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my favourite festival is the chinese new year. people usually clean their houses before the new years day, people wear new clothes and visit their friends and relatives. most of them prefer red because they think red can bring good luck.
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many young people are now giving up their spare time to become volunteers. it is a very meaningful activity because volunteering helps and gives support to different groups in society.
young people can choose to volunteer in many different charities and projects. for example, i do voluntary work for two charities: the first one gives help and support to homeless people, and the second one takes care of the disabled people.
another choice is to take part in special projects or events to raise money for charity. some people take part in charity walks, or they donate money to charities. you can even organize one of these events yourself.
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dear sir,
i would like to recommend daniel for this years young star award.
daniel is a clever boy. he learns things quickly. he always thinks carefully when he works. he plans everything well.
daniel is really kind. last week, a five-year-old boy lost his way and was crying in the street. daniel saw him and took him to the police station. he stayed with the boy and played with him for two hours before the boys parents came.
all the members at the helping hands club think that daniel should get the award. we look forward to hearing from you soon.
yours,
sandy
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recently we did a survey in our class in order to learn about students ideas.
mary wants to be a teacher when she grows up. she is very patient and enjoys working with children. now, she is interested in all the subjects and works very hard. mike would like to be a writer. he is willing to share his wonderful stories with others. now he keeps reading and writing every day. i want to be a dancer because i like dancing very much. i practise dancing every day.
hopefully, everyone can realize their dreams in the future.
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hello, everyone!
ive got some great news for you today. our school basketball team is in the final round of the basketball competition! the match will be on sunday, the 7th of november, at south hill school. now, listen carefully to the plan for the day.
at 9 a.m., well arrive at south hill school at 10 a.m. the match will start at 10:30 a.m. after the match finishes, there will be the presentation of the cup and medals. the bus will leave at 12 noon from south hill school and bring you back to school.
please come and support our team.
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today daniel and i took an online tour on the website .
sydney is on the south-east coast of australia. it is the largest city in australia.
on the website, we saw lots of pictures of sydney. sydney is near the sea. there are many beautiful beaches there. we also saw a wonderful building called the sydney opera house. it is a theatre and looks like a ship with many sails. near the sydney opera house is the famous harbour bridge. people can climb it. it takes about three hours. it is really cool!
australian seasons are the opposite of ours. for example, in april, it is autumn in australia!
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my name is lucy. i am in year 9 at woodland school near london. it is a mixed school. boys and girls have lessons together. my favourite subject is french. learning foreign languages is fun.
our school has a reading week every year. during the week, we can borrow more books from the school library. we can also bring in books and magazines from home. i often read more books than my classmates. near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class. time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.
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tan dun is one of the greatest artists in the world today. when he was very young, tan showed an interest in music. to him, the best music comes from nature. as he likes the sounds of nature, tan uses them a lot in his music. for example, in one of his works,?water, he doesns really amazing!
tan has successfully brought chinese and western music together. he has helped build a bridge between the east and the west. in his words,
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unicef was set up in 1946 to help children after the war in europe. now, unicef helps children all over the world. it works in over 190 countries and areas. it helps governments and families make the world a better place for children.
unicef gets its money from donations. it raises money by selling christmas cards and organizing other fund-raising activities. people can help unicef by doing voluntary work.
unicef believes that all children should have clean water and food so that they can be healthy. it also believes that they should go to school instead of working to support their families.
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this years beijing music awards will be covered live this saturday. many asian pop stars will attend. before the awards start, we will interview some of the most famous musicians. three hundred thousand fans have voted online for their favourite songs, singers and music videos. the results will be announced during the show. then some questions will follow. as you are watching the show, write down your answers and send text messages to 1396. if you are lucky enough, you could win two free concert tickets.
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hi, everyone. here well find the panda house. pandas like to eat bamboo and lie down all day long.
walk along the road. to the north of the panda house, youll find the lions. lions are the kings of the animal world.
turn left, and you forest. ms are clever and funny.
then turn right, and cross the bridge, youll see the elephants. their large ears are like open fans.
here you can see all kinds of animals. have a nice trip!
