In the United States people sometimes go camping for vacation. Instead of staying at modern hotels and restaurants, they live in the woods and do everything for themselves for a few days to relax.
When you are camping, you make all of your own food. It is rather like a large, many-day picnic. Barbeques (烤肉架) are very common while camping. You can bring meat and vegetables to the camp. To make a fire, you can find or bring your own wood and light it with a lighter (打火机).
Remember to put stones around the fire so that it won't get too big and dangerous! When the fire is ready, you can cook food over it. Besides meat and vegetables, you can also cook marshmallows (果酱软糖) with the fire.
Children really like this activity at night. The whole family sit around the fire, eat marshmallows, and drink hot chocolate - especially when it is cold outside! Everyone can sing camping songs and dance together.
Camping is a fun activity for the family to do. Vacation does not have to mean going to visit faraway places, it could be as simple as setting up a tent in a nearby forest!
1. Where do Americans go camping?2. Why do they put stones around the fire?
3. What is the common thing in the camping?
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5. 给文章拟一个标题
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【推荐1】It is Sunday morning. The weather is fine. Mr and Mrs Li take their son to the park near their home. There are many people there. Some women are drinking and talking under a tree. Some men are fishing. A girl is sitting in a boat. (1)她正在看书。She is very beautiful (漂亮的). There are a lot of birds in the tree. They are singing and (2) some boys are playing football over there.
1. What’s the weather like on Sunday morning?2. What are the women doing under a tree?
3. What’s in the tree?
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5. 将(2)处句子译成汉语
【推荐2】A holiday is a special time. It is a special day to remember special people or special events in history. The word holiday is made up of two words: holy（神圣的） and day. At one time, most holidays celebrated religion（宗教）. Today, holidays celebrate more than religion. Some holidays are even for nature or animals! Earth Day, for example, is a holiday when we think about how to take care of our planet, Earth.
Every month, except August, has an important holiday. On some holidays children do not have to go to school and adults do not have to go to work. Christmas and Thanksgiving are examples of holidays when most people do not have to go to work or school. Of course, there are people who have to work, even on a holiday. Police officers, bus drivers, fire fighters, and hospital workers have to work on holidays. They are always needed, even on important holidays. These people are hard at work while everyone else gets to stay home and celebrate. On other holidays, people go to work and school. There is no day off on holidays like Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, and Valentine’s Day. People may still celebrate at work or school, or when they get home.
People celebrate holidays by spending time together. These days, everyone is so busy that it is hard to find time for family activities. Holidays are great time for each member of the family to get together and get relaxed. Sometimes people wear special clothes and eat special food. For example, on St. Patrick’s Day, people use green to celebrate the day. People may eat green food which are shaped like a shamrock（三叶草）.
People also celebrate some holidays with parades（游行）. There are large parades in many cities and towns. One of the largest holiday parades in America is the Macy’s Parade in New York City. It is held every year on Thanksgiving Day. It is to celebrate both Thanksgiving and Christmas. It attracts（吸引） more than 3.5 million people to the streets of Manhattan every year, and it is watched by nearly 50 million people on TV.
阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Is a holiday a special time?
2. Who has to work on holidays?
3. Why is it hard to find time for family activities these days?
4. When is the Macy’s Parade held?
5. What is the passage（短文） mainly about?
Dear Mary,
Thank you for your last letter. I’m happy to know that you will spend your holiday in Hawaii（夏威夷）this summer. You said you wanted to know something about Hawaii.
Hawaii is always a magic（有魔力的）name to people who like traveling because of the scenery（景色）. People from allover the world dream of seeing the beautiful islands. It’s always one of their dreams to watch the sun going down. At weekends, my family and I often watch the sunset（ 日落 ）at the seaside. It’s really exciting.
Hawaii is a fun place to go. Long long ago, the first people went to Hawaii in a small boat. They found the place quite beautiful. But it was difficult for travelers to go to Hawaii at that time . And there were no big hotels like the ones today. Now things have changed. Lots of nice big hotels have been built in recent（最近的）years. However, the nice scenery in Hawaii hasn’t changed much. In the morning, many visitors often take a walk along the water in. At night, they get together to hold parties, chatting and dancing.
Now, you see Hawaii is really a good place to visit. I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours
Kate
1. When will Mary spend her holiday in Hawaii?2. Why is Hawaii a magic name to people who like travelling?
3. What do Kate and her family often do at the seaside at weekends?
4. How did the first people go to Hawaii long ago?
5. Who often gets together to hold parties, chatting and dancing at night?
【推荐1】Can you imagine you can fish in your house on a cold winter day? Now we are going to tell you about a special kind of house the ice fishing house. Staying in a house like that, you can even do some fishing and watch TV at the same time.
In North America and North Europe, many people like fishing on the ice in cold winter. But it’s too cold to stay in the open air, so people think of making an ice fishing house. The house is right on the ice. The ice must be strong enough to carry it. In the houses there are enough things for daily use. Some houses even have a bedroom, a kitchen and a toilet. How comfortable! After fishing, people can cook the fish and enjoy their dinner.
Today, most of the ice fishing houses can move. They are made of light materials (材料). Some of them can move after fishing. Would you like to have a stay in an ice fishing house? You will like it.
任务：阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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任务2：阅读短文，完成同义句转换，每空一词。
3. Some houses even have a bedroom, a kitchen and a toilet.任务3：根据短文内容回答问题。
4. Can you only do some fishing in the ice house?【推荐2】When you come to a new place, it’s easy to get lost（迷路）. Don’t be afraid. There are many things you can do to find your way.
·Have a map
You don’t need to buy a map in the store. You can have one in your phone, like Baidu Map, or Gaode Map. It’s easy to use it.
·Ask the police for help
You can always find policemen in the street. Ask them for help. They can give you a helping hand.
·Use car-hailing apps（叫车软件）
Your phone helps you again. With apps like DiDi, or DiDa, you can call a car quickly（快地）. And the cars are usually tidy and nice.
·Take a taxi
Taxi drivers know the place well. They can drive you to your destination（目的地）. So remember to take some money with you. Sometimes your phone can be dead.
What can you do if you get lost? | |
Feeling | Don’t be |
| The things you can do to find your way | Use Baidu Map or Gaode Map on your |
| Find | |
| Call a nice and | |
| Take a taxi and take some | |
【推荐3】Do you always find it is raining when you walk out? Or are you always buying umbrellas and leaving them home when it rains? There is a new umbrella that could solve the two problems.
The umbrella can tell you the weather, and it can also let you know when you left it behind. How does it work?
The umbrella can send a message to your phone on rainy days.
Also, if you are forgetful, you may never leave an umbrella on a bus or somewhere else again. The umbrella will send a message to your phone if you leave it behind. People can buy the new umbrella next year. It looks really cool! But the umbrella will cost you 185 dollars!
根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. How many problems can the new umbrella solve?
2. What can the new umbrella do?
3. What does the writer think of the new umbrella?
4. Can people buy the new umbrella now?
5. How much is the new umbrella?
