In China, comprehensive practical courses (综合实践课) in primary and middle schools play an important role in developing students’ comprehensive abilities. For this reason, they are becoming more and more popular among students and parents. So what abilities can students get from these courses?

●Learn to make a plan. A good plan is always necessary. It helps students do better in comprehensive practical activities. For example, they can divide the members into several groups to be responsible for different parts of the tasks.

●Learn to be independent. Students need to deal with problems independently in comprehensive practical activities. They can no longer depend on their parents or teachers so much.

●Improve communication skills. Students are encouraged and organized to take part in all kinds of comprehensive practical activities. They know how to get on with others better.

For example, on April 23, 2024, some students of Guiyang No.3 Experimental High School visited hongpiaodai, the Long March digital (数字的) hall and cultural park in Guiyang. There, they communicated with workers and learned about how they can bring the scenes of the Long March in front of visitors. “With high technology we can go back to the old days and see in person how hard the great soldiers fight during the Long March. Isn’t it amazing?” says one student. Thanks to this unforgettable experience, students knew more about the science and found something new in a different way.

Students speak highly of comprehensive practical courses. They can carry out activities smoothly under the guidance of their teachers. The most important thing to keep in mind is safety. Students must avoid going anywhere alone without teachers’ permission (允许).

5 . On March 10th, 2024, a seventh-grade student in Handan, Hebei province, was killed by three of his classmates. School bullying (校园霸凌) became a hit and caused growing attention of the public. Bullying is a big problem at school. Over 200 million students in the world are bullied each year. There is no doubt that school bullying does harm to students’ physical health and mental health. It can even threaten (威胁) their lives. Hurting a person’s body is the most common kind of bullying, such as hitting or kicking. Saying or writing bad things is also bullying, including laughing at others or giving people terrible nicknames (绰号). In such a situation, it is high time that the students as well as parents and schools take responsibility to solve the problem.

For students, they need to stand up and say “no” to school bullying. When being bullied or seeing bullied behavior, they should tell teachers, parents or the police. Second, legal knowledge is also important. Read law books to protect themselves, instead of bullying back. Third, students should make a good living habit. Don’t go to places like KTV. What’s more, they should be friendly to classmates to help them when they need help.

For parents, they should pay attention to their children’s physical and mental health. In particular, they should focus on the education of their children’s good personality and good living habits. Let them learn to love, to contribute (奉献) and learn to be friendly to others.

For schools and teachers, they should stress the school safety work and the school safety education. Besides, more rules should be made to protect the safety of students at school. Meanwhile, they should take care of students and protect the personal information of the students and have heart-to-heart talk with them to help them out.

All in all, students should be given a safe and peaceful place to study. It is hoped that there will be an end to school bullying.

School days should be a happy time in a young person’s life. Then what can make people’s lives painful during this time? There is one word which answers this question—bullying (霸凌).

Unluckily, bullying is common. It can affect (影响) students of any age, and both boys and girls. A friend of mine, Peter, had a very bad experience at school last year. He put on a lot of weight in a short time and became very fat. Some schoolmates made fun of him, called him names and even posted unkind messages about him on the Internet. Peter felt very upset about this and it affected his self-confidence. He didn’t want to speak to others and did even worse in his study. Some days, he didn’t want to come to school at all.

How can we prevent this problem? For one thing, I think teachers need to realize that bullying may be happening in their classes and be very strict when there is a case of bullying. For another thing, teachers should prepare lessons to talk about the problem with their students. That might make bullies realize how badly they hurt others. As for students, if we find out a classmate is being bullied, we should support the classmate as much as possible and let a teacher know.

Bullying can be a nightmare but there are things we can do to prevent it. Hopefully, one day all students will be able to go to school without fear of being bullied.

校园安全至关重要。近年来，越来越多的学校重视校园安全问题。为响应“安全校园的创建”活动，你们学校的英文报刊就“校园安全”这一主题向全校征稿。假设你叫李明，你打算向学校英文报刊投稿，分享你的所见所感。请你写一篇英文稿件，内容包括：

Our school lives can be dangerous if we’re not careful enough.

There is a piece of news that makes me angry. It is said that there was an event in a school that caused the death of students. This event made school bullying (校园霸凌) become a hot topic again. School is not only a place where we can learn something, but also a small society. Many children suffer from school bullying nowadays. So boycotting (抵制) school bullying is what everyone in school should do.

Factors (要素) about school bullying

Family education

Parents should educate their children well, give them a good guide and take care of them. As we all know, parents are the best teachers for children in this world. Therefore, we can’t expect a couple of selfish and violent parents will have a gentle and friendly child.

The responsibility of schools and teachers

Schools should try to avoid things like this. If the students are injured or dead, the schools have a responsibility to them. Teachers should have a sense of responsibility and carefully find the things that happen to their students and then educate and protect them in time.

The environment in the society

Society should control violent events. If the government can try its best and pay enough attention to the growth of teenagers, it will help avoid this terrible accident happening. Also, social media influence has gradually become an influential force that gives much negative shock to teenagers’ minds as well as behavior.

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Teenagers should have a sense of justice and also have a heart for fighting against the evil. Don’t be feared. School bullying is just like a spring—you weak it will be strong, you strong it will be weak.

I think if we unite together to fight against the evil. Things like this should be avoided. The school will be peaceful and harmonious again!

10 . 朋友之间的友谊本应是纯真的，但是近日少数校园里出现了一些不和谐的现象，偶有校园暴力 (campus violence) 的发生，对同学造成了伤害。请你根据下面的写作要求，以How to Protect Ourselves in Campus Violence为题写一篇演讲稿谈谈你的看法。内容包括：

How to Protect Ourselves in Campus Violence

Good afternoon, everyone. Today I am going to talk something about bullying (霸凌) in school.

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