As we know, Meizhou Island is a famous place of interest in Putian. My pen pal from Australia, Sam, would like to visit it very much. He is coming here for a holiday next week. He is planning to stay here for seven days. He has never come to Putian before, so he needs to know something about it. The weather is the most important thing that he would like to know. He wants to know what he should get ready for the trip and what kinds of clothes he has to take with him. Here is the seven-day weather report for Putian.

    When he was nine years old, an American boy called Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws (吸管)do Americans use every day?

    He quickly learned there wasn't a simple answer. The boy tried to find it out himself. Through lots of research, Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day. In hopes of cutting down plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011.

    Cress started the project in his hometown Burlington. Vermont. He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order. It was a simple change. However, it would save money. And by doing that, the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent.

    For the year that followed, Cress tried to spread his project across the United States. More and more restaurants agreed to join. They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one. Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban plastic straws.

    After his project became popular, Cress took his findings on the road. He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws.

    "Focusing on straws is one simple step we all could take," Cress says. "And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a difference, too."

The Palace Museum is becoming zero-waste. The "Palace Museum Zero Waste" project, which was launched (发起) in 2020, aims to achieve the goal of "reducing waste to close to zero".

In 2021, a bull-shaped sculpture (雕像) called Funiu ci jiu was on show in the Cining Palace area. 92% of the sculpture material came from the recycled waste in the Palace Museum, a total of 320 kg. After a series of processing (加工), the waste had been changed from waste to beauty. The museum also recycled more than 32,000 plastic bottles to make cultural and creative products (文创产品) between June 2021 and October 2023, reducing carbon emission (碳排放) by 931 kg. In the last three years, the number of dustbins in areas open to the public has reduced to 110 sets.

The "Palace Museum Zero Waste" project will be further introduced to more people. So far, about 3,000 museum workers, 40,000 tourist guides, and 21 million visitors have taken part in the project. In this way, they can not only learn historical knowledge, but also experience the modern waste practice and get into the habits of creating less waste.

The Palace Museum is on the road to becoming a greener museum in the world!

People usually eat traditional food on special festivals. A special day in China is the Laba Festival. This festival falls on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. On that day, people souse(腌) Laba garlic(蒜) . Here is one way to make it.

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Next, cook some rice vinegar for 5 minutes and p{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the rice vinegar into the bottle of garlic.

When it is r{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, seal (密封) the bottle. The garlic will turn green in about 5 days.

Now, you can enjoy it with other food, such as dumplings and noodles.

Our parents are important people in our life. They are our first teachers in our life. They love us and help us all the time. Do you want to get on well with them？Here are some ways to help you to be happy with your parents

Have fun together

How much time do you spend just enjoying being with each other？Ask your parents to play with you. Go outside together，try some sports，or go to the movies. 

Be kind

Little things may bring a lot to your parents. Make a meal for them by yourself and that can make your parents happy. 

Ask for help

When you are in trouble or meet some sad things，you can ask your parents for help and advice. They will be happy to listen to you and help you. 

Have a try

You don't have to be the best but you need to have a try. They will be happy to see you have the courage to achieve your dream. It lets them know they' re doing a good job in helping you grow up.