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Every year in Bath，English，there is a special（51）f ．People（52）d up in old clothes and have concerts and dancing parties．It is（53）c the Jane Austen Festival．
Jane Austen is an English writer．This year，the subject is about her book Pride and Prejudice （《傲慢与偏见》），which has a（54）h of 200years．
Born in Steventon，English，1775，Austen was（55）f for her humorous words and clever ideas．Most of her novels are about women in 18th century England．At that time，if a（56）w wanted to have a happy life，she had to marry a rich man．But Austen said that a woman should（57）m for her self，not for money．So her characters were often strong enough．
Pride and Prejudice is the（58）m famous novel by Austen．It tells a romantic story（59）b a young woman Elizabeth and a tall，rich and handsome man，Mr．Darcy．There are many（60）d art forms of it：films，televisions and musicals．
All of Austen's novels are about a small part of English country life．But they tell us that small things can still be beautiful，too．
I didn't s well．I woke up several times during the night．
FAJTHFUL（忠诚的）TO DEATH
Some time ago，a fire broke out（爆发） in a building late at night．Nearly all the families were （1）s inside the house．After the firemen came，they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe （2）p ．
The crowds thought （3）a the people were safe．But it was not so．Two little orphan （孤儿） girls were still asleep alone at the very top of the building，in a small room．（4）N ．thought of them．Luckily，they lived with a dog．
The dog tried to wake them up，but （5）f ．He ran to the window and barked（吠叫） loudly for help．（6）B no one noticed him．Then he climbed down the ladder （梯子） and tried to pull a fireman to the ladder．The fireman kicked him away，thinking he was mad．Then the dog ran to （7）a fireman，jumped on him，ran to the ladder，barking all the time and looking back as if he was asking the fireman to follow him．
This fireman realized there must be someone in the little room，as the dog was acting so strangely．So he followed the dog （8）u the ladder，there he saw the two girls and saved them．
Where was the （9）d ？A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window，choked （窒息） with smoke．He brought him down with care，but he was already （10）d ．He had given his life for his friends．What a faithful friend!
What Would You Do？
What Would You Do？is a TV programme on American ABC．The programme is started by the news reporter John Quinones．He said．
"It is popular with many people﹣both the （61）y and the old．It tests what people will do （62）w they see someone in trouble．We use hidden cameras to record what will （63）h ．Its purpose is to tell us to help people in need．"
Here is last week's programme．
In a cake shop，one actor acted as a blind woman named Pamela and the （64）o acted as the shop worker of the cake shop．The shop worker looked down upon（瞧不起） the blind．So when the blind woman came into the shop and （65）b a box of cakes，the shop worker cheated （欺骗）her when he gave her the change （零钱）．He （66）o gave her 6 dollars instead of 34 dollars．
Would someone be brave enough to （67）h the blind woman？Yes!A woman customer stopped the shop worker （68）f cheating the blind．Seeing this，several other customers joined in too and asked the shop worker to return the rest（剩余的）（69）m to the blind woman．
At this time，John Quinones appeared and explained that he was recording a programme （70）c What would you do？Then he interviewed the first customer who said that it was necessary to give a hand to the people in need．
A psychologist （心理学家）said，"It's difficult to take the first step to stand up．It needs courage．"
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When you have dinner，you follow table manners．When you have a （1）l ，you obey the rules in the classroom．But have you ever thought about needing to （2）m your manners in the digital（数码的）world when you use phones，e﹣mails and social media，like QQ，WeChat，etc？
As new research by Oxford University noted，"It's just important to treat people with respect online as it is in real life．"The study came up with some rules of good manners to live by in the digital age．Their first （3）a is not"over﹣sharing"on social media，which means not posting every detail about your life online，because some of us are not creative （4）e to always show off our thoughts and lives on social media．The manners also（5）i not looking through others'phones and not gossiping（说闲话）about others over messages，（6）e when you choose"reply all"to send a message to a group of people．
Although gossip is not（7）h chat that can make conversations exciting，it can also be a way to spread something untrue about other people．Gossip can be even stronger on social media than in real life，so it's （8）b not to gossip．
Moreover，when you have bad news for someone，do not leave text messages on social media，chat with him or her by （9）c or sending personal messages．
Nowadays technology has （10）o us different ways to contact others．It is important to remember hwo to behave toward others online．
When Italian traveller Marco Polo came to Yangzhou in the13th century，he recorded his
amazing observations in his bestselling book The Travels of Marco Polo．For over 700 years，it（66）n went out of print．Hollywood Filmmaker Chris Nebe follows in the footsteps of Marco
Polo to explore China's mystery．He has （67）c twelve documentaries of Mysterious China series，including Yangzhou：A City of Timeless Culture．This 30﹣minute documentary takes a close look
at the beauty and （68）c of Yangzhou．
To live，humans and all warm﹣blooded animals must have salt．In ancient time，salt was used
as money and had the values as（69）g ．Close to the seasalt﹣rich Yellow Sea，Yangzhou has been one of the（70）r cities in China because of its lively trade in salt，silk and grain．The surviving mansions and gardens of wealthy salt businessmen are witnesses of Yangzhou's great history．
（71）L a beautiful necklace，Yangzhou Slender West Lake lovingly embraces（拥抱） the city．It has been a memorizing attraction for visitors from afar，showing the lasting （72）s of Yangzhou﹣peace and harmony（和谐）．
