Most children like watching TV. It's very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  . By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about {#blank#}2{#/blank#} country and the world. Of course, they can also {#blank#}3{#/blank#} over the radio. But they can learn better and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on TV. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  ? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can't see {#blank#}6{#/blank#} over the radio. TV helps to open children's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . It helps to open their minds, too. They learn newer and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  ways of doing things. Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. They can' t have a good rest. How about you, my young friend?

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    The Chongyang Festival is a Chinese traditional festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It's also{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) the Double Ninth Festival.

    The festival started as{#blank#}2{#/blank#}/'ɜ:li/ as the Warring States Period (475—221 BC) . It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(high) odd number (奇数). People believe that two "nines" meeting together stand for a long life. So it is a special holiday{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(kind) of activities in honor of old people, wishing them good{#blank#}6{#/blank#}/helθ/ and a long life.

    The festival comes during the golden time of{#blank#}7{#/blank#}/fɔ:l/. On the day, people traditionally drink chrysanthemum (菊花）wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes{#blank#}8{#/blank#}climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant named dogwood. People in ancient times believed that {#blank#}9{#/blank#}plant could drive away evil (邪恶的）spirits and prevent them from{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(catch) an illness in winter.

    Today is October 4th．It's World Animal Day．Gina  and her sister Sally go to the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}early．They want to do some things for the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}there．In the south of the zoo，Gina finds an elephant．Its{#blank#}3{#/blank#} are kind of dirty．Gina and Sally get some{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and clean them．After that they get some food for this elephant．After the elephant eats the food，the two girls take a photo with it．Then they play with it．

    This elephant is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．It can draw．It can play soccer,too．Gina and Sally like it very much．Gina and Sally play with it for a long time．They have a great time in the zoo．

    Hi, I'm Betty. Do you want to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} friends with me? I'm an English girl. This year I'm eleven{#blank#}2{#/blank#}old. At school I like English, math and science. I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}like music. I can sing and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the piano well. It's my  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to be a musician.

    I have good habits. I get{#blank#}6{#/blank#}early and go to bed early. I eat lots {#blank#}7{#/blank#}fruit and vegetables every day. In the morning I {#blank#}8{#/blank#}with my father for half an hour. I eat{#blank#}9{#/blank#}and exercise every day. So I'm very healthy.

    Please be my friend! My telephone{#blank#}10{#/blank#} is 878-0909. You can e-mail me at betty1999@126.com, too.

    Have you ever heard of anything about crying marriage(哭嫁)? It sounds surprising, doesn't it? In fact, the custom of crying marriage {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a long time ago in many parts of Sichuan Province, Southwest China. And it remained popular till the end of the Qing Dynasty.

    Sometimes, you can still see it happening in some {#blank#}2{#/blank#}far away from cities if you are lucky enough. Though it is not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} popular as before, the custom can still be seen by people in many places, especially in the villages of Tujia people. They regard it as something {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has to be done when a marriage happens.

    It is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}same in different places of China. According to the tradition, every bride(新娘) had to {#blank#}6{#/blank#}at the wedding(婚礼). If not, the bride's neighbors would look down upon {#blank#}7{#/blank#}as a girl from a poor family. And she would be laughed at {#blank#}8{#/blank#}all the villagers. In fact, her mother sometimes beat the bride for not crying at the wedding.

In a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, crying at weddings is a way to set off for happiness. The bride doesn't really feel sad in her heart. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, in the marriages of the old days of China, quite a lot of brides indeed cried over their unlucky marriages and even their bad life.