These days, visiting museums is getting more and more popular. Now some students share their favorite ones in Hangzhou. Here are different opinions.
I love animals and nature. My favorite museum is Zhejiang Museum of Natural History. I love the great exhibits（展品）and huge fossils（化石）of a kind of dinosaur hanging up. You can touch some rocks or a few sea animals there. —Tang Jiahe, 13 |
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| China National Silk Museum is"the one and only museum" that is all about Chinese silk culture. The museum is famous for its rich collection of silk artifacts and silk cultural heritage（遗产）. The museum puts together both Hangzhou traditionalcultural and modern arts. —Tang Haobao, 13 | ||
One of my favorite places to visit is Hangzhou Museum. It covers different themes such as paintings, calligraphy（书法艺术）and coins. The museum has many educational activities for visitors of all ages, such as talks and hands-on experience. One of the best experiences I had was when I took part in a calligraphy class. —LuYutong, 13 |
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| The Han Meilin Art Museum is my favorite one. There are over 2, 000 artworks there. Artist Han Meilin created alone and gave them to the museum. In the museum, I had a look at his hard life, as well as his hard work to keep creating his art. —Lin Qijia, 14 | ||
When Sammi e Vance was eight, she learned about Buddy Benches from a video. The video showed how these benches（长凳）are used on playgrounds. "If somebody is lonely, they can sit on the bench then, " Sammie explained. "Another person can come up to them and ask them to play. "
Sammie thought her school could have a Buddy Bench, so she and her mom set up a meeting with the headmaster. They learned of a local company, Green Tree Plastics, that recycles（回收利用）plastic bottles into benches.
Sammie liked the idea of a Ruddy Bench that would help kids and the environment. Her headmaster liked it, too. Then Sammi e created a comic（漫画）that showed how a Buddy Bench works. She and her mom posted it on the social media to ask friends and family to save bottles. They also took the drawing to local businesses to ask for their help.
In just two months, the project collected more than 1, 200 bottles——enough to make three Buddy Benches! After reaching her goal, Sammie set a new one——Buddy Bench everywhere. So far, she has collected enough bottles to give 100 benches to schools and organizations in 12 states. She continued to collect bottles to share with kids working toward their own Buddy Benches. And she has made videos to ask others to start their projects.
Have you ever thought of what life is like for old people? Have you ever helped old people who live alone? Can they get help when they need it?
Six students from Beijing 101 Middle School looked deeper at this question and wrote a proposal（提案）to the China Youth Model Chinese People' s Political Consultative Conference（全国青少年模拟政协）. They advised to build more old people's service stations in the neighborhood. They also gave advice about how governments, neighborhoods and hospitals can work together to make this happen.
An old people's service station is different from a nursing home. It offers things like daytime care, cooking, cleaning and friendship to old people who live in their own homes. The students surveyed more than 1, 100 people, and about 90 percent of them said they would prefer（更喜欢）using the stations' services to moving into a nursing home. However, there are not enough of these stations, and many are not run very well.
The six students came up with a solution after reading more than 60 surveys, interviewing 108people and visiting 25 different organizations. Their proposal beat out almost 100 others to win the Best Proposal award（奖项）in 2021.
"This experience helps me to better understand the importance of caring old people. Also I see the light and abilities in us, " said Xu Wanqing, one of the students.
"Taking part in the China Youth Model CPPCC has been good for students, " agreed their teacher Li Jie. "They' ve developed a sense of caring old people, as well as got more confidence（自信） about themselves since they' ve seen how much they can do for others. "
There once was a little weed（野草）in a field. All around it stood tall, beautiful flowers. The children liked to play in the field all year round. One fine day, three sisters came to play. They were laughing and chatting with each other.
"Let's pick some flowers for Grandma!" said one.
"That's a good idea!" said another. "She will love all these bright and beautiful ones!"
The children began picking flowers and soon, almost all the flowers in the field were in their hands.
"What about that one?" the youngest child said, pointing at the weed.
"Forget it!" laughed the oldest one. "That's just a useless weed!"
Hearing this made the weed feel upset. "Am I really useless?" it asked itself. "Why was I even put on this Earth?" With all the nearby flowers gone, the little weed was alone. Even though it had felt envious（嫉妒的）of the tall flowers, it liked being around them.
The winds of autumn blew over the field, and very soon came the snows of winter. Just then, the weed noticed some birds flying high above the field. "We are hungry!" they cried. "Where can we find food to eat?"
The wild weed felt sorry for the poor birds and called out to them, "Hey! Down here! I have tasty seeds that you can eat!" "You are so kind!" the birds said as they enjoyed the seeds. "They are delicious——and will keep us full for a long time!"
What they said made the little weed feel touched. It was glad to help its new friends. "At last, I have found out what I am good for!" the weed thought. "Next year, I will make twice as many seeds, so I can feed more hungry birds that need food!"
