Classrooms in the US are different from those in China. This offers us a chance to learn about their educational style.
In China, most students have fixed(固定的) classrooms. Teachers take turns teaching in different classrooms. Teaching this way ensures that all students learn the same things. But students are not given much choice. No matter whether you like a subject or not, you have to learn it.
In the US, students often change classrooms based on(基于) different subjects. Besides compulsory(必修的) classes like English and math, teens can choose to learn about what they are interested in. For example, some kids may choose to study music or advanced math(高等数学).
Classroom arrangements also make a difference. Chinese classrooms are arranged(安排) in a traditional way, with rows of desks and chairs facing a blackboard. Teachers usually stand on a platform when teaching.
However, in US classrooms, seating arrangements are flexible(灵活的), depending on different class activities. For example, if students need to have a group discussion. Two or three of them will move their desks to sit face to face. Students in music classes also have different seating arrangements that make it easier for them to perform. Sometimes, teachers even sit with their students.
It’s hard to say which way is “better”, or if there is an ideal(理想的) way to arrange classrooms. You just have to find the one that works for you.
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My name is Mike. I am from the capital of England. Now I am in China with my parents. I go to a new school in Beijing. We have classes from Monday to Friday morning. We have no classes on Friday afternoon, and it’s time for sports. There are 45 students in my class. My classmates and teachers are very nice. English is my favorite. Mr. Brown is my English teacher. He is 29 years old. I like having his class.
There is a computer in my classroom. It’s on the teacher’s desk. Teachers can play music and have classes on it. Some of my classmates like drawing and they draw very well. Look! Some of their pictures are on the wall. They are very beautiful. I like my classroom and my new school.
1. What do the students do on Friday afternoon?| A．They read books. | B．They do sports. |
| C．They listen to music. | D．They draw pictures. |
| A．a computer | B．a book | C．a pen | D．a picture |
| A．Mike. | B．Mike’s classmates. | C．Mike’s parents. | D．Mr. Brown. |
| A．his parents’ workplace | B．his friends’ names |
| C．his favourite class | D．his favourite food |
Everyone has his or her dream school life. My dream school life is perfect (完美的) and colourful.
First of all, the school is very big and beautiful with a lot of trees and flowers. The air is fresh and the ground is clean. Secondly, it is important for me to have a big library which is filled with books. We can go to the library to read books or look up some information at any time.
I hope the teachers are fair (公平的) and have much knowledge. And the classmates are clever and friendly. We get on well with each other. Then I hope the school has many subjects, such as English, math, Chinese, history, computer, science, P.E. and art. Besides, I hope we can learn French and Japanese. I guess it will be very interesting.
I hope we can get up earlier and go to bed later so that we can have more time to study or take part in some activities.
Finally, I hope I can improve all my abilities in such a school. And I can get on well with my classmates and teachers. I’m sure my school life will be perfect and colourful. I believe I will become successful in the end.
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. I hope to have
2. I hope my classmates are
3. Why does the writer hope they can get up earlier and go to bed later?
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Playgrounds offer kids fresh air, friends, and exercise. However, each year, more than 200,000 kids go to hospital because they are hurt in one way or another when playing on the playground. So what can we do to improve the situation(状况)?
We should make sure the playground is safe for the children. It should be soft and thick enough, so when the children fall, they won’t hurt too much. Things like water, rocks or broken glass might cause danger to the kids. Cleaners should check the playground from time to time and clear away these dangerous things. In fact, children themselves also need to help keep the playground clean and safe. That means each time after playing they should pick up the rubbish they’ve produced. If someone finds there is something wrong with the equipment(设施), he should report to the keeper of the playground, so people will come to fix it.
Teaching kids how to play safely is also very important. Kids should know the rules of the playground, so they won’t get hurt easily. For example, they should never push when others are on seesaws or swings. If someone is going to jump off some equipment, he should first look down to make sure no other kids are in the way. Of course, wearing right clothes may also help to keep safe. Clothes with strings (绳) can get caught on equipment which may hurt the kid badly.
In short, our kids can both enjoy themselves and be safe if we are working together to improve the situation.
1. Do many kids get hurt when playing on the playground every year？
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2. What things might cause danger to the kids on the playground?
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3. Why should kids know the rules of the playground?
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4. What kind of clothes can be caught on equipment?
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5. What’s the passage mainly about?
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The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians (基督教徒), is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year, but it’s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes. Children celebrate by looking for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day.
But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter, many people go to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.
Most people color them. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs, they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world.
People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium, children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny (复活节兔子). But in Belgium, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria, red Easter eggs are lucky in churches. Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist (存在). In parts of Austria, for example, children sing from door to door for colorful eggs.
1. When is Easter?2. How do children celebrate the Easter?
3. What is an important tradition throughout the western world?
4. Why do the Bulgarian families hit the Easter eggs?
5. Why do children sing from door to door in some parts of Austria?
Visitors often get lost in a foreign (外国的) country. So knowing the way is very important. People in different countries have different ways to show the way.
