【推荐2】Many people don’t have interest in rainforests.     1     Secondly, they seem dark and dangerous. There are snakes and dangerous plants everywhere. However, Jeff Corwin is different from most people. He has been interested in rainforests since he was a child.

Rainforests produce much of the air we breathe every day.     2     Since then, he has had one goal to tell people the importance of rainforests. Besides, he is most interested in the special animals living there.

    3     Many of the animals there cannot live anywhere else. The rainforests are important to these animals, and these animals are important to the rainforests, too. They are good for the forests, as each one plays a role in keeping the rainforests healthy.

Rainforests are disappearing very quickly.     4     The plants and animals that used to live in these forests either die or must find a new forest as their home. The good news is that there are a lot of people who want to save rainforests. The bad news is that saving rainforests is not going to be easy. It will take the efforts of many people working together.

    5     He has started clubs for young people. The clubs teach ways to help protect rainforests. Jeff believes education is the best way to protect rainforests. When people learn more about rainforests, they will try to help save them.

【推荐1】China has many places of interest. You can have great tours (旅行) for every season.

Spring is the best time to visit Wuyuan in Jiangxi. The yellow flowers all over the hills make the villages look like a fairy-tale (童话) world. You’ll have free time to walk across the beautiful countryside and enjoy the famous tea.

The best time to visit Changbai Mountain in Jilin is August. It’s usually sunny. Why not go to the Stone Forest (石林), Changbai Mountain caves (长白山石窟) and Heaven’s Lake (天池) at the top? You’ll have time to take lots of photos.

You can see all the colours of autumn near the Great Wall. It’s cool and dry, so it’s great for hiking. You’d better walk on the Mutianyu Wall. There won’t be as many tourists as at the Badaling Wall, but it’s just beautiful.

Sanya on Hainan Island (岛) is great for a holiday in winter. You can get away from the cold. The three famous beaches, Yalongwan, Sanyawan and Dadonghai, all have great sand. You’ll love swimming in the clear water.

You can have a great time in different seasons!

These days, No. 1 Middle School has made a survey about the ways people go to work or school. There were 300 people taking part in the survey. Here are the results.

From the survey, we can see most people drive their cars to school or work now. So there are lots of cars on the streets. Sometimes, it’s not easy for us to go to school or work on time. How to solve this problem?

Four people in Germany make a new plane — Lilium Jet. It doesn’t look like a plane but an egg. Many people think it looks funny. The nice “egg” can take two people each time and run about three hundred kilometers an hour.

The Lilium Jet is not very big. So it doesn’t need an airport. A small place is OK. Some people also call the Lilium Jet a flying car. It’s not difficult for you to learn to drive it. You can drive it like driving a car.

Maybe you can buy one if you like it. I’m sure your trip to school or work will be great.

【推荐3】Nowadays, people show all kinds of things on the Internet—good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps is becoming popular, too. Why?

People are finding it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter app in their phones to record (记录) how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.

“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit,” Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage (鼓励) each other to keep exercising.”

Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It’s great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.

Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop (养成) a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously.

【推荐1】Colorful fruit and vegetables are good for our health. Their colors help us keep healthy. Close your eyes and think about the colors of the food: the orange of carrots, the green of cabbages and the red of tomatoes.

You can enjoy eating fruit and vegetables of all colors—green, yellow, red, blue, white and purple. They work together to protect our bodies.

The list below shows how the colors works:

● Green helps prevent cancer (防癌). It is good for our eyes, too. It also gives you strong bones and teeth.

● Blue and purple help us remember things well.

● Red gives us healthy hearts.

● Yellow and orange give us a healthy immune system. They’re also good for our eyes.

● White can keep cholesterol at a low level.

Do you think the colors are interesting? So when we buy or eat fruit and vegetables, please remember: the more colors, the better.

【推荐2】It was Sunday yesterday. Tony got up at eight o’clock and then had his breakfast. His mother cooked chicken noodles for him. After breakfast, Tony began to do his homework. He didn’t have too much homework, because teachers wanted them to have a good rest (休息) during (在……期间) weekends.

At half past nine, Tony read his favourite book Harry Potter (《哈利·波特》). It was really a great book. After that, he listened to Jay’s songs. At eleven, he went to his friend Mike’s party at KFC. They were very happy because they ate their favourite food — hamburgers. Lunch was over at about one thirty in the afternoon. Then they all went to see a new movie. Tony really had a good time.

【推荐3】When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument(争论) with a boy named Michael in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day.

I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong, and Michael was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class, placed Michael on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. And she asked Michael what color the object was, “White,” he answered.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black! Another argument started between Michael and me, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go stand where Michael was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White.” It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint（视角）it was white. Only from my side it was black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day. You must stand in the other person’s shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective.

【推荐1】China is a nation with a rich culture in handwriting. “Even though the computer is widely used today, Chinese people should not forget the skill of writing with hands,” said a Chinese government official(官员).

Nowadays, the computer has become a very useful tool to help people to write. As people use computers more often than before, many people have forgotten how to write Chinese characters (字). People often make a lot of mistakes in writing.

At present, China is trying to help pupils and teachers to improve their writing with the help of information technology. With the technology, it is hoped that teachers can write their teaching contents (内容) on the blackboard and students can respond by writing, too.

The Chinese character test shows that nowadays, many college students’ handwriting has become worse. Many college students do not know how to form words or sentences in Chinese character in the right way. Not only kids, many adults also have met the same problem. They might be able to tell the general form of a certain character. However, if you ask them to spell out the character in detail ( 详 细 地 ), they can’t. On the other hand, they can easily type out the character on a computer.

In the national language teaching course, we can solve this problem with the use of certain technologies. Actually, besides technology, there is a lot that we can do. For example, we may ask students to finish their homework by writing with hands instead of typing.