The government in China ended his one-child policy and let families have two children instead in 2015.

    A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy. The statement said the change is meant to balance population development, stop a falling birth rate(出生率)and strengthen the country's labor force(劳动力). China, with the largest population in the world, started the one-child policy in 1980. But the government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some families in the countryside could have two children, if the first-born is a girl.

    In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children if one of them was an only child.

Jiang Quanbao, a teacher and population expert, explained how Chinese families react(反应) to the newest policy. "Too many young people in the cities are no longer interested in having a second child," he said. "People in the countryside are more interested. But some of them are already allowed to have two children." At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. A total of 800 million of them have jobs. But the labor market need of labor by the year 2050. With the two-child policy, an increase in births can solve this problem.

    Boys and girls, what do you think of the two-child policy? Do you want to have a new-born brother or sister?

Do you know from what English people get their family names in the old days? Everyone has a family name. But what does it mean? What do family names come from?

First, some family names come from the place of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In English people's names may be Wood, Lake, because they live near the wood or lake.

Second, family names come from a person's job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook.

Third, many people get their family names from their father's given name. If you hear the name" Jackson", you know that he is the son of Jack.

A tiny forest is a small area of closely planted, fast growing local trees. It is created to copy a natural forest.bringing all its benefits, but for a small space in cities. The first tiny forest was planted by a Japanese plant expert, Dr. Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s. It was so great that it grew quickly in countries such as Denmark. Britain Germany, Ireland and Spain.

As the name suggests, the place doesn't have to be big. An area the size of about 200 m2 is perfect. 600 trees with as many as 40 different kinds, can be planted in the place. With 2 to 7 trees every square metre, the trees are planted much more closely than the ones in normal forests. But there's still room for the trees to grow naturally without the use of fertilizers(肥料)

To plant a tiny forest, one starts with testing the soil and choosing right kinds of trees. In cities, the soil is often in poor condition. It is important to create loose and rich soil. When the soil is prepared, the community will invite school children on a planting day. The forests need 2 to 3 years of care from children. Then the trees can become self-growing. It's believed if children plant their own forest and spend a lot of time caring for it, they will grow up to be healthy adults with a sense of responsibility for the society.

Trees and forests aren't special pieces of nature that should only exist in the countryside. They need to be apart of life in cities too

My name is David. I am a student in PEP Middle School. This is my room. My hat is on the chai. It's a brown hat. I like the color. My clock is on the table. Where are my keys? Oh, they are on the sofa. My books are in the bookcase. My notebook is in the bookcase, too. My watch and my pencil box are on the desk. And my ID card is in the pencil box. 

I have a good friend at school. His name is Tony. We are not in the same class. I like sports. Tony likes sports, too. He has three ping-pong balls, four basketballs and six baseballs. He doesn't have a soccer ball. Tony loves soccer, but he doesn't play it-he only watches it on TV.