Welcome to the Painting Competition for Woodlands Students

The International Anti-Drug(禁毒) Day this year is coming soon. In order to raise teenagers' awareness(意识) to fight against drug taking, the City Art Council is going to hold a painting competition for the students in our city.

    Students who want to take part in the competition can hand in their own 2D paintings in either of the following two ways:

★Each school will be provided with a box for students to put in their paintings. Boxes will be picked up by the City Art Council on Thursday, June 23rd, 2016, before the end of the school day.

    ★Paintings can be also handed in on Friday, June 24th, from 8：00 am to 10：00 am at the Woodlands Art Hall (175 Riverside Street)．

    All paintings are required to be 60cm wide by 80cm long or smaller. Larger sizes will not be accepted. Each student can only hand in one painting.

The final decision on the competition results will be made on June 26th, the AntiDrug Day. The name list of the winners will be made known on the website of the City Art Council on the same day. All winning paintings will be shown to the public at the City Youth Park from June 27th till the end of July.

    Prizes: 1st Prize(10 students)＝$300 Gift Card each

    2nd Prize(20 students)＝$200 Gift Card each

    3rd Prize(30 students)＝$100 Gift Card each

For further information：Visit http: // www. Woodlands Art Council.org or call 25698632.

With only one yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It may sound impossible.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

On April 10th, more than 60 students from a middle school took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival(一元城市生存). A charity organization(慈善组织) for teenagers held this activity.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} And it is going to four others, including Beijing.

In the activity, students had to live and deal with difficult tasks. To make money, many students looked for part-time jobs and saw how hard life was. A 14-year-old girl asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one. "{#blank#}3{#/blank#} But gradually, we got used to it," she said. After being a waiter for an hour, she got 25 yuan.

Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn't any easier. The students went to different places to finish tasks in a short time. The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth a thousand yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour. "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt...after almost 20 tries, we got an expensive ring," a student said. "We will give all of the money we have raised to poor schools in Tibet."

We all know that eating junk food can make us Et. However, a new study suggests that it can do more than that－it can also make us lazy.

In the study, researchers divided 32 rats into two groups. In the first experiment, the first group was fed a diet of healthy food such as com and fish, while the second was given a diet rich in sugar and fat, namely "junk food".

Within three months, the rats in the second group were already much fatter than those on the healthy diet. And when researchers trained the rats to do simple tasks, they found even more differences between the two groups other than weight.

During the task - pushing a lever to receive a prize of sugar - water  the rats on the junk food diet were found to be less willing to move, and they took longer breaks between each push than the fit rats did.

"It is as if the rat is thinking 'This is too much work," said the leader of the study.

According to researchers, these differences suggest that junk food changed the chemistry in the rats' brains.

The experiments didn't end there. After six months, researchers began the second experiment. The rats' diets were changed, and the overweight rats were given a healthy diet for nine days. However, this didn't help reduce their weight or improve their ability to perform tasks. It means the effects of their junk food diet lasted for long. "There's no quick way to reduce the harm," researchers said.

For a long time, we've believed that people become fat because they are lazy. But this study has shown that the opposite is true as well. Being lazy and getting fat can go hand in hand.

So, if you always feel tired, and not willing to get up from your chair, it could be that you've been studying too hard. But you should also pay attention to your diet.

Jenny is my classmate. She is an active but a little shy girl. She always dreams of becoming a  1 . Last week, our classmates and I decided to help Jenny realize her dream. We 2 a wonderful idea to record a short interview video. We used a pen instead of the microphone. We didn't have a video3 , either. So I took the video with a mobile phone.

Jenny started to introduce herself first. She was 4 because her hands were shaking. She also couldn't help laughing when she was watched by other classmates. We did not stop the recording because it's a way to show our 5 feelings. She interviewed our classmates by asking questions like" What is your dream?" Some of them were too shy to speak 6 . Some students were outgoing and they 7 us to fight for our dreams. One student even said we could interview him next time so that he could have more time to 8 . Finally, we finished the interview successfully. Our video got popular in our school.

I think we not only helped realize Jenny's dream but also made a great 9 of our school life. Although we are not experienced, we have love and energy. We may have many 10 on the road to our dreams, but they will come true at last if we keep on with the dream, and we can also become our own heroes.

One afternoon，I went into {#blank#}1{#/blank#} art museum while waiting for my husband. I hoped to enjoy the works of art {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (quiet). 

A young couple walked in front of me and talked {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the paintings between themselves all the time. The lady did almost all the talking，but the man kept listening to her. I thought the man was very patient {#blank#}4{#/blank#} nobody would like to be bothered(打扰) while enjoying the paintings. 

I met them several {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(time) as I moved through the different rooms of the art museum. Each time I heard her talking，I moved away quickly. 

I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(pay)for some gifts at the museum shop when the couple walked slowly to the exit(出口). Before they left，the man took out a cane(拐杖). Then he tapped(轻敲) his way. 

"He is a brave man，" the worker of the shop said. He decided not {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (change) his life after his eyes got hurt. Though he is blind now，he never gives {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. He and his wife come here whenever there is a new art show. "

"But what can he get out of the art？ He can't see！" I asked. "You are wrong. He sees a lot， {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much) than you and I do. " The worker said，"His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his mind. "

I fell {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (silence). Then I realised that I learnt something about patience, courage and love that day. 

Li Shuyou is eighty years old. He has a big love for music. He is good at folk music(民间音乐). 

Now Mr Li is a music teacher in Jiantouzhou Village, Hunan. He is busy every day. Many students learn how to play the pipa, the erhu, the liugin and the sanxian from him. These students are not of the same age. Some are about 5 years old. Some are about 18 years old. Mr Li's lessons are welcome. Many parents take their children to study there. And they have fun there. Ding Jiewen is one of them. "Mr Li's lessons are not boring. He always tells us some interesting stories. We have a good time there. And I think folk music is useful. I love it very much, " she says. 

Mr Li is happy to be a music teacher there. Some people say to Mr Li, "You are old and you should enjoy(享受)life at home. " But Mr Lt doesn't think so. He loves folk music so much. He wants more students to learn it and live it. And he also wants to help students in Jantouzhou have a good life.