【推荐1】Here is a charity sale (义卖) for the poor kids in the mountain area. We’ll give away the money we raise in the charity sale. Come and see our things.

Nick: I have a music player. I have had it for half a year. It still works very well now. It stays with me whenever I feel sad. And I have downloaded some pop songs in it. I hope it can be with you when you are unhappy. It costs 180 dollars. Now, you can take it with 60 dollars.

Karen: I’d like to sell some of my books.I started to buy books when I was twelve years old. My favorite book is Treasure Island. I believe anyone like me will learn a lot from this book. Each book only costs 20 dollars. You can get the second at half price.

Linda: I have some soft toys to sell. The toy bear is my fourteenth birthday present. I have had it for one year. It still looks very new. Its original (原始的) price is 50 dollars. You only need to pay 15 dollars for it now. Other toys are very new but cheap, too.

One cold day, Mariko and her dad were walking to the store.

“I’m tired of winter,” said Mariko. Dad waved at their neighbor. “I bet (确信) Mr. Hill wishes spring would come too.” Mariko looked up to see Mr. Hill in his window. He waved, and she waved back.

“Mr. Hill loves his garden,” said Mariko. Mr. Hill had the prettiest spring flower garden. It was full of tulips and daffodils (水仙花). Dad nodded, “Yes, he does. And since he is old, it is hard for him to go outside in winter. The streets are too icy.”

At the store, Mariko helped dad choose milk, bread, and carrots. “You may choose a gift for yourself, Mariko,” said dad. Mariko thought an apple would taste good. But suddenly something else caught her eye. She pulled on dad’s sleeve (衣袖). “Oh, Dad, look, daffodils!” Dad smiled, “Is that the gift you want?” Mariko nodded.

Mariko couldn’t stop looking at her daffodils all the way home. But when she got to Mr. Hill’s house, she stopped. She looked up at the window.

“Wait here, dad, please,” she said. “I’ll be right back.”

Mariko rang the doorbell. When Mr. Hill came to the door, Mariko held out the daffodils.

Mr. Hill’s face lit up like the sun. “What a wonderful winter surprise!” he cried. “You have brought me spring!”

The bus is a little different from other buses. It’s black and white, and has two black “cars” on the top, just like a giant panda（大熊猫）. The lights of the bus are its “eyes”. This is the popular Panda Bus in China. There are 23 seats on the 12-meter long bus.

The Panda Bus is popular not just because of its cute look. You can also find something cool when you get on it. First of all, it’s very easy for people to buy tickets. They don’t need to use their phones or bus cards like before. All they need are their hands. They can buy tickets just by scanning（扫描）their hands. In this way, people can also buy drinks and food on the bus. There is a vending machine（自动贩卖机）in the middle of the bus. Another surprise is the small computer on the back of each seat. People can choose to watch a movie on the way. How interesting! There are also some cameras on the bus. If someone steals things, these cameras will catch them. So, it’s safe and comfortable for people to take the bus. Most importantly, the bus is driverless（无人驾驶的）. It can stop at lights and park at the stop all by itself. It only needs someone to watch all the way just in case（以防万一）. And it usually runs a little slower than other buses.

By the end of 2021, there had been over ten cities in China having the Panda Bus, such as Tianjin, Shanghai and Jinan. Would you like to take such a bus to go to school?

【推荐3】If you have a strong interest in a subject with several friends, you may want to start a club about it. By starting a club, you can share this common interest with them. You can also get some experience and this may help a lot in the future. If you would like to do that, here are some good suggestions for you.

The most important thing for starting a successful club is having a common interest with other students. With the common interest, they will be happy to join your club. This makes it easier to keep the club working well. So before starting a club, you must think about your common interests with other people.

You also need a teacher in your club. The teacher will start the 1^st class and encourage students to join the club. You also need the teacher to be the advisor for your club. When you are in trouble, you can ask the teacher for help.

When these things are ready, you need to choose your leader of the club. How do you choose the leader? You can discuss it with your club members. In the discussion, you also need to discuss the rules of the club with your friends so that the members can understand the rules better.

Do you want to be a top student and get good grades in your exams? You can follow these suggestions and start your club. Just do it!

Paper cutting is one of the traditional folk arts in China. It is a kind of popular folk arts and has been popular for about 1,500 years. Let's learn about paper cutting.

Wonderful meanings

Paper cutting has some wonderful meanings. In our mind, paper cuttings can always bring us happiness and good luck. At the Spring Festival, people put up "Fu "on doors or windows. At a wedding, people also put up"Xi".

The largest paper cutting in the world

The largest paper cutting was made by Guo Xiaodong. It has an area of about 456 square meters. It is as large as a basketball court.

Why are most paper cuttings red？

In old times, people respected the sun. Red is the color of the sun. We always regardred as the symbol of hope and good luck. Now, we can still see red everywhere in China. The walls of old palaces are red. Lanterns are red. Weddings are always full of red things, too.

Black paper cutting in Shanzhou

It's true that most paper cuttings are red. But paper cuttings in Shanzhou, Henan Province are black. Black is the best color there. Shanzhou is a dry place. The local people make black paper cuttings to wish for rain.

Today more and more students like going shopping on the Internet. Do you have any ideas about it? Here are four girls’ ideas.

Sandy, twelve

I like new skirts and jeans. At the weekend I usually go to the shops on the Internet. When I see my favourite things, I can pay for them by my credit card (信用卡).

Kitty, thirteen

I think it is very easy and cheap to buy things on the Internet. I only need to stay at home and choose the things I like. I can get them quickly without going out It doesn’t take too much time.

Wendy, eleven

I’m not good at computers. I never do the shopping on the Internet. I don’t think it is interesting. When I want something, I ask my parents to buy it for me in the shopping mall.

Shirley, twelve

Shopping on the Internet is not good. I can only see some pictures about the things. I don’t believe the notes near the pictures.

【推荐1】Hollywood is a shiny, bright place. It is the movie capital of the world. And it is also one of the tourist destinations (目的地) in America.

In 1911, the small, peaceful village of Hollywood in California was vote to become part of Los Angeles. Today, over 100 years later, this village has grown into the home of one of the most well-known industries in the world-the American film industry.

With this growth came many well-known symbols. There is the famous Hollywood sign which stands above the hills of the town. The first sign was built in 1923. Then there is the Hollywood Hall of Fame (名人堂), where great actresses, actors and directors leave their footprints or handprints, Norma Talmadge was the first actress to do this in 1927. But the most famous of all is the Oscar Academy Awards. Every spring, a large number of actresses, actors and directors wait excitedly and nervously to find out if they have won an "Oscar". Last year was the 91th Oscar Academy Awards. It was held on February 25 in Los Angeles, Ang Lee, a Chinese director, won the Award for Best Director again. It was the second time he had won the award.

Nowadays it is the home of films, and thousands of hopeful young actresses, actors, writers and directors still come to "the Dream Factory" every year. But not all Hollywood dreams have been happy ones-as one actress, who later died tragically (悲惨地),said, "Hollywood is a place where they will pay you 500 dollars for a kiss, and 50 cents for your soul(灵魂)."

【推荐2】What would you do if you felt anxious （焦虑的）? Would you feel better if someone else could share his or her experiences with you? In the United States, two teenage girls set up a mental health camp called “Healing （治愈） Hearts” to help people deal with anxiety.

The idea of creating the camp came from Dinah Martinez, 17, and her schoolmate Janet Martinez, 18. Both girls suffered from anxiety.

Dinah Martinez always did well in school. “But then I just started to collapse （崩溃）,” Dinah Martinez said.   She stopped talking to her friends, stopped going to school for three weeks and stayed at home.

Janet Martinez was anxious in elementary school. Things got even worse in junior high. “It was a lot of pressure I put on myself. I would wake up in the morning and it was like my heart was racing,” she said.

The girls’camp idea got support from Girls Leading Our World （GLOW） in the US. The organization awarded them $ 5,000 to put on the camp for other teenage girls.

The “Healing Hearts” camp was created to “help deal with anxiety, especially with girls in high school because that’s when they are the most vulnerable （脆弱的） ”, Janet Martinez said.

On the first day of the camp, 10 girls were there. Experts at the camp talked about anxiety. They helped girls who were experiencing anxiety. The girls learned how to calm themselves when they are anxious. They learned about calming methods like deep breathing.

“It’s good to know that someone else is going through the same thing as me and we can both help each other out,” Dinah Martinez said.