Li Wen: Hi, Emily. Nice to meet you.
Emily: Nice to meet you, too. Li Wen, your city looks very nice in winter（冬天）.
Li Wen: And many people come to our city to play in the snow every year.
Emily: Winter is a good time to have fun.
Li Wen: Yes, I do. I like winter very much. Winter is a time for festivals, too.
Emily: Oh, I love festivals.
Li Wen:
Emily: New Year. It's a time for me and my family to have fun. What about you?
Li Wen: My favorite festival is Jilin Snow Expro（吉林雪博会）.
Emily:
Li Wen: Because there are many interesting things about ice and snow.
Emily: That sounds great!
Li Wen:
Emily: Sure. Let's go then.
A. Why is that? B. Yes, you're right. C. Do you like winter? D. What is your favorite festival? E. What do you think of winter? F. Do you want to go with me this year? |
I'm Luo Danyang, a girl from Beijing. Danyang is my1 name and Luo is my last name. I have an e-friend named Cindy Smith. She's an English girl. Cindy 2 computers and she has some books about computers. Here is a photo of Cindy. You can see Cindy and a3 in it. The dog's name is Wonder. It is a lovely dog and can help Cindy do many things.
Cindy is learning Chinese. She often4 me for help. I give my phone number to her and she can5 me when she needs my help.
It's 9:50 a.m. And it's time1 the labor（劳动）class. Today, Ms. White will take all2 to the school garden to plant fruits. Betty and her classmates are very happy that they will eat bananas,3 and oranges and play there. But when they come to the garden, they can't4 any fruit.
Betty asks, "Ms. White,5 are the fruits?"
Ms. White says, "Look! In this big box."
Some students look into the box, but there are only tools and seeds（工具和种子）.
"We'll plant the fruit seeds today. Let's6 it now!" Ms. White says and gives the tools and the seeds to the students.
All students begin planting the seeds with the tools. At first, it is a fun thing for7 . But soon, some students stop their planting. They think the planting is boring and8 .
At this time, Ms. White says, "Boys and girls, it is not an easy thing to turn a seed into（使变成）a fruit. And we can't9 it in one class or one day. It needs a long10 and great hard work. After that, we can eat sweet fruits."
Now, the students know the meaning（意义）of the labor class.
Hi, my name is Tommy Miller. I'm a boy. I'm two. I have two big ears（耳朵）. Here's my family tree. My father, Paul Miller, is strong（强壮的）and his ears are big, too. My mother is Alice. She is nice and I like her. These are my brothers and sisters. We're a big family. Please come and play with us. Our telephone number is 687-9352.
He Miao is an art teacher, but she's different from a lot of teachers. Students can only take her lessons on the Internet（网络）.
Ms. He has an organization（组织）— P. Art. It works with many art galleries and artists（展览馆与美术家）in the world to give lessons. Ms. He wants to give children art lessons in a new way（方式）. In her classes, artists tell students the history of art galleries. They also tell stories about some artworks. Students can ask questions in class, too. Then she answers their questions. If she can't answer them, she will do some studies（研究）and find out the answers.
Many students like Ms. He's lessons, because they can learn art in a new and interesting way. "She is special（特殊的）," a student says. "We don't need to go out but we can visit many different kinds of art galleries and enjoy artworks from all over the world."
Why does Ms. He give this kind of lesson? Because she thinks art is vital. It can help students with their study and help them have a good life. She wants children to love art and enjoy the beauty（美）of art by taking her lessons.
Forum（论坛） | |
David | What is people's favorite sport in your country（国家）? |
Nana | Hi! My name's Natasha and I'm from Russia（俄罗斯）. People's favorite sport in my country is ice hockey（冰球）. In an ice hockey game, there are two teams（队）. Every team has six players on the ice at a time. |
| Hello! I'm Liu Juan from China. Ping-pong is Chinese people's favorite sport. You can call it table tennis. Two or Four players hit（击打）a ball with bats to each other（彼此）. I can play ping-pong very well. I think it's great fun. I have two bats and some ping-pong balls. My brother likes ping-pong, too. But he can't play it. |
| Hello! My name's Cooper and I'm from the UK. In my country, soccer is people's favorite sport. It is a team sport. In a soccer game, every team has 11 players. I'm on the school soccer team. I think soccer is cool. |
Mom is the person who loves you best. She always cooks delicious food for you or gives you your favorite things on your birthday. You are so happy. You can make her happy on her birthday, too. I want to tell you something about this.
You can say, "Mom, you are so great. Thank you. You are the best mother. I love you." It's easy for you, right?
You can also draw a picture of your family for her. And she can know your love in this way. She must like it.
And a party for her is also great. Your mother is always busy with work. In this way, she can talk with her friends and family. Come on! You can do it well!
A. A family picture is a good gift. B. When is your mother's birthday? C. Some warm words can make her happy. D. You can ask your mother's friends to come to the birthday party. E. And you can cook some of her favorite food for the party. |
It's Sunday morning. Toby is on his way to the store when he hears "miaow". Then he sees a white cat under a tree. Toby thinks it is very pitiful（可怜的）, so he doesn't go to the store and takes the cat home.
"What is in your hands, Toby?" Mum asks.
"A cat, Mum," Toby says. "I think someone lost her. How about letting the cat be with us?"
"Sorry, Toby. We have two dogs, a cat and a bird as pets（宠物）at home," Mum says.
"I know, but we can't leave the cat out. It is winter and it's cold outside," says Toby.
"Why not take the cat to the animal shelter（动物收容所）?" Mom says. "It's a nice home to a lost cat."
"All right," Toby says.
Toby and his mum take the cat to the animal shelter. When the worker is checking（检查）the cat, a girl comes in. "Oh! You're here, Cherie!" She says happily and runs to the cat.
"This is my cat," the girl says. "I lost her last Friday and I looked for it everywhere. My friends ask me to come here to have a look. Thank you so much for getting Cherie back to me."
Can middle school students be "teachers"? How can they teach? Li Ziqi, a 13-year-old boy from Chengdu volunteers（志愿）to teach young school students in a village（村子）.
Li Ziqi (watch) TV every day and he gets the news from it. "There aren't enough（足够的）teachers in village, so I want to give some (class) to the students there," says Li. His parents think it is a (use) thing and they help him a lot.
"My students in the (four) grade have subjects like Chinese and English every day, so I want (teach) them chess（国际象棋）," Li says. "Chess can help with young (student) logical（逻辑的）thinking. Now they know there are many ways（方式）of learning. They don't just learn from books."
Li Ziqi gives 10 chess lessons to those students every week. They love the class very much and learn carefully.
Li Ziqi learns some important life lessons, . "The students here have a very hard life, they are hopeful about the future（未来）. That helps (I) get over hard things in life," Li says.
Juanjuan
soccer boy