In Japan, people don’t use street names, but they use landmarks (地标) in their directions (方向). For example, when you ask the way to a restaurant, the Japanese can say, “Go along this street, and turn left at the hospital. You can see a post office. The restaurant is across from it.”
In the countryside of America, there are not many landmarks, because there are no towns or buildings within miles (英里). If people show you the way, they can say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”
How do people in California show the way? They use time, not miles. “Is it far from here to the post office?” you ask. “No,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes’ walk from here.” You ask, “Then how many miles?” They don’t know.
People in Greece (希腊) are very kind. Most visitors can’t understand the Greek language. If you ask Greeks for the way, they often say, “Follow me.” Then they can take you through the streets of the city to the place where you want to go.
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1. In Japan, people use
2. The Greeks are so
3. Why don’t Americans use landmarks to show people the way?
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British people don’t like to say “no”, because they think it is rude. But this can be a problem for people from other countries. When you learn English, you learn to say things like “Yes, please.” and “No, thank you.” when somebody asks you if you want something. But real life is not always so easy.
When you give something to British people, they often say, “I’m all right, thanks.” When they say this, they mean that they already have everything they need, so it is a way to say no. Unluckily, saying “all right” is also a way to say yes. The same phrase (短语) can be used in different ways to mean both yes and no!
Manjit works in a tourist shop. “British people are difficult customers (顾客),” he said. “If you give something to them, they say, ‘Maybe later’ even when they plan never to buy it.”
Saying yes is not much better, said Manjit. “When they want to buy something, they sometimes don’t say yes. They say, ‘Sure!’ or ‘Why not?’ It’s so confusing (令人困惑的)!”
1. Do British people like to say “no”? Why or why not?2. What do British people usually say when they don’t want something?
3. What might a British man mean by saying “Maybe later” to a seller?
Mobile phones can take your attention away when you’re trying to focus on something. That’s why the Dutch government is banning (禁止) them ——in classroom, at least.
The government has announced that from January 1, 2024, students will not be allowed to use their mobile phones in classrooms, unless they are needed for medical reasons.
Robbert is the education minister of the Netherlands. He said that although mobile phones are a big part of our lives, there is no need to have them in the classroom. “Students need to be able to concentrate and need to be given the chance to study well. Mobile phones are a disturbance (干扰) , scientific research shows. We need to protect students against this,” he said.
The ban has come about through an agreement between the government education department,schools, and relevant organizations. At first, it will be left up to schools how they enforce (执行). If the ban doesn’t work, legislation (立法) and binding (约束) rules may be introduced before the summer of 2024.
“We are going to look very closely at whether this decision works,” Robbert said. “Because, of course,there could always be a legal (合法的) ban. But I actually believe that we can arrange (安排) this together. ”
The move follows similar steps taken recently in Finland, a country that is widely regarded as having one of the best education systems in the world and which is also the birthplace of Nokia, one of the most important companies in the development of mobile phones.
The Netherlands is not the first country to introduce a ban like this. In 2022, Italy took similar steps. France has also had a ban in place since September 2018. France bans mobile phones from schools for children bet-ween 3 and 15 years of age, and China introduced a similar ban in 2021.
1. Which country first banned mobile phones in classroom?2. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?
3. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
4. What is the main idea of this passage?
5. Will you take the mobile phone into your classroom? Why or why not?
In China, lots of students often use much of their time to study their lessons and don’t help with housework at home. Some students don’t think they need to do housework. Some parents don’t let their children do it. As a result, students are all in need of basic skills.
Luckily, things are changing. In 2021, many schools began to teach students life skills. Guangming Middle School in Shenyang built some farming clubs. There students learnt to plant vegetables. “At first I thought I could only grow some vegetables here, but in fact, I learnt a lot about vegetables,” said Cheng Bing, a girl at the school.
In Hope Middle School, students have a special life skill class: They learn to make dumplings in different kinds of shapes. “I couldn’t make dumplings before, but now I am good at doing it. I really love my life skill class. It’s my favourite class,” said Jia Yan, a boy at the school.
As we know, learning life skills is as important as learning Chinese and maths, because it helps us prepare for our future life. Boys and girls, do you help your parents do housework at home? If not, maybe you should get started now.
1. Which “need” is used as verb (动词) in Paragraph 1? Write down the sentence.2. What club did Guangming Middle School build?
3. Why is learning life skills also important?
4. Is it necessary for students to do housework? Why? (write 30words or more)
【推荐3】How does your teacher make you sit, in rows or in groups? How would you like to sit? Does sitting in rows make you feel good or does it make you feel lonely? Do you feel that sitting in a group and discussing things makes you learn more in an easier way?
In the last 30 years or so, experts on teaching methods have thought about these questions. They felt that sitting in rows was not very useful. They thought students learned easier and better when they sat around a table in a group. Students could also learn to get along with others and exchange ideas easily in groups.
However, it seems they were not quite right. At least Nigel Hastings, professor of Nottingham Trent University, does not think so. He has been researching classroom behavior for the last 20 years in England. His conclusion (结论) is that children work much better when they sit in rows than sitting around in groups.
