The New Year is coming. Our class is going to have a _______. When is a good time to have it? I did a survey（调查）. Some classmates _______ to have it on Thursday night. But some classmates said they had to study for the _______. Wang Mei said we could have the party on Friday. That’s a good idea. So we decided to have it on Friday afternoon. There are only four days left. We _______ prepare for it right now. We plan to _______ some of our teachers. Our monitor is going to bring _______ to the party without telling them about it. We’re sure that they will be

_______. I think of some games to play at the party. If one wins the game, he/she will get some small gifts. Wang Mei is going to organize（组织）some shows _______ singing and dancing. Should we ask our classmates to bring food? I’m afraid _______ we ask them to bring food, they’ll just bring some junk food. So we will bring some fruit and vegetables, and we can make salad by ourselves. ________ we will have a good time. We can’t wait.

Last week, students at Rosie Bridge School worked hard to make their English Week very successful (成功的).

There________a lot of activities including an English book fair in the library and a treasure hunt._______ students put on an English play. Other students_______ an English singing competition.

A speaking competition was also held. The students had to speak on a topic in English______ two minutes.

Henry was the winner and we spoke to him. “I’m so happy that I______ ,” he said. “I advise people to speak slowly. If they want to be good public speakers, they’d better speak clearly and confidently (自信地).”

We also spoke to several other students about English Week. One of ______ was Amy. “I really enjoyed English Week. It gave me a chance to learn new words. In my opinion (依我所见), every school should have an English Week. It’s well________doing,” she said.

On the last day of English Week, the head teacher gave a speech to the whole school. He gave students some suggestions on_______ to improve their English. “You should communicate in English with your friends whenever you ______. You should read English books and magazines, and watch English television ______. Above all, you should enjoy English!” he said.

Middle school students like joining clubs. Joining clubs in middle school can help you make new friends. It can help you know a lot of things. Students need to know something about the clubs.

School clubs take time

Joining a school club isn’t just about having fun, and kids must know that being in a club needs time and needs to do a lot of things.

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Many students like to meet new friends in the clubs. Lindsay Moore from No. 8 Middle School says, “In the music club, I meet Jane. She likes music and she can play the piano very well. I like music too, and I can play the guitar. So Jane can help me play the piano. I can help her play the guitar. It’s so great.”

What club to join

There are many clubs in schools. Join a club that you like. If you like drawing, you can join the art club. If you like basketball, you can join the sports club. But what club you want to join is up to (取决于) you. If your school doesn’t have clubs, you can start a club.

They’re fun

Joining a club can be a lot of fun, so students like the clubs.

American Schools

American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students take only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college (大学), They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

66. 本学期学校开设了丰富的社团活动，假设你是学校一员Sam，请写信给笔友Rebecca介绍学校的社团特色，内容包括：

I’m happy to receive your letter about your school life. I’ll introduce our clubs in my school. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

Sam