A boy thought that he was the most unhappy person in the world. In his opinion, he was unlucky because almost everything 1always happened to him. He wanted to find the 2 to happiness. He walked a long way and finally came to a beautiful palace. There, he met the king.
After learning 3 the boy came, the king suggested that he should look around the palace and come back in two hours. “At the same time, I want you to hold this spoon 4 milk,” said the king. “As you walk around my palace, carry this spoon 5 without spilling the milk.”
The boy kept his eyes fixed on the spoon and began to walk around the golden palace. After two hours, he came back to the king. “Well,” asked the king. “Did you 6 the wonderful paintings in my dining hall? Did you enjoy the colorful flowers in the garden?” The boy felt sorry because he saw 7. He only paid attention to the milk.
"Then go back and you can see the beauty of my world.” said the king. This time the boy saw all of the works of art on the walls. He saw the great gardens and hills all around. He had a great time 8 he was walking around the palace. When he 9, he described everything he saw.
"But where is the milk?” asked the king. Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw the milk was gone. “Well, there is only one piece of 10 I can give you,” said the king. “The secret to happiness is to see all the beauty of the world and also keep an eye on the milk on the spoon.”
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According to a book survey by online bookstore Dangdang, the following four books are the most popular among students.
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Writer: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Price: $9. 99 Overview: The little prince lives alone on his little planet, but one day he leaves his planet and travels on the earth. In the travel, the little prince saw different kinds of unhappy people and finally learned about love. |
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Writer: Carlo Collodi Price: $3. 99 Overview: It's about the naughty adventures of Pinocchio and his poor father. An angel gives life to Pinocchio, so that he starts his adventures. Once he tells a lie, his nose would be longer. After the adventures, Pinocchio finally grows up. |
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Writer: James Matthew Barrie Price: $8. 99 Overview: The writer uses Neverland and the boy Peter Pan who hates to grow up to tell people that childhood is the most beautiful music of our life and children have the right to enjoy the happiness of their childhood. |
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Writer: Lewis Carroll Price: $7. 99 Overview: It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland. She has many unusual experiences. It is one of the most loved children's books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. |
A special red bridge was found in the Lake District, Britain. It was completely made of paper!
The bridge was a piece of art work. It started to open to the public in April, 2015. The bridge was made of 22. 000 pieces of paper and it was five metres long. The whole bridge used no glue or bolts.
The special paper bridge was an art project by an environmental artist named Steve Messam. To build the Paper bridge was not easy at all, and he spent three years developing the bridge. He looked for a small number of volunteers to help on the paper bridge project. He used old principles from Roman times to build it. He said the 4. 5 tons of paper made the bridge much stronger than oak. Even after heavy rain, the bridge wasn't influenced at all.
The bridge opened to the public on Friday and became a popular tourist place. Walkers and cyclists have come to see the bridge and have a go at walking over it for themselves. The tourists wanted to test whether it would hold their weight. “The red bridge really stands out in the wild countryside and makes you want to touch it or even walk over it,” said a visitor.
The paper was introduced by a paper factory. After the exhibition, all the paper was recycled.
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A ten-year-old girl raised over 30, 000 pounds for a children's hospice in just eight months. What she did was to play her violin to the people who passed by in the street.
Madison Glinski from the U. K. made a New Year's resolution to help poor children last year. She planned to try and raise 500 pounds for a local children's hospice before Christmas. Every day after school, Madison played the violin in front of a coffee shop. She played so well that many people stopped to enjoy her performance. People liked her idea of helping children in need so they were willing to give her money. Since she began playing the violin in the street at Easter, she had raised a surprising 32, 520 pounds by the end of the year. She also raised money by selling her own toys.
Madison's mother supported her daughter's idea. She said. “Madison has a musical talent. She has played the violin since the age of four. I am glad that she has used it to help others. She has a special interest for it.”
It is not the first time for Madison to help others. A few years ago, Madison asked her parents if they could all go to Africa at Christmas to help the children there. She collected toys, shoes, school things and clothes from her friends and neighbors to take to Africa. They had a special Christmas win the children in Africa. As soon as the family returned, Madison started to plan for the next trip.
“As long as there are homeless kids. I will never stop helping them,” Madison says.
Jenny has no time to take care of her 2-year-old son, so she needs an app for him to learn to speak.
Sam has to read some books but he has an eye problem, so he needs some app that can read books aloud to him.
Bob finds it difficult to remember the new words from the English books. He wants to improve in a relaxing way.
Cathy likes traveling. She needs an app that can make it easier for her to buy train or plane tickets.
John is going to have a long train trip. During the trip, he needs some games to kill the time.
A. Vocabulary Hero may help you learn more English words while you are playing games.
B. Rail Friend can be best helper when you find it hard to buy the train or plain tickets.
C. World of Tanks Blitz, an online game while can be the best choice to have fun in the travel.
D. Himalayas Reading has millions of books and you can listen to the books you like.
E. Baby Bus is a good friend for children under 3 years old to learn to speak.
F. Weibo can help you make friends on the Internet and know more about the world.
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Do you believe that a woman can have 384 babies? Saalumarada Thimmakka is such a great woman.
Saalumarada Thimmakka is an Indian woman, who is (著名的) for her work in planting and taking care of 384 banyan trees in the countryside. She is great not because she is (已经) over 100 years old but because she has planted so many trees.
When she was young, she never had a (机会) to go to school. She could not read or write. At the age of 20, she married to a farmer. (然而, 但是), they could not have children. One day, she came up with an idea of planting trees and looking after them just like raising her own children. She (希望) to live in peace with me (大自然) and then started her lifetime's work.
At the beginning, the (形势，情况) is difficult. They had to carry water from a place far away to water the small trees they planted. And they had to (保护) the small trees from bad weather and animals until they grew well. They worked day and night to grow as many trees as (可能的).
Unluckily, her husband died in l990, but Thimmakka continued her work. Thanks to her, the 384 banyan trees have grown into a (森林). Now she is no longer alone, because the trees are just like her babies.
Favourite city: Beijing; the Great Wall | Favourite animal: Pandas; in danger |
Favourite play: Teahouse; Lao She | Favourite festival: …… |
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Dear Lucy,
China is a great country and I like China very much. I would like to introduce China to you.……
Yours,
Linda
The Little Prince 
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Peter Pan
Alice Adventures in Wonderland