【推荐1】In many English homes, people eat four meals（饭）a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge（粥）, eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one pm. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have fish and meat with vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like apples, bananas and oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, afternoon tea and supper and all these meals are very simple(简单的).

【推荐2】In Thailand, people do not eat with chopsticks, which is different from China, Japan and Korea. They use spoons and forks. People will cut most food before meals. If you need to cut food during meals, use the side of your spoon first and then use your fork.

The spoon is more important than the fork. People in Thailand use spoons more often than forks. If you are left-handed, keep the spoon in your left hand and the fork in your right hand.

People in Thailand like eating rice. The rice is not on the same plate with the other food. Each person eats rice on his own plate. It’s not necessary to finish all your rice or all your food. It is good to leave a little on your plate. If you eat up all the food on your plate, it means you want more.

You don’t need to worry if your food on the plate is not enough. Because the host will ask you twice or three times if you want more food. It’s the same as drinks. During the meal, never empty your cup or glass. When it’s less than half full, your host or neighbor will fill it again. Never fill your own glass. It’s polite to fill the glass for your neighbor. That means you must keep an eye on your neighbor’s glass during the meal.

【推荐3】Living the light life.

Many of us like to eat out and treat ourselves to delicious food. We are used to choosing fat-filled dishes and high-sugar desserts.    1    

The recent rise of light meals, however, gives customers a smarter choice. According to Economic Daily, low-calorie (热量) low-fat and high-fiber (纤维) meals have become popular in China's turns and online delivery platforms like Meituan and Eleme.

The country saw a rapid expansion (拓展) of restaurants which sell light meals as their specials, from just 600 in 2017 to more than 3, 500 in 2018.     2    

Having a light meal, however, doesn't mean eating only vegetables.     3     Instead, it includes things like boiled meat, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. It is also rich in many healthy nutrients (营养成分).

    4    That's probably why they are so popular among young people. Diners see it as a great way to avoid getting fat. “After eating several light meals. I felt I have had a smaller appetite(胃口).” Zou Jing told China Daily. She shared a picture of her lunch: a mixture of beef eggs, corn, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.

So the next time you have a party with friends, try a light meal. It will satisfy not only your stomachs but also your hearts.

【推荐3】Happy Rain on a Spring Night

Good rain knows its time right;

It will fall when comes spring.

With wind it steals in night;

Mute, it moistens each thing.

O’er wild lanes dark cloud spreads;

In boat a lantern looms.

Dawn sees saturated reds;

The town’s heavy with blooms.

—Translated by Xu Yuanchong

This famous poem, was written by Du Fu（712-770, Tang Dynasty）when he was living in Chengdu. Sometimes, he went to farm in the field. The poem shows his care for farmers.

The very first word, “Good”, shows Du’s joy and love for the spring rain. The rain is good because it “knows” the right time to come. Here Du uses personification（拟人）, as if the rains were smart enough to come in time for the farmer’s busy season.

The rain comes during the night without making any noise. Unlike the summer storms, the quiet spring rain finishes its task without being known.

Next, Du describes a peaceful scene to us. In the night sky, the clouds look dark and heavy. It’s a sign that there will be enough rain during the night. The light from the riverboat makes the dark scene a bit livelier.

Finally, he thinks, the city of Chengdu will become beautiful when all of the flowers bloom after the rain.

【推荐1】Mental (心理) health is about the way you think and feel and your ability to deal with ups and downs. Even though you are mentally healthy, it doesn’t mean that you don’t have a mental health problem.

Mental health is everyone’s business. We all have times when we feel upset or excited. Most of the time those feelings pass, but sometimes they develop into a more serious problem. It seems that our mental health doesn’t always stay the same. It can change as the environment changes and as you move through different stages (阶段) of your life.

Here are four ways to look after your mental health. Making simple changes to how you live doesn’t cost much or take up lots of time. Anyone can follow them.

● Talk about your feelings. It can help you stay in good mental health. It isn’t a sign of weakness, but part of your ability to do what you can to stay healthy.

● Eat well. What you eat and how you feel are closely connected. A proper diet can have a good effect (影响) on your mental health.

● Keep in touch. Friends and family members can offer different advice which may help you keep active and solve practical problems.

● Take a break. It could be a weekend to look for new places to enjoy the nature, or even a ten-minute break from doing your homework. A few minutes can be enough to relax.

If you were in Xi’an in Shannxi Province on April 18, 2020, you might feel like you were back in ancient China. There were catwalk shows and traditional music concerts held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing, or huafu. Huafu fans from across the country got together there to take pictures and post them online for a huafu photo competition, which will last for a month. People were doing these to celebrate a new national holiday—China Huafu Day. It wants to encourage young Chinese to be proud of traditional clothing, as well as classic Chinese culture.

The government chose the third day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar as China Huafu Day. This day is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. This year, the China Huafu Day will fall on April 3.

Huafu includes the traditional clothing of all ethnic (民族的) groups in China. Among them, hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, has the most fans in recent years. Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has been around for about 3,000 years and changed greatly across different dynasties. It is hard to count the number of people who wear hanfu today. But hanfu clubs may be found almost in every university and city. Many young people wear hanfu to look like characters from comics and games. This really brings us back to the ancient fashion.

“China is becoming a leading power in the world, and the Chinese feel more confident (自信的) about its traditional culture,” Chen Chuyu, leader of a Beijing-based hanfu institution (学院), told People’s Life Online, “Wearing traditional clothing might be an interesting way of showing it.”

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【推荐3】It’s reported that much attention has already been turning to the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics（残奥会）in Tokyo, and reporters indicate that facial recognition（人脸识别） will be used as a security method at these games.

The Japan Times reported that the technology would be used when athletes, officials and reporters enter the sports centers. The number of people that will be screened(识别) with facial recognition could be up to between 300,00 and 50,000,according to the report.

The organizing committee（委员会）tested the technology at the Japanese group’s living places during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They achieved some success though people were complaining the long waits. They hope to solve the long waits and other problems over the 2 years ahead of the Tokyo Games, which will start in late July 2020.

NEC, the company dealing with the technology, also tested out their products at two Brazil airports during the 2016 Olympics and is behind many other similar projects, including technology used by the Chicago Police.

Facial recognition is becoming more and more popular and the Olympics are just the latest field to use them for security purposes. Other examples of using or planning to sue facial recognition technology include robot police in China, bridges in New York city, and more widespread uses by the FBI.