His study found that students wasted a lot of time talking when they were placed in groups. When children were made to sit singly or in pairs and not in groups as they were used to, they were more attentive (专注的) to their work.
Right now, most primary school students in England are seated in groups of four and six, according to Sunday Times. So the report of Nigel’s study could make a big difference to how they will sit and learn.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。
1. Why did some experts think sitting in groups was useful?
2. What’s the conclusion of Nigel’s study?
3. What happened when students sat in groups in Nigel’s study?
4. Most primary school students in England sit in groups nowadays, don’t they?
5. Would you like to sit in groups or in rows? Why?
This spring, the most eye-catching movie might be YOLO (《热辣滚烫》). By Feb 26, it had made over 3.3 billion yuan at the box office, reported The Paper.
Directed by 41-year old Jia Ling, the movie tells the story of a woman tired of the world, finding herself and learning to love life through boxing (拳击). The name YOLO is short for the movie’s main idea you only live once. Jia has tried many different roles in her life, including crosstalk and sketch performer, variety show (综艺节目) guest and actress. It was in 2019 that she became a director for the first time, making her movie Hi, Mom.
Jia didn’t study directing at university. And she believes this is both a good and bad thing. It makes her feel freer in filmmaking because she doesn’t need to follow a fixed style. To everyone’s surprise, Hi, Mom made her the world’s highest-grossing (票房最高的) woman director before 2023.
Before making YOLO, Jia was often seen as an overweight comedian. She often made jokes about herself to make people laugh.
For this movie, Jia lost 50 kg and looked very different. Some people online said even her voice became softer, and they call this a “rebirth” for Jia.
In Jia’s eyes, her change in identity (身份) and look is her way of staying true to herself. “It’s hard to predict (预言) one’s life. I’m just following my heart but not looking for changes on purpose. Movies are now the best way to show myself, so I put all my energy into them,” Jia told Xinhua.
“Jia didn’t change at all. She’s just being more herself,” said talk show host Chen Luyu in her program A Date With Luyu.
Answer the following questions:
1. What does the name YOLO mean?2. When did Jia become a director for the first time?
3. What might Jia see as a good thing about not studying directing at university?
4. In the new movie, what kind of changes did people find in Jia?
5. Do you agree with Chen Luyu? Why or why not?
(1) Embroidery (刺绣) is an important traditional art form in Chinese culture, which has a history of at least two or three thousand years in China. Chinese embroidery mainly has: The most famous embroidery styles are Su embroidery from Suzhou, Shu embroidery from Sichuan, Xiang embroidery from Hunan and Yue embroidery from Guangdong. Shu embroidery has the longest history of all.
(2) Since modern machines can make cheaper embroidery products today, fewer people buy hand-made Shu embroidery products. There are also very few young embroidery workers. So the skill is endangered.
(3) When I went to Sichuan during the holiday, I went to a workshop. I’m very lucky to visit a national-level inheritor (传承人) of the Shu embroidery art form —Meng Dezhi. 5. She has been making Shu embroidery for over forty years. She used to work at the Chengdu Shu Embroidery Factory. But in 2005, the factory ①________ down and Meng lost her job. Wanting to save the art, Meng wanted to have her own place and teach Shu embroidery to others. She showed us how to embroider and also said the influence of machines on Shu embroidery. She is very good and loves learning, ②________ studied the Shu embroidery on the fan in our hands. We know more about the Shu embroidery. Workers need to divide each silk thread (线) into more than ten or even thirty pieces. Each piece is thinner than a single human hair. Meng was once invited to make a logo for Qixi Festival. It was a small logo, ③________ it required the use of 45 types of sewing skills and 35,000 stitches (针).
(4) Meng is teaching in different universities and communities to save Shu embroidery. “I feel that it’s my duty to pass on Shu embroidery skills to young people, to make it be famous all over the world. Embroidery takes time and patience. It’s hard work.” she said.
1. What is the longest history of four major embroidery products? (No more than 2 words)2. Who is Meng Dezhi identified (认定) according to paragraph 3? (No more than 9 words)
3. What does Meng Dezhi do to save Shu embroidery according to the last paragraph? (No more than 8 words)
4. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
6. Is making Shu embroidery easy or hard? Please talk about your opinions at least 2 pieces.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar(阴历) divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Lichun, the first of the 24 solar terms, lifts the curtain(窗帘) of spring. After that everything turns green and is filled with energy. Here are some things you might not know about Lichun.
As a solar term, Lichun entered people’s lives in the Spring and Autumn period. At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty, when people set Lichun as the Spring Festival.
Every Lichun, people like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests (胸部). The swallow is a sign of spring and a symbol of success, wealth and happiness.
In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Lichun. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Lichun, he will have good luck in the future.
In many parts of China, people follow the custom of “biting the spring” on the first day of Lichun. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls (春卷) and so on.
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Customs | People like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests. If someone can set the egg upright, he will be |
