A: Hi, Zhang Rui,
B: I'll return to my hometown.
A: How long haven't you returned home?
B: For almost three years.
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B: Yes. It used to be old, but now many new buildings have appeared.
A: What are you going to be after you return home?
B: I want to be a teacher there.
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B: I want to help the kids achieve their dreams.
A: I hope your hometown will be better and better.
B: Thank you.
A. It takes time. B. You are so great! C. What is your hometown like? D. Why do you want to be a teacher? E. Has your hometown changed a lot? F. What will you do after leaving school? G. The government set up a new primary school. |
Most polar（北极）bears could disappear by the end of the century because of global（全球）warming, scientists say.
According to a study in Nature Climate（气候）Change, the number of most polar bears will1 rapidly by
2080. There are two reasons. One is that the sea ice is melting（融化）. Polar bears catch seals（海豹）to eat on the ice.2 ice, they have to stay on land. But there is no3 food on land to support so many bears. The animals could die from hunger. The other reason is that mother bears may not be fat enough to 4 milk for their babies, so some bears could stop having babies.
Polar bears are5 land animals that eat meat on the planet. They help control other kinds of animals. Losing them would break the balance of their living place.
The Arctic（北冰洋）is the6 to about 25, 000 polar bears. Arctic sea ice usually melts in spring and summer, then grows in winter. But now, the 7 is taking longer to grow back. Scientists say the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planets.
The study also shows 8 it is possible to slow Arctic melting. Greenhouse gas（温室气体）could lead to climate change. In order to avoid creating greenhouse gas, the world should try to stop burning coal and riding in cars.
Saving the bears is 9 us. Holland, one of the writers of the study, says, "I believe there is hope, but humans need to act 10 to make that hope come true. "Let's take action to protect our earth and save polar bears.
Spending almost a full day in the car with a 70-year-old woman could be boring. However, for a 15-year-old girl, it was a great memory for many reasons. During the trip, we discussed anything we had wondered about in life. And I learned a lot I had never expected to.
I learned that we shouldn't take ourselves seriously and that not everyone has to get "old and boring". She is probably one of the coolest, funniest and most down—to—earth people I've ever met. In boring moments （时刻））, she never fails to tell one of her famous jokes. But when you need a shoulder to cry on, she is there to comfort you. She taught me that "Laughter is the best medicine",
She never brings her phone, and she is okay with it. That hasn't stopped her from shopping and talking with her family online. She doesn't take pictures of everything she sees.
From now on, I plan on accepting the fact that I don't need to stay connected with social media （社交媒体）all the time. Even though I don't use a mobile phone, I can also be better at communicating with people.
There are so many things you can learn from someone older and wiser than you. You don't need to ask for advice, just slow down and enjoy the conversation. You'll be surprised at how amazing it is.
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Many of my classmates are losing weight so they can look more beautiful. There is nothing wrong with being beautiful, but it is not wise to lose weight by dieting（节食）unhealthily. Every year, many people become sick because of dieting, it is bad for their health and even costs them their own lives. In fact, life is the most important thing. Exercise more and eat less. This could be the best way to lose weight. |
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These days, many of us have idols（偶像）. They are mostly pop stars. It's good to like someone with great qualities（品质）. But sometimes some fans are too crazy. For example, they might spend too much time watching their idols' shows. They also buy expensive gifts for their idols. But their own lives might be pretty hard. Some young fans might pay so much attention to their idols that their grades get worse. Some even give up classes to see their idols. Fans should love their idols in a healthy way. |
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I often see people wearing hanfu on the street. Some might think they are strange, but I don't think so. Everyone has the right to make a choice. Some people enjoy fashion（时尚）, while others like tradition. In fact, when I sometimes see girls wearing hanfu in my school, I say to myself, "Wow! That's a beautiful dress! They are so different!" One day, I will wear hanfu and introduce it to foreigners. |
Have you ever heard of "Who knows that each bowl of rice is the fruit of hard toil （苦工）?" It tells us not to waste food.
As we all know, every bit of food we eat comes from hard work. It's not easy to turn a seed（种子）into the food you can eat. Recently, to help students better understand this, the No. 4 Middle School in Huzhou, Zhejiang held an activity. Under the hot sun, hundreds of students went to a field to experience farming. With the help of others, they learned how to grow rice and pick vegetables. After the activity, they better understood how hard farming was.
Many countries are facing the food—shortage problem now. According to the UN, there are 820 million people living in hunger today. Our country used to face this problem, too. In the 1960s, because there wasn't much food, many people even died from hunger. In 1973, Yuan Longping and his team succeeded in the development of hybrid（杂交）rice. They made great progress in solving our food—shortage problem. Many scientists like Yuan are always going out of their way to solve this problem now.
When we waste food, we waste not only food but also resources（资源）for growing, transporting and cooking the food. These all take energy, time and water. Wasting food also creates greenhouse gas. So food waste is bad for the environment, too.
Please value what you're eating.
There are about 1. 4 billion （十亿）people in China. WeChat is part of life for many Chinese. We use it to chat, send photos, pay for things, etc. It is playing a bigger role. But do you know who invented WeChat? The man behind it is Zhang Xiaolong. He is the vice president（副总裁） of Tencent and is called "Father of WeChat".
Zhang Xiaolong was born in Shaoyang, Hunan Province in 1969.
