【推荐2】Hi, I’m Bob. Today is Alice’s thirteenth birthday. Red is her favorite color. I go to her birthday party and get her a red watch. John and Kate are Alice’s cousins. John gives a red schoolbag to Alice. Kate gets a red model plane for Alice.

Helen also comes. She and Alice are in the same class. She gives Alice a smart speaker (智能音箱) called Xiao Du. Alice says,“Hello, Xiao Du. Today is my birthday.” Xiao Du says，“Hello, Alice! Happy birthday!” It is so interesting. But this is not the most interesting thing today. When the party starts, Helen says,“Xiao Du, music!” Xiao Du plays the song “Happy Birthday to You”. Alice likes the speaker very much.

Xiao Du is very interesting! When can I have a speaker like (像) Xiao Du?

【推荐1】In the world today, pollution is one of the worst effects (影响) made by people. Pollution is just around us. Because of different human activities, the different kinds of pollution have terrible effects on people’s life.

Air Pollution

Air is becoming dirty because of some bad things. Some human activities make the air around us become dirtier and dirtier. As a result, sometimes, we can’t see the clear sky for days, even more than a week. The terrible air makes rain become dreadful (可怕的) for fishes, birds and other animals. Even some trees and flowers die because of it.

Water Pollution

When dirty polluted water goes into rivers or lakes, it’s directly called water pollution. _▲_ This pollution can do harm to living things. Almost all the living things that depend on the water may become ill, even lose their lives.

Noise Pollution

Noise pollution is becoming more serious in cities now. This pollution is caused by many things like cars and loud music. Many old people dance to loud music in the open air here and there. It makes the people around fail to have a good rest and sleep.

Please think about the question—what can we do to stop polluting the world?

【推荐1】Thanksgiving Day is an important festival in the USA. It is on the fourth Thursday in November.

The important thing of Thanksgiving is to give thanks! Before the Thanksgiving dinner, people need to pray (祷告). They give thanks for all the good things in their life. At school, kids also write letters or draw pictures to show their thanks to their parents and teachers.

On the night of Thanksgiving Day, people have a big dinner together. Turkey is usually the main food. People cook a turkey for about four hours. It makes the food delicious. There are also some other foods, like pumpkin pies and potatoes. Kids love them very much! After dinner, both parents and kids play the pumpkin game. Everyone has a good time!

【推荐2】Chinese New Year in the lunar calendar falls on a different date each year. It usually comes between the middle of January and the end of February. One animal stands for one year. So totally 12 animals stand for 12 years. And this cycle（循环）repeats itself every 12 years.

A Chinese story tells about the 12 animals. Buddha（佛）once invited all animals to the New Year’s celebration, but only 12 animals appeared. To reward their loyalty（奖励他们的忠诚）, Buddha named a year after each animal in the order they arrived: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.

In 2022, Chinese New Year celebrates the year of the Tiger. When it’s your year, some people believe that you’re going to get more bad luck. They think there are a few things you can do to keep away from bad luck. One simple thing is that you just wear red. They think that red is a lucky color.

【推荐3】The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar(农历). It is on June 3rd this year. How does this festival come about?

Qu Yuan is a great poet of the State of Chu(楚国). He loves his country and people very much. And he gives many good ideas to his king. But the king doesn’t listen to him. At last, the State of Qin conquers(战胜) Chu. Qu Yuan feels very sad. He jumps into the Miluo River in Hunan on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The people of Chu love Qu Yuan very much. From then on, people always show their love for Qu Yuan on this day.

The dragon boat race is a very important part of the Dragon Boat Festival. Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 30 meters long. And 30 to 50 people sit on each boat. To win the race, people in different groups row(划) their dragon-like boats as fast as they can. It’s very exciting to watch!

People also eat zongzi on that day. Most people buy zongzi from the shops but some old people like to make zongzi by themselves. They use bamboo leaves to wrap(包) rice and use thread(线) to tie it. They also wrap many other foods in the leaves. People in different places have different tastes, In the south of China, people like eating meat zongzi. In the north, people often put some sweet food in zongzi.

Wormwood(艾草) is a kind of plant people use on the Dragon Boat Festival. People say it can help us keep healthy if we use it to clean our body. They also think wormwood can stop bad things from going into their houses, so people put wornwood on their doors.