甘肃省定西市岷县2022-2023学年八年级上学期开学线上假...

—Yes, I think he is                           most helpful boy in our class.

—Great! It's our duty                            the earth more and more beautiful

—Me, too.

Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are1

But you're not in China-you're in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see2things in many other cities. Chinese products have been3worldwide.

Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time. To4local people's tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the5. Unlike Chinese, Australian people don't like to eat meat with the bone6, so Chinese restaurants there provide big pieces of meat without bones,7for fish.

Some Chinese brands(品牌)are also becoming more8. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. And more than half of US-owned drones(无人机) are Chinese models. They're not simply made in China, but designed and developed in the9

In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and not dependable. But now, things have changed greatly." Made in China" becomes cool. More and more people10Chi- nese brands.

Many people like eating chilies and they are good for health. In fact, we know that people have been growing chilies for years.

Here are three tips for growing chilies:

Watching the chilies growing up little by little is also a happy experience.

Dear Lucy,

There are four seasons in my hometown in a year.

It's sunny and warm in spring. The temperature is from8℃ to 15℃. Everything begins to grow.

In summer it's hot and wet. In the southeast, there are many showers. And sometimes in the morning the sun shines, but in the afternoon it might be cloudy and windy. In this season, there are storms from time to time in the northwest, too. So you'd better take an umbrella when you go out. Please take your swimsuit if you want to swim.

The weather is cool in autumn and there are no clouds in the sky. It's not too dry in autumn.

In winter, it's very cold. But I like winter best. You may say, "You must be joking!" But it's true because it's snowy and everything is white. It's pleasant for me to take photos with my camera.

What about the weather in your hometown? It's very cold in winter, isn't it? Please write to me soon!

Yours, Mike

Fresh off his MasterChef Junior run, Evan Robinson, who is only 12 years old, is using his kitchen skills to raise money for Puerto Rico. The TV show contestant wanted to offer help after hurricanes(飓风) hit the country last September.

"I've been seeing, all over the news, people struggling, "Evan said." They can't get fresh water, e- lectricity; they can't get really anything. I know I'm just a kid, but I think if alot of people do something, a lot of things will get better. "

He raises money by baking and taking online orders for homemade empanadas(馅饼). He started cooking on a recent Friday night. By the next Sunday evening, he had filled orders for 420 empanadas— roasted chicken, cheeseburger and vegetarian-getting $18 for six empanadas and $30 for a dozen.

His mum, Veronica Robinson, helped him send the empanadas around the city. "We've never done anything like this before, "she said." But it's a great idea, so I want to help him make it work."

For Evan's out-of-town friends and supporters, he has set up a crowdfunding(众筹)page. Through it, he's hoping to raise $1500 in" virtual(虚拟的)empanadas" . This is because he heard on the news that it could take Puerto Rico years, maybe even 10 years, to recover(复原)from the hurricanes. And he said, "Fruit pies are up next. And my baking will continue as well. "

It's a difficult job, especially for a kid with homework and Boy Scouts and friendships to tend to. But he doesn't seem worried.

"It's what we're supposed to do, "he said." I'm a human. They're humans. Why shouldn't I help them?"

Indeed.

The earth is our home. We should take care of it. Life today is easier but there are some new prob- lems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. Pollution comes in many forms. It is beginning to harm our health and even our life.

Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there weren't so many people. In other words, the more people, the more pollution. Now man is slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious. It's not good for living things in the world.

Many countries don't let people burn anything bad for air in houses and factories in the city. SO2is now the most dangerous pollution. It's partly caused by heavy traffic. People say it's best to ride bikes. But even in developed countries, most people don't go to work by bike. It's not because bikes are expensive or people are tired. It's because cars are more convenient(方便的), so more people go to work by car, and then the situation is getting worse and worse. We should make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to drive their cars into the city. They will go back to use their bikes.

Information Sheet

Long ago, people did not need money. They lived on wild animals, fruit and other plants.

As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, ete.

During the 660s BC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a longer time. Later, countries began to make their own coins.

The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveler Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the1200s. However, European countries did not start using paper money until the 1600s.

Today, we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often, people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of "real" money.

We can't remember clearly since we started to take our mobiles to dinner table. This happens a lot,(especial) when we eat out. Once a dish comes,of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or We Chat, waiting to be "liked". Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get "liked" not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If , how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to (do)is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were(ask)to take photos before they could enjoy food. As ait showed that the(many)photos they took, the less delicious the food to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not ( take) photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

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Dear Mike,

How is everything going? Our school will have an activity about reading good books.             Please write back soon。

Tony