How often should children see the dentist?
Is this your first time to see the dentist?
| The popular idea: More than half （about 56%） of the parents think a child's first trip to the dentist should happen after the age of two. A professional tip（专家贴士）： Children should visit a dentist when the first tooth appears （about six months）. |
How often do you go to the dentist?
| The popular idea: 64% of the parents think children aged 3—12 should visit the dentist once a year at most. A professional tip: In dentists' opinion, children should get a checkup（检查）every six months. |
To keep their teeth healthy, children should... Brush their teeth for at least 3 minutes twice a day, after breakfast and before going to bed. Have a new toothbrush every three months. Wait for 30 minutes to an hour after eating to brush their teeth, and don't do it at once. | |
My younger brother likes playing basketball very much. Yesterday, a very popular movie about basketball came out. My brother was excited and wanted to watch it at once. But he didn't have money. My mother said, "You can make money by helping do housework at home. Will you have a try?" My brother said, "Yes".
So on Sunday morning, my brother got up early to prepare breakfast. Then he put the dirty clothes into the washing machine together. After washing the dishes, he helped my father water the flowers.
After a day's hard work, he was tired and was waiting for the money. However, my mother told him that the dirty clothes needed sorting out（分类）first. Although he didn't make it perfect, he got enough money to buy a ticket at last. He was so happy and he told us that he would not refuse to do housework anymore. We were all very surprised when hearing his words.
These years, more and more people are interested in hanfu. They are popular at home and abroad. Daji in Caoxian County, Shandong Province, is a town famous for its hanfu industry（行业）.
Some people take a video to show hanfu and sell them online. Among them, a young woman called Li Wei is very famous. And she also makes much money by doing this. Li Wei grew up in a village and had a difficult life. Because of her poor family, she didn't get into college. Then she
came to Caoxian County and worked in a clothing factory. When she had more money, she wanted to help other children like her.
She set up an organization. The organization looks for poor students and gives money to them. Many students can go back to school with the help of the organization. When talking about her organization, she always said, "I just want to give an umbrella to a child who doesn't have one."
Celebrating Chinese New Year with Chinese friends can be great, but, because of the cultural gap, it can be really easy to give the wrong gift for Chinese New Year. Here are five things you should not give as a Chinese New Year gift.
Wallet—Loss of luck
In traditional Chinese culture, giving a wallet as a gift means giving away all your money and you might lose all your finances（财源）and luck. However, it is no problem to give a wallet to your family member who already shares your money.
Handkerchiefs—Saying goodbye forever
People generally give handkerchiefs（手帕） at the end of a funeral（葬礼）. Handkerchiefs are a symbol of saying goodbye forever. Giving someone a gift like this insinuates you are saying goodbye forever.
Umbrellas—Break up
Umbrellas are a bad idea to give as gifts, because the Chinese word for "umbrella" sounds like the word for "breaking up". Giving somebody an umbrella may means that you feel your relationship has fallen apart.
Sharp objects—Cut off relationship
Giving anything sharp, such as a knife or scissors, is also a bad idea, as it's thought to cut off the relationship. A common Chinese saying "one cut and it is in two parts" means the end of a relationship between people.
Shoes—Evil
Shoes are a bad idea as a present for Chinese New Year because the Chinese word for "shoes" sounds exactly like a word for bad luck or "evil". On top of that, shoes are something that you step on, and they are considered as bad gifts.
①Because shoes are hard to match with a person's feet.
②Because shoes are often seen as bad gifts in Chinese culture.
③Because shoes are something that you step on.
④Because the sound of "shoes" in Chinese is similar to the sound of "evil".
As students, introducing yourselves in front of the class may be daunting（使人畏缩的）. Deciding what and how much to share is a big problem for students. But don't worry.
Practice makes perfect. You can make it perfect if you practice many times before. Don't be nervous. In fact, students in your class may be thinking about what they are going to say when it's their turn. So you don't need to be nervous.
Smiling can make your voice sound warmer. It also shows your classmates and your teachers that you are friendly. It can make you look friendly in front of them.
It's helpful to introduce why you have this name. This way makes it easy for others to remember your name. You can also tell them your nickname.
If you like doing sports, keeping pets or travelling, the end of your introduction is a good part to give some information. You could say something like, "When I'm free, I will play football. If you like it too, we can play together sometimes." This will help you make more friends.
A. Practice many times before. B. Give your name first. C. Speak a lot more loudly. D. Here are ways that will help a lot. E. Smile when you speak. F. Offer more information. |
Do you know that humans haven't walked on the moon surface since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972? With NASA's Artemis missions(任务), 1 could soon be on the moon again—and on Mars in the end. It's reported that in 2025, NASA plans to begin 2 a base camp for astronauts, near the moon's south pole. They'll study how long-term space travel affect humans. But is space travel worth the dangers it causes to astronauts? We asked two kids to express their 3 on this question.
" We still need to4 humans into space. There will be too huge population on Earth.5 we fail to solve climate change, it will be6 to live on the planet. We'll need to go to space to7 . With the Artemis missions, we could set up a moon base. That would be a step toward the bigger goal of8 Mars. We need to find out if living on Mars is9 . The robotic missions send back a lot of information. But it won't be enough to help us understand10 we'd live on another planet. Only human exploration can11 us for the future."
" We should not send humans into space, at least not now. Sending humans into space 12 a lot of money. For example, it's reported that by 2025, NASA will spend $93 billion on the Artemis moon program. That same money could be used for solving 13 on Earth. We could develop 14 energy to fight climate change. I'm not saying that space exploration should 15 happen. But for now, we should explore space with the technology we have, and focus on solving the problems we have on Earth."
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Lily loves helping out with chores. She knows one day she will leave her family and can't always depend her parents. At first, she just wanted to learn some living skills to help (she) to live an organized life in the future. Thanks to that, she (develop) a good habit of keeping everything in order now. She also finds that helping with housework could cut down the stress of her (parent) and show her love for the family.
Lily's parents feel happy to see their daughter's growth. They are (real) busy with their work. When they see a tidy and (comfort) home after working, they say" thank you" to their daughter. They often prepare a delicious meal for Lily she cleans the room. Everyone knows the importance of (fair) in the family. Lily knows her parents work hard to give her a (good) life than before, so she should do something for them. Although doing chores seems easy, simplest thing could also make a difference to the family. If everyone just cares about his job, what will the home environment be like?
要点：
（1）听从医生的建议；
（2）注意保暖；
（3）多吃新鲜水果和蔬菜。
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（1）参考以上提示内容，可适当发挥；（2）语句通顺，意思连贯，书写工整；
（3）文中不得出现任何你的真实信息（校名、姓名和地名等）；
（4）词数80左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）。
Dear Martin,
I'm sorry to hear that you are ill.
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I hope you will get better soon. Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Hua
