Zheng Qi is twelve years old．She lives with her parents in the city．She usually rides her bike to school and sometimes takes the bus．At weekends，she often helps to cook meals at home．She likes different vegetables and tomatoes are her favourite．Now she is helping her mum cook in the kitchen．Her father is getting the table ready．

    Yang Bing is thirteen years old and he studies in a town．He likes reading and he is good at writing．He has got forty—three classmates．Last Saturday,Yang Bing visited a new bookshop near his home and bought two books．They are about body language in Europe．Some day,he wants to take a tour in some famous cities there,such as London and Paris．

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    I started playing the piano when I was about eight or nine. But when I got to university, I stopped playing it. I just didn't have enough time and there were so many other things to do.

—Eliza

    When I was little, I thought I should play the guitar like my dad. But later I decided to try something else. I chose the violin. I want to be a musician when I grow up, but my dad says it's difficult to make a living from music. But I don't want to be a doctor like him. It's so boring.

—Robin

    Nobody likes living near someone like me because when I practice, I make a lot of noise! I''m sorry for that but I have to keep practicing. I have drum lessons every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, and I practice the drums every evening. I love playing them and now I play in a fantastic band.

—Lisa

    I''ve played the guitar as long as I can remember. I used to play in a subway station to make some money. Now I keep on playing it when I'm free, but I work as a cook in a restaurant to make a living.

—Carmen

Yuju Opera, also called Henan Bangzi, is one of the most popular local operas all over the country.

Its earliest written record can be dated back more than 200 years. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the opera became widely spread across Henan Province. After 1949, it experienced rapid growth. At first, small performances were held in tea houses in the city of Kaifeng. Then it spread not only in the villages and cities of Henan Province but also all over the country. It became the third most popular style of Chinese opera in the country, just behind Peking Opera and Yue Opera.

Yuju Opera is well received by people because it is full of local flavor (风味) of life. At the beginning, it was loved by its simple folk stories and powerful arias (唱腔), without the use of make-up, costumes, or even instruments. As the art spread to other cities, new styles began to develop. Nowadays Yuju Opera is generally divided into four different styles: Xiangfu, Yudong, Yuxi, and Shahe.

There are over 600 pieces of Yuju Opera. The most popular of which are The Command MuGuiying and HuaMulan. While The Command MuGuiying is a folk tale that is not well-known outside of China, the story of Hua Mulan became the classic Disney film Mulan. It tells the tale of a young woman. She defies tradition and takes her elderly father's place in the army by dressing herself as a man. After 12 years of war, she is honored for her service and is able to return home. Mulan was the brave warrior (战士)!

With the popularity of Liyuan Spring and other programs, Yuju Opera also shows its new power and catches more young people's eyes.

Rick is fifteen years old. He is from England and he is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good boy. He {#blank#}2{#/blank#} up at 6:30 every morning, and then he cleans the house. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} about 7:00, he eats breakfast and then goes to school. He has four classes in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and three in the afternoon. Of all the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he likes English best because he thinks it's very useful. In the afternoon, Rick goes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. He helps his mother buy food or wash the car for his {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. His little sister sometimes helps {#blank#}8{#/blank#} do some things. He feels a little {#blank#}9{#/blank#} because he does lots of things every day. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} he is very happy because he can do something for his family.

How long will it take to learn a new language?  One year， two years or ten years?  
According to Chris Lonsdale， a 1 ， you don't need to spend such a long time. 2 ， all you need is just six months. Is that 3 ?  Believe it or not， thеscientist himself has used his special ways tо learn more than five languages， each in about half a 4 ！ Here are the ways for language learners：

Listen a lot—it doesn't matter if you 5 or not. Focus on （注意） getting the meaning first. Body language and facial expressions can 6 .

Get creative and use what you have learnt. 

Focus on the most commonly used words， and use them to learn 7 words. Get a language partner to help you. Copy the face—watch 8 how people's mouth moves when they are speaking. 

Connect words with pictures in your 9 . Will these ways be helpful?  If you keep 10 them for about six months， I'm sure you will be surprised by the results！