Hello, my name is Han Meimei. I1new here. I2reading. I often read books in3evening. I like dancing4I can dance very well.5you like dancing? I like singing too.6favourite singer is Zhang Jie. I like running. It is my favourite7. I can swim and8football, but I can't play basketball. I often put my football9the bed. I can10English, but I can't speak Chinese. That's all, thank you.

    It is increasingly popular for Chinese youngpeople to share their experiences on social media (媒体), such as the"moments"(朋友圈)on popular instant messagingservice WeChat. "I have been reading 'JaneEyre' for 40 days with 48,000 words finished Li Anqi said. Li has beensharing her reading experience on WeChat moments every day since January.Working in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest China? s Ningxia, Li wants to learnEnglish very much, but cannot get rid of (摆脱)theeveryday work of school lessons.

    "I found many of my WeChat friends hadbeen reading books or learning English on mobile reading apps, and I did notwant to fall behind," Li said.

In January, she spent more than 100yuan buying an online reading class at the Bohe Reading app, which tellscustomers they can: "Finish reading your first English book here."

    At her reading class, teachers assignreading homework and give instructions to 430 class members every day.

    A survey reportreleased on Thursdaysaid 70.9 percent of primary and middle students in China use the Wechatinstant messaging App.

    At the same time, 75. 9 percent of Chinesechildren have their own mobile phones, according to China National Children'sCenter.

    The figures were based on a survey of nearly9000 children across China.

    However, 28. 8 percent of them never readnews online and 43. 2 percent have never touched newspapers.

    The center called for efforts to address thedigital divide between urban and rural education and protect children's privacy(隐私)asInternet users.

In the Bay Area in California，you can find many amusement parks with fun rides． 

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

This theme park has rides for kids of all ages．You can also have fun with animals here．You can ride an elephant ，feed a giraffe and see other animals．

Travel time from San Francisco：1 hour

Ticket prices：Daily pass（单日票）＄49.99 per person 

Train Town

This park has rides themed around trains．The most popular one is the 20﹣minute ride through the park on a mini train．The park is open every day from June through August．

Travel time from San Francisco：1 hour

Ticket prices：＄7.50 per ride．per person；free for children below 12 months old California's Great America

This amusement park is known for its thrill rides（惊险刺激乘）．

However，there are fun rides for younger kids，too．The best part about this park is that you can visit a water park，at no Additional （额外的） cost．

Travel time from San Francisco：45 minutes

Ticket prices：Daily pass ＄39.99 per person 

Children's Fairyland

It is one of the oldest theme parks in the Bay Area．The park has a

Puppet（木偶）theater，which has puppet shows every day（at 11 a．m．，2 p．m．and 4 p．m．）

Travel time from San Francisco：30 minutes

Ticket prices：Guests age 1+：＄12

Guests under age 1：Free

It is true that people with better education* are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don't. It seems that the purpose* of education is to make people get jobs. But not all the people agree with this idea.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education in order to make more money in the future. This was probably one of the earliest purposes of education. In fact, if education is just a way to make a living, people don't need to spend so much time in school. They can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. And people don't have to learn maths and languages so carefully. So it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

So what is education for? Education is well-rounded and it should improve a man in many ways. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative* thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all, take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the only reason.

Tomorrow is April 22. It is Earth Day. Our reporter Nick Ford interviews（采访）several people in the street. This is what they tell him：

9：24，Miss Mayfield

I try to tell my students that wild animals are important to us. I take them to zoos and forests，and I never use things that come from wild animals，for example（象牙），because they come from elephants. 

10：03，Mr Perdue

I don't use my car for short journeys. I usually ride my bike. It's good for my health，and it doesn't pollute the air. 

10：30，Tom Pitt

I'm a 14﹣year﹣old boy. My parents always ask me not to waste things in my daily life so I often write on both sides of paper and after I wash my face and hands，I often use the water to water flowers or clean the floor. And I often ask my classmates to do these like me. 

11：01，Mr White

I'm an artist and I enjoy recycling art. Look at this model plane. I use some waste paper and boxes to make it. And I often keep my old clothes and use them for cleaning. I really hate wasting.