Wu Yishu, a 16-year-old student from Shanghai won a Chinese poetry（诗）competition in the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference on Feb. 7th. 2017. She beat other competitors because of her learning about Chinese culture and works. “I enjoy the happiness brought by the poetry.” Wu said.

In the final, Wu performed well in many parts, such as competitors recalling（回忆）poems by looking at sand paintings and reciting（背诵）poems about the Chinese character “Jiu” as many as possible.

As early as Feb. 1st. when Wu recited a Chinese poem about the months of the year, someone said that Wu must have remembered at least more than 2, 000 Chinese poetry. The 1.8-metre tall Wu said that she kept only a poetry book on the bookshelf at her room instead of other books such as Maths, Physics and English books.

Wu’s excellent performance made more and more people learn Chinese poetry.

Thousands of runners tied their running shoes and poured out from the starting line while crowds cheered along the course (路线). Marathons (马拉松) in China are becoming popular again.

According to the Chinese Athletics Association (中国田径协会), a total of 133 marathons across the country have been registered (注册) for the first six months of 2023. On March 26, more than 300,000 runners took part in 26 marathon events around the country, reported China Daily.

Teenagers have also taken part in marathons. Xu Qian, a 15-year-old from Suqian, Jiangsu, loves running. He won first place in the 5-kilometer Happy Run of the Jingdong Suqian Marathon held on April 2.

For Xu, the race meant months of training and preparation. He ran about 30-40 kilometers in local sports centers each week ahead of the run.

“Unlike the 800-meter run at school which is more about speed, a marathon tests how much pressure a runner’s body and mind can stand,” he told Teens.

When he felt tired during the race, he told himself not to give up. “In long-distance (长距离的) running, the only person you have to compete against and beat is yourself,” Xu added.

Li Zhouzi from Chongqing took part in a 3-kilometer Kid Run of the Berlin Marathon in Germany in 2019 when he was 10. The support from the people cheering along the way really encouraged her.

“When things were hard, people from across the world cheered me on. Even if it was just the words, ‘keep it up’, it meant a lot to me and I was inspired to keep going to the end,” Li told Teens.

She thinks she can learn a lot from running a marathon. “Similarly, our life is also a marathon,” Li said.

Hello! My name is David. I'm from the USA. Now I am in China with my father and mother. I like China. I like Chinese food, too. I have breakfast at home. I eat an egg，some bread and porridge(粥) for breakfast. I don't like milk. I have no time to go home for lunch. So I have it at school. The lunch in our school is very good. I can have different(不同的) foods for lunch. I eat rice, meat and vegetables. Sometimes(有时) I have noodles(面条) and dumplings(饺子). I have dinner at home with my parents. Sometimes I go out to eat with my friends. We have chicken, vegetables and fruit.

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David    3     have time to go home for lunch.	David has     4     and dinner at home.	将划线的词语翻译成汉语    5     （不超过8个汉字）

【推荐2】In our life, we meet quite a lot people: some just pass by while others can change our lives. Miss Bella is such a person. She taught me two years only. However, she has taught me a lot in many ways.

Every day she began her classes with a smile and a fresh face. She made me realize that warm smiles could change a person. I was shy but I wasn’t nervous in her classes at all. She gave lessons in a different way from other teachers. We had many chances to talk about problems in English classes. Miss Bella would thumb up (竖起大拇指) to encourage us when someone had great ideas. Now, I find that I have learned much from her classes. Learning to speak out your ideas is so important in society. She also made me realize that I could be myself by showing opinions   bravely. Her encouragement not only turned me into a confident student, but will also lead me to a successful life.

Confucius was one of the greatest teachers in ancient China who helped shape Chinese culture. He influenced Chinese education in many ways. But he didn’t usually give lessons by doing most of the talking. His teaching was done more in the form of conversations.

Throughout his lifetime, about 3000 young people studied under Confucius and they recorded his sayings which eventually were edited into a book we know in English as The Analects.

Confucius changed his teaching style according to the needs of each student. One day, one of his students, Zi Lu, asked him a question,“When I hear a piece of good news, should I put it into practice at once?” Confucius replied,“You should always first ask someone with more experience.” A few days later, another student named Ran Qiu asked the same question. To him, Confucius replied,“Yes, put it into practice right away.” A third student heard the two conversations. He asked Confucius why he gave different answers to the two students.

“Ran Qiu always hesitates in making decisions. This is why I encourage him to move forward,” said the teacher. “Zi Lu, however, always makes decisions too quickly. Therefore, I want him to think twice before he does something.” See? And that was how Confucius taught his students.