Do you like shopping? Here are some shopping tips for you.

    First, you should write down all the things you want to buy. You should know how much money you need and take enough money with you. People can bring their own shopping bags now so you needn't buy one from the shop.

    Second, it's very important not to buy the things you needn't. There are many nice things in the shopping mall, but what you need is only some of them.

    Third, when you are shopping , you need to go into different shops and compare(对比)things of the same kind. It may take you lots of time to get the best one.

    Fourth, you can go shopping at the weekend or during holidays. On one hand, there are lots of discounts(折扣) on many things. On the other hand, people have enough time to decide which to buy.

    It's a must-eat fruit in Southeast Asia: People there call it 'King of Fruits". Many love it so much that they eat it at every meal. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}It is the durian (榴莲).

    The durian can only grow in hot places. Its name "durian" comes from the Malay word "duff". {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    The durian is the most famous fruit in Southeast Asia. It looks big and dangerous and has a very strong smell (浓烈的气味).{#blank#}3{#/blank#} They come in different sizes. A durian can grow up to 30cm long, and usually it can be as heavy as 1 to 3kg.

    The greatest thing about the durian is inside. When you open it up, a very strong smell comes out. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} In Singapore, people can't bring a durian into a hotel room or onto a city train. And they can't bring a durian onto some planes, either.

    Although the durian has a strong smell, the fruit tastes quite good.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Some animals living in the forest like it!

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Chinese ancient poetry competition a success at UIBE

    The University of International Business and Economics﹙对外经贸大学﹚recently organized a competition on Chinese ancient poems to improve students' understanding of Chinese traditional culture and celebrated Word Reading Day, which falls on April 23.

    About 1,300 students took part in the primary poetry contest in late March and four teams, made up of 12 students, entered the final, which was on Thursday.

    The final included a four-part quiz that tested students' knowledge of Chinese ancient poems and other forms of Chinese literature.

    University Vice﹙副的﹚President Zhao Zhongxiu said he was glad that the competition attracted attention from so many students on university and raised their interest and sense in traditional Chinese culture.

    Qi Xiaoming, a professor of Chinese literature at the university said, "In that sense, to fully understand a Chinese ancient poem requires students to recite ﹙背诵﹚and understand the meaning in the very beginning of learning. Then, as the students grow older and connect what the poem talks about with their own lives, they will see more."

    The popularity of a TV program on China Central Television, Chinese Poetry Conference ﹙会议﹚, which has been broadcast﹙播放﹚for two seasons, has inspired an increasing number of education institutions like UIBE to hold a similar event of their own.

    The purpose of the TV program is to appreciate the beauty of Chinese ancient poetry and to learn from the wisdom of the great minds of ancient China.

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    Some of you might often feel unhappy or forget how great you are. But do you want to make you feel good about yourself? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    Look at the mirror and say to yourself, I am a special person and there's no one in the world like me. I can do anything. It may not sound good, but it really works!

    Smile. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Look for the good things in your friends and family.

    Do something nice for someone. Helping others always makes you feel good.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Have you ever wanted to decorate(装饰) your own room or learn how to swim? Go for it! New challenges are fun and give you a sense of achievement when you have finished.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Turn off the TV, be friends with the books and let your dream fly!Write down your thoughts, dreams or anything you want! Writing always helps to open up your thoughts.

    Stay with your family. We all need our family time. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    It's Wednesday afternoon. School is over. The students are putting their books, pencil-boxes into their school bags. The teacher comes in and says to the students, "Don't go, children. ⑴我有事情要告诉你们. Listen to me. Tomorrow is Thursday. ⑵明天早上九点我们学校有一个家长会(parents meeting). ⑶Here are your school reports and letters to your parents. Take them home. Give your parents letters and show them your school reports. ⑷Ask them to come to the meeting.  If your parents are working in the other place now, let your aunt or uncle come, please. Because I'm going to say something about next term. ⑸Ask them to come on time. "

    One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    The son asked, "What do water and grass look like, Mum?" His mother answered, "Water looks like the sky, blue and clear and grass is green, fresh and nice."

    After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, "Look! Mum, there is water and grass over there!"

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    The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. But because the mother camel was blind in her left eye, she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    The next day they went on walking, the young camel found a second oasis(绿洲) ,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, "No, that's not an oasis. But a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    This time the young camel was angry with his mother too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time. He left his mother without telling her. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.