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【推荐1】There are manyclassic(经典的) cultures in China. All of them have a very long history. Here we introduce four of them.

【推荐2】In China, there are many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. Dumplings are the real Chinese food. Now let’s talk about them, OK?

Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar（糖）, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork best.

Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them in any supermarkets. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar（醋）.

The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin（硬币）in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he will be lucky in the year.

Now tell me, do you like dumplings?

Welcome to China, we’ll ask you to eat the real Chinese food: dumplings.

【推荐3】Because of the outbreak (疫情), many people look for fun online. Watching live streaming ( 直播的 ) shows has become part of their lives. At the same time, traditional culture has found a bigger stage (舞台) online. Many traditional artists are starting to live stream, like Douyin and Bilibili. Some of them sing Peking Opera, some show their folk handicrafts( 民间手工艺), while others perform Chinese classical music. A growing number of young people are starting to become more interested in traditional culture because of live streaming.

Li Jun is a Peking Opera performer with the Shanghai Jingju Theater Company After the outbreak, the 59-year-old took up his smartphone and started live streaming. Unlike performing on a formal stage, Li uses ordinary places as his stage, including his backyard and study room. Apart from singing, Li also teaches viewer（ 观看者） about Peking Opera. People can ask him questions and get answers directly. “Live streaming has brought this elegant( 高雅的)art down to earth.” one viewer said. “It gives young people an easier access to this traditional art and learn more about it.” Li has more than 6000 fans on Douyin, while one of his videos got 42,000 views on Bilibili.

On March 26th, 2020, Bilibili live streamed a huafu show on the third China Huafu Day(中国华服日). Performers presented clothes in traditional Chinese styles, including those from Wei, Tang and Ming dynasties (朝 代 ). During the show, viewers not only enjoyed looking at the clothes, but also watched how performers used ancient styles of make-up(古代化妆术).

As Guangming Daily noted, live streaming has come to a new stage through which traditional culture can be kept alive.

【推荐2】Scotland is on the north of England. It is beautiful with many mountains, forests, beaches, rivers and lakes. In the north of Scotland, it is light until 11 :30 pm in summer and in winter you can sometimes see the Norther Lights. About five million people live in Scotland. Most of them live in the south, in and around the cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth and Dundee.

Language   There are three languages in Scotland. Most people speak English and Scots. Around 1% of the Scottish people speak Scottish Gaelic.

Food   When it comes to Scottish food, people often think of haggis, a kind of sausage (香肠) made from the sheep’s heart, lungs and liver. It’s rich in vitamins and protein.

Sport   The most popular sport in Scotland is football. Another popular game, golf, was invented in Scotland in the Middle Ages. You can go skiing or snowboarding in Scotland. The Scottish Highland Games is famous. People do heavy sports like throwing big tree trunks and there is traditional Scottish music and dance.

【推荐3】Many wonders of Sichuan

Lonely Planet, the world-famous travel guide, suggests interesting places for people to visit every year. For its “2018 Best in Asia” list, they picked one place in China—Sichuan.

What makes Sichuan so special? As Lonely Planet puts it, you can have a true taste of everything China has to offer in Sichuan.

In Sichuan, you see art like bianlian, a kind of ancient opera（古典戏剧）. Performers change their masks very fast—so fast that it looks like magic.

There is great food in Sichuan, too. It is famous for the use of Sichuan peppers and hot chilis. In fact, Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city, has more restaurants than any other city in the world- around 40,000!

Sichuan also has lots of beautiful natural scenery. In Jiuzhaigou Valley National Park, you see colorful lakes, thick forests and spectacular waterfalls（壮观的瀑布）.

Finally, Sichuan is home to one of the world’s cutest animals. More than 30 percent of the world’s giant pandas live there.

Look at this bag, it’s my backpack and it’s orange. What’s in it? Look, this is an English book. It’s red. This is a Chinese book and it’s white.   This is a book, too. It’s yellow. This is my pencil case. It’s blue. I like my pencil case very much. There are some pens and pencils in it.

【推荐3】Hello! My name is Kate Green. I’m an English girl. My birthday is in spring. Now I’m in Beijing, China. I’m in No. 12 Middle School. I’m in Class Five, Grade Eight. Lin Tao and Han Mei are my Chinese friends. We’re also classmates, and we’re all thirteen. Mr. Hu is my English teacher. I love him very much. My phone number is 396-15468.