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mums home to make the card because i wanted to keep it secret. i planned to make the card with some roses on it. sandy helped me with the drawing. we had fun working together. it took me two hours to finish. i coloured the roses red, blue and pink. i also cut out a picture of colourful balloons and stuck it on the cover. this is the first card i made for mum. i hope she will like it.
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our good friend jason is leaving beijing tomorrow. jason is an exchange student who studied at our school for six months.
jason is smart. he is good at maths, and he often helped us with our homework. he likes our school because we have more after-school activities and more clubs.
everyone likes jason because he is always kind and generous. he is willing to share things with others. jason also has a great sense of humour. we will never forget his jokes.
now jason has to go back to his family and friends in new york. we will all miss him very much. we wish him good luck.
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zhalong nature reserve is in north-east china. it is one of the worlds most important wetlands. the area provides food and cover for a lot of wildlife. it is a perfect place for some rare birds.
some people want to make the wetlands smaller in order to have more space for farms and buildings. this will lead to less and less space for wildlife. now the chinese government has made laws to protect zhalong.
wetlands are important because they provide food and shelter for wildlife including some endangered birds, and they also help prevent floods. we must protect the home of plants, fish and birds in zhalong.
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i have to choose a new colour for my bedroom. itt agree though. he thinks green is better. jack says that green represents nature and that it can make you feel energetic. i remind jack that green is also the colour of envy. my mother recommends blue. she thinks blue?is a calm and peaceful colour, so it will make me less stressed and help me relax after school. perhaps she is right.
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winter is my favourite season. it is very cold and everyone has to wear thick warm clothes, but i always enjoy the winter here in harbin.
the temperature is usually below zero and it is often snowy. everything is covered in deep white snow, and the lakes and rivers are frozen. during this season, you cannot see beautiful flowers or green trees, but the land is quiet and beautiful.
my friends and i love playing outside in winter. it is exciting to have big snowball fights. we also make snowmen and use carrots for their noses. they look funny.
winter is great!
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i went to hainan with my parents in february. hainan lies in the south of china.
haikou is the capital city of hainan province. there are many famous attractions in it. we went to the holiday beach, a fantastic place. it was a sunny day, so we took a walk along the beach. we also went to peoples park. we hired a bicycle and rode around the park. it was much fun! then we went to sanya. we went to see some underground caves. i took many photos of them.
there is so much to see in hainan. i want to visit it again in the future.
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dinosaurs lived on the earth a long time ago. we now know that the first dinosaurs appeared about 245 million years ago.
there were hundreds of different kinds of dinosaurs, but they didnt live at the same time. some dinosaurs were really small. one of the smallest dinosaurs was about one metre long and weighed about three kilograms. others were really big. some very large ones weighed over 100,000 kilograms and some were about 40 metres long.
some dinosaurs ate plants and others ate meat. all dinosaurs had four legs and lived on land.
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dear linda,
i have been in beijing for two weeks. i am having great fun here.
i went to the great wall last saturday. i walked on the wall for a long time and i enjoyed the view around the wall. i couldnt stop taking photos. you can see some more on my blog. i took a tour around the palace museum yesterday. i was surprised that there were so many beautiful arts and crafts there. i really liked them.
i am going to visit the world park next weekend. i will spend a whole day there. let me tell you the details later.
best wishes,
lily
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my father has worked in a local factory for years. you will not find anything unusual about him until you learn more.
my father has always been kind and helpful. he has donated blood many times since 1990. the blood he has donated is enough to save over 70 lives. he has also donated blood cells to people with blood cancer. to my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.
when i was a little girl, i could not understand why my father always seemed to be kinder to others than to his own family. now i realize that he has a heart full of love.