The government has tried（73）i best to protect the Old Town of the 2500﹣year﹣old city．The area has become a great tourist attraction．At night，the streets turn into a mysterious land．Here
delicious snacks and treasured souvenirs（74）w to be discovered．
The ancient art of Chinese handicrafts is celebrated in Yangzhou．Favourites among them are
paper﹣cutting．Yangzhou's （75）e ．to continue the art form include China Paper﹣cutting Museum and tourists can enjoy masters'show on paper﹣cutting there．
Want to learn more？Why not watch the documentary in your spare time？
"Make﹣A﹣Wish"is one of the world's most well﹣known charities，It makes wishes come true for children who have （71）s illness．It gives them hope and helps them forget about their （72）h problems．
It （73）s in 1980in Phoenix，Arizona．Christopher was a 7﹣year﹣old boy who was very sick．He always dreamed of becoming a （74）p to fly in the sky．They gave Christopher a tour of the city in a police helicopter（直升飞机） and （75）b a space helmet of him．
There are four kinds of wishes children usually have：
I wish to go．Children usually want to visit some （76）p of interest，like the statue of Liberty．
I wish to meet．Children sometimes want to meet their （77）f film stars or sports players．
I wish to be．Some children wish to become doctors to help people who don't have money for （78）m treatment．
I wish to have．Some children want to have a computer，a bike or many other things．（79）L for them，they can get what they want from the charity．
Let's hope more wishes will come true in the （80）f ．People who work in the charity always try for the best．Will you be one of them？
We all need exercise．Exercise uses up feed that we eat and keeps the body full of（71）e ．Exercise makes your heart and muscles（肌肉） strong．Exercise also makes you feel r elaxed．If you exercise several times a week，you will stay happy and（72）h ．There are many （73）w to exercise．You can walk，run，play sports or swim．
（74）H ，most people cannot do this．It is too far from their homes to their offices．They have no （75）c but to drive to work．First，these people don't have a chance to exercise because they are sitting in their cats for two to four hours each day．Second，driving is challenging，（76）e in rush hours，and needs too much attention．It makes a person （77）t out．When these people arrive home after work，they don't want to take exercise．
Some western countries，such as the United States，have problems with exercise．Many people don't have enough exercise．They have to work from morning till（78）n ．so they don't have time to take exercise．
Today，many people in the West are fat，which causes health problems，Doctors say exercise can help people both lose （79）w and improve their health．So many people are trying to get more exercise．But it takes time to change，and when people don't see a （80）d right away，they will lose heart and stop exercising．
In Britain，the government，school leaders，teachers and parents all agree that students should wear uniforms．（66）B Birtish private schools and schools have their own school uniforms．They think it's（67）i for pupils to wear school uniforms．
School leaders normally decide if pupils will have to wear a uniform，and they（68）a
decide what it should look like．You know，no students want to wear（69）u unifroms．
Everybody wants to wear beautiful uniforms．
Leaders have to follows the rules，and they（70）c just choose anything they like．They have to（71）t of the students' feeling and taste．Here are a few（72）f leaders should consider．
1．Cost．This is the first fact they should consider．Their uniforms shouldn't be too（73）
e because it may cause problems for some families．Not all the families can afford it．
2．Sexism（性别歧视）．The uniform policy must be equally fair（公平的）for boys and （74）g ．
3．Cultrues and races．School rules must（75）a pupils from all backgrounds to wear a uniform，for example，allowing Muslim（穆斯林）girls to wear an appropriate dress and Sikh（印度锡克教徒）boys to wear a traditional headdress（头饰）．
How long does it take to build a new house？It usually takes about six months or more．（66）B each year，thousands of people work together to build new homes in just four months？Who does this（67）w work？Habitat for Humanity．
Habitat for Humanity is a group that builds homes for families in （68）n ．It has branches（分部）in different states around the country．
This group works all over the world，too．Volunteers help build the homes．They are unpaid workers who do all the work for （69）f ．Volunteers can be builders and painters．They can be teachers or bankers，Some are students．Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300，000 houses．More than 1.5 million people（70）l in these houses．
Buliding a home is hard work．Volunteers learn （71）h to put up walls．They use many （72）m and tools．These selfless（无私的 ）volunteers work with the family that will live in the house，Everyone works together to make the family's （73）d come true．
Suruchi Srikanth has worked with Habitat for Humanity for four years．She （74）b___ volunteering in high school．She has built many homes with others Volunteers．She takes her responsibilities（责任）seriously．Volunteers know （75）i they don't help，homes may not get built．They are good citizens who care other people．
We need friends when we play and work．If we have friends，we'll feel happy．If we have no friends，we will feel （51）l ．But what is Forever Friend？When you're down，and the world （52）s dark and empty，your forever friend cheers you （53）u and makes that world suddenly seem bright and full．Your forever friend gets you （54）t the hard times and the sad times．If you turn and walk away，your forever friend follows．If you lose your （55）w ，your forever friend guides you and cheers you on．Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay．
Last week my husband and I took a trip to visit friends and go skiing（滑雪）．During my time as a p（1） ， I had flown over these huge mountains many times， admiring the shiny， snow﹣covered mountain tops from above． However， until last week， I never visited（2） at ground level．
The first day we went skiing， we’d（3） into the mountains． