1 . Easy Halloween Party Ideas 2021
Halloween is forthcoming and we’re sure your kids already have their spirit on! With some preparations and these Halloween party ideas, you can throw your kids and their friends a super fearful party. We have listed some easy-peasy ideas for you.
Theme it out
Picking the perfect Halloween theme can be complicated. There are so many factors to consider like location, space size, kid-friendliness, etc. Whichever theme you choose, make sure that you stick with it for other elements as well like food, music, and decorations.
Ghoulishing the decorations
Fake blood, spider webs, cut-out pumpkins, & huge bubbling pots. Halloween decorations are sure fun and involve kids and parents together in the holiday activities. Decorating the house together is sure to ensure some serious bonding time!
DIY Halloween party games
DIY Halloween games are a super way to get kids excited! They are budget-friendly and are a great way for parents to bond with their children. Make sure to include games that suit your theme and create amusement.
Make some delicious food & drinks
Try to keep Halloween snacks and drinks tasty and simple! Make a tangy punch (潘趣酒) that kids will enjoy with some cheese sandwiches to go along with. You can make snacks that are relevant to your theme.
Halloween is great fun but don’t forget that the core purpose behind each holiday is to get in some family time. Do some activities that involve you and your kids together. Help your kids enjoy themselves to the fullest by enjoying with them!
1. What should you do when deciding a theme?| A．Pick whichever theme as you like. |
| B．Add other elements to make it diverse. |
| C．Choose a theme as complicated as possible. |
| D．Make sure everything is with the same theme. |
| A．To have fun with friends. | B．To practice kids’ DIY ability. |
| C．To promote family relationship. | D．To create a fearful atmosphere. |
| A．Parents. | B．Teachers. |
| C．Kids. | D．Businessmen. |
2 . While established by Woodrow Wilson as a holiday in the United States in 1911, the practice of recognizing mothers on a specific day or time of year has spread to more than 40 countries. Here's a look at the various traditions.
France
Mother's Day in France only started in the 1950s. After World War I, it was celebrated on the last Sunday in May, unless it conflicted with the Pentecost（五旬节）. If it did, mothers were celebrated on the first Sunday of June. Regardless of the day, a traditional gif is a flower-shaped cake.
Japan
Following WWI, Mother's Day in Japan gained some popularity, and it is now celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Gifts include red or pink conations（康乃馨） as they symbolize sweetness and purity. Children will often draw pictures of their mothers and present them to mom in addition to preparing dishes that their mothers have taught them.
Sweden
Celebrated on the last Sunday in May, the day isn't all that different from the U. S. version. There's breakfast in bed and homemade cards and the like. One difference is that the Swedish Red Cross collects money by selling red plastic flowers. The money from the flowers goes to mothers and children in need.
Thailand
While all mothers are recognized during Mother's Day in Thailand, the holiday is largely centered on Sirikit, the queen mother of Thailand. Mother's Day is celebrated on her birthday, August 12, and public places and households are decorated with lights and pictures of Sirikit. Flowers like jasmine are popular gifts.
1. What do Japanese children usually do for their mothers on Mother's Day?| A．Buy pictures. | B．Cook meals. | C．Grow flowers. | D．Present cards. |
| A．France. | B．Japan. | C．Thailand. | D．Sweden. |
| A．To tell us how different countries celebrate Mother's Day. |
| B．To protect traditions of Mother's Day in different places. |
| C．To introduce the origin and development of Mother's Day. |
| D．To call on us to show respect for our mother on Mother's Day. |
Pumpkin(南瓜)carving at Halloween is a family tradition. We visit a local farm every October. In the pumpkin field, I compete with my three brothers and sister to seek out the biggest pumpkin. My dad has a rule that we have to carry our pumpkins back home, and as the eldest child I have an advantage — I carried an 85-pounder back last year.
This year, it was hard to tell whether my prize or the one chosen by my 14-year-old brother, Jason, was the winner. Unfortunately we forgot to weigh them before taking out their insides, but I was determined to prove my point. All of us were hard at work at the kitchen table, with my mom filming the annual event. I’m unsure now why I thought forcing my head inside the pumpkin would settle the matter, but it seemed to make perfect sense at the time.
With the pumpkin resting on the table, hole uppermost, I bent over and pressed my head against the opening. At first I got jammed just above my eyes and then, as I went on with my task, unwilling to quit, my nose briefly prevented entry. Finally I managed to put my whole head into it, like a cork(软木塞)forced into a bottle. I was able to straighten up with the huge pumpkin resting on my shoulders.
My excitement was short-lived. The pumpkin was heavy. “I’m going to set it down, now,” I said, and with Jason helping to support its weight, I bent back over the table to give it somewhere to rest. It was only when I tried to remove my head that I realized getting out was going to be less straightforward than getting in. When I pulled hard, my nose got in the way. I got into a panic as I pressed firmly against the table and moved my head around trying to find the right angle, but it was no use. “I can’t get it out!” I shouted, my voice sounding unnaturally loud in the enclosed space.