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my ideal school starts at 8 a.m. and finishes at 3 p.m. i love sports and computers, so we have pe and computer lessons?every day. the classes are quite small. there are about 20 students in each class.
there is a big dining hall. there we can eat and chat with our friends. there is a park on one side of our school and a shopping mall on the other. we have a big library. we also have a tennis court and a swimming pool.
there are lots of clubs and after-school activities. every month, we go on a school trip to a museum or a theatre.
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yao ming was born in shanghai in 1980. he got his first basketball when he was only four years old, but he did not become serious about basketball until he was 12. yao joined the houston rockets in 2002 and became the best chinese player to ever play in the nba.
when yao ming lived in the usa, he returned to china whenever he was needed. he took part in the olympics in 2004 and in 2008 as one of the chinese athletes. since he ended his basketball career, yao has done a lot of charity work, especially for poor chinese teenagers.
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pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world today. in many places, rubbish is thrown into lakes and rivers, so many of them are polluted. in some cities, the air is filled with pollution.
switzerland is beautiful with high mountains and clean blue lakes. in switzerland, things like glass, plastic and paper are separated into different groups and then recycled. even old clothes and shoes can be recycled. the government has many laws to protect the environment. for example, people are not allowed to cut down trees. otherwise, they will be punished. remember that everyone can do something to make a difference.
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dear millie,
thank you very much for your letter. i hope i can offer you some useful advice.
you said you often stay up late to finish all your homework. plan your day carefully. make a list of all the homework you have. then work out how much time you need to finish it all. this will give you an idea of how much spare time you have.
you also said that you do not have enough time for your hobbies. what about choosing your hobby according to the time you have?
i hope you think my advice is worth taking.
best wishes,
helen
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all around the world, people drink tea, but tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. in different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
in china people like to have tea together with their friends. they drink tea at any time of the day. they put only tea leaves in their cups. they prefer tea with nothing in it.
tea is also popular in japan. people have tea every day, but the way they drink it is different from that in china.
in the usa people drink tea at breakfast or after meals. they usually use tea bags to make their tea.
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guilin is really a
beautiful city in southern china. it lies on the two sides of the lijiang river. all around the city, mountains stand in different shapes. many visitors come and visit guilin because of its fantastic landscape.
in the north-west of the city is the reed flute cave. in this underground cave, it is amazing that there are so many rocks in unusual shapes. the cave is praised as the .
tourists like to take a boat trip along the lijiang river. it is great fun.
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we are going to hold a talk on good table manners this afternoon. the purpose is to teach students rules for eating.
there will be a lot of advice on table manners. above all, when you are sitting at the table, you should not start eating until everyone is ready, and it is impolite to make too much noise while you are eating or drinking. you should not eat with your mouth open or talk with food in your mouth. before you leave the table, wait for everyone to finish.
these rules are important because we should make sure that both guests and hosts are comfortable at the table.
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our environment is changing for the worse, so it is time for us to go green. here are some simple steps to take at home.
we can save water by taking shorter showers and turning off the tap when we brush our teeth. in order to save power, we should turn off the lights when we leave a room.
some other good habits can help reduce pollution too. we should not use plastic bags when shopping. recycling is also a good way to help reduce pollution. we should separate waste into different groups so that it can be recycled.
follow these small steps, and you can make a big difference to the earth!
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dear mum,
i am going on a business trip to shenzhen tomorrow. i have asked my robot to look after you while i am away.
you have a serious heart problem and have to take medicine every day. however, you have a poor memory and often forget when you should take your pills. my robot will remind you to take them at the right time. if you want to go out, my robot will help you find your coat. you often feel lonely because you do not know who you can talk to, and my robot will try to do something to make you happy.
take care and i will see you soon!
yours,
john
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my dream home is at the foot of a hill. it has three floors. there is a football field behind my house and a swimming pool beside it.
there is a kitchen and a home cinema on the ground floor. the kitchen is very clean. there is always more than enough food there. the cinema has a large tv. i would like to invite my friends to watch films with me at the weekend.
on the first floor, there are six bedrooms. each room has a new computer and all the beds are comfortable.
there are two large rooms on the second floor. my friends and i have parties there. it is great fun!
