Tea is an important part of Chinese tradition. Tea has very close relationship to Chinese culture.

It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by King Shen Nong. People say that he lived 5,000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, he felt very thirsty. The servants began to make water hot enough to turn into gas for him to drink. Dried leaves from a near plant fell into the water. The king drank some, and found it could make him feel less tried. Also as a scientist, Shen Nong was interested in the new dink. And so, tea was created in 2737 BC.

    Drinking tea has many advantages. It makes people feel less tired, clears heat inside the human body and helps people lose weight. As you add a cup of tea to your daily life, please check the following helpful advice.

    Drink it hot. Tea oxidizes(氧化) quickly, so it is suggested that you drink it hot.

    Do not drink too much strong tea. It will probably be harmful to your stomach and make you feel sick if you make the tea too strong.

    The best time to drink tea is between meals. It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when your stomach is full.

Do not drink with medicine. It many change the medical result. You can drink tea two hours after you take medicine.

    Green tea is the best choice for office workers. Why? Because green tea helps stop the bad result of the computer.

    As we know, there are differences between Western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let's look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese are about the dog, for example, "a homeless dog" "a mad dog" "a running dog" and "a dog catching a mouse", having negative meanings. But in Western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive things. For example, "you are a lucky dog" means "you are a lucky person". And "every dog has its day" means "each person has good luck some time". To describe a person's serious illness, they say "sick as a dog". The word "dog-tired" means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in Western culture, "cat" is often used to describe a woman who is cruel(无情的) .

    The rose is a symbol of love in both China and some Western countries. People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is a kind of important flowers in England, America and many other countries.

    The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in culture by comparing how some words are used.

If you lose 12 times in a row(连续地)，will you give up ? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development., kept trying , And he showed people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born into a poor family in the United States. The boy didn't see a train until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 3 a.m. every day to milk cows for his family;

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt upset because of his worn-out clothes and common looks. His mother encourage him, "Why not try to be better in other thing instead of just dress and good looks?"

Carnegie tried to be more active in college, He joined the debate(辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 competitions. The young man was very disappointed with himself. He said later that he thought to killing himself after falling so many times. But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became famous. " Believe that you will succeed, and you will," he said.

In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to winFriends , Influence people, How to stop worrying.More than 50 million copies of his books have been translated into 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.

Yesterday my parents were going to a coastal city for holiday so I drove them to the train station. On the way back home，the 1 was falling down from the dark﹣clouded sky. 

Suddenly，I saw an elderly man of a similar age to my father 2 toward the bus station. He walked with difficulty and he had no umbrella. I drove my car to his side and asked him 3 he was going. After knowing that he was going to the same town as I was，I offered him a 4 . He happily accepted and went into my car. 

We had a chat on the way and I learned he was 74 and going to the 5 to have an operation. Even worse，he 6 his driving license last month so he had to take a bus. Tears fell down his face 7 he told me he was afraid of the operation. As I dropped him off at the entrance to the hospital，I gave a new tie to express my 8 and encouragement to him. He was quite 9 and thanked me again and again. 

The rain 10 and the sun sh one brightly for some reason. I was happy that I was able to help him in some way. 

Kiran Alwy, 13, went home with 10,000 dollars in prize money after winning on Food Network's Chopped Junior, a popular cooking show in the US.

On the show, Alwy made lemonade, Lobster tail（龙虾尾）and white chocolate macaroni （通心粉）and cheese into a lobster mac and cheese. She also made a beautiful salad topper. Her ability to improvise（即兴创作）helped make her a winner.

Learning to cook became important to Alwy after her parents got divorced（离婚）. "I kind of had to cook for myself. My mom can't really cook," Alwy said.

Alwy learned her kitchen skills from her father, Moid, and her grandmother, who taught her how to make traditional Pakistani dishes when she was 8. Her parents let her start using the stove while they watched her. Moid taught her how to correctly use a knife. Alwy would practice her skills by following recipe from meal kits.

"The kits helped me learn a few skills," Alwy said. "I also learned how to improvise according to different recipe because I saw what ingredients（食材）were in things. The important thing is having your own idea."

At her dad's house in St. Louds Park, Alwy would try cooking with whatever they had on hand. "If we had ground beef in the fridge, I knew how to make a dish quickly," she said.

Outside of the kitchen, Alwy has the busy life of a middle-schooler. She swims and plays the cello. She hangs out with friends, gets good grapes and watches TV—mostly cooking shows.

I have a friend. Its name is Rock and it is my best friend. It comes with me everywhere I go. I can put my best 1 in my pocket or hold it in my hand. If I go out 2 my friend, it will always wait for me at home whenI 3 .

Rock is a great friend 4 it listens well and doesn't talk over me. I can tell Rock mybiggëst secrets(秘密) and it won't 5 anyone. Rock is a friend I can believe.

I have much fun: with Rock. When I finish school, Rock and I read comic books 6 . I read the stories out when Rock holds the pages for me. I don't think Rock can 7 really well, so I describe(描述) the pictures. Sometimes I don't tell what the 8 exactly(准确地) show. But I'm not telling lies-it's called being creative(有创造力的). 9 make a good team in that way. I think I'm very 10 to have such a friend.