【推荐2】Larry: I’m really good at selling things. I also love helping people. I’m good at solving problems. I think I’d like to be a salesman or a detective.

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【推荐2】Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare（准备）things. They buy pork, chicken, fruits and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food—dumplings. It means（意思是）“come together”. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival Eve, all the family members gets together. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance, some play cards and others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.

【推荐3】Mrs. King lives in a big city. She is about fifty years old. She likes to eat meat very much. So her daughter often buys some for her. She doesn’t like doing sports. She always gets up at about eleven in the morning. So she is really fat. Now it’s difficult for her to walk.

One day, she goes to see a doctor. The doctor looks over her and then says, “There is something wrong（有毛病的）with your health, Mrs. King. It’s not good for you to eat too much meat. You’d better（最好）eat a piece of bread for each meal.”

“That’s easy,” says Mrs. King. “But when should I eat it? Before a meal or after a meal?”

【推荐1】Part-time(兼职的)jobs for students

【推荐2】It's a Tuesday morning in April. Julie gets up early. She puts on her blue skirt. She really likes the skirt. She has a white T-shirt and a pair of black shoes to match (与……相配) it. After she gets dressed, Julie goes to the kitchen. Her mother is making hamburgers and salad there. She is a science (科学) teacher at Julie's school. She teaches Grade Nine and Julie is in Grade Seven. Julie loves hamburgers in the morning. After breakfast, Julie and her mother walk to school.

There is a test (测试) today. When Julie gets to the classroom, her math teacher, Mr. Clark is already there. He is strict but it is relaxing in his classes. The test begins at 9:00 am. After the test, Julie and her classmates play games outside for a long time. Then they have lunch at school. After lunch, They watch an interesting TV show and then draw pictures until (到……时) it's time to go home.

【推荐3】Students learn their lessons in class. In class, teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom, listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not, there is another way to learn. That is — students can teach themselves. For example, if you cannot remember something when you are doing homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.

How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions by yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed(成功) in your study.

【推荐1】Peter was a small boy. He lived with his parents in a small house near hills. The people there were all poor.

One night it was very dry and windy. When everybody was asleep, Peter suddenly heard some noise. It came out from the kitchen. He got up and walked to the kitchen. He found that the wood beside the stove was burning. There was no water tap (水龙头) in the house, so he could not put out the fire. He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house. Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up. They all left their houses quickly.

At last, the firemen put out the fire. Many people lost their homes. But luckily, all of them escaped from the fire with a whole skin.

How are you? It’s been two weeks since I returned to America, but I’m still thinking of the exciting city life in Chengdu. In America, life is totally different. I miss the delicious hot pot so much.

The weather has been bad these days. Yesterday I got a cold and didn’t go to school. I hate taking medicine but I have to take it. I must get well soon because I will have tests on science and geography next week. I must prepare for the tests so that I won’t fail again.

I remember that you like our local chocolate, but it is quite expensive in Chengdu. I bought you some last weekend and I’m sending it to you. It’s much cheaper here than that in Chengdu.

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming this year. It’s time to have zongzi and watch the dragon boat races. I wish I could be there and have fun with you.

Best wishes.

Yours,

Alex