Having a picnic is one of the most pleasant activities in summer. There are some things you should think about.
Packing (打包) your foods
Before you set off, check if your food box is shut closely. If it's a hot summer's day, then a cool box will be useful for keeping your picnic foods.
Don't forget to pack cups or bottles for drinks.
Food safety
You should keep things like meat pies, fish and dairy dishes in cold boxes. You'd better keep your foods on ice for as long as possible before you eat them. Finally, carry some hand sanitizers (洗手液). Make sure that everyone's hands are clean before they touch the food.
Delicious snacks
After you have prepared the main dishes, it's time to pack some snacks. Chips, chocolate candies and cookies are considered great picnic snacks. They are very delicious, of course, but be careful not to eat too many of them.
Lucy Brown, aged 12, puts smiles on the faces of kids and keeps them very warm, too. She sews (缝纫) blankets (毯子) for children who are dealing with challenges such as being sick, feeling unhappy, or losing a family member.
Lucy got the idea four years ago. She had just learned to sew and made a blanket as a gift for her friend's birthday. "She loved it," Lucy says. "So, I thought maybe other kids might need that kind of love."
Her mom posted on the Internet that Lucy wanted to make a blanket for someone who needed care. They collected the kids' suggestions. When 20 suggestions came, Lucy didn't just choose one. She met all of their needs! She has already made more than 800 blankets for kids in different countries.
Her favorite part is learning about each child. "I love hearing their stories and getting to know them," she says. She tries to design styles according to the children's interests.
On each of the blanket, Lucy adds a hand-sewn (手工缝制的) heart. "That's to let anyone who gets the blanket know they are loved," she says.
Many kids who receive a blanket keep in touch with Lucy. She now has friends all over the world. "I love knowing that I can make a difference." Lucy says. "Everyone can do something. Even the smallest act of kindness can change lives."
Studying is not always the most interesting task within your day, but it is a necessary one. Even though it is required, everyone has got bored at one time or another while studying. Although this is a common problem, here are some tips for you to keep boredom (疲惫) away while you are studying.
Find a suitable place to study.
Make sure you are in a place that is quiet. Noise will actually cause you to become more bored because you are reminded of the things you could do instead of studying.
Make a_▲_ plan.
Plan first. List what you need to get completed and how long you need to complete it. If you know when you can go back to play sports or talk to your friends, you will be more likely to fix your attention on studies.
Change your subjects.
Change the subjects that you are studying. Change what you study every half an hour to an hour or so to avoid boredom. For example, study history for 45 minutes, maths for 45 minutes, and English for 45 minutes. Make sure you don't spend all your time on one subject.
Take notes as you go.
Take a notebook out and write down important notes while you are reading an article in a textbook. Not only will it help keep you be more careful, you will also be able to review what you have learned later.
For 16-year-old Ma Yifei, the violin performance of the Beijing 2022 Olympic theme song, Snowflake (雪花), was her best present for Paralympians (残奥运动员) all over the world. Even though snowflakes are related to winter, she let others feel warmth, hope and light through her performance. "I'm also disabled and I want to do something for them with my music," said Ma.
Ma went blind at the age of two because of an illness. She became interested in music when she was young. She started to learn to play the piano at five and the violin at nine, experiencing the "colorful" music through sound and emotion.
Ma's mother Ha Chunyan, a music teacher in a primary school, helped her memorize the music score (乐谱) before she played the piano. Ma could not see the keys and always played the wrong notes. It took her thousands of tries to play a piece correctly.
Learning the violin was more challenging. Ma needed to feel the teacher's hands, arms and back to learn the movements, and listen to the strings (弦) over and over again to feel the muscles (肌肉) herself.
"After three years of learning, she still could not make any sound except terrible noises," said Ha, who advised her daughter to give up the violin. But Ma said, "As I've been practicing so long, it's hard to give up. I believe I will play better if I persist in practicing."
