Jiaozi, also known as Chinese dumplings, is a must-have during holidays in Northern China. It is said that people in ancient times began to eat dumplings more than 1800 years ago.
Jiaozi is one of the most important foods in Chinese New Year. Since jiaozi is in the shape of ancient Chinese gold or silver ingots (银锭), it symbolizes wealth (财富). Traditionally, the members of a family get together to make dumplings on New Year’s Eve. They may put a coin in one of the dumplings. The person who finds the coin will possibly have good luck. As the Spring Festival is the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi in the hope of having a good future in the coming new year.
According to your taste, you can make different kinds of Chinese dumplings using different fillings.
There is not set rule as to what makes dumpling fillings. They can be anything from vegetables, meat or seafood. Whatever the fillings are, the wrapping skill (包的技巧) needs to be exquisite (精美的) to make.
jiaozi good-looking.
As China is a country with a vast territory (幅员辽阔), there are differences in different areas in ways of making jiaozi or even serving it. For example, dumpling wrappers are made with a rolling stick in Beijing and Hebei province, while in some parts of Inner Mongolia, wrappers are hand-pressed.
1. When did Chinese people probably begin to have jiaozi?2. What does jiaozi symbolize?
3. Why do people choose to eat jiaozi on New Year’s Eve?
4. Do people need to follow set rules to make dumpling fillings?
5. How are dumpling wrappers made in some parts of Inner Mongolia?
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Tofu is a kind of nice food. Most people like eating tofu, especially Douhua. Last year I went to visit my Chinese friend. When we had lunch, she made the dish with soft tofu for me. From then on, I love the dish-Douhua.
When I was free, I liked to eat at the Chinese restaurant and enjoyed it. Sometimes I loved to search something about tofu on the Internet. I knew that tofu has a history of 2,000 years. Although the word “tofu” is from Japanese, the food maybe comes from China. It is a traditional food in China and Japan. It is very delicious. There are two main kinds of tofu: soft tofu and firm (坚固的) tofu. In some parts of Asia, people use tofu as a kind of meat.
Douhua is a popular breakfast food in China. Because it is very soft, people can’t eat it with chopsticks, but with a teaspoon. People often eat it with spring onions and sauce. In Malaysia, people usually serve Douhua with white or dark sugar water.
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Curry around the world “Curry” is the English word used to describe meat or vegetables in a spicy, usually served with rice. It is believed that the word “Curry” comes from the Tamil word “kari”.
Curries have been very popular dishes in many Asian countries throughout history. Although curry is believed to come originally from India, it has been eaten in many other Asian countries—for thousands of years.
Today, curries are eaten all over the world. This tasty, spicy dish was brought to the West by British people from India in the 17th century.
What we call curry today is an international dish that is well known around the world. Over time and distance, the flavours of dishes change so that the people eating the dish will like it. For example, the most popular curry in restaurants in the UK is called chicken tikka masala. Many British people think this is an Indian dish. However, it is really a dish created by restaurants in the UK and is not a traditional Asian dish at all.
Today curry is loved by people all over the world, unless, of course they don’t like spicy food.
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1. What does the word “curry” mean in English?
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2. Where does curry come originally from?
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3. When did “curry” get to the west?
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4. Are the curries eaten in the West the same as the ones eaten in Asia?
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5. How do curry dishes mainly taste?
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【推荐3】Where does your food come from? How is it made? These days many people worry about food safety. But food safety is not a new worry. In 1906, Upton Sinolair wrote the Jungle. The book is a story of a poor family in Chicago. It is also about the dangerous ways that food was prepared. People were so worried that the U. S. started testing food.
These days, most food in the world is safe. Laws control where food comes from.
They also control how food is managed and prepared. Laws are important. But it’s more important to make sure the rules are followed. A good food safety system（系统） keeps people safe. It also helps them eat healthy food. Labels（标签） on food give people important information. Then they can make good choices about their food.
Although food systems usually work, there can be problems. Sometimes mistakes are made. For example, a truck might carry eggs and then ice cream. The ice cream could make people sick when the truck isn’t cleaned before carrying it. Other problems are not mistakes. Sometimes companies break rules to make more money. When this happens, people don’t know if their food is safe.
As we all know, food is closely related to our daily life. We should take actions to make food safer!
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1. A good safety system keeps people safe and
2. What can people do after reading the information on food labels?
3. When could ice cream make people sick in the example?
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【推荐1】Mike is a 16-year-old boy from England and he has studied in China for about 5 years. He finds there are a lot of differences(不同点) between China and Britain. One cultural difference is that people do different things during the lunchtime. In China, people usually have longer time to have lunch than people in Britain. Therefore, Chinese people usually use lunchtime to have a short nap(小睡). The office workers may just sit against the chair, close their eyes and cover their bodies with coats. Then they will have a short nap. Students at school usually come back to the classroom after the lunch and then they all asleep with their heads on the desks. It seems that everyone in China needs a short nap. Because they believe they will be energetic(精力充沛的) after napping. But in Britain, taking a nap is quite uncommon.
