【推荐1】A good hobby is an important part of a student’s life. With hobbies, students can learn more about history, geography and culture. Hobbies help students have a good time! Here are some hobbies for students.

Collecting

Coins may be too expensive for students, but telephone cards, posters, even T-shirts can be great things to collect. Some students have collected many old bottles. Students can collect things that don’t cost much. Many students enjoy collecting things when they visit a place. When students collect things, the most important thing is that they can learn more about the world.

Writing

Writing can make students write better. It can be a great hobby for students. Writing a diary (日记) can help students go into a private (私人的) world. It is important for them to know how they really feel. They can also write stories about the people and things around.

Building

Students like making models, birdhouses and anything else with their own hands. Building is a great hobby because it is easy to start. Most students can find interesting things to build. Building can help them have many ideas to make new things, so students can have good creativity.

Music

Do you dream to be a music star? Music can give students self-confidence (自信). They can sing songs and play the music. Sometimes students can learn music in a music club (俱乐部) and make friends with people who have different hobbies.

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【推荐3】There are four students in Class One, Grade Seven of Renai International School. Here are some information about them.

【推荐1】Chongyang Festival is on the ninth (第九) day of the ninth month every year. Do you know how it comes? Here is the story about it.

Once there is a man called Huan Jing. He learns from his teacher Fei Changfang. One day, Fei Changfang tells Huan Jing, “On the ninth day of the ninth month, your parents are going to be ill. You must go home now. Make two red bags for your parents and put some dogwood(山茱萸) on the door. Then take the red bags in your hands, and climb the mountain(山) near your house. You can stay on the mountain until (直到) the next day. Then your parents can be OK.”

Huan Jing listens to his teacher and goes home. He asks his family to do all those things. This saves his parents. Huan Jing is very happy.

Many people hear of it. They also do those things on this day. Then it becomes a tradition now.

【推荐2】The traditional Chinese Longtaitou Festivalor Dragon-Head-Raising Festival falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year and recognizes the start of spring and farming. This year, it falls on February 21st.

Ancient people believed that after this day rainfall increases because the rain brings Dragon King has awakened from his winter sleep.

A well-known phrase goes, “Er yue er, long tai tou,” meaning “On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head.”

The festival celebrates ancient farming Chinese culture and while some of the traditional ways to celebrate it are no longer practised others persist.

The most well-known tradition is getting a haircut. Some believe that going to the barber on this day help them stay away from bad luck while others believe getting a haircut during the first month of the lunar calendar brings bad luck.

Another saying warns that cutting your hair in the first month will cause your uncle to die. Although today few pay attention to it, it was once a tradition to line up outside barber shops on the day of Longtaitou, having avoided haircuts for the preceding month.

The food traditions of Longtaitou Festival is another ancient celebration still practised today.

People eat toufu balls in East China’s Fujian Province during the festival, which means the first fortune of the year, and often make tofu and vegetable balls to pray for family and business. Fried beans are the traditional festival fare for people in parts of Shandong Province.

Eating chengyao cakes, which are made with sticky rice is a tradition in Suzhou Zhejiang Province during the festival, following the saying, “If you eat chengyao cakes on Longtaitou, your waist won’t hurt all year.”

Meanwhile, other food like dumplings spring rolls and popcorn are named after dragon body parts to mark the day. Noodles are dragon’s beard(long xu) dumplings are dragon’s ears(long er), spring rolls are dragon’s scales(long lin), and popcorn dragon seeds(long zi).

【推荐1】What did the teacher say about your English subject? Here are some ways and they may help you to master the English subject.

Speak without fear.

The biggest problem in learning a new language is fear. They worry they can’t say things correctly or that they will look fool, so they don’t talk at all. The fastest way to learn is to do it again and again until you get it right.

Use all of your resources.

Even if you study English at a language school, it doesn’t mean you can’t learn outside of class. Using as many different sources, methods and tools as possible will allow you to learn faster. There are many different ways you can improve your English, so don’t limit yourself to only one or two.

Surround yourself with English.

The best way to learn English is to surround yourself with it. Take notes in English, put English books around your room, listen to English language radios, and watch English news, movies and television. Speak English with your friends whenever you can. The more English material you have around you, the faster you will learn.

Listen to English music.

Listening to music can be a very effective method of learning English. In fact, it is often used as a way of improving comprehension. In this way, you can understand what you want. The way to learn is to get the lyrics（歌词）to the songs you are listening to and try to read them as the singers. If you don’t know the meaning look it up in the dictionary. This way you can practice your listening and reading at the same time.

【推荐2】①Chinese scientists found a whale fall for the first time in the South China Sea during a deep-sea expedition(考察) carried out by oceanic research vessel(船) Tansuo-1.

②It’s sad to learn that a whale has died in the ocean. However, that’s not the end for the whale. It has a lot to give to other sea animals after death. When a whale dies, it quickly sinks to the bottom of the ocean floor. There, the whale body provides food for deep-sea animals, which are often hungry for food. The remains can last for lots of years and create an ecosystem(生态系统) called a whale fall—an “oasis(绿洲)”of life in the deep sea.

③The whale fall ecosystem can exist in the deep ocean because great pressure and cold temperatures there prevent the body from decomposing(腐烂) too quickly. But the depth also makes it hard for scientists to discover them. There are less than 50 known whale falls in the world.

④The whale body in the South China Sea is about three meters long. Scientists have found several species(种类) of shrimp(虾) and fish near the whale body. Some fish have started to eat the whale’s tail. The whale fall might be quite recent and needs long-term observation(观测), according to Xie Wei, a scientist who took part in the expedition.

⑤By studying the whale fall, scientists can better understand how marine(海洋的) ecosystems support life and how to protect biodiversity(生物多样性) resources in the deep sea.

【推荐3】Teachers have always had to face the problem of students cheating, whether in a public school or a private school, whether among the low­achieving students or straight A students. Why do students cheat?

The main reason that students cheat is the high pressure from family. Students want their parents or grandparents to feel proud of them, or at least not to be disappointed in them. Another main reason is that it’s likely to get the correct answer rather than considering students’ abilities in school. As a result, what students care most is only scores. In addition, some students cheat simply because they’re busy or lazy.

Cheating can help you get ahead when it works and it is easy to do. The cheaters get good grades without spending much time studying. Some people think cheating makes difficult things seem easy. Cheating is a way for them to win and get what they want now. Honesty or dishonesty is meaningless if they win. They easily see the advantages in cheating, but often ignore the dangers in playing by their own rules instead of society’s.

Cheating successfully once often leads to cheating again and again. It can quickly become a habit that turns into a lifestyle. Without cheating, cheaters become afraid of failure. That is to say, it prevents the students from getting the chance to experience the achieving process. What’s more, students who cheat may feel worried about getting caught. Whether they are caught or not, these kids may feel guilty or embarrassed. Research has shown that not being able to experience trying hard directly affects one’s self­confidence. Research has also shown that low self­esteem is the main cause of sadness.

So cheating is like using drugs-it feels good at the moment but it has rather bad effects.

The best way to teach our students is to put cheating out of their mind and love learning truly, to help them experience the satisfaction that comes from the knowledge as well as the self­confidence. There’s an old saying that cheaters never win and winners never cheat. Kids who don’t cheat are true winners because when they win, they do it honestly.