Trees are useful to man in three important ways: they give him wood and other useful things, they give him cool places, and they help to stop drought and flood.

    Unluckily, in many parts of the world, man has not found that the third of these points is the most important. Man wants to make money from trees, so he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had. And also, he is usually too careless to plant and look after new trees. So the forests slowly disappear.

    This does not only mean that man will have fewer trees. The results are even worse: for where there are trees, their roots break up soil make the rain in——and also bind the soil, thus stopping it from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away, causing floods and carrying away the rich top-oil. When all the top soil is gone, nothing is left but useless desert.

    The Duanwu Festival in China, also called Dragon Boat Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month every year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. For thousands of years, this festival has been marked by people's eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats. (A) To hold the dragon boat races is in memory of Qu Yuan. He was one of the greatest poets in ancient China.

    Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago. Qu Yuan was an honest minister (大臣) of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period (475—22l BC) . He was upright, patriotic (爱国的) and wise. (B) 屈原想给自己的祖国带来和平并让它变得更强大。But the country was in the hands of bad officials, he could do nothing to change it. (C) He was very discouraged. At last, Qu Yuan ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It is said that people tried to save him by jumping into the river. But it was too late and all their efforts were in vain. Also, they were so sad and they threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit.

    Now we read his poem Li Sao which is filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zongzi to eat during the Dragon boat Festival.

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Good morning, everyone! My name is Frank Smith. There are three people in my family. They are my father, my mother and I. My father is a bus driver and my mother is a nurse in the hospital. I am a student in a middle school. My telephone number is 456-3967. This girl is my friend. Her name is Gina. She likes red very much. So her cup and jacket are red. What is her telephone number? It's 867-5973. Ms. Miller is our English teacher. We all like her. Look, that's my classroom. It's behind the library. Spell the number, please. T-H-R-E-E. Yes, I'm in Class Three.

When you think of the sea,you may not think of Xinjiang.In the public impression,Xinjiang is often remembered as somewhere far from the sea with long hours of sunlight,a vast Gobi desert,and mountains with a dry climate, unsuitable for seafood production because of the great amount of water needed.      However,Xinjiang now welcome a big harvest of local"seafood",such as shrimp and crabs.The most important thing for 'seafood' products is water

Xinjiang has many rivers and lakes with water from the melting snow and glaciers of the Tianshan Mountains

"With the mountains on the side, there is almost no pollution,which keeps the water clean and favors the growth of the fish,"said Li Chunyu,the head technician of the local farm.

Also, land in Xinjiang has a lot of salt.This is not good for growing crops.But"one man's  rubbish is another  man's  treasure".The  land  makes  the  underground  water  salty.People  turn  it  into  "man-made

seawater".They then use it to raise sea fish,shrimp and crabs

Many people are worried about the safety of seafood because of the nuclear-polluted water(核污染水) Some  even  feel  upset  since  they  may  no  longer  enjoy  any  seafood.Luckily,in  2024,the  production  of Xinjiang's  "seafood"has reached to 86000 tons.Now,some  of Xinjiang's "seafood"goes to many  cities in China.It also goes to countries in  Southeast Asia.It turns out that Xinjiang's"seafood"is becoming a new and favorable choice for seafood lovers.