Most people drink tea in the world. But tea does not mean the same thing to different people. In different countries, people have different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, tea is often served when people get together. Chinese people drink it at home or in tea houses at any time of the day. They often use hot water to boil tea leaves.
Tea is also important in other Asian countries. People in these countries have a special way of serving tea. They hold a tea ceremony in their houses when important guests come. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in their houses.
In the United States, people usually drink tea at breakfast or they drink it after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make tea. This way is faster and easier than the way of making tea in teapots. In summer, most Americans drink iced tea. They like to put some ice in their tea.
1. Do most people drink tea in the world?2. What do Chinese people often use to boil tea leaves?
3. What does the underlined word “It” mean?
4. When do people usually drink tea in the USA?
5. What kind of tea do most Americans drink in summer?
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My name is Xu Haoxuan. I’m a 19-year-old boy. I am from China but I’m studying in a school in the UK now.
Many of my classmates like Chinese food a lot, so we often get together and have some Chinese food. And my classmates’ favorites are noodles and huoguo.
Mike is a new student in my class. He has never eaten huoguo before and he wants to try it. Today is his 18th birthday and he wants to eat huoguo. I buy some meat and vegetables from the supermarket.
After getting everything ready, we start eating. I find Mike always eats vegetables and that he doesn’t eat beef. I ask him why. He says, “In my country, people don’t eat beef because cows are sacred(神圣的) to us.” I feel sorry for not considering(考虑) that. “It doesn’t matter. I can eat vegetables and other meat,” he says.” Huoguo is really special and delicious and I really like it. Thank you for making it for me.”
1. Is Xu living in China now?2. What Chinese food do Xu’s classmates like best?
3. How old is Mike?
4. Why do people in Mike’s country never eat beef?
5. What does Mike think of huoguo?
Every country has its favorite food. Italians(意大利人) like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, the most popular(最受欢迎的) kinds of food are fish and chips. But the world’s most popular food may be American fast food. In New York, Moscow, Paris and even in some big cities in China, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Chinese food is also very popular in the world. Why? It has different tastes and is usually very delicious. Dumplings are the best.
1. What do Italians like to eat? (no more than 5 words)2. Do Japanese often cook the fish before they eat it? (no more than 3 words)
3. What is the most popular food in the UK? (no more than 3 words)
4. List two kinds of fast food. (列举两种快餐食品)
5. Why is Chinese food very popular in the world? (no more than 10 words)
Hot pot（火锅）is many Chinese people’s favourite food and Liu Yang is one of them.
Three days ago, Liu Yang got to England. There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited because he heard that there was going to be a meal of hot pot to welcome the new students.
He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?
When the girl saw Liu Yang was very surprised, she told him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but in England hotpot is one word.
Hotpot is made of（由……制成）meat, potatoes and onions. People put them in a heavy pot and then put it in the oven（烤箱）with a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Hotpot tastes fine, but Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words.
1. What is many Chinese people’s favourite food?It is
2. When did Liu Yang get to England?
Liu Yang got to England
3. Why was Liu Yang very excited yesterday?
Because he heard that there was going to be a meal of hot pot to
4. Which country has hot pot in two words?
5. How does the hotpot taste according to the passage?
It tastes
【推荐1】Hot pot (火锅) is many Chinese people’s favourite and Liu Yang is one of them.
Three days ago, Liu Yang arrived in England. There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited when he heard that there was going to be a meal of hotpot to welcome the new students.
He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?
When she saw Liu Yang was very surprised, the American girl told him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word.
Hotpot is made from meat, potatoes and onions. People put it in the oven (烤箱) all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Hotpot tastes fine. But Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words!
1. Is hot pot many Chinese people’s favourite?2. When did Liu Yang arrive in England?
3. Who told Liu Yang that hotpot is not hot pot?
4. Which country has hot pot in two words?
5. What is hotpot made from?
A few years ago I worked in Japan for a while. During the first week, I didn’t go out much because I had a bad cold. In the second week, I was feeling a bit better, and when some friends invited me out to a restaurant, I said “yes”.