The weed looked forward to telling the tall flowers all about its new friends when they grew back in the spring. Now, it feels great to be a little weed!
Helping others is easier than you think. You don't need to wait to become a rich man like Bill Gates to help the poor. You can become a volunteer. And by doing so, you can become a better and happier person.
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For example, homeless people who sleep in the cold, poor children who have no parents to take care of and can't go to school. All of these are OK.
Decide what you are able to give.
Sometimes it isn't only money, you can give up several hours each week as a volunteer, you can help teach the poor children, or you can share a meal with a hungry child.
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Tell your friends or your children about your volunteer work. Put it in your blog or on your website. In this way, the good work you do will be added（增加）！
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Because you're a volunteer, you must be ready to help others for being a volunteer. Once you decide to do something, you should never give up!
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You should be ready to help people when they are in need of help. Let them know that you're free if they need you. Showing up on time is important as a good volunteer.
A. Never give up. B. Be on time C. Choose people to help. D. Enjoy volunteering. E. Tell people about volunteer work. |
Do you like to be a volunteer? Why or why not? (no more than 15 words) ___
One day a man saw a lady on the road. Her car broke down and she needed help.
The man 1 his car without thinking twice and said, "I'm here to help you. You can call me Bryan Anderson. "
After he 2 the car, the lady wanted to pay him. 3 Bryan said no. He said if she really wanted to pay him back, the 4 time she saw someone who is in trouble, she could give a 5 to that person in need.
A few miles down the road the lady went into a small 6 . The waitress came over immediately. The lady 7 the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕的), but she 8 let it change her attitude(态度) when she served her.
Then, the lady finished her meal and paid with a $100 bill. When the waitress came back with the change, she found the lady was 9 . To her surprise, the lady left a 10 on a piece of paper, "You don't owe(欠) me 11 . Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping12 . If you really want to pay me back, here is 13 you can do: Do not let the love end with you. " Under the paper were four more $100 bills. It was much more than normal tips.
The waitress was 14 with tears. As the baby would soon arrive, she really needed the 15 . She put down the note and called her husband right away, "Everything will be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson. "
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In honor of Fire Safety Week, here are some fire-safety tips for you to follow:
◆___ play with matches(火柴) or lighters.
◆Ask your parents to make sure your home has smoke detectors and a fire extinguisher.
◆Make a plan for___ yourself in case of fire. Learn two ways out of every room. Pick a spot outside where your family will meet. Practice!
◆If there is a fire in your home, get out ___ and stay out! Use a neighbor's phone to call for help.
◆Find a route out of the building that is free from smoke and flames. If you have to go through a smoky area to escape, crawl(爬) on your hands and ___. The air near the floor will be cooler and less smoky.
◆If your clothes catch fire, don't be ___. Drop to the ground and roll back and forth to put out the flames.
It was half past five in the afternoon when Sarah came home from work. She walked into the living room and looked at her three children. They were watching TV ___ (开心地). The room was in a ___ (杂乱). There were empty glasses and dirty clothes on the floor. Toys were ___ (到处都是).
Sarah got angry and said. "It is ___ (不公平的). I work all day and have to do housework all the evening. I'm very tired. I need to have a good ___(休息). I won't do it anymore!" Sarah did as she said. Every evening she ___ (坐) on the sofa and watched TV. A week later, every ___ (盘子) in the kitchen was dirty. All the ___ (孩子们的) clothes were dirty, too. Every trash can was full. The whole house was out of order.
The next day, when Sarah got home, she was very ___ (惊讶的). She found the living room was clean, and the children were ___ (洗) their clothes. Sarah was happy and went to help them.
Now Sarah and her three children do housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV.
Uncle Sam went to the hospital in his village yesterday. He didn't feel like eating anything ___ he had a toothache. "What's the matter, Sam?" Dr. Smith asked. "I don't feel well these days, and one of my teeth ___(hurt), " Uncle Sam answered. Dr. Smith examined(检查) him ___(careful) but didn't find any problems with Sam.
"Do you smoke?" Dr. Smith asked. "No. I gave up smoking several years ago. I know it's not ___(health) for me, " Uncle Sam said. "Do you drink wine(酒)?" "No, I don't drink wine. I know the ___(important) of it, " Uncle Sam said. Dr. Smith thought ___ a while and then asked, "Do you like sweet food?"
"Yes, I like all sweet things. I enjoy ___(eat) a piece of cake every day, " Uncle Sam answered.
"That's the problem, " said Dr. Smith with ___ smile. "Now you should ___ (control) the amount(量) of sugar that you have every day. Take this medicine three times a day and you'll feel ___(good) soon. " Hearing that, Uncle Sam made a decision to stop eating sweet food.
Agreement | Disagreement |
●help develop independence ●know the importance of fairness ●… | ●have no time ●it's the parents' job to provide a clean environment ●… |
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In yesterday's English class, we talked about whether kids should do housework at home.
