Many ways to sleep
How do you sleep? Most people sleep on their backs or sides. 1. Do animals sleep the same way? Actually the ways they sleep are much more different—they can lie down, sit or stand while they sleep.
Swiss scientists did a study on 250 different animals. They found that the animals' sleeping postures(姿势)had something to do with their body size and weight.
The small animal with short legs sleeps on its stomach. Its body shape is perfect for this posture. It also likes to put its legs under its body. Rabbits and cats sleep this way.
But larger animals sleep differently. 2. They lie on their sides. That's because this is more comfortable for their longer legs. Cows often sleep like this.
However, there are exceptions(例外). Small animals such as mice sometimes sit down to take a short sleep. Some large animals such as horses, zebras and giraffes sleep standing up. 3. In this way, they can quickly escape if they are in danger.
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Do you like dogs or cats? 1. 我善于和动物打交道。So I find a part-time job in the zoo in Changsha. I work on weekends. 2. The zoo is about 15 kilometers away from my home. I usually take a bus to work. After I get to the zoo, I clean the animal rooms and cages (笼子).
On weekends, there are tourists coming to the zoo to see these animals. 3. 现在很多游客正在拍照。I need to tell them what they can do and what they can not do. I like my work because I can play with my favorite animals. I like the grey koalas best. 4. 它们是澳大利亚的象征之一。But I don’t think it is a good idea for animals to live in the small rooms or cages. They are from nature (自然) and they are our friends. 5. It is their dream to live in nature.
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The year of Rabbit is coming. Maybe it’s the best time to talk about the lovely animal in the eyes of different culture. 1.让我们一起来分享一些关于兔子的有趣的事情吧。
In China
Rabbits are quiet but smart, which is shown by the Chinese expression “dongru tuotu”. The fairy tale about Jade (玉) Rabbit living on the moon is spread widely. Another fact is that rabbits can give birth to many baby rabbits at a time. 2 .So in ancient China, it’s common sense that the more children you had, the luckier you would be. The belief made the rabbit a popular symbol of good luck.
In the West
In the West, rabbits are regarded as a kind of lucky animals. 3. If a hunter can catch a rabbit, it’s also a sign of good luck. Another tradition for good luck found in North America and the UK is to say the word “rabbit” on the first morning of every month. 4 .Rabbits also show up in other areas of western culture. It’s a rabbit that Alice follows in the story of Alice in Wonderland. Rabbits are related to Easter. Although the animal appears in many different places, it’s always seen as an animal to be welcomed.
So with it now being the lucky animal’s turn on the Chinese zodiac (生肖),5.我们相信兔年也会给你带来运气和幸福。
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Tigers are one of the largest wild animals in the world. 1. Tigers live in the forests and they are the kings of the forests. They are like cats, but much bigger than cats. They are very strong.
2. 老虎能跑得很快。They catch small animals as their food. Their favorite animals are deer (鹿) and boars (野猪). They usually look for food alone, because they don’t like working with others.3. It may take some days for a tiger to finish eating its food. When the tiger feels full, it stops eating and covers the food with leaves (树叶). When it gets hungry, it will come back to eat again.
4. 现在野生老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。Some people even kill tigers for their fur. Now people know tigers are in great danger. They hope to help tigers live a better life. 5. So they stop all these things and save tigers. Because the word without tigers is not a complete (完整的) one.
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(1) 你知道茶是被偶然发明的吗？ It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. (2) Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. Nowadays, most Chinese like to drink tea. The old like Pu’er tea in Yunnan and Longjin tea in Zhejiang, while the young like green tea with milk. Tea plants are grown in many places around China. (3)古丈和保靖也以其茶叶而闻名。 It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. (4) In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but less than 100 years later, it had become the national drink. (5) The tea trade from China to western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places all over the world.
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1. It seems that not all noises are unpleasant (令人不快的), and some can help you sleep better. If you search for bedtime music, you may find something called “white noise”. Noise can be annoying (烦人的), but why can white noise help people sleep?
White noise is random (随机的) sounds with equal intensity (同等强度). It can calm you down. 2. It can cover up other loud noises, such as a dog’s barking (吠), when you fall asleep. When listening to white noise becomes part of your bedtime routine (规律), your brain will prepare for sleep.
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So, it is exam time again. 1. 到目前为止，你为取得好成绩努力过吗？ Sleeping with the textbook under the pillow doesn’t work. The best way is to space（隔开）the practice out, rather than cram（塞）it all together. Just as a scientist Tom Sanford advises, if you organize five hours of study on one day into one hour a day（five hours for five days）, you’ll remember more than if you study for five hours on one day.
