Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor. You may have seen robots in some films. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and more clever than people in real life. Most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs. Some people can't look after themselves and move around. They need dogs to help them. These dogs are called guide dogs. Scientists are making robot dogs to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.

    Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people's rooms,   it never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.

    In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human beings, though they can help us in a lot of different ways.

Dear Jenny, 

You ask me about my favorite festival. It is Spring Festival. It is1 January or February. For the festival, we do many things and buy many things,2 we are always busy. The color of Spring Festival is3 . We wear new red 4  and put up (张贴) red paper-cuts (窗花). And we put lucky money in red packets (红包).5 are always happy those days because they can get lucky money from6 parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. What do we usually

7 on Spring Festival? Jiaozi. In the8 , the family will watch TV together but children don't like watching TV for 4 hours. It's really9 for them. They always play fireworks10 their friends.

What about you? What festival do you like best?

Your friend,

Li Ming

Hey, I'm a raccoon dog (貉), not a raccoon (浣熊), though we look similar. I used to live in the wild. But these days, I moved to the big. city of Shanghai and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) a neighbor of humans.

These years, many raccoon dogs like me moved to cities. One big r{#blank#}2{#/blank#} is that the cities are greener. There are many p{#blank#}3{#/blank#} and pools in your neighborhood. I like to live near the bushes (灌木) and water, 

As for food, in the wild, I had to try hard to hunt for {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (mouse) and rabbits. But now. I can find food in trash cans (垃圾捅) . Many people f{#blank#}5{#/blank#} homeless cats. Sometimes, I also eat the tasty cat food. Life in the city is very comfortable and convenient. I'm getting much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fat)!

What's more, my human neighbors are k{#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They never drive me away, though they may not be very clear about w{#blank#}8{#/blank#} animal I am.

But there is also a problem. Scientists find about 3, 000-5, 000 of us in 300 communities (社区) in Shanghai. Some communities are crowded. Scientists hope some {#blank#}9{#/blank#} us could move to other places. They got smelly tiger urine (尿液) from the zoo and left it on the wall to scare us a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}. But I'm a clever raccoon dog. I was not fooled by it!

Just like in other countries, in China, there are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. 

Spring is the season I like best! In spring the weather starts to get 1 . The sun shines 2 . The grass is green and the flowers are colorful. 3 is new just like a baby. We usually go to the parks with our friends to 4 kites and have a picnic. 

Summer is the season I don't like 5 it's hot and dry every day. We will 6 put on air con- ditioners (空调), or we will feel hot. Most of us 7 go outside at noon in summer. But some people still like to swim in the river during this time. They say it is nice to 8 in the cool water. 

Autumn is cool. It is a season of harvest. In autumn, all kinds of good fruits 9 ripe (成熟的) like apples, oranges and pears. 

Winter is the last season in a year. I don't like winter, but I like the Spring Festival!

What's your favourite 10 ? Can you tell me?

 Whether yellow, red or white, the onion is a vegetable that you may not know well. The list of its uses in cooking is endless. People have used onions to add flavor(味道) to their foods for thousands of years. Besides onions' great taste, they are very good for you. They have special chemicals that improve your ability to fight off illness and you have fewer chances of getting ill. 

 No matter how good onions are for you, it is difficult to cut an onion without your eyes filling with tears! When you cut an onion, irritating chemicals inside the onion will get into the air. They touch your whole eyes and cause pain. Your eyes make tears to wash away the chemicals and protect your eyes. 

 Luckily, cooks and scientists have discovered some ways to keep you from crying when you cut up onions. 

●Cut the onion under running water. The water will wash away the chemicals before they can reach your eyes. 

●Use a fan to blow air over the onion as you cut it. The air will blow the chemicals away from your eyes. 

●Put the onion in a fridge for an hour before cutting. This helps make the chemicals in the onion move slowly, so they may not ever reach your eyes. 

 If you try out these good ideas and still cry while cutting onions, don't worry. Scientists think if you cut more onions, your body will become more resilient to the onion's chemicals. So the tears will not last long. If you think about how healthy onions are, you might even call those tears" happy tears". 

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