【推荐1】Hello, everyone. My name is Nana. I’m a girl from No.2 Middle School of Zhejiang Province. Our school is doing a very good thing. When you can’t finish your school lunch, what will you do? In our school, students can’t waste (浪费) food.

When we have lunch, we must learn to save (节约) food. First, we don’t buy food more than (超过) we need. Second, if we don’t want to eat anything or there is something we don’t like, we don’t throw them away (扔掉). We can share (分享) some of the food with a classmate. Third, we also tell our parents some good ways to save food. Every day, our teacher eats lunch with us at school. She always says, “Saving food is a good eating habit.” Now, all of us students can finish our lunches. We are very happy because we can help reduce food waste.

Food is not easy to get. We must learn to save food.

【推荐2】Hello, everyone. I’m Linda. I’m 13 now. I’m a middle school student. I have many friends in my school.

Mike is from America. He likes Beijing and has a map of Beijing. Black is his favorite color. Mike has a brother, Jack. He likes blue very much. Sara is from England. She is friendly. She likes to help us. Red is her favorite color. Look at her pencil box! It’s red. There are two red pens and a red ruler in it. Sara’s cup and jacket are red, too. Peter is from England, too. He likes black very much. I like my friends.

【推荐1】Most American families are small. Most American families each have one child or two children.

Children in the USA will leave their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good Jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holidays.

Parents in the USA usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it’s important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their houses. And in many families, children are paid for doing the housework so that they can learn how to make money by themselves.

【推荐2】Few words are spoken more often every day on the streets of Britain than “I’m sorry.” This phrase has become such a common response（反应）that it has taken on a lot of meanings.

Saying “Sorry” means to apologize（道歉）. This is simple and easy to understand. We learn it both as a native speaker and as a student of foreign languages.

But in Britain, it takes on another meaning. It is a cultural expression. Imagine this: a man walks down the street, looking down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, towards the man. She sees him, but she can’t get out of the way in time. The man knocks into the woman. Who should say sorry? Naturally, the man should say sorry because it was he who wasn’t looking where he was going. Yet in Britain, it is common for both to apologize.

It is known that British people, like most people, do not enjoy fight. So to quickly calm the situation, British people will apologize to each other.

Other times it may sound funny to hear “sorry”. Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter, “Sorry, but can I order another drink?” It is not to apologize, but just to express that we need the waiter. In Britain, sorry doesn’t always mean exactly what you think.

【推荐1】Abing is one of the most important Chinese musicians in the 20th century. He was born on August 17th, 1893 in the eastern Chinese city Wuxi. His real name is Hua Yanjun.

Abing’s father was good at many musical instruments. He trained Abing in drums from the age of 10. Abing began learning the dizi at 12, then the erhu. When he was 17, Abing first performed in religious ceremonies (宗教仪式). Many people praised him for his musical talent and voice.

After his father’s death in 1914, Abing lived a really poor life. However, bad luck never came alone. At the age of 34, he developed a serious illness and became blind. He became homeless and made a living as a street performer.

In 1939, he married Dong Caidi, a country woman in Jiangyin. After he got married, Abing performed every afternoon in a public square in Wuxi. He became famous for adding news into his music and songs, especially the war with Japan. After the performance, he would walk through the city streets, playing the erhu. This was a period of many works for Abing, and his most famous piece, Erquan Yingyue, was performed in this period. Till today, it is regarded as a classic of Chinese erhu and pipa music.

【推荐3】On a snowy day, there was a man walking in a hurry on the road. His clothes were in poor condition. You might think he was a beggar（乞丐）, but in fact he was a painter. His name was Vincent Willem van Gogh. With a painting he had just finished, the poor Vincent went into a painting store.

“Can you buy this painting to help me pay the rent（租金）?”

“I don’t really like your painting, but it is said that you are gifted（有天赋的） and I want to help you. Here is five francs（法郎）.”

Although it was only five francs, Vincent was very happy.

He took the money and said thanks, thinking that he could buy some food and pay the rent.

Near his home, Vincent saw a little girl in dirty clothes shaking in the snow. The girl smiled sadly at the painter asking for some help. It was clear that the girl was hungry and cold.

“Poor child! I should help her!”

Vincent put the five francs into the girl’s hands, totally forgetting that he still needed money to pay the rent. Before the girl expressed her thanks, the kind Vincent had gone away with his empty stomach.