The lion dance is part of traditional Chinese culture. People often perform it the night before the Chinese New Year. They ________ perform it for other happy occasions. People think the lion dance can ________ good luck and success.

There are many different stories ________ how the lion dance began. One of them is like this: Hundreds of years ago, a monster called Nian came to a village in China. The villagers were ________. A lion chased Nian away. A year later, Nian came back again, but this time the lion couldn’t ________. So the villagers made a “lion” by themselves. Their “lion” danced, jumped and chased Nian away. For this ________, people began to perform the lion dance before the Spring Festival to chase bad luck away.

There are ________ different kinds of lion dances. In the southern lion dance, the dancers ________ hard to perform like a real lion. Their “lion” may shake its body. The dance can be funny. The ________ kind is the northern lion dance. It has more martial art skills like rolling, leaping and jumping. Both kinds are very interesting to watch, but it takes a lot of ________ to perform well.

The Chang’e 5 robotic probe (探测器) has become China’s first spaceship to bring the country’s national flag to the Moon.

The scene of the Five Starred Red Flag against the dark sky on the grey lunar surface was taken by a camera on the Chang’e 5 robotic probe’s lander and then sent to the ground control. In Chang’e 3 and 4 tasks, the national flag was painted on the spaceship. Therefore, the flag carried by Chang’e 5 is the first Chinese national flag that has been planted on the Moon.

The system to raise the flag was designed and produced by engineers at China Space Sanjiang Group in Hubei Province. It has three parts.

Because of the strong radiation (辐射) and the terrible temperatures on the Moon, we couldn’t use traditional fabrics (面料). If we place an ordinary flag on the Moon, its colors will quickly become lighter. Designers spent more than one year choosing and testing ideal materials, and finally picked a new kind of material that can resist the very difficult conditions on the Moon.

Students from a Middle School, experience farming during their labor course. Housework like cooking and washing always ends up at the bottom of many of our to-do lists. Some people even think that it should be taken care of by their parents.

However, these life skills are important and should be taught as part of labor education. On June 3, 2020, the Ministry of Education (MOE) (教育部) gave a revised (修订后的) course for high schools across the county. Labor education, also called education on the hardworking spirit, range from housework to school labor and community voluntary services (社会志愿服务).

“Labor education must be carried out with the aim to develop the view of the world, life and values and develop an interest in doing chores.” said Zheng Fuzhi, a Vice-Minister (副部长) of Education.

According to China Youth Daily, the labor course will take six credits—the same as English and physics, Voluntary service, as part of labor education, would take two credits. The MOE also asks schools to make sure 40 hours of voluntary service during the full three school years.

According to Xinhua, adding labor education was out of care that the country’s youngsters do too little housework and that they think labor jobs aren’t important. Because of a lot of school stress, schools pay more attention to the educational course, and parents sometimes think that housework wastes their kids’ time.

According to a survey, primary and middle school students in China only spend 12 minutes a day on chores, compared with 72 minutes in the US, 42 minutes in South Korea and 30 minutes in France.

However, doing housework does not take young people’s attention away. Instead, it is necessary for developing a strong working spirit. “The earlier you start, the better...” the writer of How to Raise an Adult said.

Recycling is a way to take rubbish and turn it into new products. It’s helpful to our environment. There are a number of different recycling steps that allow materials to be used more than once.

All kinds of materials can be recycled. Some of the most common things in use today include recycling plastic, glass, metals and paper. Things made of these materials include soda cans, plastic milk boxes, newspapers, computers and cardboard boxes.

There are a number of advantages for recycling. These include: Landfills—Recycling materials means less rubbish and saves space in landfills. Resources—When we use materials again, this means we can take fewer resources from the earth. Pollution—in general, recycling materials can produce less pollution, helping to keep our environment clean.

Be sure to recycle everything you can in your house and school. There is almost a “recycle” rubbish can around. Be sure to drop your used aluminum cans and plastic bottles there. At home, be sure to put paper things like the newspapers, paper boxes, and homework pages into the recycle box.

Plastics are usually marked with an identification code that shows a recycling symbol and a number from 1 to 7. This shows that the type of chemicals, or materials, is used in making the plastic. Used paper can be recycled around seven times.

It is high time we set up a recycle station in every street, across the city and the country, so the cleaners can transport the rubbish conveniently. This is the only way out for handling rubbish without causing danger to the environment and our health. For ourselves, our children and our children’s children, let’s take action NOW!

Vicky liked dog biscuits
41．. She thought of a way to get the biscuits for herself.

As a little dog, Vicky had learned to watch for the postman. Every day she went to meet him. He gave her all the letters. She brought these to Mrs. Smith—sometimes as many as six at a time.
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One day Vicky brought only one letter to Mrs. Smith. But the little dog looked excited about something. How happily her feet danced as she followed Mrs. Smith to the cupboard! She ran into the next room with the biscuit.
43． “How strange!” thought Mrs. Smith, “Why did the postman come back so soon?” But she went to the cupboard and got another biscuit for Vicky.
44． There she saw Vicky eating the biscuit. And under the dog’s front paws (爪) was another letter!

Vicky had thought of a way to get more of the biscuits she liked. She was not going to bring all the letters at once.
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What will you do to a dog like Vicky? Will you give her another biscuit? Mrs. Smith did just that.

A picture can express what someone feels or wants to say. No doubt that’s one reason why digital stickers(表情图) are used and
51． by so many people.

Stickers can be fun, silly or serious. People can use them
52． or complain. They can use them instead of a single word or an entire sentence.

A survey found that 36 percent of people aged 18 to 36 prefer pictures to
53．. Many of them think stickers are the best way to pass
54． feelings.

While emoji are simple symbols
55． represent an emotion, stickers are made up of many parts. Some of them have layers(层次) of
56． and have been designed to represent real-life experiences.

Some people treat stickers like toys. They compete to see who can collect the
57． and the funniest.
58． use them as a social tool. Stickers provide a low-risk way to communicate
59． new and old friends.

No matter how stickers
60． used, they have become the language of choice for many.

I’m sorry to know that your eyesight is getting weaker.

Yours

Li Hua