【推荐1】Mum gives little Tom ten yuan. Then little Tom goes shopping. He gets on the bus and sits down next to an old woman. Then he sees the old woman’s handbag is open. There is ten yuan in it. He quickly looks into his pocket. The money isn’t here now! Little Tom is sure that the old woman is a thief (小偷). He decides (决定) to take back the money from the old woman’s bag. He carefully puts his hand into the old woman’s bag, takes the money and says nothing. Suddenly (突然地) the old woman shouts, “Where is my money? I can’t find it. There is a thief on the bus.” Little Tom feels strange (奇怪的). Then he sees ten yuan under his seat. Little Tom is thinking about a question now, “Am I a thief?”

【推荐2】Children today would rather read, do housework or even do homework than play outside—and they get out half as much as their parents did when they were young.

According to a UK study, those growing up during the 1970s and 1980s enjoying more than two hours of outdoor activities each weekday, and nine hours on weekends—whatever the weather is. But their children play outside for just over one hour each weekday, and fewer than five hours on Saturdays and Sundays.

So, the UK started an activity to encourage children to give up 30 minutes of screen time a day to play outdoors.

The Wild Network, born on September 25, 2013, is joined by more than 300 organizations, large or small. It tries to attract children away from television and computer screen and into woods and parks.

It is the biggest ever activity to reconnect children with nature and outdoor activities, and it plans to help improve children’s health.

Suggestions on how to get more time in nature including collecting fruits, camping, watching autumn color on trees and so on.

This is not the first time the message of less screen, more play has been brought up. Children in the 1980s were encouraged todo the sameby BBC TV showWhy Don’ You, which encouraged children to “turn off your TV set, and go to do something less boring instead”.

You can learn more about the activity by visitinghttp: //www. Project wild thing.com.

【推荐2】I’m Joe. On my seventh birthday, my mother gave me a book about stars. That made me be interested in stars.

I always went outside with my father on clear nights and looked at the sky (天空). In different seasons (季节), we saw different groups of stars. Sometimes we saw stars lying across the sky. How beautiful they were!

Studying the stars was great pleasure (快乐) for me. When I knew a little about them, I wanted to learn more and more.

Now it is my job. I host (主持) a TV show—The Stars at Night. I’m the only host and I tell people about the stars in a great way. I am happy because my TV show started 15 years ago, and it’s still popular.

Now I am 40 years old. I think you can turn your hobby (爱好) into your job too. Anyone can make their dream come true. You just have to enjoy what you do!

I come from Nanchang, Jiangxi, I want to tell you a story.     1     My father’s name is Li Wenwen. He is a big fan of Lei Feng. And he likes collecting old newspapers, too.     2     He then got the idea of collecting things about him. My father has many old things about Lei Feng. He does not only collect those things but also listens to stories behind them.

    3     She asks him to have some exhibitions (展览), so more people can learn from Lei Feng. Now, there is an exhibition room in my house. People can see a lot of old things about Lei Feng in it.

My father wants people to inherit (继承) the spirit (精神) of Lei Feng. He also likes to give people a helping hand. On Saturdays and Sundays, be often goes to visit a children’s home or an old people’s home. He always says, “    4    ”

I think my father is great!

【推荐2】Alan, a boy from India went to study in the UK two years ago. In order to make some money, he found a part-time job in a restaurant. Many British students also worked there. Their job was washing the dishes. It was an easy job, but the boss said, “You must wash every dish seven times.” At first, Alan was careful. The boss thought that he was a good worker.

After one month, he found that the boss didn’t check very often. He thought there was no difference between five times and seven times. So he just washed five times. He worked very fast. The boss was even happier. One day, a British student asked him why he could wash so fast. Alan told him the secret. The British student was surprised but didn’t say anything. A few days later he told the boss about it. The boss was angry and fired (解雇) Alan.

Alan went to other restaurants to look for a job, but all of them said, “Go away! You are not honest. We don’t need you.” Every boss wants his workers to be honest. They can listen to the boss and do whatever the boss tells them. Alan was sad because he could do nothing.

【推荐3】Did you watch the movie Changjin Lake? It’s about how the new China helped North Korea (朝鲜) to push back the American soldiers.

Let’s take a close look at the real-life history behind the movie. Changjin Lake is in North Korea. The war took place in a very cold winter with temperatures of around -40℃. In the 1950s, our Chinese soldiers had to face life-and-death problems when they got on the train to enter the North Korea. A US enemy plane bombed (轰炸) the trains, and the soldiers had to quickly moved into the mountains and forests to hide. I still deeply remember a picture in the movie. In order not to make enemy find them, they stayed in the ice and snow without any moving. Although the soldiers killed the enemy and won the war, unluckily 125 soldiers were frozen (冻) to death. This is a movie about war and people. Many can’t help crying after watching this movie, because our Chinese soldiers used their lives to guard the country and the people.

It is the loveliest persons who guarded China’s great rivers and mountains. However, many of them never have the chance to see the beautiful mountains and rivers again. The movie Changjin Lake wants to tell today’s young people: though we live in an age without war, we should never forget the true heroes in the history and we need to pass on their great spirit!