A Calendar as a Schedule（计划表）

 Some schedules are actually calendars. The schedule below shows all the important things that are happening on each day at Fairview High School during the month of May. The days on this schedule are listed across the top, and each day of the month has a number.

    I'm an Chinese girl. My name is Rose. I have a brother. His name is Tom. Tom and I are in the same school. I often go to school by bike. Tom usually⑴w__________ to school. We both(两个都) have lunch at school and we like Chinese food very much. After school， Tom always plays basketball with his classmates. ②I always speak Chinese because I like Chinese best. I go home at about five o'clock in the afternoon. But Tom goes home late， at about a quarter past seven. My parents are both teachers. They teach for many years in Beijing. We like China very much.

A: Hello, Jim! What are you doing now?

B: Oh, I'm reading my report card.

A: I suppose you have passed all the exams. You are always hard-working.

B: It's true that I always do my homework by myself. But I often get nervous when I see the envelope from school.

A: How about your math this time? I know you don't do well in it.

B: It was lucky that I passed the math exam this time. We had a new math teacher this semester. She is a university graduate and works as a volunteer in our school. Her teaching has a good influence on my study and starts to open my eyes to the outside world.

A: That's really great. Does she like living in our hometown where the air is thin?

B: She said she felt happy with her decision.

A: By the way, I got a message for you. Your mother asks you to look after yourself well.

B: OK. Thank you.

    There are long rivers, and there are famous rivers. The Nile(尼罗河)is the world's longest and most famous river. It runs 6,650 kilometers. Crocodiles and hippos(河马)live in its waters. Pyramids built by ancient Egyptians rise along its banks.

    The main branch of the Nile, the White Nile, starts just above Lake Victoria, the world's second largest fresh—water lake, in east central Africa. Then it flows to the north. At Sudan's capital, another great river called the Blue Nile joins the White Nile. Together, they form one very powerful river. Then it goes through Egypt's famous Nile Valley before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.

    Ancient Egypt, the first great African civilization(文明), started along the banks of the Nile more than 5, 000 years ago. Ancient Egypt ruled the Nile Valley for thousands of years. Great pyramids and temples were built on the banks and we can still visit them today.

    Without the rich farmland along the banks of the Nile, there might be no ancient Egypt civilization. Every year, the Nile flooded its banks. The floodwaters covered the banks with a rich soil. The Nile's banks were easy to farm and produce crops.

    The Nile also made a perfect highway for boats. The river runs north, but the wind on the river blows south. To go south, boaters put up sails to catch the wind. To go north, they took the sails down. Ancient people traded along the river for hundreds of miles.

    You must have heard about jogging(慢跑)as a popular way of keeping fit, but what about plogging? Plogging is a mix of jogging and picking up litter, coming from the Swedish phrase "plocka upp". It started as an organized activity in Sweden around 2016 and then spread to other countries step by step. For exercising, plogging is much better than simply running, because it provides changes in body movements by adding bending(弯曲), squatting(蹲) and stretching(伸展).

    As 2018's hottest fitness way, plogging has become popular in more than 40 countries, from the US to France and Australia to Thailand. The idea of plogging is to pay attention to environmental protection as well as physical health — to care for Mother Nature as well as your body. "I run a lot and I love to spend time in nature. When I find litter out in the woods, it makes me sad and a bit angry. Plogging is a natural way to do something about that," Tesch said." It's so easy to just pick up the litter and put it in the nearest bin, and it makes you feel that you're making a difference!"

    Have you noticed people jogging while carrying trash bags recently? Or running along with hands full of dirty plastic bottles? You might do soon! Because plogging has reached China. Olivier, a Frenchman married to a Chinese girl, began promoting(促进)plogging in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, back in April. He and his wife were the only ones doing it at first, he said, but the craze soon caught on. The couple have set up a WeChat group for people to learn more about plogging. Currently there are more than 100 people from different parts of the country in the group to take an active part in the environmental movement. In honor of World Environment Day this year, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China(中国工商银行)started plogging campaigns (运动)in 280 cities, attracting 13,000 people to join in.

    Plogging can be done almost anytime and anywhere, and costs almost nothing. Will you take it up?

    Almost everyone likes apple pies in the USA. An apple pie is easy to make, so many people make it at home. You just need apples, flour (面粉), sugar, butter and spices(调味品).

    To make an apple pie, first peel and cut the apples into pieces. Then mix them with spices and put them in a pie tin (罐). Next put butter, sugar and flour in. Put the mixture on the apple pieces and bake the pie for about 30 minutes. The smell of the apple pie is great.

    There are many different ways to make apple pies. Some families have their own secret (秘密) ways and don't tell other people about them. Pies made with berries( 浆果) are also very popular in America. But the apple pie perhaps (也许) is the dessert that everyone loves best.