They usually spend their lunchtime doing sports, going shopping or talking with friends. Because of the shortness of lunchtime, sometimes people in Britain just finish their lunch at their office desk.
1. How long has Mike studied in China?（不超过5个词）2. What do Chinese people usually do during the lunchtime?（不超过10个词）
3. Why do Chinese people need a short nap?（不超过10个词）
【推荐2】In China, a host usually serves a visiting guest a cup of tea first when the guest enters the host’s house. It is a traditional custom in China. But do you know how to serve a cup of tea to a visiting guest? Well, in different places, the ways of serving tea are different.
In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, a clay cup is usually used to brew (冲泡) Longjing, Biluochun, Maojian or just green tea. Chrysanthemum tea (菊花茶) is sometimes used in the hot summer season to reduce (减少) the heat from outside.
Serving a cup of tea is a very popular custom in the north China cities. In the colder northeastern provinces, the hosts would provide warm black tea with sugar for their guests.
In some coastal provinces such as Guangdong Province and Fujian Province, a pot of Oolong tea or Pu’er tea is the common treat.
Serving tea to guests is a common practice in China. However, different tea is used in different places. In Inner Mongolia (内蒙古), a guest is usually treated with milky tea. In a Jingpo family, you would be given baked tea(tea in water and baked in an oven to be made hot).
1. What kind of tea sets should be used to brew Longjing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces?2. Which kind of tea can make people feel cool in hot summer?
3. Where might you be offered warm black tea with sugar?
4. What is the passage mainly about?
5. How do you feel about the tea culture in our country?
【推荐3】Do you like to eat out? Many people like to eat out in a western restaurant（西餐厅）. We should remember the rules in a western restaurant.
Western restaurants usually give you nice napkin（餐巾）to use during the meal. When you sit down, put this napkin on your legs for the first dish. An appetizer（开胃菜）is a small dish of food. After the appetizer, you may get soup and then salad（沙拉）.
After the salad comes the main（主要的）food. A main food will have some kinds of meat or fish with noodles, rice or potatoes and vegetables. The last food is usually dessert（甜点）, like coffee or tea.
5. For some people, eating out in a western restaurant is really expensive. Some may think the food is very delicious, but some don’t think so.
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1. When people sit down, they usually put the napkin on the table.
2. The main food comes after the
3. What is an appetizer？
4. What is the last food？
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【推荐1】Today, every city has zoos. They are great places for people to relax. People can always have a good time when they see those cute animals. But what about the animals? Are they happy in the zoos?
Beijing Zoo It is one of the best zoos in China. The zoo opened for the first time in 1908. After 1949, the zoo was rebuilt (重建) and was opened again in 1950. |
Do we really need zoos?
| Mark Zoos are good places for saving animals in danger. For example (例如), there might not be any pandas left if we don’t have zoos. |
| Anna People can have a nice family trip in the zoo. Children can learn to love and care the animals in the zoo. |
| Tony I don’t think zoos are happy places for animals. They can’t live with their family or play with their friends. In some zoos, the animals don’t have enough (足够的) food to eat and their places are too small for them. |
What do people usually do in the zoo?
There are some animal shows in the zoo. For example, people can watch birds’ shows or watch elephants play ball games. And some people like to take photos with cute animals. Some children like to give food to animals. But it is not good for animals sometimes.
2. When did Beijing Zoo open for the first time?
3. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. (请将画线句子翻译成汉语)
4. How does Tony think the animals in the zoos feel?
5. What can be put into “ ▲ ”?
6. What do you think of zoos? Why?
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请根据文章内容，将名字写在对应的图片处。
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5. Whose photo is this?
| A．Ann’s. | B．Jack’s. | C．Mark’s. | D．Sally’s. |
Scientists say that hobbies can make kids smarter, healthier and even more successful when they grow up. How?
They Help You Learn
When you have a hobby, you learn new things. You have to read instructions. You visit websites and read magazines or books to get more information about your hobby. More reading makes you a better reader and a better learner.
They Help You Be Creative
For many hobbies, such as building model cars and making pottery (陶器), you have to use your brain as well as your hands. We learn by doing things and by touching things. These kinds of activities make people more creative.
They Help You Be Relaxed
Having a hobby makes you feel good. Scientists say, “When you make something, the ‘feel-good’ part of your brain gets a message. It makes you feel happy.” When we feel happy, we have less stress. Too much stress can make people sick.
They Help You Build Skills
People with hobbies learn how to set goals and solve problems. Learning these skills when you are young can help you when you grow up. For some kids, having a hobby can be the first step to finding a satisfying job in the future.
How Hobbies Make Kids Better | |
| They help you learn | ★ Having a hobby means learning new things, so you’ll read instructions and get more information about your hobby by ★ If you read more, you’ll read and learn |
| They help you be creative | ★ Many hobbies need you to use your ★ Such activities make you more creative. |
| They help you be relaxed | ★ You’ll feel good to have a hobby and this feeling will make you happy. ★ Happiness makes you have less stress so that you won’t get |
| ★ If you have a hobby, you’ll learn how to set goals and solve problems. ★ These skills are helpful for you to find a satisfying job when you grow up. | |