In 2018, Ma got a chance to follow Sheng Yuan and Cao Yuhan, famous musicians to study music in Beijing. She left her home in Ningxia to follow her musical dream, though she knew there would be more challenges ahead.
Ma expressed her excitement about performing at the big event. "All my hard work has paid off. I'm proud of standing on the stage today."
Recently, teenagers face many kinds of problems. Like many of them, I was once troubled with worries and dissatisfaction. Few people could understand my feelings.
"The problem with your generation is that you always expect to be happy," my mother once said. Shouldn't we try hard to achieve it?
But now I have noticed a change in my thinking. I gradually realize what my mother said was correct. Over these years, many studies have shown that we are crazy about happiness and high personal confidence. In fact, we may often be happier when we stop focusing on happiness.
We should also reset our expectations of the future. Don't expect miracles（奇迹）, and accept that no matter how hard we try, feelings of failure and unhappiness will appear from time to time. When we feel sad, it's often because we have learned something painful but important. At the same time, we should learn how to deal with them better than trying to make them disappear.
As my mother tried to teach me all those years ago, "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and be unsurprised by everything in between."
A. Neither could my parents.
B. We should keep the stress off ourselves.
C. Surely happiness was the purpose of living.
D. That may make us less satisfied with our lives.
E. Happiness arrives when we are least expecting it.
F. So it's necessary for us to accept sad feelings as part of life.
It was Career (职业) Week at school. Each day, a different 1 came to talk about his or her career. Kelly's class had visits 2 a fireman, a doctor, an artist, and a computer programmer. All the talks were interesting. Kelly was encouraged 3 of all the careers she could have.
Kelly was quite excited 4 the last person who came to visit—Andrew Fisher, a famous television reporter, who also wrote many books about his 5 all around the world. Kelly wanted to hear him talk very much.
Mr. Fisher talked about growing up in a poor family, with very 6 education. He talked about 7 a reporter during exciting and dangerous events. He talked about climbing Mt. Qomolangma 8 sailing down the Nile. He had many interesting stories, and the students paid close attention. Then he asked if anyone had questions. Kelly 9 her hand at once. "Mr. Fisher, how did you get to be so 10 ?" Kelly asked.
"Here's the 11 ," Mr. Fisher said. "Write all my goals down in a special notebook. Every morning, I look at my notebook and read my goals. Then I say to myself, ‘12 can I get one step closer to my goals?' " Mr. Fisher continued, "Try it yourself. 13 your dream in perfect detail (细节) and write it down. Don't be afraid if your dream seems impossible. 14 ever believed that the Wright Brothers could build an airplane. People laughed when Christopher Columbus said that he wanted to sail around the world. But these people believed in their dreams. They thought about their dreams every day. Each day they took little steps to 15 their dreams."
The willow branch (柳树枝) is a part of the willow tree. In ancient China, willow branches were often used as a parting gift between friends and family (member). Even today, willow branches (mention) in many cases as a symbol of saying goodbye. Do you know ?
One reason is that willow trees are strong. They can live (easy) in any place, wet or dry, north or south. Because of this, giving a willow branch to say goodbye to loved ones is a way to tell them you hope they will get used to (they) new living environment.
For another reason, the pronunciation for the willow tree "liu (柳)" is similar the character "liu (留)" in Chinese, which means inviting someone (stay) —only the tones are different. So (offer) a willow branch means asking the other party to live for a longer time, even though we know that they must leave.
It's said that this custom became popular during the Han Dynasty. At that time, Baqiao, a bridge in Chang'an, today's Xi'an, was common place to say goodbye. People often (stop) there and handed willow branches to people who were leaving.
写作要点：
1. 你的理想是什么？
2. 为什么有这样的理想？（不少于两点理由）
3. 你打算怎样实现自己的理想？（不少于两点做法）
写作要求：
1. 文中须包含以上要点：
2. 文中不能提及本人的真实姓名、地名和校名：
3. 词数80左右，标题和开头语已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：ideal adj. & n. 理想的：理想
My Ideal
In the new times it's very important for us to be a middle school student with an ideal.