He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994. While at university he had many hobbies, such as chess, tennis and bowling. His classmates said whatever he did, he could get quite good at it after trying hard for several years. He liked to sleep late, but that didn't mean he was lazy. He would keep working hard on something for many hours till midnight
Such a clever and hard—working man would surely succeed. In 1997, he created Foxmail and achieved success. He created WeChat in 2011, and it became a bigger success. It is so easy to use. ____. Because of it, Zhang has become rich and successful, but he always keeps a low profile（低调）. Few people know about him. He only lets his work speak for him. You may have a good understanding of him by using WeChat.
January 21, 2021 was the10th birthday of WeChat. It's said that Zhang Xiaolong is making his another 10—year plan for WeChat. Will he surprise us again? That's for sure.
A: Hi, Yu Yue. ?
B: Hi, Qu Tao. I'm fine, thanks.
A: Yu Yue, I didn't see you in the story telling club yesterday. ?
B: My mother was ill. I had to look after her at home.
A: Sorry to hear that. But you really missed many good stories.
B: Really? What a pity! ?
A: Wang Feng's story is the best.
B: What's its name?
A: Yu Gong Moves a Mountain. ?
B: Yes, I do. I have read many Chinese traditional stories like this.
A: Quite good! Let's tell a story in the club next time.
B: .
China has a long history of making lanterns. And lanterns are necessary decorations （装饰品）during important festivals such as the Chinese New Year. They are beautiful and create an air of festivity. Today, I want to tell you a kind of plant. This kind of plant is very similar to lanterns.
The plant is Winter Cherry （樱桃）. Chinese people also call it the Chinese Lantern plant. Its papery orange—red flowers look like little lanterns. It grows mainly in central and southern Europe, Iran, China, and Southeast Asia. The plant is not only beautiful but also useful. Its fruit and leaves can be used to make medicine. Because of this, it is loved by many people. Will you pick it when you see it next time?
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When the people around us feel down, we usually say jiayou. When we watch the dragon boat races, we can also hear jiayou. We usually say it when we someone. It means "add oil" in English. But where is it from? And why do we it ?
There is a story behind "add oil". It took place during the Qing Dynasty. "Add oil started an official（官员）named Zhang Ying. He was the zhifu, or mayor（市长）, of Xingyi in Guizhou. He believed that good could help build a strong country, he tried to develop local education better. What he did made much people study.
He sent lower officials to walk around the city at night with buckets（桶）of . In ancient China, people used oil lamps（灯）at night. If these officials saw the light of oil lamps in someone's home and heard the sound of reading, they would knock on the door and say, "The mayor oil for your lamp!" The officials would then give the person oil so that he could study till the night.
Zhang did this and paid for the oil for 13 years. Many young people in Xingyi later became officials, poets and scholars（学者）. "Add oil" is used today. Next time, say jiayou to yourwhen they need you to cheer them up. It's very useful.
Have your mom or grandma ever made embroidered （刺绣的） clothes for you? People in the past often embroidered on handkerchiefs（手帕）, bed covers and dresses. Girls would embroider on a sachet （香囊）as a gift for their lovers.
Shu embroidery comes from Sichuan. It is the oldest kind of embroidery in China. People began to make it during the Han Dynasty (206 BC—220 AD). They sold it to other countries along the South Silk Road.
Embroidery takes time. It might take as long as a whole day to finish just 10 cm. By the 1970s, Sichuan had as many as 5, 000 embroiderers. But since modern machines can make cheaper embroidery products today, fewer people are buying handmade Shu embroider products. Young people aren't learning the skill. To protect this skill, Shu embroidery was added to China's intangible cultural heritage （非物质文化遗产） list in 2006.
Meng Dezhi, a national—level inheritor（国家级传承人）of the skill, has been making Shu embroidery for 40 years. After her factory closed down in 2005, she didn't give up loving this form of art. So she decided to teach others to make Shu embroidery. The work is hard and the pay is low. Not many people want to learn it. But Meng wants to change that. She now teaches it in universities and communities.
Shu embroidery stands for（代表）thousands of years of Sichuan culture. We should try to save it.
Have you been quite forgetful lately? Have you been worried? If you are worried about losing keys and forgetting names, here are some ways for you.
Find out your own learning style
We all have our own ways of learning and remembering. Some of us have to say something out loud to remember it; others may have to write it down. Whatever your learning style is, accept it and find out a way that will work with it, whether it is written/audio notes（音频笔记） or some other ways.
Repeat a lot
Do something many times, and it is possible for you to remember it.
Repeating can help you turn short—term memory into long—term memory. It can feel a little silly writing down everything, or saying something to yourself 10 times in order to get through your day, but if it's necessary, then go ahead and do it.
Avoid unnecessary distractions （干扰）
With each day bringing fresh bad news, we have more distractions than ever before. However, there are many ways you can cut down the number of distractions.
The first one is trying to use your mobile phone less. Some studies show Internet use is making our attention last shorter and our memory worse. Although it's almost impossible to keep away from the Internet, using your mobile phone less can help.
The second one is to avoid doing many things at the same time. It has also been shown to influence long—term memory.
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Find out your own learning style | Both saying something loudly and writing down something can help you remember well. what your learning style is, try to find the good way that is good for you. |
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Avoid unnecessary distractions | Don't use your mobile phone more, or it will make your attentionand your memory worse. If you do many things at the same time, your long—term memory will . |
"A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart. "这句谚语让我们体会到了朋友的珍贵之处。交流是我们收获珍贵友谊的重要途径之一。那么我们如何与朋友交流, 让友谊长存呢?请根据下面的图示, 以"How to Communicate with Our Friends"为题写一篇英语短文。
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How to Communicate with Our Friends
A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
