Many people drive their cars to school or work now. So there are lots of cars on the streets. Sometimes, it's not easy for you to get to school or work on time(准时). Then you want to take a plane to school or work. Can your dream come true? Yes!

Four people in Germany(德国) make a new plane—Lilium Jet. It doesn't look like a plane but an egg. Many people think it looks funny. The nice "egg" can take two people and "run" about three hundred kilometers an hour.

    The Lilium Jet is not very big. So it doesn't need an airport(机场). A small place is OK.

    Some people also call the Lilium Jet "a flying car". It's not difficult for you to learn to drive it. You can drive it like driving a car.

    Maybe you can buy one in 2018 if you like it. I'm sure your trip to school or work will be great.

Venice is well-known for its places of interest, natural beauty and culture. It is in the north of Italy. 

The city is famous all over the world for its canals(运河). It has one hundred and eighteen islands(岛屿). About 150 canals and over 400 bridges connect(连接) the islands. You can hardly see any buses or cars in the city. It is popular for people to take water buses because of the special geography of the city. When you are in Venice, don't miss the places of interest such as Bridge of Sighs and the Grand Canal. There are a number of famous places in the city, including museums and palaces. Venice is an international(国际的)city. Many important events(活动) are often held here. The Venice Biennale is one of the most important events in the world. 

Why not start to plan a trip to Venice this time? 

Sports in ancient China

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 Chuiwan 捶丸

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 Cuju 蹴鞠

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of football. The ball was made  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  leather (毛皮) on the outside and filled

with rice bran (米糠) inside.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (it) rules were similar to football's. Each

team usually had 12 or 16 players. No hands were allowed. Only  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (foot)

and heads could be used. The ball should be hit into the opposite goal.

Archery 射箭

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, archery was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}important part of education for a gentleman. At the age of 15, they began learning shooting. The most famous competition was Grand Archery. It{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(hold) by the emperor. The competitors bowed before shooting and drank together after.

①Have you ever heard of the "new Chinese style"? The style cleverly mixes traditional （传统的）and modern elements（元素）， and its clothing is very popular now, especially among young Chinese.

②On Xiaohongshu, over 2 million results will come out if you search for "new Chinese style of clothing". And the most popular one has received 150,000 likes. On Taobao, one of China's largest online shopping platforms （平台）， sales of"new Chinese style"clothing last year went up by more than 50%.

③Following the tradition of wearing new clothes for the new year, a mother from Anhui Province bought her daughter a bright red set of Chinese New Year's clothing ahead of the Spring Festival.

④"This year, I bought my daughter the popular Chinese-style horse-face skirt. This piece of clothing is thick and warm. My daughter looks both pretty and cute in it," the mother said.

⑤What's the reason behind this? The young are becoming more confident in Chinese culture. It's their love for traditional Chinese culture that makes "new Chinese style" more and more popular.

Have you ever wanted to stop eating something sweet but you couldn't? Is it the first thing that you look for cookies when you arrive home from school? Can you eat a box of chocolates all by yourself? Can you say "no" to sweets at parties? If you can't, then there is a reason.  That is perhaps you're a sugar addict (对……着迷的人).  Does that sound funny? Well, doctors say that people who often eat sweets can easily become addicted to sugar.  What's more, most sugar addicts don't even know that they're addicted!

Sugar addiction is serious, because it can really damage your health and even cause death.  Doctors say that we should eat healthy food, such as fruit and vegetables, and we shouldn't eat a lot of sugar or fast food.  But sugar addicts are difficult to follow this advice.  Well, here is some useful advice:

·Eat some fresh fruit when you really want something sweet to eat. 

·Cut down on sweet food slowly.  Don't try to stop eating it all at once. 

·You have to tell your parents.  If they know, they will help you.