To improve learning efficiency (效率), making a homework plan is necessary and important for school students.     1    

Be sure to remember your homework.     2     And be sure to ask questions about your homework if you really don’t understand.

    3     Many schools have study rooms for students to do their homework.     4     If you finish much homework in school, you don’t need to do a lot at night.

Learn to adjust (调整) yourself. If you don’t finish your homework at school, think about how much homework you have and what else you need to do on that day, and then plan your time.     5     If you don’t have too much homework, you can enjoy yourself more. Or you’ll have to say sorry to your game shows or films on TV.

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【推荐2】Fraser Island(费沙岛) is in Queensland, Australia. it’s the largest sand island in the world. There’s no airport on the island, but there’s a long beach.

The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island, getting bigger and bigger. What’s more, the sandy rocks there have different colors. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown.

Surprisingly, the sandy island has lots of plants and animals. There are dark forests, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds. There are many animals there, such as flying foxes and wild dogs.

About 500,000 people visit the island every year to see the island’s beauty and nature. People enjoy camping and hiking(徒步) there. Unluckily, the visitors create problems. They damage plants and frighten animals. Their sun cream(防晒霜) makes the water dirty. So it is necessary to manage the visitors. For example, people may not use motor boats or go fishing in the lakes, and they need official papers to drive there.

How to be a better student

Maybe you are a common student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessary so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:

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When you plan your week, you should make a list（清单）of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a plan of your time. First set your time for eating, sleeping dressing, etc. Then decide a good, usual time for studying. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for enjoyment. A weekly plan may not solve all your problems, but it will make you get to know what is happening to your time.

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Look around the house for a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials（资料）. No games, radios, or televisions! When you sit down to study, focus on the subject.

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Make full use of class time to listen to everything the teachers say. Really listening in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

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When you get home from school, go over your notes, go through the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. This will help you understand the next class. If you do these things regularly, the materials will become more meaningful, and you will remember it longer.

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The purpose（目的）of tests is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be too worried. There are other methods that might help you with your studying. You will probably find them out after you have tried these.

Reading is a very good habit. But how do you develop (形成) a reading habit? Here’re some tips.

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It may be just 5 to 10 minutes. Reading before going to bed is also a great way to keep your reading habit. If you can, read at the same time every day.

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If the book is fun to you, then you wouldn’t like to put it down.

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This is easy in today’s world when you can take a book on your phone or on a small e-reader. Make sure (确保) you can read at all times.

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A reading group gives you some reading tasks (任务). You can read with these tasks. You can also join the club with your friends.

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It may be a coffee shop or your bed, just make sure it is comfortable (舒服的). Have a cup of tea or coffee when you read.

Are you a book lover? Nowadays, Fan Deng Reading APP is very popular with many people. He reads books with you, helps you to think, and builds a study center for parents. Sometimes he tells stories about the books. Then do you want to know more about reading books?

We can get a lot from different books.     1     First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby, too. You can really become lost in a book.     2     You may read in a car, in a waiting room, on a plane or in bed. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient (方便的) hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.

    3     If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This makes you read faster and become easier at understanding what you read. If you read enough, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much better.

Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true.     4     And the more you read, the better your computer skills will be. Good readers are most likely to be good writers, because they have more things to write about.     5     They hardly ever make spelling mistakes.

Reading books is a wonderful hobby. Reading books helps you open different windows to many colorful worlds. Why not start reading right now?