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Nowadays, people usually shake hands when they meet each other. Do the Chinese always greet others like this? In fact, handshaking was introduced to our country around 100 years ago.

There were several kinds of greeting in ancient China. Among them the fist and palm salute(拱手礼) was a quite common one, with a history of about 3, 000 years. It was first used by people in the West Zhou Dynasty. In ancient times, if people met a stranger, their hands were always ready for holding something used for fighting. Holding out both hands showed that people could feel relaxed.

When people meet, men usually use their left hand to hold the right one. It’s believed that people considered the left as the important side for men in Chinese history. While for women, the important side is the right. So when they give the fist and palm salute, they should put their right hand on the top. When someone presents the fist and palm salute to you, you are supposed to do it back as well.

In many wuxia or kung fu TV series and movies, people greet each other with the hold fist salute, or Baoquan in Chinese. The gesture (手势) is that the right hand is made a fist, while the left band is to cover the right fist. It’s similar to the fist and palm salute, but they are different. Baoquan is widely used among kung fu masters and students.

So, don’t make a mistake.

Look at this room. It’s nice and clean. There is a big bedroom and a big living room. In the living room, there is a sofa and a desk. There is a yellow chair in front of the desk. You can see a computer and a plant on the desk. There is an English book near the plant.

Hello, I’m Kate. I’m from Beijing. I have a good friend. Her name is Lucy. She is from New York. She is in Class Five, Grade Four. I’m in Class One, Grade Four. I like Chinese and she likes English. Her schoolbag is blue and my schoolbag is yellow. Lily is Lucy’s sister. We are friends, too. She is in Class Five, Grade Three. She likes maths. Her schoolbag is green.

This is Helen's bedroom. It is new and nice. A bed and a chair are in it. There is a desk near the window. Some flowers are on it. A bookcase is near the bed. Some English books are on the bookcase. There is a picture on the wall. Three people are in the picture. The man is her father. The woman is her mother.

Jim is sitting on the grass in front of the house. A salesman(推销员) comes and asks him, “Hi, boy, is your mother at home ?” “Yes, says Jim. The man is very happy. He begins to ring the doorbell. He rings and rings. But there is no answer. At last, he turns to Jim and say, “You tell me your mother is at home, do you ?” “Yes, ”says Jim, “but this is not my house. ”

The World Cup takes place every four years. And it can take place anywhere in the world. In 2018 the host(主办) country was Russia, in 2014 it was Brazil, in 2010 it was South Africa.

Usually, the World Cup is played in summer. In 2022, the host country was Qatar. But it was played in winter because Qatar is always too hot in summer. In summer, the temperature (温度) there could be up to 50 degrees. They used some new technologies(技术) in this World Cup. The players used a new ball. It is the fastest ball! There were AI referees(裁判)on the field. They used twelve cameras(摄像) to check the players’ positions(位置). There were 32 teams. There were 64 matches over the28-day World Cup. Finally, Argentina(阿根廷) was the winner.

Weekends to people mean (意味着) that they can have two-day good rest. For example (例如) ,they can go out to visit their friends and relatives (亲戚).They can enjoy interesting CDs with their family. Everyone spends (度过) weekends in his own way. Within two days, some people listen to music, read books or watch films. Some people play basketball, swim or dance. I often spend my weekends with my friends. Sometimes I visit my friends, sometimes I go to the library to borrow (借) some books. I like reading. Outing (远足) is my favourite (最喜欢) way of spending weekends. Weekends are always enjoyable for me.