Ne Zha, which officially opened in cinemas in China, has got rave reviews and is rated higher than Monkey King: Hero Is Back. It is also China's first 3D animated (动画的) feature movie with the IMAX format (格式).

    Since July 13, previews of the movie have taken more than 140 million yuan at the box office and the movie has a score of 8. 8 points (out of 10) on China's largest filming rating site (评分网站) , Douban.

    Ne Zha has more than 1, 300 special effects shots, and it took over 20 Chinese special-effects studios, employing more than 1,600 people. It took Yang Yu, 39, the movie's director and screenwriter, two years to complete it, and the movie was in production for three years. It is the most complex animated production ever made in China. In Yang's movie he is fighting against prejudice (偏见) : Ne Zha is hated and feared all the time. But Ne Zha believes his fate is not predetermined (预先确定的) and that he can choose to be a demon or a god.

     "After watching so many domestic animated movies, only Ne Zha and Monkey King: Hero Is Back have made me shang tou (obsessed or fascinated) ," a Weibo user commented under the promotional video. "I couldn't believe a domestic animated movie can be created with such a well-developed story. I'm sure Ne Zha is going viral (走红) this summer!" reads another comment on Douban.

Lake Street School

256, Lake Street

Mountain Town

Lake Street School Big Day Out!

Dear Parents,

    We are happy to have our summer trip to the Children Movie Museum and the Sports Park on Thursday, July 11th (Grade Seven) and Friday, July 12th (Grade Eight). Students can learn lots of very interesting things about the cinema and how movies are made. They will also learn about many sports and their rules.

Meeting Time: 7:40 am

Leaving Time: 8:00 am

Meeting Place: at the school gate

Arriving Time: by 5:00 pm

    We have this trip for the students to learn outside the classroom and also have a good time with friends. Students need to take a pen and a notebook with them because they have to take notes about what they see. They also need to wear their school uniforms and sports shoes. Please tell them to follow the rules in the museum and the park.

    We will be eating lunch at the dining hall of the park. The cost of the trip is 40 yuan. It is for the bus ride and the lunch.

    If your child cannot come, please tell your head teacher by July 8th in your class teacher-parent WeChat group.

    Many of us don't pay much attention to the importance of eye care. It is said that if you take care of your body, then you can surely be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.

    There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, genes (基因) and aging (老化). Televisions, computers and reading are also the causes of having poor eyesight. If you work in front of the computer, it is best to take a break every once in a while. Something dirty can cause redness and they will make you feel uncomfortable. It is bad for your eyes too. If this happens, the best way is to clean your eyes by using cold water. You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful things. For example, sunglasses are not just for fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eyesight from ultraviolet rays.

    Eating healthy foods will do good to your eyesight. Remember that vitamins A, C and E are good for eyes. Try to eat food groups that have these vitamins. And you should do eye exercises because exercises protect your eyesight too. If a person exercises regularly (定期地) and eats the right kind of food, his eyes will stay in good condition for a long time.

    All above are natural ways of eye care that help us keep healthy eyes. Being happy all the time can be helpful to a person's eyesight too. In a word, eye care is very important, no matter how old a person is.

    America is a mobile society. Friendship between Americans can be close and real, yet disappears soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more, If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship.

    This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendship between us flows more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

    Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

    Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. Americans, however, express their welcome at home. But they truly cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves to be treated hospitably.

    For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

Are you interested in robots? If so, try out robot Little Q at our science center from August Ist to August 6th. Little Q is a cute robot with a round head, two big eyes and two long legs. It's like a big toy that our children will love.