【推荐1】As we know, there are many kinds of clubs in the US middle school, such as the music club, the sports club, the swimming club. But do you know the homework club? It is a popular club in many US middle schools. More and more students spend their afternoons in the homework clubs.

The US middle school students need a quiet place to study. But games, computers and TVs are all around kids at home. So the homework club is just for them to do their homework. The club is quiet and it’s good for students to study. Some teachers are there too. They can answer students’ questions and help with their homework. If students finish their homework, they will get a snack. It’s always students’ favorite food. Then they can go home and play games or watch TV happily.

【推荐2】Zhang Guimei, the principal of Huaping High School for Girls, has been given the title “Role Model of the Times” for helping girls from poor families.

The school was the first high school in the country to provide free education for girls who would otherwise have been unable to continue their studies after completing their nine years of education.

Zhang moved to Lijiang at the age of 17 to teach in the middle school in Huaping County. Once, she got badly ill but had no money for the treatment. With the help of the people there, she was able to get the necessary treatment. “From then on, I told myself that I must do something for those people who helped me,” Zhang said.

Slowly, a dream of setting up a free high school for girls in Huaping County appeared in Zhang’s heart. From the year of 2002, she began a six-year journey to look for funds. In 2008, Zhang finally set up Huaping High School for Girls at the foot of the Shizi Mountain in Huaping.

Thanks to her efforts, more than 1,800 girls from poor families have entered universities through her education until now. Zhang has been helping to improve the area as a whole. Influenced by her, many of her students have chosen to teach in poor areas. Now, with Zhang having got the honorary title, education for girls from poor areas will receive more attention.

What she has done will be long remembered and encourage more to follow her example.

【推荐3】Teachers are often considered to be engineers of the human soul.     1     But there’s one person in China who is called the “teacher of teachers”.

He is Chinese educator Tao Xingzhi. Last year marked the 130 anniversary of his birth. People in different parts of China commemorated (纪念) Tao by visiting his memorial halls or holding meetings to reflect on his thoughts education.

    2     But when Tao returned to China in 1917 and began his own career as an educator, he did not blindly copy Dewey’s education method or theories.

For Tao, education is an active process in real-life experiences rather than one of telling and being told. He proposed “unity (融合) of teaching, learning, and reflective acting”.

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After conducting surveys in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai in 1921, Tao was surprised to learn that the rate of urban illiteracy (文盲) in China went beyond 70 percent.     4     To deal with the lack of teachers and money, in 1927, Tao set up Xiaozhuang Normal College (晓庄师范学院) in the northern suburbs (郊区) of Nanjing to train teachers and educators, most of whom became teachers at rural schools.

    5     He set up Yucai Middle School in the suburbs of Chongqing and offered free education to refuge children and children of the Communist Party of China members.

Maybe Tao’s motto is the best explanation for his life, “Giving a whole heart, yet taking nothing in return, not even a leaf of grass.”

【推荐2】WELCOME TO NEW CITY ZOO

SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER 2021

ZOO HOURS: 9:00 a. m.—6:00 p. m.

Weather may affect some activities

FOR HEALTH & SAFETY:

Do not cross safety lines to take photos.

Do not touch or feed any animals.

Keep children in sight at all times.

WARNING: It is against the law to feed or disturb any animals in the zoo. Violators will be required to leave the zoo, and could pay fines up to $300.

Thank you for treating animals and their living space with respect!

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