Shenzhou IX flew into space with two men and one woman on June 16th，2012. On June 29th, Shenzhou IX returned to the earth and all three taikonauts were good.

    The woman taikonaut is Liu Yang. She was born in 1978 in Henan Province(省). In 1997，she joined the army and became a pilot(飞行员). In 2010，She became one of the taikonauts. And she was the first woman taikonaut in China.

    Two men taikonauts are Jing Haipeng and Liu Wang. Jing Haipeng was born in 1966 in Shanxi Province. He joined the army in 1985. Liu Wang was born in 1969 in Shanxi Province. He joined the army in 1988.

    They are all great taikonauts. And we are proud of them.

    Look at the picture! It's a zoo.This is a giraffe. It's tall. Look at this bird! Wow,It has a small head and a short tail! The elephant is big. It has a long nose and a short tail. Oh,it is a panda! It's black and white.

This is Ted's China diary.

Saturday, July 23   Sunny and hot

    Bill's family took me to Xidan today. It's a famous shopping centre in Beijing.

    We went to Xidan Bookshop first. Bill's father bought some books for me. He bought two English books about China and one English-Chinese dictionary. I am happy because now I can learn more about China and also learn more Chinese.

    Next we went to a big shopping mall. First I bought a lovely toy panda for my cousin. I also bought silk scarves for my mum and Tina, and a silk shirt for my dad. Then Bill took me to a special kite shop. There were so many beautiful kites. Bill bought me a kite that looks like a bird. Bill is going to teach me to fly it tomorrow.

    Last, we went to a restaurant. We ate delicious Beijing duck there. I really like Chinese food.

Questions:

My name is Zhou Dan. I'm a Chinese girl. I'm twelve. I'm in Class 1, Grade 4. There are 49 students in our class—29girls and 20 boys. We have six lessons every day. Today is Monday. We have Chinese, maths, English and PE in the morning, and science and music in the afternoon. I like English best. Mr Zhao is our English teacher. He is nice to us. We do all kinds of things in English in his class.

    The Mid-autumn Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. It is usually in September or October. And it is on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. On this day, people usually have a happy get-together with their family. They eat mooncakes and a lot of other delicious food. The mooncakes look like the round moon. It means "get-together". At night, people usually watch the bright moon with their family and friends. And the children usually light the colourful and beautiful lanterns. All the children like them very much. They all have fun.

Shenzhen Daily                           Monday, 13 January 2018

Air quality(质量) and health

By Albert Cheung

    Every day, the weather reports show us the air pollution index. It is a number that tells us how dirty the air is. The index was 98 on Monday and it went up to 108 yesterday. Last weekend, the Index even climbed between 115 and 118.

    "We are breathing in bad air every minute," said Mr Victor Wong, head of Green World. Breathing in dirty air is harmful to us. The dirty air can make people sick. It can also lead to lung(肺) and heart problems.

    "To improve the air quality, we have to stop making the air dirty," Victor Wong said. The smoke from cars, factories, cigarettes and products like hair spray(喷雾) all give out dirty things, The rain and the wind carry these around and people breathe in bad air everywhere.

    The best way to make the air cleaner is to stop using things that give out dirty smoke.