【推荐2】Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Interesting and exciting, football is popular among many people all over the world.

What can make people cheer in every corner of the world? The answer can only be soccer, the world’s most-loved sport.

    1     Many people in old days played early forms of its modern game. Cu ju (蹴鞠), a ball-kicking game in China, was reported as early as 2500 B.C. Around the same time in Greece, people were also playing a similar ball game without using their hands.

Modern soccer didn’t become official (官方的) until 1863. An Englishman called Cobb Morley introduced the idea of a soccer association (联盟).     2     From then on, other associations in the countries were set up. They came together to make up the FIFA (足球国际管理机构), which organizes the World Cup.

The World Cup is one of the biggest sports events in the world. It is held every four years. It has provided the best chances for football players around the world.     3     When the Qatar World Cup was held from November 21st to December 18th in 2022, lots of people went to the games or watched them on TV day and night.     4    

Soccer is a popular sport. Soccer performances are pleasing to the eyes. The sport’s no-hands rule makes beautiful dance like movements on the field.     5     Teams might score only a few times each match, so matches can turn around suddenly.

No one knows who will be the winner at the soccer game. But they can feel every football player tries his best in each exciting game and wants to bring the joy of soccer to everyone.

【推荐2】Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.

His only friend was a dog named Tige. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind world sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled(吹口哨) to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog! Tige raised its ears as if it understood.

“Uhurn! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally, he looked at himself in the river. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed(种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power(力量) it has!”

Thank you very much for your email. I know you’d like to visit the National Museum in our city. It is a big and famous museum. Let me tell you the way to it. Take your car from your house and drive along Hongxing Street. Turn left at the third turning(岔路口), not the last one. You’ll see a park on your right. The museum is opposite the park. It is open from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm every day. There are lots of old things and paintings in the museum. I hope you can have a nice time there. But don’t take a camera. You can’t use it in the museum. There is a supermarket next to it. You can buy some souvenirs（纪念品）in it.

Yours,

Jerry

【推荐3】Jin Yong is the pen name of Zha Liangyong. He was born on March 10, 1924 in Zhejiang and he started to write his first Kungfu novel when he was 31 years old. He wrote 15 novels in his life. Many novels are very popular, such as Demi－Gods and Semi－Devils(《天龙八部》) and The Smiling Proud Wanderer(《笑傲江湖》).

Because of the Chinese culture and his literary(文学) talent, his novels won big success. They were sold all over the world and translated into over 50 languages. Many novels were made into movies, TV plays and games. It is said that wherever Chinese may be, Jin Yong's novels may be.

Jin Yong died on October 30, 2018. It is a great lose to Chinese. All Chinese people will miss him forever.

【推荐1】My best friend Jenny and I got to the mall for shopping. She held up a white sweater and matching skirt.“Do you like this?” she asked.

“It’s great,’’I said. Jenny nodded and continued looking while I moved about. touching the beautiful clothes. “I’ll try this on.” Jenny walked towards the dressing room. After a while, she came out in the outfit(一套衣服). She looked beautiful.

I sighed. Part of me wanted to say how good she looked. but another part stopped the words coming out. Jenny was in such good shape that she’d look good in the outfit. Sometimes. I regretted choosing a best friend who was so pretty. God, why can’t I be the one with the rich parents and the great look? More and more, I was envious(妒忌的)of her.

“Well, Teresa, what do you think?” Jenny asked more than once. “Do you like it?’’

The outfit looked great on her, but I lied, “Not really. I think you need something with more colors.’’

“You think so?" Jenny said doubtfully.

“Just believe me. We’ll find something better, "I told her, pushing her back into the dressing room. “You just can’t buy the first thing you see.” I did my best to get Jenny out of the store, away from that outfit. As we left, Jenny gave the sweater one last look.

Just down the mall, we passed a yogurt place. ‘‘My treat, ’’Jenny said, pulling out her wallet.

I could never say no to chocolate, so we got some and sat down at a table. As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her. Those feelings weren’t kind.

Sitting there,______Jenny was attractive(吸引人的)not just because of her good luck, but more because of her kindness. Treating me to chocolate was far from her only show of generosity. She also let me drive her car and borrow her clothes.

Finishing our chocolate, we headed for the next clothing store. ‘‘Look at that red sweater.’’ Jenny said as we passed the window. ‘‘It would be perfect for you. Soon maybe you’ll have enough by saving your babysitting money to buy something like that.”

A few minutes earlier, all I had heard was about saving my babysitting money. I had hated the fact that Jenny could ask her parents for anything, and they’d buy it for her. This time, though. I heard more. I heard the voice of someone who loved and cared me for who I was. I needed to express the same to her.

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