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I was stuck for five to six minutes though it felt much longer.
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That video was posted the day before Halloween.
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2. 学打羽毛球；
3. 参加志愿者活动。
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Dear Josh,
I’m glad to hear from you again. Talking about my plan in Winter Vacation, I’d like to do the following things.
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Hope you will enjoy your summer vacation too!
Yours,
Li Hua
5 . Summer Camps for Kids
PGL Surrey
Suitable for: 7-17 years; 7 nights from ￡469
PGL or Parents Get Lost is the big daddy of summer camps. Most popular is the seven-day multi-activity camp, a mix of dance, photography and more. It has three, four, and seven-night camps, including a first-timer week for new campers.
The Outward Bound Trust
Suitable for: 11-19 years; prices go from one week ￡599 courses to 19-day adventures at ￡1, 749
As well as the activity weeks you' d expect from a summer camp, it also offers 19-day journeys, through some of the most beautiful natural scenery(景色)in the UK. You will spend every day camping out scene underneath the stars, on a once-in-a-lifetime journey through either Wales, Scotland or the Lake Districts
Mill on the Brue
Suitable for: 8-15 years; ￡630 a week
This outdoor activity centre is perfect for the active adventurer. Family-run for nearly 40 years, the summer camp focuses on team building and problem-solving with children encouraged to work together to build rafts(木筏), cross the river and complete the assault course(障碍场).
First Hand Experiences
Suitable for: 7-14 years; ￡439 for 6 nights, ￡220 for 3 nights
Connecting with nature by growing, cooking and sharing food is at the heart of this camp. It also offers woodland arts, countryside experience as well as lots of outdoor fun and games. Kids will water, pick and cook vegetables from the forest garden, and there’re lots of new experiences like cooking sweet potatoes on the campfire.
1. What do we know about The Outward Bound Trust?| A．It is an art camp. | B．It lasts for five days. |
| C．It is for kids aged 11-19. | D． It offers boat-building courses. |
| A．￡439 | B．￡469. | C．￡599. | D．￡630 |
| A．PGL Surrey. | B．Mill on the Brue. | C．First Hand Experiences. | D．The Outward Bound Trust. |
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2. 活动内容(各种社团表演及活动等)；
3. 活动反响。
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Blossom of Youth
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During summer vacation, I went on a three-day camping expedition (远足). We had to carry all of our own clothes and food, as well as tents, cooking pots and first aid kits(急救药箱).
On the first day, our instructor taught us how to read maps. It's not too difficult
On the second day, we had to find our own way to the next campsite. My group set
I learned so much from this expedition—not just map reading skills,
I was so excited to take a vacation in Florida for the first time. My sister had invited my daughters and me to go with her family and she even lent me her new, expensive bathing suit (泳衣). It was so comfortable.
The first morning we were there, I put on that bathing suit and we headed to the beach. We played in the water, enjoying the views and sounds of the ocean: the waves, the wind, fish, white sand, seashells, and whatever else drew our attention. I was excited by it all while I was swimming in the cool ocean water.
Suddenly, I felt a deep pain (疼痛) in my right arm. My sister saw my face and rushed to my side. I lifted my arm to find huge blisters (水泡) that circled the entire length of my arm. I had been bitten by a jellyfish (水母).
My sister said, “We have to head back to our room now. I will put some ointment (药膏) on the blisters so that we don't have to rush to the hospital.”
I didn't want to frighten anyone, so I came out of the water quietly with my arm hanging at my side. We had forgotten our towels that morning in a hurry to get to the ocean, so I shook as we walked in silence.
I began to notice people looking at me and pointing me out. It seemed as if the entire beach was laughing at me.
Then I looked down and saw why. That beautiful, expensive bathing suit was completely transparent (透明的) now that it was wet. I became the center of the beach. However, I had no towel for the long travel back to the room!
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To get back to the room, I had to walk past a swimming pool.
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Well, good and bad news came in.
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1. Where is Ben?
| A．In the kitchen. | B．At school. | C．In the park. |
| A．Help set the table. | B．Have a party. | C．Do their homework. |
10 . Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my email. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed (推特简讯). Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my head wasn’t.
So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal (退出) from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.
The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating a frustrating experience. I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely cut off from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for radio and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to all along: read books.
This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “ I don’t need it,” I said.
However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work? There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. And I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (诱惑) to check my e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two.
I think a vacation is supposed to help you reset your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.
1. What do we know about the author’s summer vacation last year ?| A．He worked as if he were at work then |
| B．He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view. |
| C．His ipad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel. |
| D．He felt satisfied that he has stuck to his usual timetable. |
| A．continue to read more and more books. |
| B．stay away from the Internet for ever. |
| C．stop checking what is being said right now completely. |
| D．keep control of when and how to use the Internet. |
| A．A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative. |
| B．A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wished to. |
| C．A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day. |
| D．A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued. |
