Paper cut can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People put it on windows, doors and walls for the festival.

A thousand years ago, paper cut was used for decoration (装饰). In Tang Dynasty women used paper cut as headdress. In Song Dynasty, it helped make gifts more beautiful. What's more, people would feel happier when they saw paper cut on windows, doors and walls. Now people use paper cut to express their wishes for welcoming the New Year.

    There are different kinds of paper cut in different parts of China. Pictures usually cover nearly all things, from flowers, birds to the famous people. Now, there are factories for paper cut in China. Paper cut has changed from decoration to a kind of art. At the same time, paper cut also appears in cartoons, magazines or TV programs.

    Traveling to every part of the world gets easier, but how well do we know and understand each other. Here's a simple test. Imagine you are planning to hold a meeting at four o'clock. What time should you expect your foreign business friends to arrive? If they are Germans, they'll arrive on time. If they are Americans, they'll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are Englishmen, they'll be 15 minutes late, and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians.

    The British seemed to think since the English language was widely used in the world, people would always understand what they do. However, they found they were completely wrong. For example, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters and have a drink during the meal. The Japanese prefer not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know each other and they don't drink at lunchtime. The Germans like to talk business before dinner. The French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.

We usually wears socks to keep our feet warm. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

But socks can has a message,too!Who says your socks must match? {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

We celebrate Mismatched Socks Day at school last week. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

In Monday morning,everyone wore different socks on each foot and met at the school gate. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.It was a lot of. funs,     but why did we do it? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

The idea of Mismatched Socks Day is that it's not bad to be special and unique.Kids can be pride of their differences. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}

It takes place on the first day of Anti-Bullying Week each year.A bully is a person which harms or scares other people. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}

Older and stronger children sometimes bully the younger,weaker children,or children who are different.We want to stop bullying at our school. 

Everyone need to feel happy and safe.That's why we celebrate Mismatched Socks Day. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}

Each year,a theme(主题）choose    to help students to remember that it's good to be different and that all children are important. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}

As the event has grown, more people join and take the chance to help fight off bullying.

Celebrating Mismatched Socks Day is not just fun. It makes a different in the lives of young people all over the world! {#blank#}10{#/blank#}

There are 35 students in our class. We have an English boy. His name is John. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(like) Chinese, and he can speak Chinese {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (good). {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are the two girls? They are Mary and Jane. They are twins and they always have {#blank#}4{#/blank#} same bags, rulers, erasers and pencil boxes. They want {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) healthy, so they often eat vegetables and fruit. They have really good {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(eat) habits. The other boys and girls are all Chinese. We all like the foreign(外国的){#blank#}7{#/blank#}(classmate). They like us, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. We play games {#blank#}9{#/blank#} them and we help each other. Where are Li Hua and Tony? They are in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (teacher) room.

You may know the English letters A. B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as"a banana person"? How strange!ABC means American- born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a" banana person". A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a" banana", he or she is white inside— thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside— looking like a Chinese.

 Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don't speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas(海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great- grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.

 But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People's Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

What is your favourite movie?For 1 in the US, their answer is Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (《刺猬索尼克2》). The 2 won Favourite Movie at the 2023 US Kids' Choice Awards(儿 童选择奖). 

In the story. , Sonic has a happy life. The blue hedgehog 3 friends with Tails, a yellow fox. With two tails, Tails can 4 like a helicopter. But the bad guy Dr Robotnik(蛋头博士) is here again. This time, he 5 a helper, Knuckles, a red echidna( 针 鼹 )with super strength(力量). Sonic teams up with Tails and fights back. 

The movie is 6 and relaxing(轻松的). Many kids like it because of the characters

funny quote(引语)and jokes. For example, Dr Robotnik introduces Knuckles to Sonic, 7 , 

"Sonic, meet Knuckles. My new BFFAE, best 8 forever and ever. "Do you sometimes talk to your friends with short forms(形式)like this?

Also, you can see 9 in Sonic. He is playful and makes mistakes sometimes. But he is 10 and always stands up for what is right.