As we know, there are differences between Western culture and Chinese culture. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Let's look at some words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, "a homeless dog", "a mad dog", "a running dog" and "a dog catching a mouse", have bad meanings. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. In English, people use the dog to describe good actions. For example, "you are a lucky dog" means you are a lucky person. And "every dog has its day" means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person's serious illness, they say "sick as a dog". The word "dog­tired" means very tired.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. But in Western culture, "cat" is often used to describe a woman who is unkind. There are many other examples of how "cat" is used differently as well.

   {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. People think the rose stands for love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.

A. However, Chinese love cats very much

B. The words about plants and animals are used in good or bad ways in different cultures

C. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used

D. However, westerners love cats very much

E. We can see similarities when we pay attention to the way words are used

F. The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some Western countries

G. But in Western countries, dogs are considered to be honest and good friends of humans

    Do you often run outdoors to keep healthy? Have you ever thought about how running helps to clean up the earth? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win(双赢)situation.

    Plogging, a new way to exercise, began in Sweden(瑞典).The name "plogging" comes from two words the Swedish(瑞典的)word "plocka", which means" to pick up(捡起)", and the word" jogging", which means "to run slowly". A Swedish man called Erik started the movement. He saw rubbish here and there when riding to work each day. He became worried about the dirty environment and decided not to go to work by bike any more. Instead, he began to run to work and pick up the rubbish at the same time. To his joy, more and more people followed him and soon plogging became popular.

    Many people choose plogging instead of just jogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth. Sometimes rubbish is difficult to collect because it may scatter all around. But if the runners pick up the rubbish on the way, it is quite different. After all, many hands make light work. Another reason is that plogging burns more calories(卡路里).According to a research, plogging for 10 minutes burns 48 calories, while usual jogging for 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.

    Everyone on the earth should play a part in cleaning it up! It's time for us to take action together. So ready? Let's plog tomorrow!

Boys and girls, there are some important things for you. The Student Union is going to have {#blank#}1{#/blank#} party to welcome new students on Saturday evening, September 12th.

During the party, you can sing, dance, play games and give gifts to each other.Would you like {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(make) new friends? It's a good idea to bring a gift for him/ her. Put {#blank#}3{#/blank#} into a gift bag, and then write a few sentences with your best {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wish) on the paper. After the party, you can {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(give) the gift to your new friend.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} you want to take part in the party, you can go to the meeting room on Saturday evening, September 12th. Everyone is welcome. We start {#blank#}7{#/blank#} seven thirty. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(not) be late.

Every month has its saying. But for some people, every month {#blank#}1{#/blank#} its color. January is white. White symbolizes(象征) a start to the New Year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is red and pink. It is the month of love. June is orange, symbolizing the start of summer. But they are not people's favorite months.

So what is their favorite month? October. The {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of October are orange and black. These two colors are also a part of Halloween(万圣节). {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is the color of pumpkins(南瓜) and black is a symbol for night. Just as the great writer L. M. Montgomery says," I'm so {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to live in a world where there are Octobers." 

Teachers help us to be good students and people. So we should thank them for their work. In China, we have Teachers' Day on September 10th. On that day, we say thanks to our teachers. But how do students in the US thank their teachers?

Schools in the US have a whole week in May to appreciate their teachers! Teacher Appreciate Day is on Tuesday of that week. They have parties with gifts and snacks that week. Students in the US like to give small gifts to their teachers, and the teachers love getting thank-you notes from their students. Teachers also like getting trinkets from students.

Should we say thanks to our teachers only on Teachers' Day? No. We should thank our teachers all the time. Always show our love to our teachers. It helps them do a good job.

Hi, everyone! My name is Lin Tao. I am a new student here. I am1 Class 3, Mr Chen's class. My telephone number is 6622200. 2 is your telephone number? I have three good3 in my new school. They 4 Lingling, Zhao Lei and Betty. They are nice. I like5 . Nice6 them in the new school.

My new school is big7 beautiful. I like my new school. I like doing sports. I often play basketball with my good friends in8 afternoon after school. Basketball is 9 favourite sport. Do you 10 sports? What sports do you often do?