If we agree that education is used to prepare us for life, then there is very little time to waste. So, while we can, we should teach children something really useful. Here is what our school should teach.

    Politeness is a mark of civilization(文明). The sooner children learn this, the better. In any case, a lot can be achieved by a smile and good manners.

    Like it or not, our adults work hard for money, but we don't make an effort to teach children how to manage it. So our schools have a duty to teach them this ability from the beginning.

    We're likely to accept something we are told, but that's not what educated people do. Educated people are reasonable(理性的) and they look at facts. If our schools teach nothing else, they should at least teach critical（批判性的）thinking.

    Children should learn to take care of their health. They should know that if they eat junk food（垃圾食品）, they will become fat and unhealthy. They should be very clear about what happens to their bodies when they drink or smoke.

    All of us are part of society. We have rights and duties. We should understand what they are. We have to know a little bit of history and geography, because we need to have an environment in which to communicate with the people around us.

    In a word, our schools should spend every moment they have telling this to our children: “This is life, this is what you are going to face, and this is how you deal with it.”

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    Sara wants to buy a motorcycle. She sees an ad in the newspaper for a used one. She calls the telephone number in the ad. The person who is selling the motorcycle lives on Flag Street in Clifton, about 15 miles from Fairview where Sara lives. She'll take a bus to get there on Sunday.

    At the bus station. Sara looks through the bus schedules(时刻表). She sees one that says “Fairview, Clifton" on the front. That's what Sara needs.

    Please look at the bus schedule carefully. Then help Sara make her decision, and answer the following questions.

⑴{#blank#}1{#/blank#}The students in the USA started to take tree climbing in the 1980s.Now over 100 schools offer tree climbing courses to students in the USA.

⑵{#blank#}2{#/blank#}All primary and middle schools in Hainan will set up swimming courses in 2019.This year the government is busy building swimming-pools for schools-at least one for each town, hoping that every student will be able to swim before they leave school from 2020on.

⑶{#blank#}3{#/blank#}An ice theme can be found at Hotel de Glace in Canada. In winter, you can get a fireplace and a private spa(温泉)in the rooms. The ice hotel has new rooms each year. This winter, it will build a room with the theme of Disney's movie Frozen.

⑷{#blank#}4{#/blank#}My birthday is on April 16th.I will go to the church on my birthday to get blessings(祝福)from my parents and give sweets my friends. I will go for a trip with my parents in our car and have a wonderful birthday.

⑸{#blank#}5{#/blank#}In the beginning of the video, an old man named Li Yubao living in a faraway village asked his grandson on the phone what gifts he wanted for the Spring Festival, but only heard the word "Peppa(佩奇)" because of the poor mobile signal. So, the man begins an interesting journey to discover who Peppa is. With the help of neighbors, the old man made a Peppa model. When his grandson saw it, he was surprised

    Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the business men and women of China. It's someone else. We see them every day. They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theatres, the cinemas and the supermarkets, They even clean up our rubbish. They are China's migrant workers(民工).

    More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many difficulties in making enough money. And one of the difficulties that these workers have is the discrimination(歧视)from the people in cities. Migrant workers are living far away from those who they love. Yes, they dress differently, they speak differently, and they have different habits, but they work hard. The people in cities treat them as outsiders, and most governments don't want to give them medical care and public schooling for their children. If China hopes to move into the future, many things need to change. The first is discrimination！We need to stop our discrimination！They may not make as much money as some people do in cities, but they are good honest people just trying to survive this game of life. These workers are very important and necessary to China's economic(经济)development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They are building the new China, so we should help them.

    I have some good friends in my school. They live near our school. So it's very easy for them to get to school every day.

    Tina To get to school, I usually walk out and turn right at the post office. Then I walk along Bridge Street, Our school is on the right.

    Linda My house is near our school. To get there, I just have to cross the Green Street.

    Susan It's easy for me to get to school. 1 usually go down North Road and turn left. Our school is next to the park.

    Anna I walk along New Street. Then I turn right at the first crossing. Our school is on my left. I always walk to school. Walking is the best way to exercise.