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    What is a Chinatown? Is it a town in China? Of course not! It is in a foreign(外国的) country. It is a place where many overseas(海外的) Chinese live together.

    There are lots of Chinatowns in America. The biggest one is in New York. There are about 150,000 people in it. It is the home of Chinese New Yorkers. And it is also a good place to go.

    Shopping in Chinatown

    Shopping in Chinatown is fun. You can find lots of things there. Most of them are made in China. Mott Street is the best place to shop because the things there are very cheap.

    Eating in Chinatown

    Chinatown has more than 200 restaurants. You can enjoy traditional (传统的) Chinese food there. New Silver Palace Restaurant is one of the best restaurants. Why don't you have breakfast with a cup of green tea in it? You can eat some Shanghai food in Evergreen Restaurant.

    Living in Chinatown

    Living in Chinatown is comfortable. You can find hospitals, schools, banks, libraries and supermarkets in it. In some schools, students must study Chinese. Many overseas Chinese send their children to these schools. They want their children to learn more about China and its culture(文化).

    Twenty years ago in Costa Rica, three girls found a baby sloth（树懒）on a road. The little animal's mother was killed by a car. These girls took the baby sloth to Judy, the owner of a hotel. Judy wanted to help, but she didn't know how to look after the sloth, so she called the zoo. With the help of the zoo, Judy took good care of the baby sloth. She named the baby sloth Buttercup.

    After her success, more people brought Judy wounded sloths or baby sloths they found. Judy then opened a rescue centre（救助中心）. Today, the rescue centre has saved more than 500 sloths. Sloths live in the forests of Central America and South America. They hang on to the trees with  their claws（爪子）. There are two main types of sloths. You can tell them apart by the number of their claws. Sloths hardly move. They spend most of their time sleeping in the trees.

    But now, with the increase of population, human beings（人类）cause a lot of problems for these slow and quiet animals. The main problems is that the forests are becoming smaller and smaller. When trees are cut down, sloths will fall and break themselves. Sloths who live near human beings sometimes are hit by cars or attacked by dogs.

    At the centre, workers care for the injured animals. Their goal is to help the sloths return to the wild when are healthy enough.

November 5th is National Safety Day in China. What should you do if there is a fire?

※Get help from your parents or call 119. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

※Get out of the room as soon as you can. If there's a lot of smoke in your room, stay close to the floor. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

※{#blank#}3{#/blank#} An elevator(电梯) may stop working at any time.

※Don't go back for your pet or anything else. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They often get out before you do.

※If you can't get out of your room, close the door and put a blanket(毯子) or a quilt at the foot of the door. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Open the window and shout for help.

※If your coat catches fire, remember these words: Stop, drop and roll(滚动).

In Germany, if children want to ride bikes on the road, they have to pass a test. The test is quite like our driving test.

First, the students have thirty classes about how to ride bikes safely on the road. Each student has a book. The book tells them how to keep safe on the road, how to keep others safe and what to do if they get hurt. Here is a picture from the book. It tells the students the right way to turn left.

After the classes, the students will have two written tests. Then, they will do some riding practice at school. Some policemen will come to give them some help.

At last, the students will have a test on the road. If they can pass the test, they can get a bike license (执照). Then they can ride on the road.

We all know Germans are very careful. We can see this from their riding test for the students. The students learn to ride, and at the same time, they learn the spirit (精神) of the country.

I Imagine that you have woken up on the first day of your vacation. You enjoy a delicious breakfast, take a walk on the beach, and read the morning newspaper as you drink coffee. You are feeling happy and relaxed. But you may start to feel bored by the time the late afternoon comes around!

If you have ever felt like this, you' re not alone. It turns out that having unlimited(无限的) time is not always as great as we expected. What is the best amount(数量) of free time for our happiness?

 Researchers tried to answer this question by surveying tens of thousands of people, collecting data(数据) on how they spent their time and how happy they were. After looking at the data, the research team found that having less than two hours of free time a day was not enough to be happy. People with under two hours of free time a day usually had more stress. It means that they were simply too busy with work to get their happiness.

 The fact that being too busy cuts happiness is true. It might lead to the answer that more free time is simply better. Surprisingly, having a lot of free time is not a panacea(灵丹妙药) for happiness. People surely get a certain sense of joy from finishing tasks. Having more than five hours of free time a day makes us lose the sense of joy. It is in fact cutting our happiness. But I think it is how we spend our free time that makes a difference. When free time is used in more active ways, like playing a team sport, then five or more hours a day can keep or even produce happiness. However, spending five or more hours of free time alone can stop happiness.