【推荐2】World Book Day falls on April 23every year．It was set up by the UNESCO in 1995 to encourage people，especially teenagers，to discover the pleasure of reading．It is also the day to honor（纪念）great writers，for example，William Shakespeare （1564-1616），born or dead on that day．

Many countries celebrate World Book Day．Take UK as an example．On that day，millions of school children can buy books of special price，a much lower price than usual，in any bookshop．It has been done every year since 1998．

World Book Day is also celebrated in China．Wen Jiabao，Premier of China，does lots of reading every day．On World Book Day 2009，he advised people to do more reading．Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading．"Books cannot change the world，but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading，"he said．

Why do people like reading？One big advantage is that reading helps us get more knowledge．Also，reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology．Besides，reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world．When we read，we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us．We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers．The more we read，the more we know．What's more，reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English．

"Reading makes a full man．"Books，magazines，newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world and perfect us．So it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day．

Every Wednesday evening, a group of runners in Shanghai get together and have their 5-to-8-kilometer run in the city. This is not an ordinary (普通的) run. The runners take trash (垃圾) bags with them and pick up trash when they run.

“Make running more than just running,” Kate Sogor, one of the runners, says. She wears a blue T-shirt with “WE RUN FOR TRASH” on the back. Besides (除……以外) the weekly runs, the group also has family runs once a month. Children and even pets can take part in the activity.

Sogor says there are more than 200 trash runners from all walks of life in the city, such as office workers, yoga teachers and restaurant owners. Over 90 percent of the group members are Chinese. The oldest are in their 40s, and the youngest is just 5.

“I feel great to make the Earth cleaner,” says an 8-year-old boy. He joined the group last month with his parents. The boy broke his left arm, but he keeps running and picks up trash with his right hand.

Trash Running came to Shanghai in 2018. There are groups in 16 cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Changchun and Wuhan. More than 9,300 runners run and make the cities clean.

【推荐2】Clothes are important and necessary to us, but do you know how to choose suitable clothes in a correct way? Here are some ideas for you.

When you go shopping and want to buy some clothes, you should think about which kind of clothes you really need and decide how much money you can spend on them. Then look at thelabelsthat are inside the new clothes. They tell you how to take care of the clothes. The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only” and cleaning in water may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best.

Many clothes today must be dry-cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, you had better check if they need to be dry-cleaned. You can save money if you buy clothes that can be washed or that are well made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times.

Clothes that cost more money don’t always mean they are better made. They may not fit you, either. On the other hand, less expensive clothes may sometimes look better and fit you well.

【推荐3】Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duanwu Festival. It is one of the three most important lunar（阴历的）festivals in China，along with Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The date of the festival is said to be the date when Qu Yuan died--the fifth day of the fifth lunar month，so the datevariesfrom year to year，such as it is June 20 in 2015，June 9 in 2016，May 30 in 2017，June 18 in 2018，June 7in 2019，June 25 in 2020 and June 14 in 2021.

Although the date is different，the custom is the same. With a history of over 2000 years，people celebrate it with all kinds of activities on the day. They hold dragon boat racing，eat zongzi，drink realgar wine（雄黄酒），wear sachets（香囊）and so on. But dragon boat racing is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival.