1 . Welcome to Talking to the Night, a radio show from 9 pm to 9:30 pm on every Friday and Saturday night. I’m Blake White, a DJ. There are still many listeners calling us. Lets see some of their information. One is Ruby. She’s a middle school student. She says she likes DIY and sports. She wants a friend who has the same hobbies(业余爱好)as her. The other is a Chinese man. His name is Yang Xiaolong. He says it’s the first time that he has worked in England as a bus driver. He has no friend here. One biggest problem for him is that he knows little English. So he wants someone to teach him English. He also hopes they can become friends. That’s all for today. Well, if you’re interested in one of them, just call them. The following are their phone numbers. You can also visit our website www.tttnr.com to get others information.

Rubby: 236-6895 Yang Xiaolong: 489-5612

Online eating shows have attracted a lot of fans across the world. Many hosts of such shows are popular for their ability to eat too much food. But some shows have received criticism(批评)for their waste of food. Some hosts threw away a great deal of food instead of eating it up.

It is reported in Beijing News that about 50 million tons of food is thrown into rubbish bins every year. In order to stop food waste, the videos that show food waste have been cut by many video platforms(平台), such as Douyin, Kuaishou and Bilibili.

Recently, the whole country has taken action to avoid wasting food. More than 18 provinces have made some instructions for restaurants to control food waste. In Shanxi Province, local restaurants are asked to provide half portions(半份)to avoid waste. In Wuhan, the government suggests that restaurants use “N-1” mode(模式). For example, a group of 10 should only order enough food for nine people at first. More food is only brought to the table if needed.

In addition, a nationwide “Clear Your Plate” action has been launched(发起)online. Users of Sina Weibo are encouraged to share photos or videos of empty plates after finishing their meals. At the same time, new laws are also being considered. “We will make new laws to give clear instructions on avoiding food waste,” announced a government officer.

3 . On August 1st, Chinese short distance runner Su Bingtian ran into the 100m final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He used only 9.83 seconds. The amazing result made him the first Asian man to reach the men’s 100m final at the Olympics in 89 years. He had a chance to make a new Asian record. Later in the final, Su was the sixth to run through the finishing line. This time he used 9.98 seconds—0.18 seconds behind the Italy runner Lamont Marcell Jacobs. He wrote the history of Asian short distance race again. “I am very happy to run under 10 seconds twice,” Su said after the race, “I have made every effort to run into the finals. I hope I can still show the China speed to the world in 4×100m relay race in 5 days.”

On the afternoon of August 1st, Gong Lijiao won a gold medal in the women’s shot put (铅球) game. On the same day, Shi Tingmao got her second gold medal in the women’s 3m springboard (跳板) game. Chen Yufei beat the player from Taibei and won the gold medal in women’s badminton(羽毛球) singles.

In the COVID-19 pandemic（新冠肺炎疫情） . people across the world are paying more attention to the health and happiness of each other. Some are trying to send messages of love and care in different ways.

In China, an international communication program was started to send support to other countries. It has collected eighty-five letters written by students in Beijing to young in pandemic-stricken（疫情重创下） countries. They are full of love and care. These letters were made into a collection of short videos called “A Letter to Friends”. They were shown in the form of sand painting.

It is reported that many hospitals abroad refuse all visitors to patients in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. Patients feel lonely and worried, so some hospitals have created “Online Wish Wall” for the public. People are welcome to post their messages there to express their love and care. So far, the hospitals have received a great deal of encouragement from the public. The messages have helped the patients to cheer up without their loved ones by their side.

The COVID-19 pandemic may make life difficult for people, but love and care will make life better.

俗话说：“规矩不成方圆。”好的家规不仅承载了祖祖辈辈对后代的希望和鞭策。请根据下列要点写一篇英文短文，80词左右。

Every family has its own rules.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children”（挂钥匙儿童）. They’re children who look after themselves while their parents are working. And their bad condition has become a problem to pay attention to.

Lynette Long was once the headteacher of a primary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing valuable things. A lot of kids hang keys hung around their necks. I was always telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys. I didn’t know what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the influence working couples and single parents were having on their children. Being afraid is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One third of latchkey children were reported being scared. Many didn’t sleep well and were worried about their own safety.

Latchkey children deal with their fears by hiding. It might be in a bathroom, under a bed, or in a toilet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume. It’s hard to count how many latchkey children there are. Most parents are slow to realize that they leave their children alone.

做家务是家庭成员的义务。作为家庭成员之一，你一定做过不少力所能及的家务活。请根据提示写一篇英语短文与大家一起分享。词数在80字左右。

Life is full of the unexpected. On October 28, 2020, a serious traffic accident happened in Chongqing. A bus and a red car collided(碰撞) at the second bridge of the Yangtze River. The bus ran out of control on the bridge and crashed into the river. All 15 passengers and the driver in the bus were killed.

At the beginning of the accident, many people doubted that the red car was going the wrong way, causing the bus to fall into the river. Others guessed that the accident was caused by the driver’s sudden illness. However, a few days later, based on the black box, which was saved from the scene of the accident, together with the traffic records, the police announced(宣布) the truth.

Before the bus reached the bridge, a female passenger had a quarrel with the bus driver because she missed her station, but the driver refused to stop the bus. So she got angry and got into a fight with him. Because the bus speed was very high, the bus was out of control.

People from all walks of life paid more attention to the accident and expressed their opinions. Some people think the woman passenger made the trouble without reasons. She was regarded as the chief culprit(罪魁祸首). She shouldn’t have argued with the driver. Some people think drivers shouldn’t fight with passengers and they should keep calm and put the passengers’ safety first at any time. As for the other passengers, they failed to dissuade(劝阻) the two in time. Of course they didn’t know the result would be so serious.

Nowadays, tens of thousands of people die or get hurt on the roads every year in China. In my opinion, all of us should follow the rules and put the safety in our heart.

生活中常常会发生一些意外的事，但每个人处理事情的方式不同。有些人冷静温和地处理，有些人简单粗暴地对待。当你与人有矛盾、发生冲突时，你会如何处理呢？请你写一篇英语短文，谈谈你的经历与看法。

Life is full of the unexpected.

10 . These days, a special “tour group” has caught people’s eyes. This group is a family of 15 wild（野生的）Asian elephants. They lived in Xishuangbanna in the south of Yunnan.

Last year, they left their home and started to move north. They visited many places in Yunnan. They walked through: mountains, forests, rivers and even city streets. They ate in the fields and slept in the wild. No one knows when the elephants will stop moving. For protecting the elephants, experts used drones（无人机）to watch them closely.

Asian elephants are usually kind. But when they are scared, they may attack（攻击）people. Experts put fences（围栏）and trucks between the elephants and people. They used tons of food like bananas and pineapples to lead the elephants to safe places.