【推荐1】Mothers always tell their children what they should eat.

When Kangkang was a child, his mother often told him, “Be careful not to eat too much salt or sugar.” She said it might make him ill.

Maria’s mother always took good care of Maria very well. For example, Maria’s teeth were very weak, so her mother said that she mustn’t eat too much candy or ice cream.

Milk is a healthy drink. Jane didn’t like it, but her mother always asked her to drink it. Every morning before she left for school, she had to drink a glass of milk because her mother was always watching her.

When Michael is a little child, he had to eat many vegetables and fruit to keep healthy. One day, cabbage was on his plate. As soon as Michael saw it, he got mad. But his mother made him taste it. He was surprised to find that it was delicious!

【推荐2】Jack is 12 years old. He is a student. He likes hamburgers and chocolate. He doesn’t want to eat vegetables and fruit. He is fat (胖的). His mother often says to him, “Jack, you are too heavy. It’s not healthy (健康的).” But Jack says, “I’m fine, Mom. I want to eat my favorite hamburgers and chocolate every day.”

Today is Sunday. Jack gets up at a quarter to seven o’clock in the morning. Then he has breakfast at home. He has a piece of bread and a hamburger for breakfast. Then Jack goes shopping with his mother. He wants to buy new clothes, but he is not happy in the shop. Why? He finds a nice T-shirt. It’s a big size T-shirt. But it’s too small for him. It doesn’t fit him. When he gets home, Jack says to his parents, “I don’t want to be fat! And I want to be healthy.” His father asks him to do sports. His mother asks him to eat healthy food. Jack nods (点头).

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①do sports       ②eat healthy food       ③got up early       ④have breakfast

【推荐1】Mark Twain is someone Americans are taught to love. Older relatives, English teachers and the media always praise (表扬) him. But when you actually take the time to read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, you find that his work is more wonderful than you could ever imagine.

The novel describes a young boy named Tom Sawyer growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River. He explores the countryside on a riverboat with his friends, falls in love with girls, starts secret clubs and searches for treasure. Twain's idea of childhood is magical—a time of imagination, wonder and, of course, adventure.

More importantly, through the eyes of Tom Sawyer, Twain cleverly makes fun of US culture. For example, Tom hates going to church, and Twain uses scenes of Tom there to mock religion and its old traditions.

Twain's writing is full of these kinds of critical (批判的) points about culture and politics. That's why he is so loved in the US—he wasn't afraid to state his opinions, and he did so clearly.

He also believed strongly in women's right to vote in elections and gave a famous speech on the subject, called “Votes for Women”, in 1901.

“Tom was a great hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” Twain writes in Tom Sawyer. But he could just as well be describing himself.

【推荐2】It’s been almost three years since COVID-19 began spreading around the world. There have been more than 400 million cases of the virus around the world. At least 6.15 million people have died.

After scientists developed vaccines（疫苗）that worked against the virus（病毒）, many countries began to pay attention to vaccination programs（疫苗接种）. The vaccines are great tools for fighting the virus.

One reason is that many poorer countries are struggling to get vaccines for their people. Our country has given away hundreds of millions of vaccines to those countries, but billions more are needed.

In some countries with strong vaccination programs, many people refuse to get vaccinated（接种疫苗）. Many of these people have gotten wrong information and may not be safe.

Finally, coronavirus “variants（冠状病毒变异）” are making it harder to beat（战胜）the virus. Now the “Delta variant and Omicron variant” seem to be the worst. They spread quickly and may cause more serious illnesses.

The two variants are causing terrible problems in countries where people haven’t had the chance to get vaccinated. Even in countries with plenty of vaccines, the variants are having a strong influence on unvaccinated people.

It’s clear that COVID-19 will be part of peopled life for quite a while. The best way to fight it seems to vaccinate as many people as possible.

【推荐3】Recently, “college students going to Zibo for barbecue” and “taking a high-speed train to taste Zibo barbecue” have become hot topics on Chinese social platforms. Zibo barbecue offers a distinctive dining experience. On each table is a small stove. Customers can process skewers(肉串) themselves and then wrap them in a thin pancake, usually with a spring onion inside. The experience makes “Zibo barbecue” quite different from other kinds of barbecue.

Data(数据) from Meituan and Dazhong Dianping shows that booking volume(总量) for hotels in Zibo during the five-day May Day holiday is 800 percent higher than that in 2019. Local media in Zibo said the number of passengers arriving and leaving through Zibo railway station has reached 50,000 a day, setting a record in the past three years, with most of them being tourists who come to taste Zibo barbecue.

