【推荐2】Here is a recipe:

Ingredients: 2 potatoes; 1 egg; 2 spoons of flour (面粉); 3 spoons of vegetable oil (植物油); 1 spoon of salt.

Instructions:

*Peel the potatoes and cut them up. Cook them for 20~25 minutes and then put them into a bowl.

*Break the egg into the bowl. Also add the salt and flour to it.

*Mix them all up.

*Put the pan (平底锅) on the gas cooker (煤气灶) and turn on the gas cooker.

*When the pan is warm, pour the vegetable oil into it.

*Then pour the mixture in the bowl into the pan when the oil is at a high temperature.

*Turn it over from time to time. Bake (烘焙) it for about five minutes.

*Finally, you can enjoy it.

【推荐3】Everyone knows that a favourite food of the American is the hamburger.

The best place to buy hamburgers is a fast-food restaurant. In these restaurants, people ask for their food, and wait just a few minutes. Then when the food is ready, they take it to their tables themselves. They can eat it in the restaurant or take the food out in a paper box and eat it at home, at work, or in a park. At some restaurants, people can drive up beside a window. They ask for the food and the worker hands it to them through the window. Then they drive off and eat in their cars.       

Some fast-food restaurants also sell fish, chicken, sandwiches, soft drinks and so on. Fast-food restaurants are very popular because the service(服务) is fast and the food is not too dear（贵）. For many people, this is very important. In the United States, about 20% of all are too tired to cook dinner for the family in the evening. So fast-food restaurants are a great help to people.

【推荐1】Love sugar-white sand beaches? Whether you’re looking to ski down the side of a mountain or surf in the sunshine, you’ll find the following four places on the best winter travel destination (目的地) list.

【推荐3】England is an island country in the sea. It lies in the west of Europe. It is divided by the English Channel(海峡) in the south between England and France. The North Sea is on the east of it. Its official(正式的) name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

England has a long history culture. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language in the world. The education is very famous in the world such as the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

The main sport in England is football; it's also the most popular sport in England. It is played in primary schools, middle schools, colleges and universities, and people play it in cities, towns and villages every week. The best time to play football lasts from the beginning of April to the end of September.

There are many beautiful places of interest in England. The River Thames is a great river in England. It flows through southern England. The Tower Bridge of London is well-known in the world. Big Ben is on the Palace of Westminster. The London Eye is on the south bank of the River Thames. You can sit in the London Eye to enjoy the whole London. You can find all kinds of treasures from around the world in the British Museum. Tourists come to England from all over the world. You can travel to the United Kingdom to feel natural and cultural beauty.

【推荐1】There are many classical cultures in China. All of them have a very long history. Here we introduce four of them.

【推荐2】When we think about the deserts of the world, water abundance(资源丰富)is one of the last things that come to mind. But that might change for the Taklamakan Desert (塔克拉玛干沙漠) in China.

There is a huge underground sea that has more water than all of the great lakes in total in North America. "People have never dared to imagine so much water under the sand before, "said Professor Li Yan.

A basin is, a valley (山谷）that usually collects water from the mountain drainage systems(山脉排水系统), like water that has melted and is running down from nearby, snow-covered mountains. But, if you look at the Tarim (塔里木)basin, you won't see any water.

That's partly because local people collect most of the melt water to irrigate crops. The rest either seeps into the ground or evaporates into the dry desert air.

So how did this desert have such huge water? It dates back to (追溯到)2,000 years ago when farmers in the region began irrigating the land. And the soil of the local farmlands is salty, like the sea. "As a result, agricultural development over human history has enhanced the carbon sink," they write in their report.

They estimate(估计)that as much as 10 times the amount in all of the great lakes could be down there. The scientists don't advise locals to go digging for it, though, because it's extremely salty sea water.

What will you do during a vacation? Visit famous places, shop or take photos? There is one thing you should never forget to do-send a postcard.

Postcards first appeared (出现) in October 1865 in the UK. By the 20th century (世纪), trains became a cheap and easy way to travel. More people went on holiday to the seaside. There were no cell phones, so they sent postcards to let others know they arrived safely. Those postcards usually showed seaside pictures, such as beaches or some seafood.

Today, most postcards feature (以……为特色) local scenic (风景的) photos or drawings. Others may be funny, with jokes on the front.

People usually write words to express that they miss someone on their postcards. It's common to end with "thinking of you." The most common postcard words are "wish you were here."

Modern postcards also celebrate British humor (幽默). They often make fun of British weather For example, some postcards show rain pouring down (倾泻) on an empty beach. This humor keeps postcards popular in Britain.