How do you get to school every day?
For most students in cities, it's 1 for them to get to school. They can walk or ride a bike to school. They can get to school by bus or even by subway. It won't 2 them too long to get to school and back home. But for some students in faraway villages, things are quite 3 . Life for them is hard. It's difficult for them to get to school every day. Usually they will spend a few 4 on the way. In one small village, there is a big river 5 the school and the village. The students can't get to school by boat because the river 6 too quickly. They have to go on a ropeway to 7 the big river. Though it's dangerous, they are used to it and are not afraid. In their mind, going out to study is their 8 thing. Because of this, many villagers 9 leave their village. How they are looking forward to having a 10 ! I do hope one day their dream can come true.
Here is the 5-day travel programme. I'm sure you will enjoy your trip.
Day 1--Arrive in Beijing
Arrive in Beijing in the morning. The guide will meet you at the airport and he will take you to the hotel. You will visit the National Science Museum. It will take you about one hour to go there by car.
Day 2--Beijing
After breakfast, you will go to the Tian'anmen Square. You will stay there for an hour and then you'll go to the Palace Museum.
Day 3--Beijing
The most important part is a visit to the Great Wall. It is one of the most important symbols in China, and there are many visitors every day.
Day 4- Beijing/ Shanghai
Take a plane to Shanghai in the morning. After lunch, you will visit the Yu Garden. It's very beautiful, and I'm sure you will like it. Then you can take a walk through the Old Town. It is full of stores, so you can buy some specialties (特产) for your family.
Day 5-Shanghai
You will have a day trip to the Zhujiajiao Water Town and have a quick lunch there. In the evening, you will go back home by plane.
Fare(费用): $700 (half price for children aged 12 and under)
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I have a friend named Jim Roberts. He was the son of a poor family. He had a dream of owning a horse ranch（牧场）when he was a child.
One day when he was at high school, he wrote a six-page paper. In the paper, he wrote about his dream. The next day, he handed it into the teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the paper was an F with a note that read, "See me after class." He went to see the teacher after class and asked, "Why did I get an F?" The teacher answered, "This is an unrealistic（不切实际的）dream for a boy like you. You come from a poor family and you have no money. Having a horse ranch needs a lot of money. You can't do this. Write it again."
After a week, he handed in the same paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, "You can keep the F and I can keep my dream."
Since then, Jim worked very hard. Today he has a big horse ranch and lives a different life. He keeps that school paper he wrote all the time and he never gives up his dream.
Many astronauts (宇航员) go into space. How do they live in space? What do they eat? How do they sleep? How do they wash? Let's have a look at their life.
What is a space station? A space station is a little bigger than a football field. It moves around the Earth. Astronauts live and work in space station.
How do they sleep? The astronauts use sleeping bags. They can sleep anywhere in the space station. They tie their bodies so they will not float around while sleeping. Astronauts need a patch（眼罩）, or it'll be too bright. The space station takes 90 minutes to move around the Earth. The astronauts will see 16 sunrises and sunsets in a day.
What do they eat? Food for astronauts is different from what we eat on Earth. People remove(去除) water from it. It will not take up so much room. Astronauts just need to add some water and warm the food before they eat
How do they wash? Water is very precious in space, because it is difficult to carry water to space. When the astronauts want to clean their hands or faces, they use a wet towel with soap in it. When the astronauts want to wash their hair, they use waterless shampoo. To clean their bodies, the astronauts use wet towels. All these don't need any water.
In most parts of the world, many students help their school protect the environment and make the life better. They join in "environment clubs". In the environment club, students work together to make the environment clean.
Here are the things students often do.
Turn off the water tap! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car--not the students and not the teachers! Cars give pollution to our air, so remember to walk, jump, ride a bike or run on the day. Use your legs! There's lots of fun.
No-rubbish lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags. Those bags can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least rubbish. Then, they report them to the whole school!
We love our environment. Let's work together to make it clean!
Social media (社交媒体) are becoming very popular. People have completely made social media part of their daily lives. As a result, many people have developed an Internet personality.
The Internet personality is the one we shape on our social media sites. We are always posting (发布) information about ourselves for other people to know even when it can be completely untrue. Some people even spend money in buying followers or buying a very expensive camera for their friends to take photos of them. I find it unbelievable. The time and energy spent on these silly things can only make us want to be accepted by more people.
Social media are also a modern cause of depression （压抑）: People see the perfect lives of others and consider their own imperfect lives as bad. Even kids deal with this.
I find that many people spend more time and energy on online personality and care less about their real personality. So many times I have seen confident and beautiful girls on social media. But in the real world, they are quite shy.
Social media have gone so far as to even affect （影响）marriages. This is because there are now "Instagram husbands". These husbands take perfect photos of their partners throughout the day. They spend a lot of time doing that whether they like it or not. Social media are likely to influence relationships in a negative （消极的）way.
I think everyone shouldn't use social media at least for a few months to experience the difference it makes to them. They may find life is very different and much better.
Susan had a cake shop at a shopping mall. Her job wasn't easy she had to begin to work at 8 a.m. and finish it at 9 p.m. every day. (lucky), she wasn't alone. Her sisters worked together with her in the shop. They made most of the cakes and snacks by (they).
Susan and her sisters usually worked in the kitchen at the back of the shop. During festivals, they were always too busy (get) out of it. They were often tired at that time, they never gave up the work. Susan thought their cakes were(work) of art. She said when she saw the look of joy on the customers' faces, she hadfeeling of happiness. Susan not only (success) in business but also helped a lot of people. No matter how busy she was, she tried to spend time (help) at the old people's home once a month. And she often provided poor children money and food. What a kind lady she was!