It is not enough to depend on your memory alone. Get pens and paper and start working! 2. If you can put it into practice, you will get the knowledge in a quicker way. John Dusky, a professor in the US, suggests “You start by reading a textbook with your favorite pens and colors. 3. 把重要的信息写在卡片上是有必要的。 While doing so, you are actually having a good revision（复习）on what you have learned. ”
4. A good revision can help you to build your confidence. If you are still worried, it’s not harmful to follow some special customs. In Japan, it seems to be a tradition for students to eat “Katsudon” before a test. This is a bowl of rice with eggs and pork pieces. The name of the dish reminds people of the word “Katsu”, meaning “winning”. The key to success is avoid washing their hair before an exam for some students in South Korea. In their opinion, doing so would wash all the knowledge out of their heads. And in different parts of the world, there are always those who believe in their “lucky underwear”.
The bottom line is that you need to study, eat a good meal, sleep well on the eve of the test. 5. As long as you do the things above, your efforts will pay off.
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I am Chen Hao. I’m a student in No.3 Middle School. Our school is not small. 1. 我们的图书馆很大，而且很漂亮。
Every morning I get up at 7:00. Then I go to school. 2. We have five lessons in the morning and two lessons in the afternoon. At school, we have many subjects like math, English, Chinese, art, P.E. geography and music. I like music. 3. 我认为它令人放松。 4. Our classmates and I have lunch at school.
My friend Lin Hai likes playing basketball and watching TV. 5. After school, I often play basketball with him. On the weekends, I sometimes watch TV at home.
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Who can jump the highest at your school? Who has the most skips（跳绳）? Who’s the fastest at solving a Rubik’s Cube?1. Everyone can be the best at something. Recently, Beijing 101 Middle School held an activity called “Guinness Campus” to help students find their potential（潜力）.
“2. There are all kinds of projects for you to take part in. And there are also all kinds of records for you to set, ”said ninth-grader Liu Tongyan. “ I chose ‘Domino（多米诺骨牌）Tower’ because I am good at it. ”
Students needed to build a tower using dominoes. Whoever built the tallest tower in one minute won. Liu set the record with 33 levels. “At first I didn’t do it well, so I tried to learn from others. 3. After trying over and over again, I found some ways to do it faster, ”she said. “The game requires you to be calm and patient. If you lose your patience when the tower falls, you may lose the chance to win. ”
Seventh-grader Wang Siqi set a record for the longest juggle（颠球）of a soccer ball with one foot. He did it for 4 minutes and 34 seconds. “4. 我五岁就学着踢足球。I have been practicing juggling for three or four years, so I believe I can do it well, ” said Wang. “Juggling with only one foot needs good balance and stability, which I’m good at. You also need to train hard, for sure. ”
When asked if he was afraid that someone else would break his record one day, Wang said he was expecting that to happen. “The charm（魅力）of Guinness Campus is that we keep reaching higher goals. 5. 如果有人打破了我的记录, 我将会更努力地尝试。That will help me find the potential within me. ”
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Gao Zhixiao, 32, might have been the first delivery driver（外卖骑手）to become famous on the Internet and even make the cover of Time magazine in March because of his great sense of responsibility during the outbreak of COVID—19（新冠肺炎）.
Gao was born in northwest China.1.在16岁的时候，他开始在北京谋生。During his early years in Beijing, he had to do part—time jobs in the evenings to support his family. After trying many positions, he started working as a deliveryman with Meituan Dianping in 2012.
After COVID—19 broke out, many restaurants shut down or only provided take out services.2.数以百万的人们不得不待在家里远离病毒。“People choose to order food online or buy fruit and vegetables to cook at home, "Gao told Time.3.Stay—at—home people began to realize how important online ordering is to their lives. As a result, delivery orders increased greatly. Gao canceled his train ticket home for the Lunar new year and went to work. Although he couldn't fight with the virus（病毒）himself, he tried to help people when they couldn't go out for daily needs.
Gao travels more than 100 km every day and meets different customers.4.To make sure both customers and delivery drivers are safe and healthy, Meituan has taken actions to protect them. "I'm not that worried about catching the disease, because I take a health test and spend 20 minutes disinfecting（消毒）my motorcycle and clothes each morning.”Besides delivering goods,5.Gao once warm—heartedly cooked for an old customer who was living alone.
“I'm a common person, and I just do what I should,"Gao said. "In this special period of time, I think we deliver more hope than only food or drinks.”
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