Summervacation is coming. The Parkers are taking a1 to Sanya. How will2 go there? They have3 ideas. The son Dale says, "Let's take the4.Taking a journey by train is really relaxing. We5enjoythe beautiful scenery (风景) from the window." Thedaughter Alice says, "But the train station is far from our6. If we go there by train, we have to7 early. So let's drive a car." "8?" asks Dale. "Because we can9 atany time we want," answers Alice. "But I think taking a journey bycar is10.What about taking a bus?" asks Dale. "Oh, I don't like that. Thereare always11 people on the bus, and it12 a long time," says Alice. Then they go toask for their13ideas.Mr. Parker wants to take the plane because it's the fastest (最快的)way. He says that they shouldn't spend too much time on the way,14they won't have much time to visit thecity. But Mrs. Parker wants to go by ship, because it is cheap (便宜的) andthey can save some15.Which do you think is the best way?

    Set your imaginationfree. Children's imagination is amazing. They can always create things thatsurprise everyone. To1 children's imagination ,NewYork City will hold an activity called the Inventgenuity Festival (创意发明节) for children.

The Inventgenuity Festival is all about thinking and2things.It's held for childrenaged from seven to sixteen. Parents are also able to3thefestival.

   There will be many different kinds of workshopsin the festival. Children are4to create things in those workshops. Forexample, they can make things5funny hand-made T-shirts or cartoon toydolls. No one will tell them6to make these things. They create everythingwith their imagination. Besides making things, children can see a wonderful moviecalledA trip to the Sunin a7duringthe festival.

   In thefestival, children are asked to do most of the work by themselves.8,if the work is too difficult for them, they can ask their parents for9 .

   To takepart in the festival, children need to register (注册) first , and then10theworkshops they like on the website. One child can take part in two workshops ata time.

In 2004, Zhang Guimei saw a girl sitting silently on the side of a road on a cold morning, with a broken basket at her side.

Zhang, a local high school teacher, asked what was wrong. The girl told Zhang that she wanted to go to school, but her family was too poor to afford it. Zhang went to the 14-year-old girl's home and advised her parents to allow their daughter to continue schooling. However, they finally refused her. Unable to help, Zhang left. With the teenager always on her mind, Zhang was trying to work out how to help the local girls.

She came up with the idea of building a girls-only high school where students wouldn't have to pay anything. In 2007, Zhang attended an important meeting. She spoke, through media, to the public about her long-hidden dream. With the support from the local government and warm-hearted people, Huaping Girls' High School was opened in 2008. On the first day of the new school year, 100 students entered the school, most of whom were from mountainous areas. Since she started the school, Zhang Guimei has visited more than 1,600 families, traveled more than110,000 kilometers, and walked to many places to encourage parents to send their daughters to school for more than 15 years, so the girls could improve their education to change their lives.

Thanks to Zhang's efforts to help the students improve their studies, many of them were able to get offers from universities. Zhang Guimei worked silently for years, helping more than 1,800 girls in poor mountainous areas realize their dreams.

Now apps play an important role in our lives. Here are some popular apps.

Some people like to collect stamps. Others prefer posters or coins. But Pinky Bhutia is different. She collects children. In her mountain village, in Sikkim, she is known as the wonderful young woman who adopts (领养) all the children she can. 

Pinky was 14 when she adopted her first child, a Nepali baby girl, whose patents died. Pinky's parents did not mind. Pinky left school and started working full time because she had a baby to feed. Today, she has twelve adopted children, and two sons from her marriage. 

Pinky is about 30 years old and she comes from a common family. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn't give her a second look. She lives in a brown mud-washed（泥刷的） house. There is a vegetable garden outside. Red hens with noisy chicks run all over the garden looking for food.

If you ask her why she provides a home to so many kids, she smiles shyly. But her eyes are serious. "I know what it is to be poor and hungry. "As a child, her only dream was to eat a full meal, and her favorite amusement was watching people with shoes and imagining what it felt like. By adopting poor and homeless children she is making sure that they never feel that hopeless. 

Pinky feels very proud when she sees her children happy and bright, Her oldest baby, Aarita Rai, is now 20 years old. Then, there is 19-year-old Nimbe who came to Pinky because her mother was unable to look after her. She started to work in a government office two years ago. 10-year-old Bhim and 14-year-old Kumar came to Pinky five years ago, after their father died. They started living on a patch of land given by Pinky and grew vegetables for sale.

"I like children. It's not one more mouth to feed but one more soul saved, "Pinky says. 

Dragon Boat Festival is a fun Chinese holiday. Usually, it's in June or July. Both children and adults like this holiday.

First, there are dragon boat races. Dragon boats are very long. They have bright colours, In each boat, there are many people rowing(划) . There's also somebody beating a drum. The winners of the races can get a lot of money.

During Dragon Boat Festival, people also eat a special kind of food-- rice dumplings. To make these dumplings, people prepare (准备) many things. Then they can make different flavors of dumplings. Some are sweet, some are salty (咸的) . They all taste good. People give them to friends.

On the evening of the holiday, families have a big meal together. Dragon Boat Festival is a great time for everybody.