In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge，eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas，apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.

Feb. 17 should have been the start of the spring semester for many middle and primary schools in China. However, to control the spread of the COVID-19, many schools had delayed the start of the semester, following instructions from the Ministry of Education (MOE). But students in China were still studying.

Instead of having classes at school, many students in Beijing and Guangzhou began their first day of online classes on Feb 17. Students in Shanghai started online classes on March 2. "In the morning, I have English class, followed by Chinese and math, " Liu Bo, a Junior 3 student from Beijing, told Xinhua. "I have also learned about epidemic(流行病) prevention. "

According to the MOE, students were mainly taking classes to review previous knowledge rather than taking new classes during the online study period. Online courses were required to include contents about epidemic prevention, psychological health (心理健康) and educational activities (教育活动).

"Online courses are only temporary measures (暂时的措施) taken during the epidemic, so when the new semester begins, schools should not replace(替代) classroom teaching with online classes, " Lu Yugang from the ministry told China Daily.

The ministry also called on schools not to increase their students' schoolwork burden(负担). Schools should not ask students to study online for long periods of time or study things beyond( 超出) their curriculum(课程). Students must have enough time to rest, the ministry added. Also, it stressed that protecting students' eyesight must be a priority(优先).

Lulu is a Hungarian PhD（匈牙利哲学博士） student at Tsinghua University. She first 1 to Beijing in 2017. She soon fell in love with the city. She also found her 2 hobby—Peking Opera.

Lulu watched Peking Opera for the first 3 in an opera museum. "I found it 4 wonderful," she said. "It is so different from Western opera."

With great 5 , she joined the Peking Opera group of Tsinghua University. That made her see that Peking Opera is much more than just the looks.

The group members practiced twice a week. Mostly, they practiced singing and movements. The biggest problem for Lulu was 6 the Asian way of singing. "To 7 , my throat was in great pain（疼痛）. Because I was using my voice in the 8 way," she said. But with the help of teachers, she learned very well.

There were other international students in the 9 "I really 10 Peking Opera because it brings us together," she said. "I hope to share my love for Peking Opera with more people outside China."

Who do you think is the greatest English writer of all time? I think that person should be William Shakespeare. His popular sayings, like "To be or not to be, that is a question", and his stories such as the tragedy(悲剧), Romance of Romeo and Juliet, are almost known in every corner of the world.

In 1594, William Shakespeare became a key playwright(剧作家) of a popular acting company in the city. Whether comedies or tragedies, Shakespeare's plays catch people's hearts with the complicated(复杂的) characters and plots(情节) that show truths about human nature.

His comedies are always full of romance, and they always have happy endings. That's why people enjoy his comedies a lot. His tragedies, however, can be very dark, Macbeth tells the story about a Scottish man who becomes the king by killing all his enemies(敌人).

Shakespeare's works have had a big influence(影响) on the English language. He was a master(大师) of words. He created about 1,700 English words, including everyday ones like "lonely", "hurry" and "critical", according to the New YorkPost.

Of course, Shakespeare wrote 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. His plays have been translated into many languages and are acted more often than any other playwright. There are over 400 films and TV dramas adapted(改编) from his works. Shakespeare is not for an age, but for all time.

My uncle is an English teacher at a middle school in Shanghai. Both he and his classes are 1 among the students. Most of his students like English. Last month my uncle 2 his story of learning English with me. 

My grandma was 40 years old when my uncle was born. So she had high 3 for her son. She asked my uncle to play the piano, learn to 4 and dance at a very young age.5 my uncle was only interested （感兴趣的） in English, not in art. As a Chinese teacher, my 6 tried her best to teach my uncle English. To help my uncle remember new words 7 , she made English word cards. After dinner, they often 8 children's English stories on the radio. When my uncle was in Grade One, he could speak a lot of words and sentences 9 English. 

When my uncle went to middle school, English was too 10 for my grandma. She couldn't help my uncle, but she gave him a lot of good 11 on English learning.

● When you can't understand a new word don't 12 in the dictionary at once （立刻）. You should try to guess its 13 by reading the sentences before and after it. 

● When you are reading, don't read word by word. Read word groups, and get the 14 .

● Write down your mistakes in notebooks and 15 them. 

It takes time to learn English well, but good learning habits （习惯） and ways are very important.