Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival is the first festival in China forfarmers. The festival starting from 2018, falls1theAutumnal Equinox (秋分) each year. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solarterms (节气) of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually falls between September22nd and 24th, during2harvest season.

    As we all know, China has the3populationall over the world. It was difficult4somany people in the past. After reform (改革) and opening, with the5ofmodern agriculture (农业), people's life is getting better and better, and theirliving conditions6a lot. Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festivalshows7our government is paying more attentionto agriculture and farmers' life. It will greatly encourage farmers to farm anddevelop8modern agriculture. China has  a long history of agriculture. ChineseFarmers' Harvest Festival, the cultural symbol,9toshow China's long farming culture to the world. It also connects the excellent traditional Chinese culture to modern civilization (文明) andimproves the cultural self-confidence and national pride.

    Since the festival is especially created for farmers, they10tothink of their own ways to celebrateharvest. The celebrations will be11basedon local customs. Someactivities are held across the country,12mostof the celebrations will take place at a local level that comes from localcustoms. Also, local government usually hosts all kinds of activities13attractvarious people for the festival, such as folk culture performances and foodtasting.

    Some people think the festival is the happiest time of a year, evenbetter than the Spring Festival,because food gives people14sense of safety and hope. For15people,the harvest festival is a time to look back at the past and look forward to thefuture.

   Why do we play sports? You might say "to get exercise" andyou'd be right. To have fun? That's true, too. But there's more. In fact, thereare at least five more reasons. According to the report, people who play sportsget1 more than just healthy.

   People who play sports do better in school. You might think that playingsports will2 all your study time. But a research shows thatstudents who play sports do better in school than3 whodon't. Exercise improves learning and memory, which can help students becomemore active in class.

   It's4 that people who play sports learn teamwork andgoal setting skills. Sports teach valuable life skills. When you work withcoaches, trainers, and teammates to win games and achieve goals, you'relearning5 tobe successful. Those skills will serve you well at work and in family life.

   Sports are good for people's health. Besides being healthy and keeping ahealthy weight, people who play sports are also less possible to smoke. And6 inlife, people who exercise have fewer chances to have cancer (癌症)or some otherillnesses.

   Playing sports improves confidence. People who play sports feel betterabout themselves. Why? It builds confidence when you know you can practice,improve, and7 your goals. Sports are also a feel-goodactivity8 they help people get in shape, keep a healthyweight, and make new friends.

   Exercise cuts the pressure. Playing sports can make you have less9 andhelp you feel a little happier. A person's mood (心情)improves during exercise. Friends canalso help improve your mood. And being on a team creates close relationship10 friends. It's good to know your teammates willsupport you - both on and off the field!

Everyone has worries. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no use and it won't solve your problems. 

Grades at school are often a top worry for kids. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

*Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?

* {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Do I go over (复习) my notes even when there isn't a test?

*Do I have a good learning environment?

*Have I tried different ways of studying?

If your worry is about a fight with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do—write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} You can choose one thing that may get your friend back. 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}You can find someone to talk to. You can ask your parents, friends or teachers for help.

 When we think of paper, we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses. Only half of the world's paper is used for books and newspapers.

 Paper is very good for keeping you warm. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on large number of newspapers. In Finland, it is sometimes -40℃ in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子) in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

 Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We have had paper cups and plates for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. Besides paper boots and shoes, you can wear paper hats, paper dresses, and paper raincoats. When you have use them once, you may throw them away and buy new ones.

 The latest use of paper seems to be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in, but real, big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. You can put it up by yourself in a few hours, and you can use it for about five years.

Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? "Short videos"are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok(抖音) and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well.

A 12－year－old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on Tik Tok since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans."I feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos, " said Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programmes. "Because I don't like to spend many hours watching a whole programme, I hate waiting for a programme to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot programmes, " said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos."Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What's more, I really don't like the videos about odd and dangerous things, " said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos tell people what products are worth buying. Some short videos even sell bad products, and it is hard for customers to get their money back. So we should think twice before we want to buy the products by short videos.

When you are reading something in English, you may often see a new word. If you want to get its meaning (意思), you can just guess and you can also ask your teacher or friends for help. But, what's the best way to know it?

A dictionary is your best friend when learning English. You need an English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word you don't know. For example (例如), it tells you how to read this word, what it means in Chinese and how to use this word. But there are so many English words in the dictionary and how can you know where the word is? There is a way to look for it. 

In the dictionary, you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E… That means, if there are two words, "desk" and "hour", " desk" will be before "hour"; "story" before "Sunday", "tomato" before "tomorrow" etc (等等). 

The English-Chinese dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will often use it in your English learning.