The Spring Festival is a great festival. It's one of 1 festivals in China. People usually go home to be with their family2 the festival is coming.

    In fact, from Little New Year, people start 3 preparations for the Spring Festival. They want to have 4fresh beginning in the new year. The first thing that people usually do is to clean 5 houses. They believe good cleaning can sweep bad luck away. They also buy food to welcome the festival.

    There is a story about the Spring Festival. A long time ago, a monster called Nian6 people on New Year's Eve. People did not know what to do at first. Finally, they knew Nian was afraid7 red, fire and loud noise. Then they posted red couplets (对联), set off fireworks and played the drums. Later, Nian never came to the village again. Even today, people celebrate the festival in this way.

    During the Spring Festival, people usually visit their family members, friends and wish each other good luck. The traditional ways of 8 the Spring Festival are having a big family dinner on New Year's Eve and watching the Spring Festival Gala. In 2020, the Spring Festival 9 on January 25. Did you10a happy time? Did you do anything special?

A clothing company, Takikou, has recently made a new creation—a wearable beanbag. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(allow) you to comfortably sit or lie down anytime, anywhere.

When thinking about top comfort, a big beanbag that you can wear is probably not the first thing that comes to your mind. But according to Takikou, that's {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(exact) what its new wearable beanbag is about.

This funny {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(invent) was inspired by the idea of a "cushion(靠垫) that saves people". It mainly focuses {#blank#}4{#/blank#} offering people top comfort that they don't ever want to move. "This idea would allow you to completely let go, anytime, anywhere. You can put this on {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(relax) in your living room, or many other places. That's{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we created it," Takikawa said.

The wearable beanbag{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) on sale in Japan since a few months ago, but it has become hot recently because{#blank#}8{#/blank#} video of a person wearing it spread quickly online. The wearable beanbag has three different{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(size) and colors, and it is easy to get in and out of. The adult version(版本) weighs around 5 kilograms, so it's a bit{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(heavy) than your common clothes.

Demand for wearable beanbags has greatly increased after large numbers of media reports, so would you like to have one?

Keeping healthy— stories from around the world

Running for fun

 Run in your {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(空闲的) time! It helps you to keep healthy. Millions of people run several days a week and take an{#blank#}2{#/blank#}part in races.To{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(支持) others, some runners join the sport and doing something {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(有帮助的). Last autumn in Tokyo, some runners wore crazy costumes(服装) and ran a full marathon to collect money for charity(慈善).

A beautiful morning in a park

 Tai chi is a traditional sport {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(广泛得) spread in China. You will see big groups of people doing tai chi in p. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} places such as parks and squares(广场). These slow movements of the arms and legs are very good for your health. Mr Lee, a doctor, often shares his experience, saying that doing tai chi helps him {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(克服) stress and feel relaxed.

Ice swimming

{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(推断,料想) you are somewhere in Russia or Finland in winter, and it's-15℃outside. Would you rather see a film or go for a swim in the river nearby on a fine Saturday afternoon? Not many of our readers would choose to swim in such 1 .{#blank#}9{#/blank#} temperature. But in some countries, ice swimming has been popular for almost 200 years. Some people say it can help strengthen the body. But you have to have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(勇气) to try it and it's only for people who are already fit and healthy!

If you feel sad, remember not to watch a happy movie. A sad movie may be good for you. Some scientists at Ohio State University found that sad movies can make people happier. They showed their study in a magazine called Communication Reaches. 

Scientists asked 361 college(大学) students to watch a sad movie. The movie tells a story of two lovers who were separated(分开). They died during World War II at the end of the movie. The361 college students answered questions from the scientists before, after and three times during the movie to find out their different feeling, such as sadness. 

According to the result, scientists found out that people felt better after watching the sad movie. Scientists believed this was because the movie made them think about their lives. Compared to those of unlucky lovers, their lives were full of hope. 

"I want to live my life to the fullest, and this movie made me think a lot, "one student wrote. Silvia Knobloch- Westerwick, the head of the study, said that bad moods(情绪) would make people more thoughtful. "Good moods are usually a sign(迹象)that everything is fine. You don't have to worry, and you don't have to think about your problems in your life, " she said. "But bad moods make you feel terrible. So, seeing a sad movie may make you feel bad, but that will make you think more about yourself and be full of hope in the future. "

When you're watching cartoons, do you ever wonder how they work? In fact, cartoons are a series of pictures, all a little different to one another, which are shown quickly. They work because the brain can remember an image (图像) for a little longer than it needs. If you show your brain the next image really quickly, your brain thinks that the images are moving. The easiest kind of cartoon is the flip book (翻页书). These are great fun to make, but you will need some patience. A good speed for the cartoon is about 16 pages a second. It does work at 10 pages a second, but the image is less smooth(流畅的).

You will need: some pieces of paper—about 12 cm by 7 cm or a little smaller, drawing materials.

Method:

1. Make sure the paper is lined up like a book.

2. Choose something simple to draw. Maybe start with a ball. Start drawing pictures on the top page, and make sure it has room to "travel".

3. Now draw the image on each of the following pages changing it very a little each time.

4. Once you've finished all the drawings, hold the book in one hand, and flick through the pages quickly using the other hand. If the cartoon is not nice enough, change the drawings until it improves.