Wugang is the political, education, medical health services and cultural center of southwestern Hunan Province. It has a gross area of 1549 square kilometers, with a population of 832,500. The urban area takes 16.52 square kilometers, with 266,000 urban residents.

    This city has a long history and splendid culture. It was a county built in Western Han Dynasty more than 2200 years ago. It has spectacular landscapes, beautiful and natural scenery. Religions are free and prosperous here. Let me show you a few examples, Yunshan mountain (literal means Cloudland Mountain") is not only famous for its vagaries of clouds, but also known as one of the 72 Buddhist Holly Lands in China, Faxiang Carved Stone (A branch of Buddhism which came from Indian), Sun Yat- sen Memorial Hall, Xuanfeng City Gate Tower, Lingyun Tower (Built in 1225). All of these are showing the rich cultural heritage of this ancient yet vibrant city.

    This land is blessed with unsurpassed natural resources. Coal, Manganese, Iron and other 38 kinds of mineral are proved to be highly productive. Especially, Coal reserves account for 70 percent of proved reserves in Southwest Hunan. What's more, the Marinated Food gains great reputation both at home and abroad. Besides, Virus-free orange and corn are also Wugang's local specialties with high-yield and high-quality.

    Welcome to Wugang.

    Doing exercise is very important for everyone. But it can be a little difficult to keep a exercise plan when winter comes.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Do you have the same problem? I'll tell you what you can do to change the situation.

    To stay active during the winter, you should first make it as easy as possible to do your exercise.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} The following advice will give you some ideas for making winter exercise more comfortable and more enjoyable.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} If you want to exercise outside, you might keep the clothes in the dryer for a few minutes before that. It's often harder to get warmed up when it's cold outside. Putting on clothes fresh from the dryer is just one way to get your body warm.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} If it's really cold outside, you might even try a quick shower to get you warm before you do exercise.

    Walk in door.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}To get out of cold weather of winter, you can simply walk in door. Probably in the living area of your room, Walking indoors makes you feel safe and gives you a dry and warm temperature to do it.

A. Take a hot shower.

B. Walking is a good way to stay healthy.

C. Put your sports clothes in the dryer.

D. The cold weather makes you want to stay in your warm bed.

E. Second, make something different before you lose interest in doing exercise.

    As the Internet is developing fast, more and more new words and phrases have been created in Chinese. Here are some examples.

    One of the most popular words is Dianzan, which is often used when you quite agree with someone. Another example is Renxing. When you say somebody is Renxing, you mean that they will do whatever they like. The phrase Miaosha first came from online shopping, which means ou can complete your shopping orders before others. But now it's widely used when you achieve your purpose in a very short time. If you describe someone as a Tuhao, you mean that he or she is very rich.

    You can find lots of such new Chinese words. Keep learning and you'll know more about Chinese culture.

    Mr. Reynolds, my teacher, handed us a list of thoughts, and asked us to write a paper on one of those thoughts. I chose the topic" I wonder why things are the way they are."

    I wrote down all the questions that puzzled(困扰)me about life. I realized that many of them were hard to answer，and perhaps others could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper，I was afraid that I might fail because I did not answer the questions.

    The next day, Mr. Reynolds handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The other students became quiet as I began to read my story：

    Mum, why are the roses red? Why is the grass green and the sky blue? Why do I have to graduate(毕业)？Why do I have to grow up? Why do I have to be called "Grandma" one day？

    Dad, why can't I stay out until 12: 00? Why do I miss my old friends? Why do I miss being at home? Why do you love me so much？

Mum, Dad, why did you have to leave me? I need you.

    At the end of my story, I looked at Mr. Reynolds, and I saw a tear slowly coming down his face. Then I realized that life is not built on the answers we receive, but on the questions we ask.

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{#blank#}1{#/blank#}⑴This is my room. There are many things in it. My room is clean and tidy. I love it.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}⑵Look! Here is a photo of my family. They are my parents and my two brothers. I am in the photo, too.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}⑶Hi! My name is Paul. I'm very busy every day. I go to school from Monday to Friday. My favorite subject is music. I often listen to music on Saturday and Sunday.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}⑷Cindy is a fan of vegetables and fruit, like strawberries, bananas, carrots and more. They're really healthy.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}⑸We have some interesting things this term. On October 18th, we have a soccer game.

    What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Why does this season have two names in English? According to Dictionary.com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops(庄稼)would become ripe(成熟)and farmers would have a big harvest(丰收). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf', or "fall" for short.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It gradually replaced(替代)"fall" as the word for this season.

    At the same time, British people were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}