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1． is quite popular in the UK. Lots of 2． and supermarkets sell DIY things. TV programmes (节目) show people 3． to DIY.

English people 4． DIY. There is a saying in the UK —“An Englishman’s home is his castle”. Huge 5． of people spend their holiday 6． their homes beautiful “castles”. If there is anything that needs fixing 7． their homes, such as painting the walls or putting in a new shower, they will do the jobs 8．. They share DIY experience with their friends. More and 9． people find the joy of DIY. Sometimes people also DIY for saving money. DIY can be difficult. People need to get together pieces of 10． with a few tools.

If your children are learning to read, it’s wonderful! Whatever they’s reading, they’re probably super-excited readers! But the fact is, reading is skill.1．

◆Creat a comfortable reading space.

Choose a special place with right furnishings(装饰), blankets and pillows for your children put a bookcase of your children s books.2．If your children feel like they have got their own special place for reading, they will probably spend time in their little space with all their new favorite books.

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If you want your children to learn to love reading, set aside a few minutes every day to read together, no matter how busy you are.4． Plan to go to bed a few minutes earlier each night so your children have the time to choose a book to read. Besides, reading aloud to your children can make them more willing to read on their own.

◆Make the library and bookstore a special treat.

Whether your kids are big readers or not, they are only children. They may be excited about new clothes and toys, but not books! Try to use that excitement to help your children love to read. Making a special treat of spending some time at the library or bookstore can be the perfect way to get your children excited about reading.5．

There was once a bat (蝙蝠) that was too lazy to hunt insects (捕捉昆虫). One day, he looked into a house and saw a bird in its cage. The bird had all its food and water and didn’t do a1． at all. So, the bat decided to be a child’s p2．, and then the bat made a plan.

The bat f3． to the parks where children could see him and take him home. However, the bat was so ugly and the children 4． (pay) little attention to him. So the bat decided to make himself more beautiful. 5． (luck) he met a little boy who was willing to keep him and took him home.

The bat was happy in his cage at first, in a warm and c6． house. There he felt like he was the best and, certainly the 7． (clever) one. But when he wanted to eat something, there were no insects for him. When the boy saw the bat was getting thinner, he used the bird food to f8． the bat so that the bat could be only used to eating that kind of food.

Some days later, the bat tried his best to run away from the cage and returned home. He began to hunt for food with other bats. Later, he became stronger and enjoyed his life9． a bat.

So. don’t admire (羡慕) others’ life. Maybe it just s10． wonderful to be what others look like. In fact, it’s the best only when it fits you. Just be what you are and make your own life better.

The school talent show was coming. And I had a good idea—I planned to put on a show with my cat, Mimi!

However, my best friend Grace showed up, “Kelly, we should do an act together!”

I was going to tell her my idea, but she quickly interrupted me.

“We will discuss the act after school.” she said, “I’ll see you at 6 when we practice ping-pong.”

We always did what Grace wanted. She picked the sport we played. We watched comedies because she liked them. Sometimes I felt unhappy about how our friendship worked. However, Grace always seemed so sure that I couldn’t say anything.

After school, Grace was excited about her plan, “I learned this from a TV show. We can do a magic trick together.”

“That’s great.” I said, “Do you think maybe we can put Mimi in our show?”

“Kelly, you know I am not good with animals.” said Grace.

When I got home, Mum asked me why I was so quiet. I told her about the talent show.

“Kelly. You can’t always follow your friend around.” Mum smiled, “Grace is a very good friend, but you should be yourself and help your friend see it.”

That evening, I called Grace and told her I really wanted to do the show with Mimi. After I hung up, I spent the night worrying it could be the end of our friendship.

The next morning at school, something surprising happened. Grace told me about a new act. She also planned to go by herself! After class, we played tennis, my favorite sport, instead of ping-pong!

The talent show was a month ago. Grace and I are still good friends. I am happy that I spoke up for myself.

If your hometown were to be pulled down and rebuilt one day, would you miss it? And what could you do for it? Retired (退役的) soldier Huang Yongfu gave his answer.

Huang and his wife lived in a village. After he retired from the army in the 1970s, Huang had a lot of free time. He started painting lovely animals and human figures on the walls of his house for fun. Later, his neighbors asked him to paint their houses, too. Huang’s paint brush brought a second “life” to the boring single-story houses in the village.

In 1998, the village was to be pulled down because many villagers had left. In order to save it, Huang decided to paint every street in the village. The old man covered every paving stone, wall and door with joyful colors.

In 2010, some university students happened to pass by the village. They were struck by Huang’s cute and expressive artwork. These students then started the “Save rainbow Village” campaign (运动). This campaign was a success and the area was kept as an art park. Huang himself began to be known as “Grandpa Rainbow”. Now, Rainbow village has become a famous travel spot. It brought a positive feeling and a sense of togetherness to those who live in it.

Grandpa Rainbbow, now 98 years old, and his wife are still living there. Supposedly he wakes up every morning at 4 a. m. to work on maintaining (维护) his artwork. Visitors often meet him and he always gives the victory sign when posing for photos.

One day, a little boy asked his father, “What does the word ‘great’ mean? _________ are great people and how do they become great?”   

The father asked his son to bring two plants and then told him to plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house.

