1 . If you like tasting food from different countries, here are some events you shouldn’t miss in New York City this year.

Chinatown Restaurant Week, March 14—30

Various meals will be offered for $18.88 per person at participating Chinatown restaurants such as Golden Unicorn, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, HK Wonton Garden, Pho Grand, Red Egg and Shanghai Gourmet. Peking Duck House will offer a special at lunch only.

More Info: www.chinatownrestaurantweck.com

Martini Week, March 15—30

Martini Week is a two-week-long celebration of America’s proudest invention. It will beheld at 23 bars and restaurants across the town. They’ll be offering their own unique specialities at low prices. Choose from places, including Ava lounge, Beaumarchais, Catch, Abe&Arthur’s Sons of Essex, Bounce Sporting Club, Aspen Social, Revel, Rayuela, and more.

More Info: www.sociallysuperlative.com

Malaysian Restaurant Week, June 18—24

Malaysian restaurants will offer various $20.12 meals, while Asian-influenced restaurants will feature a special limited-time-only menu inspired by the country’s special flavours. Participating restaurants include Fatty Crab, Mechelin-starred Laut, Penang and Spice Market.

More Info: www.Malaysiakitchennyc.com

Italian Restaurant Week, June 26—July 6

Celebrate New York City’s fifth Italian Restaurant Week --the Italian Dine Out. The 11-dayevent will offer special discounted lunch and dinner prices of $23 at New York City’s most authentic Italian restaurants. Sponsored by the Italian Trade Commission,the Italian Dine Out offers diners special 3-course menus for lunch and dinner.

More Info: www.italianmade.com

Belgian Restaurant Week, July 21—28

This is your chance to enjoy tasty multi-course meals and some of the world’s finest beers. The Belgian restaurants in NY bring you amazing cuisines and great beers during a week-long celebration of Belgian food.

More Info; www.belgianrestaurantweeknyc.com

I’m sure you’ll have a great time during the events. Remember: don’t eat too much for thesake of your health.

My list of favorite books are long. I read a lot and I just keep finding new favorites. In my family, we often talk about the books we are reading and passing around our favorites. It benefits a whole family.

I discovered how share favorite books can help strength a friendship long ago. When I was a kid, my friend Liz became very sicker and was going to miss a lot of school. I fill a big bag with some of my favorite books for her read. She never forgot that. Today, she lives thousand of miles away from me, but she sometimes e-mails with me about the books she is reading.

Many of us were raised with the saying “waste not, want not”. None of us, however, can     1     (complete) avoid waste in our lives.

Any kind of waste is thoughtless. Whether we waste our potential talents,our own time, our     2     (limit) natural resources, our money     3     other people’s time, each of us should become more aware and careful. The smallest good habits can make a big difference.     4     is a good feeling to know in our hearts that we are doing our best in a world that is in serious trouble. By focusing     5     saving oil, water, paper, food and clothing, we are playing a part in     6     (cut) down on waste. We must keep reminding ourselves that it is     7     (easy) to get into something than it is     8     (get) out of it. Actually, severe damage     9     (do) to our land recenly in the history of our evolution. It’s time for us to say no to waste so that our descendants (后代)     10     (be) able to develop well. We can’t solve all the problems of waste, but we can encourage mindfulness (察觉).

6 . Liz Woodward worked as a waitress at the route 130 diner in Delran, New Jersey. One Thursday morning around 5:30 am, she was ______ two firefighters,Young and Hullings. Quite ______, she heard that they had been up all night putting out a ______ warehouse fire. It took 12 hours to get the fire under ______.

Liz decided to honor these two ______ by paying their bills and writing them a heartfelt ______ of gratitude (感谢). It read, “Your breakfast is on me today — thank you for all that you do, fueled by fire and driven by ______. What an example you are! Get some rest!"

The simple act of ______ meant so much to the exhausted fire fighters. The firefighters were ______ deeply and thanked her before leaving the ______.

To return the young lady’s kindness, upon his arrival home, Hullings posted a Facebook update to ______ his friends to go to eat at the diner, which was quickly ______ more than 3,000 times.

______ it was not until afterwards that they ______ Liz was really the one that was in need.When they found out that Liz was trying to ______ money for her paralyzed father to get a wheelchair-accessible van (面包车),Young posted with a ______ to a GoFundMe page for Liz’s dad. Then the support ______.

The total donations reached $60,000 and went beyond Liz’s wildest dreams. She had never ______ that her small gesture would, be paid in such a(n).______ way.“ To be honest,I’m truly.______ for what they have done for me,”Liz Woodward said on Facebook.