If you love reading books, you must know about the book The Little Prince. It's a famous novel written by a French writer. As one of the best-selling books in history, it has been sold as many as 200 million copies in 253 languages and dialects(方言). Now, around seventy years after the birth of the book, an American director has found a way to make it into a 3D animated film.

    The book tells the story of a pilot, called The Aviator, who crashes(撞击)into the desert and meets a young prince there. However, in the film, the story starts years after the crash when The Aviator is much older. He has got a new neighbor called The Little Girl, whose mother wants her to get ready to enter the grown-up world. Slowly, the Aviator shares his story with The Little Girl by writing it down and sending her a page at a time. The pages are complete with the pictures in the book, speaking about his time in the desert and taking The Little Girl to an amazing world where anything is possible.

    China is the first country in the world to see the film in two versions--in Chinese and English. The film shows The Little Girl's life and tells The Little Prince's story at the same time in a beautiful way.

    Huang Lei, who voices the film together with his 9-year-old daughter, says the film is like a childhood dream which is lost by most adults in this stressed-out society.

    “The most touching part is that every one of us was a good-natured kid like the Little Prince, and it's a pity that this good characteristic(品质)goes away as time flies,” he says.

Sally: Hi, my name's Sally. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

Lucy: Hi, Sally. I'm Lucy. This is a great school, but there are a lot of rules.

Sally: Really? {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

Lucy: Well, we must be on time for class. This is very important.

Sally: {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Can we listen to music in the classroom?

Lucy: No, we can't. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

Sally: OK. Is that our library, Lucy?

Lucy: Yes, it is. There are many books in it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

Have you read non-fiction (非故事类) books? They tell us facts about nature or science. They are important to read for your personal development, so let's spend some time learning how to read a non-fiction book in a quick and interesting way!

A few good friends are talking about their last vacations. 

①Celebrating the New Year happens in every country. But each country has its own way of celebrating it. 

②Chinese people celebrate the New Year twice(两次). One is on 1st January and the other is in January or February. People have many activities to celebrate the New Year, like watching lion dances or having a family dinner. 

③People in Thailand(泰国) celebrate it by pouring(泼) water on friends and visitors. They think this will bring much rain in the next growing season. Their New Year is usually in April or May. It is very hot at that time of a year in Thailand. 

④In Switzerland(瑞士), people often sing in the ice and snow world to celebrate the New Year. In parts of Switzerland, people celebrate it by dressing up to walk from farmhouse to farmhouse. They jump up and down to make the cow bells ring. They hope this will sweep away the bad luck of the old year. 

⑤People all over the world have a great time on New Year's Day. 

Our school held a music concert last week. The concert started at 7 o'clock and ended at9:30. In this concert, many students performed(表演) very well. Maria is one of them. I thought she was the best performer. When she was playing the piano, everyone listened to the wonderful music quietly. After she finished playing, everyone cheered for her. Then I visited her at the back of the stage. I learned that she joined the school music club one year ago. She learned how to play the piano there every Sunday. Mr Wang teaches her to play the piano. He is a pianist. He is kind to her. Maria hopes that I can also join the school music club. She would like to teach me to play the piano. I am very happy. We become good friends soon.