Today,roller skating (滑旱冰)is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1743, peoplenever tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named John JosephMerlin. Merlin's work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to playthe violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called hima dreamer.

    One dayMerlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleasedand a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think.He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin hadan idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skateinto the room.

    Merlintried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put twowheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin wasvery proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into theroom while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be verysurprised.

    On thenight of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyonewas really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no wayto stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with alleyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke intomany pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin's wonderfulentrance after that.

Chinese tourists flock(涌入) to Morocco(摩洛哥) during Spring Festival

In the Chinese restaurant of Chefchaouen, one of the, top tourist attractions(旅游景点) in Morocco, an area of less than 100 square meters was full of more than a hundred Chinese tourists, with a lot more waiting outside, during the Chinese Spring Festival.

"Boss, can I have my Kung-Pao Chicken now?" "Boss, is my beef noodles ready?" Some visitors were not patient cough to wait long for their ordered foods. Restaurant owner said that during the Spring Festival, beer business was much better than usual.

Another Chinese restaurant owner in Fes, Morocco's central city, had the same experience. The waiters said during the Spring Festival, a large number of Chinese tourists waited in lines for meals every day.

In the southem Moroccan town of Marrakech, tourist buses full of Chinese tourists can be found everywhere during the Spring Festival.

In Majorelle Garden, a famous tourist attraction, two girls from Ningbo, a city in East China's Zhejiang province, said they chose Morocco as their Spring Festival travel place to taste the country's special food.

Morocco's Minister of Tourism Mohamed Sajid said it hopes to attract (吸引) 500,000 Chinese tourists each year by 2020.

Sajid also said Morocco is working to improve hotels, transports and tourist reception. He said direct flights(直达航班) between Morocco and China are being discussed, which is one of the key factors to attract Chinese tourists.

Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are a big 1 of our lives. But have you 2 thought about the history of the schoolbag?

In the Han Dynasty (汉朝), students in old-style schools used bamboo boxes to 3 books to school. People think the bamboo boxes to be the 4 schoolbags. There were usually two or three layers (层) in the box. Kids put different things 5 books, brushes, ink stones and paper in the boxes.

Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag 6 the budai. The budai was lighter than the bamboo box. People can carry it 7 . With the founding (成立) of the People's Republic of China, military rucksacks (军用帆布包) became popular. Many people carried them 8 they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents 9 these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their 10 of carrying them when they were in school.

A new style of school bags 11 in recent years. Many of them have colorful and fashionable designs on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are 12 comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and 13 carry backpacks.

Electronic (电子的) schoolbag are being used in many places now. Students don't 14 carry heavy schoolbag to school anymore.

Do you know what future schoolbags will be like? Let's 15 it.

In schools today,a new subject is becoming popular -school gardening.It is not just an interesting subject,but also a great way to 1 healthy

In the gardening class,students can go outside and get 2 air.More importantly,they can learn a lot.When some young students have food,they always ask,"Where does the rice come 3 ?"In this class,they can get the answer.And they can learn to do things with their own 4 They can also learn some  5 skills and care about others,and themselves.

The school garden doesn't have to be very  6 .Students can have a lot of fun in it.At 7 teachers decide what. 8 to grow.Then they grow them with students.Carrots and tomatoes are their favorites because it is nice for them to get a carrot or a tomato,wash it,and eat it right in the garden.Some vegetables are easy to grow,but others need a  9 time.This can teach students hard work pays off.Gardening is as important as any 10 subject.Students should learn it at school.

Knowing the City by Walking

From July 2022 to July 2023, city walkers in China together covered over 320,000 kilometers. That's like circling Earth 8 times.

 Students all over the world like sports. There are many kinds of sports. Many students like to play them. 

 In China, students like playing ping-pong best. They often play it after class. They like basketball and volleyball, too. But they are busy at school, so they don't often play sports. 

 In the USA, students play sports every day. They often play basketball. But soccer is their favourite sport. They like swimming and running, too. They think sports are great. 

 In the UK,      ▲      . Watching football games on TV is their favorite. They often play sports with their family or friends on Saturdays and Sundays. They like sports very much. 

 Playing sports is good for our health and it can make us happy. Let's do sports!