Students at Shanming Middle School in Jiangsu often take part in activities{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hold) by nearby communities. Does it sound fun? Well, students have mixed feelings. They enjoy the time outside school. But they don't find the activities  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (interest).

Why not design{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (they) own activities? Some students got this idea and soon students joined the project.

     They first thought about activities ideas and listed them in an “activity menu”. They included: visiting science museums and companies; watching movies and basketball competitions.

    “The menu looked great, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  we soon found problems,” said Wang Ziming, one of the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}   (designer).

      First they needed a place to hold the activities. The students decided to talk to the local government to let them use the district stadium.

 “We first presented the benefits of these community activities to them,” said Wang. “ Then we promised we'd use the stadium {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  (careful ) and clean it afterwards”.

     The local government agreed that they could use the stadium and some sports equipment once{#blank#}7{#/blank#}  month.

     The students also designed a virtual (虚拟的) bank to encourage volunteering.

     Students{#blank#}8{#/blank#}   volunteered as librarians or cleaners would be rewarded with “gold coins”. A certain amount of coins gave you free entry to entertainment events such as{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (watch) a movie.

     Now, this special activity menu {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (become) popular in Wuxi communities. The students are happy with this.

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    Do you know what is special about November and June in the UK? They are, possibly, the only two {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(month) with no school holidays. A newspaper recently did a survey among a group of students. In {#blank#}2{#/blank#}survey, 68 percent of the students said that their parents were at work in the school holidays. 73 percent said that they were bored during the school holidays and 35 percent said they were happy to go back to school! The results of the survey show that not everybody {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (want) to have many holidays.

    If you don't want to stay at home, go out and take part {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some interesting activities. A lot of schools organize different kinds of trips during the holidays, especially when they have a one-week holiday. You have many {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) to make.

    Many schools take groups of students to some {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (train) centers. There, students can learn how to do things by {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they). For example, students learn how to make a camp in the forest. They also learn a lot {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (many) about animals and plants. At the same time, they are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (teach) how to find their way back to the centers.

    In most towns, some other centers offer students different courses,  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}as computer game design, film-making and painting. Students can also go abroad for school trips. They can practice their foreign languages and experience everyday life in different cultures.