My cold was not quite finished and I still had a runny nose. I took out a tissue (纸巾) turned away from the table and quietly blew my nose. I saw a person at the next table was looking at me strangely. Something was not right. The person I knew best in the group told me that in Japan, people don’t blow their noses in public, and never at the table. Oops! That was my first mistake of the evening.
When I finished eating, I didn’t know where to put my chopsticks, so I stuck them in my bowl of rice. My friend said, “No, don’t do that. Just leave them on the table.” Later, I found that leaving your chopsticks in your rice means death in Japanese culture! Another mistake.
At the end of the meal, some little bowls of tea with lemon were given to everyone at the table. It was hot, and I started drinking it before it got cold. Then I saw some of my friends were trying not to laugh. “What’s wrong?” I asked the friend next to me. “That’s not for drinking,” he said, “it’s for washing your fingers.” That was it—mistake number three! For a moment, I didn’t know if I should laugh or cry. But in the end, I started laughing, and little by little everybody else started laughing. Finally, we were all crying with laughter.
1. Was the writer feeling better when he was in the second week?2. Where did this story happen?
It happened in a restaurant in
3. What was the lemon tea for?
It was for
4. How many mistakes did the writer make?
He made
5. Why can’t people stick (插) their chopsticks in a bowl of rice in Japanese culture?
Because
【推荐3】Lives of children are not the same around the world. Children in rich countries like Germany live differently from children in poor countries like Sierra Leone in Africa.
A good German breakfast consists of rolls, jam, cheese, hard-boiled eggs, cold meat and milk. Lunch is the main meal of the day and it is the heaviest! Dinner is thought to be a lighter meal than lunch.
German children start their education at a young age. Subjects are taught in German but children also study a third language such as French.
In Germany, cycling and swimming are popular activities among children. Families also like to go for walks in the forest in warmer seasons. In winter, they often go skiing or take a holiday in a country with warmer weather.
In contrast (相比之下), the poor children in Sierra Leone live mainly on rice. They do not always have meat or eggs. The children also have to wake up around three o’clock in the morning to fetch water.
Many children in Sierra Leone, especially girls, do not go to school. Most families are so poor that only boys get to attend school. After school, the boys also have to help parents with housework.
Most girls do not go to school as they are needed at home. They must cook and do other housework. Families in Sierra Leone are usually very large and older girls are expected to care for their younger brothers or sisters.
1. Children in rich countries live the same life as children in poor ones, don’t they?2. Which meal is the heaviest in Germany?
3. Which language is a second language for German children?
4. What are their favourite sports?
5. What do children in Sierra Leone mainly live on?
6. Why do most girls in Sierra Leone have to stay at home instead of going to school?
【推荐1】Last Tuesday, a little girl died after eating some fried chicken. Her father bought the chicken for her from a street seller in Fenzhuang Village, Fengtai, Beijing. After testing the girl, the doctor said she was poisoned(中毒) by nitrites(亚硝酸盐). Some experts suggest that we should buy foods with QS signs. They are safer.
After hearing about the accident, many people feel more worried about the food safety because there have been many food safety problems in our country these years. For example, poisonous(有毒的) rice, oil, milk and so on have been found out recently. People feel quite afraid because these poisonous foods are rather bad for their health and even kill them. They want the government to do something to stop such poisonous foods and drinks appearing again so that they can have safe and healthy foods and drinks.
The World Cup is an international football competition that takes place every four years.
The first World Cup was held in 1930 and it has only been cancelled(取消) twice in the history of the competition—in 1942 and 1946, because of the Second World War. The World Cup can take place anywhere in the world. In 2018 the host country was Russia, in 2014 it was Brazil, and this year, in 2022, the host country is the State of Qatar. It is the first time that a country in the Middle East is hosting the World Cup.
While the World Cup usually takes place in the months of June and July. It is really hot in the State of Qatar during the summer months. The competition took in November and December this year. There were 64 matches played over the 28-day World Cup. These took place in eight stadiums(体育场) across the State of Qatar. The opening match was played at Al Bayt Stadium on the 20th of November.
