【推荐1】I’ve lived in a lorry (卡车) with my younger sister Sinita and my parents for over 200 days now! We’re traveling around Africa. The lorry is like a house on wheel (车轮), but it has less space. We have everything we need for our trip. It’s not very fast. That’s OK—we have lots of time.

Our school books are the same as the ones back home. My mom gives us lessons, and then sends our work to teachers on the Internet. My favorite way of learning, however, is by going on special trips that my parents plan. We’ve seen so many amazing places, people and animals.

In September, we went camping in the Kalahari desert (沙漠). We learned a lot about the night sky. The Kalahari isn’t like other deserts because it gets such a lot of rain that some parts of it look really green.

In November, we went on a wheel-watching tour in South Africa and saw six whales. We said hello to them. One even swam under our boat. That was really thrilling. I knew whales are big, but I couldn’t believe how large they really are.

In December, we drove to Boulders Beach in South Africa. There are thousands of African penguins (企鹅) there. These amazing black and white birds can swim, but cannot fly. Many of the visitors enjoyed seeing their funny walk, but I was especially interested in how clever they were at keeping their babies safe.

【推荐3】A Trip to Sunshine Island

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【推荐2】Below are the comments on the book The Flying Hat.

【推荐2】When I was about 12 , I had an enemy , a girl who liked to pointed out shortcomings (缺点).Sometimes she said I was thin , Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could . At last , I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “ Are the things she said true or not ? Mary , didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. “ That’s just for you,” he said. You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find if will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all , but hear the truth and do what you think is right.

Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our lives we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!

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【推荐2】Welcome to the pumpkin weigh-off at Half Moon Bay, California. The event has always been very popular among most pumpkin growers. Thousands of people line up along the city's High Street and watch the proud pumpkin owners from across country. Each pumpkin is carefully picked up by forklifts(叉式升降机)and placed on a digital weighing scale.

Organizers are offering $30,000 in total prize money for a new world record pumpkin entering Half Moon Bay. But in order to receive the"World Record Prize", the growers have to bring a pumpkin that weighs more than the 2, 624-pound behemoth grown by Mathias willemijns in 2016. If the heaviest pumpkin in the contest is unable to surpass(超过) the record, its owner will receive ＄6 for every pound it weighs.

WHEN: Monday, October 9, 2017, Weighing will begin at 7 am and will end at 1l am. Growers will start lining the street as daylight breaks by 7 am.

Where: L D. E.S. Grounds, 735 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, California.

Prize Money

World Record Pumpkin: $30, 000(total)

1st Place: $6 per pound

2nd Place: $2,000

3rd Place: $1,500

4th Place: $1,000

5th-10th Place: $500 each

11th-20th Place: $100 each

Special Prizes: $500 for the most beautiful pumpkin, judged by the audience(color, shape and size)

The top five pumpkins will be on display for the thousands of visitors to Half Moon bay's famous Art and Pumpkin Festival that will take place on October 14h-15th,2017.

【推荐3】On fire

Son: Can I have another glass of water?

Father: Another? This will be your tenth!

Son: I know, but my room is on fire.

Mom’s grey hairs

One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes in the kitchen. She suddenly saw that her mother had a few grey hairs.

She looked at her mother and curiously asked, “Why are some of your hairs grey, Mom?”

Her mother said. “Well, every time you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns grey.”

The girl thought for a while and then said, “Mom, why are all of Grandma’s hairs grey?”

The big head son

“Mom, many kids make fun of me,” the boy cried to his mother, “they say I have a big head.”

“Don’t listen to them,” his mother said. “You have a beautiful head. Now stop crying and go to the supermarket for 10 pounds of potatoes.”

“Where’s the shopping bag?”

“I haven’t got one—er, use your hat.”