Many young people are worried about travelling alone. Here are some tips for you. When you are travelling somewhere new, don’t take flights (航班) that get you to a new place late at night unless someone is meeting you at the airport. That may be dangerous.

Learn some words of the language of the country you are visiting. You’d better learn some daily expressions from the smartphone or your dictionary before travelling. And you also need to learn something about the religion (宗教) and culture of the country. When you travel to a foreign country, you should respect its religion and culture of the country. Also, pay attention to the following things.

Put your things in several different pockets and bags.

Take some medicine with you. You may need it when you are travelling.

If you are lost, ask a policeman, a taxi driver or a shopkeeper for direction.

【推荐3】Hobbies and Dreams

【推荐1】(The four kids are talking on WeChat.)

Li Lei: Hi, everyone. I’m sorry that I can’t go to the history museum with you today. As you know, it started to rain heavily at 7 o’clock yesterday evening. Bad luck! At that time, I was on my way home from the supermarket. I didn’t take an umbrella with me, so I got wet all over. I’ve got a cold. By the way, what were you doing at 7 o’clock yesterday evening?

Liu Tao: Sorry to hear that, Li Lei. You’d better lie in bed and have some rest. Be sure to drink much water. At 7:00 p.m. yesterday, I was watching a game show with my brother on TV.

Wang Qiang: I hope you are not having a fever. If so, you’d better go to see a doctor and take some medicine. Yesterday evening, I took my pet dog Pipi for a walk in the city park. But we got home at a quarter to seven. So, we didn’t get wet.

Li Sui: What a pity that you can’t go with us! It is a fine day today. I hope you will get better soon. You know, I like painting in my free time. At 7:00 p.m. yesterday, I was painting a tower.

【推荐2】Mary is 13 years old. She has a cold today. She goes to see the doctor. The doctor gives her some medicine. Here is the medicine instruction (说明).

【推荐3】With a first-aid book, you can learn how to solve some health problems more easily. You can also find advice for some kids who feel uncomfortable. Here is some advice.

Do you like sunny days or cloudy days? Most people like sunny days because good weather can make them feel good.     1     The weather can affect (影响) people’s feelings a lot. Food can also affect people’s feelings. People can’t change the weather, but they can change something they eat.     2    

Vegetables. Scientists say vegetables can make good feelings for people.

    3     Scientists say that people live around the sea are healthy and have good feelings. Not only because there is beautiful sea and clean air, but also because people there eat fish as their “food”.

Fruit. Before you go to have exams, you can eat some fruit.     4    

Whole-wheat (全麦的) bread.     5     Whole﹣wheat bread or other whole﹣wheat food can help people fight against (对抗) sad feelings.

Next time, when the weather is not fine or you are sad, you can choose to eat something like these.

【推荐2】When the weather is hot, you go to a lake or an ocean. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel cool. Why? The sun makes the earth hot, but it can not make the water hot. Though the air over the earth becomes hot, the air over the water stays cool. The hot air over the earth goes up, then the cool air over the water moves in and takes the place of the hot air. When you are near a lake or an ocean, you feel the cool air when it moves in. You feel the wind and the wind makes you cool.

Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask “Why is the ocean full of salt?” Scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cool, it cracks (崩裂), and the rain falls into the cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer to the question.

We know a lot about our world. But there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.

【推荐1】Friends are very important in our everyday life. Everyone needs friends. You will feel lonely if you have no friends.

Everyone likes to make friends. If you have friends, you can help each other. It is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things together. Certainly, sometimes you need to be alone. For example, when you need to have a good rest, you don’t want people to disturb you. You don’t always want people around. But most of the time, you need friends in your lives. Sometimes your friends move away. You can’t see them for a long time. You feel very sad. When you miss them very much, you had better call them or write to them. You can also make new friends. No two people in the world are just the same. Friends sometimes don’t get on well with each other. That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make it up and become friends again.

If you have many friends, you will live longer. Studies show people with friends live longer than those without friends. Why? Friends can make you feel happy. Being happy helps you stay well. If someone cares about you, you will take better care of yourself. These show the importance of making friends.

【推荐2】Everyone loves to have a garden. But do you know how to grow a garden? Well, this article will help you with gardening. Remember that gardening needs lots of water, most of it in the form of perspiration (汗水). So get ready to sweat out (流汗) for the beautiful garden.

Decide the place where to grow a garden first. If you has a yard, it is big enough to grow your dream garden, then choose it. A very important point you need to consider is plenty of sunlight. You know that some plants can’t grow without sunlight.

The second thing you should decide is the type of garden. Do you want a vegetable garden, a flower garden or a combination (结合) of both? That is because different plants grow in different weather conditions (状况). For example, some plants need more water while some grow well in dry conditions.

You also need to design your garden. Decide where to grow tomatoes, carrots or flowers. Make a perfect plan to make your garden look more beautiful. It’s also a good idea to cover some green grass on other space of the garden. Then you can not only enjoy the vegetables you grow but also the beautiful flowers. You’d better ask someone who has lots of gardening experience.

【推荐3】Everyone has eaten instant noodles（方便面）. It is very easy to cook it quickly by putting the noodles into the boiling water and adding in ingredient bags, together with other food like eggs or vegetables. However, have you ever wanted to know whether this is the correct way of cooking it?

When you first take out the noodles from the bag, you will notice that the noodles are joined together nicely as a piece. In order to make the noodles joined together nicely side by side, it needs some wax coating（石蜡涂层）.

However, studies have shown that the wax coating on the noodles is quite harmful to our body and we should not eat it too often. It is advisable to have a rest of 2-3 days before we start to eat another bag of instant noodles as our body need about 3 days to clear the wax coating away from our body. Do you know the danger of having too much wax coating stored in our stomach? It will lead to cancer.

There are two key points to take notes while preparing instant noodles:

(1) Wash the instant noodles with warm water first, and pour away the water containing the wax coating.

(2) Do Step 1 and try again to wash away the wax coating on the noodles before cooking it in water.

Hope this article will help you when you choose to eat instant noodles.