Do you want to travel the countries in Asia? You don't have to travel very far. Follow us, you can find these Asian adventures(探险).

    Cycling in Guilin, China

    Get around the city by cycling through Guilin, in the Guangxi province of China. Mountains rise straight up, creating the only beauty. Bike paths take you past the villages and farms. Enjoy this beautiful views from your bike, or stop and talk with one of the villagers working in his field.

    Adventure advice: When your feet are tired, take a boat trip along the beautiful and famous Li River.

    White-water rafting in Nepal

    In Nepal, you can experience thrilling rapids(湍流) and the beauty of the Himalayas at the same time. Take a white-water rafting trip down the Sun Koki River, world-renowned for its powerful rapids. At night you'll camp beside the river on white water, enjoy the quiet, lonely Nepalese countryside.

    Adventure advice: Don't go rafting in summer. High water levels make it dangerous.

    Scuba diving in Malaysia

    Go diving in the clear waters around Spaded, an island in Malaysia, and discover an underwater world. You'll see large sea animals swimming along. The colorful coral along the reefs hides tiny fish. The wide kind of tropical life found around Spaded makes it famous for diving.

    Adventure advice: You can dive at Spaded, but you can't sleep there. The island is a protected park, but you can stay on one of the nearby islands.

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Mrs Lin: I have a 15-year-old daughter (女儿) named Mary. She is tall and slim with long hair and big eyes. She looks very beautiful. She can sing and dance very well. But she spends too much time on computer games. Sometimes she plays them without dinner. She does her homework quickly (很快地), but there are many mistakes (错误). She doesn't do well in her lessons now. When I talk to her, she doesn't listen to me! What shall I do?

Mrs Liu: My son Paul is a good boy. He studies hard and is good at all his lessons. But it's really difficult to stop my son from eating snacks. Between meals, he always eats some candy, cakes and ice cream. He is not very tall but looks very fat. I worry about his health. How can I help him?

Mrs Lee: My13-year-old boy, Jacky, is tall and thin. He is always a good student at school. But he doesn't exercise very often. He likes reading very much. He can read books in his bedroom for the whole day. He has few friends. I want him to go out to play with his classmates, but he often says, "I just want to read my books." What can I do?

    When we talked about the space, we know the universe means the earth, the sun, the moon, the stars and so on in space. Many of the stars are so far away that we can't see them.

    Through our geography lessons, we know the earth ①goes around the sun, and the moon goes around the earth.

    We have day and night because the earth keeps moving all the time. Just because the moon is closer to the earth than the sun, it looks much bigger than the sun. ②The sun is bright enough to give out very strong light. The moon can't give any light at all, but it looks quite bright, too. Why? In fact, the light from the moon comes from the sun. ③But in fact the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon.

    ④在宇宙中仍然有许多其他的行星。But of all these planets, only on the earth there are living things. People on the earth have studied the space all the time. They've sent many spaceships into the space many times. On November 3 and 14,2011,Chinese scientists let Shenzhou Ⅷ successfully dock with(对接)the Tiangong Ⅰtwice. This is one of the greatest events in the history of China's space.

左栏是在外国学习期间中国留学生常遇到的五个问题的主题描述，右栏是常遇到的五个问题的具体描述，请为左栏的每个主题选择一个合适的描述。

    Teachers help us to become good students. So we need to say thanks to them for all their hard work. Chinese students have a Teachers' Day on September 10.But how do American students thank their teachers?

    First of all, American schools have a whole week in May to appreciate(感激)their teachers! Teacher Appreciation Day is on the Tuesday of that week.

    The school hosts parties with gifts and snacks that week. There are also signs everywhere to show their love for teachers.

    American students like to give small presents to their teachers. American teachers sometimes get thank you notes from their students. Teachers also have handicrafts(手工艺品), small treats, or trinkets (小饰物)from students.

    Students shouldn't just wait for Teacher Appreciation Day. Thank your teachers all the time! It helps them do a good job.