【推荐3】The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There are a lot to do.

On New Year’s Eve, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.

The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of red packets. Usually, older people give younger ones red packets. They think it brings good luck.

The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy, so don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For example, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out. Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

【推荐1】Football

Two teams play the game. There are eleven player each team. The field must be about 100 m long and 73m wide. There are two goals, 7. 32 m long and 2. 44 m high. To score a goal, a player must put the ball into the other team’s goal. They may use their feet, heads or other parts of the body, but they must not use their hands One player in each team, the goalkeeper, may use his hands.

Volleyball

The court is 18m long and 9 m wide. The net is 2. 44 m high for men and 2. 24 m high for women. There are two teams and there are usually six players in each team. The players try to make the ball hit the ground on the other side of the net. They may use their hands, fists or arms, but they must not catch the ball or hold it while playing.

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【推荐3】The World's Longest Rivers

Fast Facts

The Nile River passes through 9 countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

The Amazon is second in length but first in amount of water carried and area of land drained（排水）.

Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia and the third—longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow wholly within one country.

The Missouri and Red Rock Rivers are considered tributaries (a stream or river that flows into a main river) of the Mississippi.

The Mississippi river system goes through only one country: the United States.

The Ob River is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the world's seventh longest river.

【推荐1】Hello, I'm a box. My name is Lost and Found. Look! The yellow pencil is Alan's. The two baseballs are Jenny's. The red glove is hers, too. She lost it in the library. Here is a toy. It is Sally's. David found it in Room 304. This is a book. Whose is it? The name is on it. It's Jack's. Oh, that is a cap. It's very nice. I don't know who lost it. If you know, please call Bob Brown at 6214582.

【推荐2】A large number of people in the world eat fast food. Whenever you go into a fast food restaurant, you can see lots of people enjoying their meals there. How do you know in which country people like fast food best?

The English people are the world’s biggest fans of fast food, while the French are the least interested in quick meals, according to a survey (调查) done last year.

The survey of thirteen countries shows 45% of the English people say they can’t give up fast food because it’s delicious. And 44% of Americans and 37% of Canadians say the same.

How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken? It doesn’t matter whether you like Western fast food or Chinese food. The most important thing is to keep healthy.

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