【推荐1】What is Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is a place where many Chinese ________together in an overseas(海外的) country. Many big cities around the world have a Chinatown. The biggest one is in New York. There are about 150, 000 people in it. It is the _______of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good place to go.

________ in the Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things here. Most of them are made in China, Mott Street is the best place to shop because the things there sell very ________.You can buy many good things with little money. The Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can ________ many kinds of special Chinese food here. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best restaurants. You can eat some Shanghai food in Evergreen Restaurant. The_______ and service are usually both good in these restaurants, so lots of people eat there.

Living in the Chinatown is________.You can find hospitals, schools, banks, libraries and supermarkets in it. In some schools, students must study _______.Many overseas Chinese let their children study in these schools. They _______ their children to learn more about China. Many Chinatowns are_______with visitors.

At lunchtime, most people in the Western world, from school kids to office workers, eat a sandwich. A sandwich is meat, cheese and vegetables________two pieces of read. Of course, there are________different types of sandwiches. And people in________countries have their own ways to eat sandwiches, too. French and Spanish people usually eat a smaller sandwich with only a thin slice of meat and________butter on bread. Americans like to________vegetables in their sandwiches while the British love sandwiches that are________with eggs and mayonnaise.

________are sandwiches so popular in the Western world? It is because they are so_______to carry and eat. In a________, one can even eat a sandwich while walking-much harder to do with a bowl of soup!

Surprisingly, people once________the common sandwich a luxury（奢侈）. The snack was________after the Earl（伯爵）of Sandwich, who was from a________British family. The story goes that the Earl was a bad gambler（赌博者）. He didn't want to________the poker table to eat a meal, ________he asked his cooks to put meat inside some bread. This way, he could eat________getting his hands dirty and keep one hand free for gambling.

【推荐3】Christmas is the most important festival in western countries. ______ Christmas Eve, children usually put a red stocking（长简袜） ______ their beds before they go to sleep. Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night and send them _____. Children believe Father Christmas lands on the top of each house and climbs down the chimney （烟筒）. He ______ children's stockings with presents.

Father Christmas isn't real. In Jim and Kate's house, Father Christmas is ______ father. He waits _____ the children are asleep. Then he goes into their bedrooms ______ and fills the stocking with small presents. When he was very young, Mr. Green sometimes dressed up in a _____. But he doesn't do that now.The children are no longer ______, and they know who " Father Christmas" really is. But they _______ put their stockings at the end of their beds.

Nov. 21 is World Hello Day. It was created by the UN just after the war between Israe and Egypt in 1973. It tells people: say hello and stop war. Its purpose is to make the world ________.

Although we might not realize it, a small thing like saying hello can mean a lot to others. Some people are lonely because they’re shy. They feel left out. They find it difficult to communicate with others, ________ they want to.

The simple act of saying hello to them can make a(n) ________.

Maybe it’s a good idea, not just on Nov. 21, but every day, to remember to say hello to as many people as we can. The strangers who hear you say hello may secretly ________ in their heart. You might even make their day.

________ other people is the easiest way to be polite. A “hello” to a stranger is a small thing, but through it we can make the world better for another person.

It’s March 12th. Li Li and Lin Tao are digging on a hill not far from their school. In China, people across the country plant trees ________ on this day.

The idea of planting trees was first put forward in 1911 by Sun Zhongshan, the great ________ in Chinese history. He said more trees were needed as a ________ against flood and drought(干旱). In 1915, April 5th was named as Tree Planting Day. Then in 1979, the day was ________ to March 12th to ________ the date on which Sun Zhongshan died.

The Gobi(戈壁) Desert in the north of China was ________ every year. So in 1978, the government started a tree planting project to ________ the Gobi spreading. The government and local farmers have been planting millions of trees to build a great green “wall” along the edge of the desert. “Have you heard of the Green Wall of China? That’s the biggest tree planting ________ of all.” says Li Li.

“Tree planting has become a tradition in China now.” says Lin Tao, “Almost everyone does it on March 12th. Many people also plant a tree on a ________ day. My parents planted a tree when I started school. And my cousin planted ________ on his wedding day. We do it for the environment and for ourselves.”

【推荐3】Thanksgiving is an American festival. It is celebrated on the fourth _________ in November. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends. People make short speeches and _________ thanks for their food.

We have celebrated the festival since the first _________ from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and _________ they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to _________ corn. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food.

We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is always the most _________ room in our house because we all help prepare the food. We lay the table, and then before we begin dinner, my father gives thanks for the food, so we remember _________ we celebrate the festival. We usually eat too much, but it is only once a year! We often talk a lot and tell stories after dinner as well. When it is all over, everyone helps wash the dishes.

The festival is _________ very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. During the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of _________ things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s store. Thanksgiving is the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is __________ important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.