The boy did as his father said. The father asked his son, “Which one of the two plants do you think will be safer and bigger?” “The plant inside the house will be safer, _________ it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house is not safe at all. No one will be there to _________ it. It may be eaten by animals.”

The father smiled and said, “Let’s wait _________. We will know the answer.”

Then the boy left for study and after four years he came back to his house. He said to his father, “Look, _________ happens to this plant inside the house and it is safe.”

When the boy went outside, he was very _________ to see a big tree. The boy couldn’t believe his eyes. He couldn’t _________ how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the plant inside the house. “The plant outside the house faced every _________ and many difficulties!” the father told his son why the plant outside was bigger. “The plant inside was safe, it didn’t face weather changes, and it didn’t get _________ sunlight, so it didn’t become big.”

Here is the answer to the question about being great: To become a great person, one must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and then __________ them. Only after that he is able to become great.

中国传统节日，是中华民族悠久历史文化的重要组成部分，不仅清晰地记录着中华民族丰富而多彩的社会生活文化内容，也积淀着博大精深的历史文化内涵。假如你是李华，你校英语社团正在开展线上国际交流分享活动，征集大家对于节日的感想。请你用英语给公众号写一篇文稿介绍一个你最喜欢的中国传统节日，包括节日的时间、庆祝方式，以及这个节日对你的意义。

I’m Li Hua from Class 1, Grade 9. There are many traditional festivals in China. _________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Most environmental pollution comes from humans and their inventions. The electric bulbs are thought to be one of the greatest human inventions of all time. However, too much of a good thing has started to negatively impact the environment. Light pollution, the extreme or inappropriate use of outdoor artificial light, is affecting human health and wildlife behavior. There is a global movement to reduce light pollution, and everyone can help.

Light pollution is a global issue. This became particularly obvious when the World Atlas (地图册) of Night Sky Brightness, a computer-generated map based on thousands of satellite photos, was published in 2016. Vast areas of North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia are glowing with light, while only Siberia, the Sahara, and the Amazon are in total darkness.

Artificial light can wreak havoc on natural body rhythms in both humans and animals. It interrupts sleep and confuses the circadian rhythm (生理节奏) — the internal, twenty-four-hour clock that guides day and night activities and affects physiological processes in nearly all living organisms. One of these processes is the production of the hormone melatonin (褪黑素), which is released when it is dark and is prevented when there is light. An increased amount of light at night lowers melatonin production, which results in lack of sleep, headaches, stress, anxiety, and other health problems. Blue light, in particular, has been shown to reduce levels of melatonin in humans. It is found in cell phones and other computer devices, as well as in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the kinds of bulbs that have become popular at home and in industrial and city lighting due to their low cost and energy efficiency.

Studies show that light pollution is also impacting animal behaviors, such as migration (迁徙) patterns and habitat formation. Because of light pollution, sea turtles guided by moonlight during migration get confused, lose their way, and often die. Large numbers of insects, a primary food source for birds and other animals, are drawn to artificial light and are instantly killed upon contact with light sources. Even animals living under the deep sea may be affected by underwater artificial lighting. One study looked at how animals in sea responded to brightly lit panels put under water off the coast of Wales. Fewer filter feeding animals (滤食性动物), such as the sea squirt (海鞘), made their homes near the lighted panels. This could mean that the artificial light is altering ocean ecosystems.

The good news is that light pollution, unlike many other forms of pollution, is reversible (可逆的) and each one of us can make a difference! Now, many people are taking action to reduce light pollution and bring back the natural night sky. Individuals are urged to use outdoor lighting only when and where it is needed, to make sure outdoor lights are properly shielded (遮挡) and direct light down instead of up into the sky, and to close window blinds, shades, and curtains at night to keep light inside.

Tips to Improve English Listening Skills

As an English learner, is your English listening skill progressing well? If it is still posing a problem, maybe the following tips can give you some help.

First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening comprehension is probably the most difficult task for almost all leaners of English as a foreign language. The most important thing is to listen, and that means as often as possible.

When you begin to listen, do not translate into your native language. When you translate into your native language, you are taking the focus of your attention away from the speaker and concentrating (集中注意力) on the translation process taking place in your brain. Translation leads to a mental (精神的) block in your brain. It sometimes doesn’t allow you to understand anything at all.

Most of people repeat themselves. Think for a moment about your friends, family, and your teachers. When they speak in their native tongue, do they repeat themselves? If they are like most people, they probably do. That means that whenever you listen to someone speaking, it is very likely that they will repeat the information, giving you a second, third or even fourth chance to understand what has been said.

Use key words or key phrases to help you understand the general (大致的) ideas. If you understand “New York”, “business trip”, “last year”, you can think that the person is speaking about a business trip to New York last year. This may seem obvious (明显的，显然的) to you, but remember that understanding the general idea will help you to understand the detail (细节) as the person continues to speak.

Listen for context. Let’s imagine that your English speaking friend says, “I bought this great tuner at JR’s. It was really cheap and now I can finally listen to National Public Radiobroadcasts.” You don’t understand what a tuner is, and if you focus on the word “tuner” , you might become frustrated. If you think in context, you probably will begin to understand. For example, bought is the past of buy, listen is no problem and radio is obvious. Now you understand, he bought something—the tuner—to listen to the radio. A tuner must be a kind of radio. This is a simple example but it demonstrates what you need to focus on. Not the word that you don’t understand, but the words you do understand.