voice your idea!
In the western world, Chinese takeout (外卖) is popular. It is usually sent to your house in small square boxes, with rice and fortune cookies (幸运饼干). It is a good choice if you feel lazy and don't want to cook or eat out.
But this kind of Chinese food isn't very authentic (正宗的). In fact, it is very different from real Chinese food. Now over the years, real Chinese dishes have become more popular in foreign countries as well. Chinese people who live abroad introduced most of these foods.
In the United States, people enjoy eating jianbing and roujiamo. In Russia, tanghulu has become a popular winter snack. Latiao is even popular in overseas (海外的) classrooms. A lot of these foods are like Western foods. This might be why they are appealing to foreigners.
For example, roujiamo looks like a hamburger. Youtiao is kind of like churro (西班牙油条), a snack that is popular in Spain. And tanghulu is similar to candy apples, which are beloved by children in the US and UK.
But what do foreigners really think about all of these authentic Chinese foods? To find out, you can invite some of your friends to have a try of these foods.
The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall" in Chinese. In fact, it's more than 8, 800 kilometers long. It winds its way from west to east, across deserts, over mountains, through valleys at last it reaches the sea. It is one of the wonders of the world.
The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries. The first part of it was built during the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States Period, more walls were put up to defend the borders of the different kingdoms. It was during the Qin Dynasty that the kingdom of Qin united the different parts into one empire. To keep the enemy out of his empire, Empire Qin Shi Huang had all the walls joined up. Thus, the Great Wall came into being.
The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side. Along the wall are watchtowers, where soldiers used to keep watch. Fires were lit on the towers as a warning when the enemy came.
It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines. All the work was done by hand. Thousands of men died and were buried(埋葬) under the wall they built. The Great Wall was made not only of stone and earth, but of the flesh and blood of millions of men.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world. Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying: "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man".
Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don't know is that junk(垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.
According to BBC News, there are more than 22, 000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth. And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can't see.
Objects, like bits of old space rockets (火箭) or satellites (卫星), move around the planet at very high speeds, so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage (损害) the vehicle.
To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For example, when a U. S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2, 000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.
To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth's atmosphere(大气层) after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.
Many scientists also suggest different ways to clean up space junk. In England, scientists are testing a special net (网) that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth's atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely dealt with.
"The problem is becoming more challenging because we're sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers, " says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.
"The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become, " he says.
Humans' Greatest Achievements
The Earth is 4. 5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200, 000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.
The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press(印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones(智能手机).
What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics?
Finally, we must not forget humans' early achievements.We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.
What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by "great".Or is it just something that makes us say"Wow, " like the Great Wall? What do you think?
A. Do you think it is difficult to have great achievements?
B. Is it something that makes us rich or happy or saves lives?
C. We enjoy these things every day because they are free to use.
D. They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel.
E. Many of humans' great achievements are in science and technology.
F. And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space?
G. We could probably live without them, but life wouldn't be as interesting.
As a teenager, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others. Because of that, I often made them feel uncomfortable. And now I often 1 my bad action.
I still remember it was early autumn. Some leaves started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready 2 school, my mother carelessly handed me my father's vest(背心)instead of mine. At that time, I was getting to have a 3 size than my father, so when I 4 the vest, I felt as if I wasn't able to breathe! I realized that it was a small mistake which was made by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong that it made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, 5 I didn't think much and shouted at her loudly. I was almost mad. I got it off my body so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and 6 out of the house before my mother could stop me.
Later, my mother shared her bad feelings with my father, "See what your 7 has done. " I got afraid because I didn't know what he would do to me. Instead of saying he would blame or beat me, my father 8 asked my mother to mend the vest.
Later when my mother told me about my father's response, I felt terribly sorry for my bad behavior. My father's gentle kindness taught me a 9 which I would never forget.
On that day, I decided not to let anger 10 me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father's vest. It always reminds me to think about others' feelings when I get angry.
Group Buying in China
In recent years, group buying in China has gradually changed the consumer behavior of many Chinese people. Group buying is also (call)community buying. Several online buyers work together and purchase a product in bulk（大批量地） for a much (low)price per person. The activity takes place mainly on social media.
What are the advantages of group buying in China?
Since the (develop)of group buying is based on social networks, the cost is cut down. What's more, the supply chain（供应链） in the group buying market in China is simple: there is no middleman the price is more reasonable. The group (lead)serves as a bridge between the group buying platform and consumers.
How does group buying influence Chinese people?
In the past, most people were not familiar with their neighbours, (especial)in cities. However, group buying has brought them closer to each other. People began to chat frequently to have discussion about the quality and price of products. In this way, they have developed a close relationship others.
What is the future of China's buying market?
As the number of group buying consumers are likely to continue (rise) in the following years, there may be some changes in the group buying industry. Perhaps different platforms will enter the market. Actually, it is (difficulty)for a single platform or brand（品牌） to cover the whole group buying market in China because consumers are always changing their likes.
In China, it's not difficult to find students spinning（快速旋转）their pens when they listen to their teachers.
Japanese students also like pen-spinning. They think it's interesting and relaxing. There is a pen-spinning competition（比赛）in Tokyo. Mike, a 14-year-old middle school student, is the first of 276 people in the competition. Some of the people are students and some are workers. First, they send their videos about their pen-spinning skills to the organizer's website（组织者的网站）. Then some of them come to the last round（轮）in Tokyo. Everyone has half a minute to show his skill in front of 400 people.
Mike says he likes pen-spinning very much. He does really well in the competition. If you like to spin your pen, you can practise it in your free time. But when you have classes, please don't do that.
