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There are many popular programsthe work of the police on TV. People like them because they are interesting and useful.
In London there is a TV called "Police Five". It takes five minutes a week. A TV reporter talks about crimes in London. He asks people for help, because the police station needs their help.
The TV reporter shows pictures of lost paintings, lost cars and lost things during the week. Sometimes he shows the pictures of the cars that the thieve drove away. When people see the pictures of such things TV, they may remember something so that they may tell the police when or they saw them. With their help, the police may catch more thieves.
Sometimes the police find a car orexpensive that has ever been lost, and the TV reporter shows them on TV. Then the owners may see them and they can get them back.
A king wanted to see what his people were really like. So he put on old and dirty clothes and went for a walk. After a while he got tired and1 . When he asked people for food, they laughed and threw 2 at him. They did not know who the poor man was.
Then the king came to an old house. A poor old man and woman lived there. They asked the king to 3 with them. They didn't know he was a king. They just wanted to 4 a tired, hungry man. The woman made a fire. Then she brought water for the king to drink. While she was doing this, the old man went outside. He 5 some food from the tiny garden. Then he tried to 6 a chicken for supper. But the chicken ran fast, and it made the old man very tired. So he chose some eggs instead.
The woman cooked supper for them. When the food was ready, she put it on the table. The king was given the 7 food they had. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. The old man 8 it and saw some neighbors.
"Great king, forgive (原谅) us," they said. "We threw rocks because we did not recognize (认 出) you." The king shouted9 , "I was tired and hungry. You gave me only rocks and bad words. Get out of here!" 、The poor man and woman were 10 . The king was used to nice food, but they had given him only bread and eggs. The king said, "You gave me the best you had. Because you were kind, I will give money and food to you for the rest of your lives."
| What | Cartooning with Eva |
When | Tuesday, June 7, 9-11a.m. | |
How much | $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils | |
Who | 7 to 9-year-olds | |
| What | Cartooning with Eva |
When | Wednesday, June 8, 9-11 a.m. | |
How much | $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils | |
Who | 9 to 10-year-olds | |
Eva is famous for her cartoons published regularly in KIDS Time magazine. | ||
| What | Kite-making |
When Wednesday, June 8, | Wednesday, June 8, 2-4 p.m | |
How much | $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials | |
Who | 7 to 10-year-olds | |
| What | Kite-making |
When | Thursday, June 9, 2-4 p.m. | |
How much | $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials | |
Who | 7 to 10-year-old | |
When we talk about food farming, we usually think of farms outside the city. But in the center of Toronto, Sam works on a different farm, a rooftop farm. He says, "We grow fruit and vegetables on the top of an office building, 60 meters high. "
Rooftop farming is getting popular in cities like Toronto, New York and London. People don't usually go to the rooftops, so they use the places for growing food, right in the center of the city. Sam tells us how they grow food there. "We grow everything in big boxes and we have hundreds of boxes now. We get rainwater to water the farm when it is dry."
Allen works in a restaurant called Green Garden. And he gets lots of vegetables from the rooftop farm. Allen thinks that the rooftop farm makes Green Garden special. "We don't have to get food from other places and that saves energy. So it is good for the environment. And the food is delicious, too. It tastes good when it's fresh."
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The construction (建设)of high-speed railways in China began with the building of the Qinhuangdao-Shenyang High-Speed Railway (HSR) in 1999. Now the high-speed rail network in China is the largest in the world. So far, there have been about 1,700 kilometers of HSR in service, along with trains of an average (平均)speed of 220 km/h.
Now Chinese government plans to spend $300 million building the largest and fastest HSR system in the world by 2022. It's said that the trains can run 400 km/h and create new business for China and other countries through the Belt and Road.
It's predicted that the HSR network in China will reach 30,000 kilometers and it will be like a grid, which is mainly made up of 8 long-distance high-speed rail lines: four north-south HSR lines and four east-west HSR lines. Except (除了) for the Qingdao-Taiyuan HSR, all HSR lines of the rail grid are longer than 1,000 kilometers.
Feng Hao, an expert, says "Many markets along the Belt and Road, especially in Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern European countries, are planning to build HSR lines."
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People say that the real culture of Beijing lies in the culture of hutong and siheyuan. How true it is!
Hutong is the name of a small street between rows of siheyuan. In the past, there were hundreds of siheyuan around the Forbidden City. It became very common during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is said that by 1949 there were as many as 3,250 hutongs. But as time went by, the number fell greatly. Now there are no more than 1,000 and most of them have turned into tourist attractions with street food, shops and bars.
In a hutong, houses stay close to one another, so it is easy for local people to keep in touch with their neighbors. You can see public bathrooms, toilets and shops selling all kinds of things there. It is the main way for people to improve their relationships. When you enter the hutong, you can feel the deep and warm relationships among people.
If you want to explore the culture and experience eating and shopping in Beijing, you should never miss a hutong tour.
A. In 2003, only 1,500 were left. B. Few people like living hutongs. C. Chatting happily is a common scene. D. Hutong first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty. E. They show the old lifestyle of people living in Beijing. F. You can hardly find this feeling in other places in this modern world. |
"May we all be blessed with longevity. Though miles apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together." wrote by Su Shi, a poet (诗人) during the Song Dynasty, in his well-known poem to his younger brother Su Zhe.
The moon is the brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. It has been enjoying great popularity all over the country.
In ancient China, that day was a harvest (丰收) festival because crops were harvested during that period. It was a time to relax and celebrate (庆祝). Just like Thanksgiving in Western countries, families also try to see each other on the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. So no matter (无论) how far away, Chinese people will go back home.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has its own special food just as other traditional Chinese holidays. People eat mooncakes with fillings such as sugar and eggs. The round shape of the cake makes it look like the full moon. The full moon and mooncakes mean family reunion (团聚).
With the beautiful moon up in the sky that night, family sit together to enjoy the moon together. Also, they express the best wishes for the family members who live far.
Short videos (短视频) are very popular in China. They are often fun to watch. People like to watch them they feel bored or stressed (有压力的). You may be (surprise) to learn that there were over 800 million short video viewers in China at the end of last year.
Most people kill time by (watch) short videos or they share their everyday lives with other users. But over time, short videos have started to mean something more. Some videos help us learn more about the world. Some v-loggers use short videos (show) delicious Chinese food online. Some short videos also teach people useful skills. For example, teachers tell students how to answer difficult questions (quick) and doctors tell people what they should do when they don't feel well. Everything has two sides. The popularity of short videos can also bring people some problems. Some people spend more time on short-video apps. It means they have (little) time to work or study than before. Some even watch short videos until midnight. That brings lots of problems to people's (eye). What's more, there are always new short videos waiting people. Once they stat watching the them, they can hardly put down (they) phones.
The popularity of short videos brings people closer together on the Internet, and watching short videos is good way to relax when we are free, but it is not good to spend much time.