The local government has caught the chance brought by the sudden trend, to attract more tourists. As early as March 10, it has set up prizes for barbecue shops that are popular among tourists, set up a barbecue organization, and announced the opening of a barbecue festival during the May Day holiday. In order to encourage people to visit the city, Zibo set up a specially customized “barbecue map”, and added 21 new barbecue bus lines, so that tourists can “get on the bus to rest, get off to eat”.

“Barbecue and tourism may not have too much influence on stimulating the economy(刺激经济), but this is a chance for more people to get to know Zibo’s enthusiasm and business environment, which will attract more investment(投资) and create more jobs. This is what really matters,” Wang Dazhuang, a local Zibo citizen said. At present, the biggest problem is that the passenger flow is too big for this city so that many owners of barbecue restaurants are trying to expand(扩大) their barbecue business, according to an owner of a barbecue restaurant.

【推荐1】

Mr. Green is in a clothes shop. The sweaters here are on sale, so he wants one for himself. But the salesman（售货员） isn’t there, so he is near the counter（柜台） and waits（等待） for him. A young woman also waits there. She looks at Mr. Green and says to him.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes?” Mr. Green asks.

“Can you help me? I want a sweater.” says the woman.

Mr. Green says, “Sorry, I can’t help you.”

“You must help me. This is your work（工作）” says the woman angrily（生气地）.

Mr. Green says kindly（友好地）, “It’s not my work. I want to buy a sweater, too.”

【推荐3】The water hyacinth（水葫芦）grows in tropical countries where the weather is hot and wet. It has beautiful purple-blue flowers, but everybody hates it. Why?

Millions and millions of these plants grow in rivers and lakes. Sometimes the plants become so thick that people can walk on them. People cannot travel in boats on the water, and they cannot fish in it. The plants stop the water from moving. Then the water carries diseases. Farmers cannot use the water on their land.

Now scientists think that water hyacinths can be useful. The plants are really a free crop. No one has to take care of them. They just grow and grow and grow. What can farmers use them for?

Some fish like to eat them. Farmers can grow these fish in the lakes and rivers.

Workers can collect and cut the plants with machines. Then they can make fertilizer(肥料) to make their crops grow better. They can also make feed for their farm animals.

Now we burn gas from petroleum(石油) for energy. Maybe this plant can help to make methane gas (CH4) instead of petroleum. Methane gas can be made from plants. Then poor tropical countries will not have to buy so much expensive petroleum. Maybe in the future people will love the water hyacinth instead of hating it.

【推荐2】Do you remember the TV series of Popeye the Sailor(《大力水手》)? It first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s. The leading role in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜) to make him strong. Popeye helped sell 33% more spinach than before! Then spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some young children who hated the taste began to try the vegetable.

Many people thought it was iron(铁) in spinach that made Popeye strong and healthy, but it was not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than other green vegetables.

People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the researchers who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people worked on what was inside vegetables. This group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.

Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does contain something else which the body needs—folic acid(叶酸). It is interesting to point out folic acid can help make your body strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made people strong all along.

【推荐3】A child's world is the world of playing. They love being outside in the open air, running after each other, and swinging on playground equipment.

But children at St. James Children's School also add to that fun by watching worms and picking up trash（垃圾） in the schoolyard. Inside, they learn to save water and electricity. They also recycle and reuse useful things. And every spring they get the soil ready to plant flowers and vegetables in the school’s garden.

Rebecca Boker teaches the children the importance of taking care of the Earth. "If children learn it early on, it will become part of their daily lives. It should be something that everyone does." said Boker “Every day at St. James is Earth Day. Most books in the classrooms and the library contain materials that encourage children to do something to protect the environment and the Earth.”

"This is their home. You are visitors in their home. So it is your job to respect their home just like you want others to respect your home and treat your home nicely."

At St. James, children observe（观察） the growth of plants from seeds to flowers in cups kept in the classroom. Then they watch the plants grow after placing them in the garden. The students also observe the life of butterflies and other insects and learn about rain and sea life.

St. James also has a special rain garden when many recycled materials are used. For example, there are rugs（小地毯） made of recycled tires in all the classrooms.

But do these very young children really get the message that their teachers try to express? Ms. Boker says yes.

"Oh they do. They totally understand."