How do you feel about your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think youare good at Chinese, you can take part in the competition named the “Chinese Characters Dictation Competition (中国汉字听写大会)”. The competition became popular among teenagers. Let's know something about it.

    More and more computers and smart phones are used by teenagers. They spend too much time onthe Internet in playing or chatting. They are used to sending messages by computers and smart phones. As a result, some teenagers forget how to writethe Chinese Characters by hand. The teachers and parents are very worried about it. What can they do?

    Not long ago, they found an interesting game called the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition. The program was similar to the American show “National Spelling Bee”. In this program, middle school students competed among themselves and wrote down the Chinese Characters by dictation. Over two hundred competitors were from forty-six middle schools. The audiences(观众) loved this new kind of competition, too. They tried to write down the Chinese Characters while the competitors were writing them. Butthey found it was also difficult for them to write down all the Chinese Characters.

    Is it an interesting competition? Can you be the winner?

    Boys and girls, do you like shopping? When and where do you like to shop? Let's meet Millie, Kitty and Amy together and listen to their ideas.

    My name is Millie. I'm 25 years old. I'm a volleyball player. I like shopping very much, but shopping with my husband (丈夫) is not fun. When I'm free, I go shopping with my friends. I like to shop in some big shopping malls. I think they look very modern, and there are many kinds of wonderful things in them.

    I'm Kitty. I'm 20 years old. I'm an actress(演员). Because of my job, I often go shopping to buy some nice clothes. I never go shopping at the weekend because there are always too many people in shopping malls. I like shopping in some shops. There are many different styles of clothes in them.

    My name is Amy. I'm 14. I'm a middle school student. I seldom go to shopping malls because I have much homework to do every day. And I dislike to wait for a long time to pay the money. If I need something, my mother buys it for me. So I have more time to study. But I like shopping online. It's easy and interesting. Sometimes I buy some books online.

    This is an English boy. His name is Harry. He is twelve. He is in Class 2, Grade 7, No. 18 Junior High School. Qiqi is a Chinese girl and she is eleven. She is in the same class with(和...一起） Harry. She is Harry's good friend. Miss Song is an English teacher. Mr. Lei is a Chinese teacher. They are good teachers. Their（他们的） classes are very interesting. The boys and the girls love them and they love the boys and girls, too.

    Many students think it is too difficult to learn English well, though they know it is important. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    Firstly, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} A lot of people can't speak English well because they are afraid of making mistakes. But in order to improve your spoken English, you need to be brave and confident. Don't care too much about the mistakes in your spoken English. Being able to express your ideas is the most important thing.

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    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and you just have to find the best way for you.

A. watch English movies.

B. don't be afraid to speak English.

C. listen to English songs.

D. Here are some ideas on how to learn English well.

E. All in all, there are many ways to learn English well,

F. do a lot of English exercises.

    IG, a Chinese esports club, won the world best title in LOL(League of Legends)in 2018. So what is esports?

    Esports(Electronic Sports)is a kind of competition using video games between smart players. It is not only a simple game, but a sport in which players use electronic equipment(电子设备)to play with each other in intelligence(智慧).

    This kind of sport started ten years ago, but most people usually hold the opinion that playing online games has no good but taking one's mind away from their study or work. However, esports is not online games. In fact, there are some differences between them:

    First, the basic features(基本特征). Online games are for fun but esports is a sport. Esports is an intellectual(智力的)competition between people in a team.

    Second, the game rules. Esports has clear game rules. Its biggest feature is strict time and round limitations(限制). However, online games have less clear rules than esports. Without time limit, it's easy for young people to be addicted to(沉迷)it.

    Third, the sports spirit(精神). Esports competitions between players pay great attention(注意力)to fair(公平的)sports spirit. Some online games only need to pay money to get gifts, which is an important difference between esports and online games.

    In the coming 2022 Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, esports will officially be a medal event(正式项目). Esports is a new sporting activity. It will take a long time to become a popular sport like NBA(the National Basketball Association of the US). Let's have a better thinking of esports and expect its bright(光明的) future.

    Today is Wednesday. Shirley is busy today.

    Shirley is a middle school teacher. She teaches P.E. in school. Shirley has four lessons on Wednesday，two in the morning and two in the afternoon. She needs to teach the students to play volleyball this week. That is her favorite sport. Tina is one of her students. She is really good at sports and she wants to be a volleyball player. School finishes at four in the afternoon. After school shirly doesn't go home. She stays in the school with students in school volleyball team. They will have a volleyball game with number 2 middle school next Friday. Every one wants to win the game so they practice hard. Shirley gets home at 7:00 pm. It's late but she is happy because she likes being a teacher and she is glad to help her students.