1 . Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.

Marry Bluett, an official, said mobile phone use is a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to deceive during exams.

She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

2 . Long long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn’t need to use money.

As time passed, families had more products (产品) than they needed, such as animals and crops. So they needed to trade with others. They began to use money to make it easier. However, it was not like the money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt or large stones.

During the 600 BC, people began using coins as money. Because they were easier to carry than goods (货物), countries began to make coins as their money.

The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century. An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s. After his travel, he told the western people what he saw. But European countries didn’t start using paper money till the1600s.

Today people have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards. Some prefer to pay by card. That’s because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.

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4 . The first forest library in Shanghai opened to the public on February 20th, 2023. Readers can relax and read books in the forest library. The forest library was built by Pudong New Area and Shanghai Library. It is known as Read & Joy Forest. The forest library is near Shanghai Library East. It covers an area of 20,546 square meters.

Readers can relax themselves in the quiet and comfortable environment (环境). There are many different kinds of trees in the library. The green spaces are connected (连接) by wooden walkways (木制人行道).

The library is in the open air. There are many things such as chairs and information desks. Most of the visitors to the forest library are young people and parents with their children.

Having a library in the forest is such a wonderful idea. People enjoy themselves reading in the forest. “It is not only a place for lending books, or a reading room, but also an open space for enjoying fresh air and the smell of trees. It offers readers a different reading experience (经历). I love the fresh air and trees here,” said Wang Tao, a reader of the library, “The library makes it possible to enjoy reading in the natural environment. I feel very relaxed here. I will come back for sure.”

6 . What do the following animals have in common? Pandas, tigers, whales, lions and camels (骆驼)? They are all in danger!

Animals are in danger for many reasons. Sadly, people’ s activities are some of them! Here are three reasons.

Excessive hunting (过度猎杀). For centuries, people have hunted elephants and tigers for money, and caught many other animals for their meat. So many wild animals leave the world at last.

Foreign animals. In 1505, Europeans found a beautiful island in the Indian Ocean named Mauritius. They brought dogs, pigs, monkeys, and mice with them. It was bad for dodo birds. Dodo birds did not have any natural enemies (敌人) before. They picked up fruit falling down from trees and built their houses on the ground. Shortly after people came, however, dodo birds were in big trouble—people caught them for their meat, and those animals broke their houses and ate their eggs. The number of dodo birds first became less. In the end, they all perished and the last dodo bird lost its life in 1681.

Loss of home. People cut down forests for farming. They cut down trees to build houses. They build pools to make sure that they have enough water to use. However, they don’ t pay attention to protecting the environment. When they are trying to make their lives comfortable, the land for animals to live on becomes less and less.

Animals are people’s good friends. People should learn to protect nature and get on well with animals.

Look! This is a photo of Ann. Ann is an English girl. She is twelve. Her face is round and her mouth is small. She likes blue very much. Now she is in Hong Kong. Her telephone number is 77285698. Jiang Shan is her classmate. She is a Chinese She is from Beijing. She is eleven. They are in the same school but not in the same class. Her telephone number is 63256256. Her family is in Beijing now. Beijing is very beautiful（漂亮的）. We like it very much.

“Short videos” are very popular with young people. Do you know which social app most young people use a lot now? Yes, they are Tik Tok(抖音) and Kuaishou. Many young people think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while some have other purposes as well.

A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on TikTok. The girl has shared videos about her dancing studies since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. “I feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos,” said Elsa. Wang Zhihao, a college student, thought short videos of wonderful parts of program: could help him save a lot of time. So he prefers to watch short videos. Adam cares much about the social events and he wants to know what’s going on around the world quickly. So he depends on the short videos to get the newest information. However, there are some young people who feel bored with short videos. “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos,” said Wen Nan, another college student.

Some videos tell people what commodities (货物) are worth buying, but some short videos may sell bad commodities. So it’s necessary to think twice before buying something.

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I’m so glad to hear from you. You said that you’re interested in the short videos in China. I’d like to introduce something about short videos to you.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua