Magic is fun and pleasant whether you are a magician （魔术师） or whether you are watching it being carried out. To be a good magician, you have to be great together with your hands and great at keeping the audience (观众) paying more attention to you than the trick. You will find a number of websites to get you to start learning and practicing magic tricks. You will find a number of advantages of learning magic online. Here are some steps for you to start.

    Before you start learning magic online, make sure that the website you are interested in is real and it's going to teach you what you want to discover.

    Once you have decided on the website you are going to use to discover magic online, take it slow. Begin at the beginning and don't rush into anything stupid. Although you need to wait to get better, it's going to pay off within the end whenever you are performing your magic shows with success.

    Whenever you have discovered the magic tricks you'd like to discover, take a look at the website to see if they offer classes to help you discover the tricks. These classes can make you an expert at the magic tricks you'd like to discover, making you look much better whenever you show off your new talent.

    Finally, practicing helps you get more experience to do the magic tricks. Don't forget that confidence comes from experience. You can also practice for family and friends and then ask them for their feedback(反馈).

    You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong.But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are some steps toward a smarter brain.

Limit your TV viewing

    ① Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it needs very little brain activities.Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do.If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.

Travel

    Travelling to another country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain.

    Learn a new language

    Learning a new language involves different learning methods.Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory problems that you may meet in later years.

Read often

    As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren't familiar.Reading makes your vocabulary much larger if you always search for words and definitions that you don't know.Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it.Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.

Calculate （计算）when you shop

    As you put things in your grocery cart, total everything in your head.See how close you get to the actual total.

    Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand

    If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed.Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain create new neural （神经）networks.

Wechat（微信）

    ② Read messages from various people.They have different interests.And some say that learning to express yourself in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.

    Have a try and do these every day.Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!

①Winter can be a hard time for animals. The weather may be very cold. Food can be hard to find under the snow. How do animals live in this season? Let's have a look. 

②In autumn, when the weather gets cool, some animals go away from cold places. Some birds fly south together. They move south because the weather there is warm and food there is easy to find. When spring comes, they will return. 

③Many animals store(储存) food before the cold days. That is what a pika(鼠兔) does. A pika looks a little like a rabbit, but with short ears. Pikas live in high mountains where winters are long and cold. In summer, they prepare lots of grass to eat in winter. By the end of summer, a pika may store about 22 kilos of grass. 

④Some animals change themselves to live in winter, like snowshoe rabbits in America. In summer, the rabbits' fur is brown. But they grow new, white fur in winter. The new fur keeps them safe in the snow. In autumn, they eat to get fat(脂肪), because the fat can also help them keep warm in winter. 

⑤Other animals sleep all winter long and don't eat at all. Before winter, these animals eat a lot to grow fat. When winter comes, they go to sleep. Black bears in cold areas make warm beds to sleep in. Some of them can sleep for seven months. By the time spring comes, they have lost most of their fat. 

Today there are all kinds of problems in the world. Population {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(增长) is the biggest one in many countries. Here are some notes from a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(报告) called "Our growing population". 

More than 250 {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(婴儿) are born every {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(分钟) in the world. That makes over 131. 4 million {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(出生) a year. A large population {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(造成) a lot of problems, such as too much traffic and noise. China has a large population. It is about 1.41 {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(十亿). That is almost one {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(第五) of the world's population. 

Several countries in Europe already have a negative growth rate (负增长率). There may be fewer and fewer {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(工人) in these countries in the future. And the people who are working have to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(喂养) the growing number of the old. 

Mike is an English boy. He wants to have a Chinese friend. He has healthy eating habits. He likes fruit and vegetables. He often has vegetables for breakfast and fruit salad for dinner. He likes sports too. He often plays football with his classmates after school. 

Mike's school is not big but beautiful and modern. There is a library in it. Students can read many kinds of books including(包括)e⁃books. Next to the library is a lovely garden. You can see many plants and flowers there. 

A store is next to his home. It sells clothes at very good prices. Today，Mike wants to buy a new jacket. He goes to the clothes store with his mother. The jackets are $30 each. Mike likes yellow best，so he takes a yellow one. 

Do you like him？Do you want to be his friend？You can email him at mike6156@126.com.