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    There is a big demand (需求) for English teachers in China. The country develops at a high speed, so it needs lots of volunteers who can teach primary school students conversational (对话的) English skills in China. Global Crossroad is mainly connected with several Chinese public schools. And most of them are in the countryside. Non-native English speakers are also invited to join this project.

    With the growth of the country's economy, the demand for English education in China is growing. As China continues to be a global business country, the importance of English education is increasing as well. Many public schools in China have an "English Comer", which is a place of the classroom designed (设计) and set aside for teaching and learning English. These schools are in need of international teachers to teach English.

    Most schools in the countryside in China are searching for good English teachers. Your time and efforts are so important in improving these students' English skills and helping them get more equal (平等的) chances to work in the future.

    It's almost that time of year again. Beijing held the "two sessions"(两会)in March. They are the National People's Congress (NPC, 全国人民代表大会)and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, 中国人民政治协商会议).

    This year, the NPC opened on March 5 and the CPPCC began on March 3. How much do you know about the sessions? Read on to learn more.

    Q: What is the NPC?

    A: At school, every class has a class committee (班委会).The committee holds meetings to make decisions for the class and generally improve the classroom environment. The NPC does the same thing, but for the whole country.

    With nearly 3,000 deputies (代表), it is China's highest organ (机关)of state power. The deputies supervise (监督)the work that the government does. The deputies also make and change laws. Every five years, they vote for the leaders of the Chinese government.

    All of the NPC deputies are elected (选举).They use their power on behalf of (代表)the Chinese people. Any Chinese national who is over 18 can take part in an election. The term length for an NPC deputy is five years.

    Q: What is the CPPCC?

    A: Leaders need suggestions for what they should do for the country. It's like you're your friends give you advice on what to do with your life. The CPPCC does this for Chinese leaders. Its 2,000 members supervise the work of the government and give suggestions.

    The Communist Party of China (CPC) is China's ruling party (执政党), but there are also other political parties and organizations (组织). CPPCC members come from these parties and organizations. They are not elected like those of NPC but chosen by CPPCC. They include businessmen, teachers and even celebrities, such as Jackie Chan and Feng Xiaogang.

    Q: What are the biggest topics at this year's sessions?

    A: Attendees at this year's sessions discussed new prospects (前景)for the future. They set economic index (经济指标)targets for the year, such as what the GDP (国内生产总值)should be. They discussed environmental events, such as how to prevent groundwater pollution. In addition, they considered new efforts to fight corruption (腐败), according to Guangming Daily.

A dance show called The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting《只此青绿》is on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala. It becomes popular very soon. The show gets the idea from the 900-year-old Chinese {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（paint） A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains《千里江山图》. The Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng made it{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the age of 18. The painting {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（show）a Chinese blue-green landscape(风景画)˗˗˗˗mountains between blue sky {#blank#}4{#/blank#}clean water. The dance shows the Chinese traditional beautiful paintings. The dancers each have a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(differently) hairstyle. The clothes that they wear are green and blue. It also shows the colors{#blank#}6{#/blank#}the mountains and rivers. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the dancers sway (摇摆) in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(they) dresses, we seem to be looking at the moving mountains and rivers. Mountains and rivers are coming to 1ife more than 1,000 years later!Now more and more new shows are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Chinese traditional culture(文化). We hope {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(many) young people will be interested in it.

Plays are an important part of British culture. The West End theater district（区） in London is the best place to watch a professional play，but acting also takes place in every school and village hall across the country. 

There are over 2，500 non—professional drama groups in the UK today，and they are an active part of community life. People from all walks of life take on acting roles besides their daily jobs. They do it for fun，for the love of acting and as a way to meet new people. 

Not everyone in a drama club is a skilled actor，but enthusiasm（热情） is considered to be more important than talent!Friends，family members and neighbors enjoy getting together to watch the final performance and wishing the people they know"good luck". It's a great way of bringing communities together. 

Many people get a taste for acting at school. Every school puts on a play at least once a year，usually at Christmas，and parents love coming to watch their children perform. 

Ask any British person and they're sure to have happy memories of being in their school's Christmas play，whether they played the role of Mary or Joseph or perhaps even a sheep or a donkey!

Another Christmas theater tradition is the pantomime（圣诞童话剧）. Pantomimes are a type of musical comedy for families. The audience（观众） is encouraged to take part in the performance —singing along with the music and shouting to the actors. Pantomimes are really fun to watch，especially for children. 

内容包括：

. Which Chinese traditional festival do you like best?

. When is the festival?

. What activities do people often do on that festival?

. Why do you like the festival best?

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 After four months of digging, the Ningbo Cultural Heritage Research Institute shared what they found at the Malangxia site (马廊厦遗址) on August 29. The exciting discovery in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China, has helped us leam more about how people lived and how society changed over a very long time.

 The site is 2,000 m² big, and 102 things were found like ash pits(坑), houses, tombs(坟墓), and roads. They were made in the middle and lower parts of the Changjiang River area. Imagine digging up layers(层) of history like layers of cake! The Malangxia Site has five different layers, and each one is like a different chapter in a book, telling us about a different time period.

 The first layer is from the Shang-Zhou dynasties, and we found a special tomb. As we move up to the next layer. Here, we found lots of cool things like houses, pits, tombs, and roads. They are like photos that record the life at that time. The third isn't as full as the others. We only found one tomb. But the fourth layer has a lot of findings, with pits, tombs and holes. These things show us how art styles from the north and south of China mixed together.

Local experts say that the Malangxia Site is the biggest and best-kept archaeological (考古的) site in Yuyao so far. It's like a treasure box full of history that helps us understand how society changed over thousands of years. It's amazing to think that just by digging, we can learn so much about people who lived long ago!