1. What is the World Cup?2. Why has the World Cup been cancelled twice in the history?
3. Which country is the host country in 2022?
4. Are there 28 stadiums across the State of Qatar?
5. When was the opening match played at Al Bayt Stadium?
【推荐3】One of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?
Listen—Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for you to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.
Help them—If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra pencil or pen with you to classes in case they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.
Be there for them—Be there for your friends to help make them feel better in hard times. Marilyn Monroe, a famous actor, once said, “Sometimes I am in a bad mood, but if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve（ 值 得 ） to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your friends when they’re in hard time, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!
Make plans—Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll still keep these things in mind when you’re all old!
Be a listener | You had better say Sometimes your friends only require someone to talk with about their |
Be a helper | Please give your helping hands when your friend You should put your friends |
Stay with them | Try your best to cheer your friends up when they are in You should |
Make | You can know each other better by doing something you are both You will enjoy yourself and still |
【推荐1】The Spring Festival is coming. It’s on February 5th this year. It’s the time to give gifts to your family and friends. But there are some taboos (禁忌) on gift giving. What are those in China?
Chinese people don’t always give a clock to someone. A clock sounds like “zhong” in Chinese. So giving someone a clock is like saying “your time is up”. People will think it’s not lucky, especially for old people.
Buying pears and shoes is also not a good gift. Pears sound like “li” and shoes sound like “xie” in Chinese. They are not good gifts for friends or parents, because they mean something bad in Chinese.
What is a good gift then? Money can be the answer! A “red envelope” (红包) with money is the best gift in China. People give red envelopes to show their love. People have “lucky” number of money in the red envelopes. The number six and eight are always the lucky numbers in China. So we must avoid giving the wrong gifts for others.
1. When are there any rules in China?2. What gift can’t we give the old people?
3. How many bad gifts are there in the passage?
4. Do you think a red envelope with money a good gift? Why or why not? Write 20 words or more.
Throughout history, people have used jewelry(珠宝)to make their clothes look more special. Jewelry was, and still is in fashion all over the world.
In South Africa, men in the Ndebele tribe(部落)often gave their wives jewelry made of silver or gold rings. Ndebele women wore necklaces(项链)around their necks and bracelets(手镯)around arms. Rings were even worn on their legs. The rings showed wealth(财富). A woman with many rings had a richer husband. In the past, women only took the rings off when their husbands died.
Today Ndebele women still wear the rings, but not all of the time.
People in India have been wearing jewelry for more than 5, 000 years. In the past, both men and women wore a lot of jewelry. Women wore as many as 50 bracelets at a time! Today, men stopped wearing so much jewelry in India, but for women jewelry continues to be very important. Also, jewelry means safety in India. If a family has trouble with money, they can always sell their jewelry.
In ancient China, people believed that jewelry meant wealth and good luck to them. The more jewelry they had, the richer they seemed to be. Also, jewelry has some special meanings. People used to give the new born baby some jewelry, which was often made of jade(玉石), as a gift. They believed that the jade used in their jewelry was alive and that it could keep bad things away. Many Chinese people today still believe this.
1. Do men in India still wear so much jewelry today?2. When did women in South Africa take the rings off in the past?
3. What did jewelry mean to Chinese in ancient China?
4. Do you think jewelry is important to you in your life? Why or why not?
【推荐3】Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.
When to arrive
The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you over, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3: 00”, that means you can arrive a little late after 3: 00. But usually it is a good idea to arrive at the right time.
What to bring
Often, it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolate for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A small present is a nice way to show your friend that it’s exciting for you to be at his house.
How to greet （问候）
When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them more respect（尊敬）and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Also, it’s a good way of showing respect to call them Madam or Sir.
It’s a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Don’t forget to be polite to your friend and your friend’s parents, and you will be a good visitor.
When to | ●You need to arrive on. ●But usually it’s good to arrive at the |
| ●Often it’s also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. ●A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you’re | |
How to greet | ●You should tell your friend’s ●You may greet your friend’s parents by ●Another way of |
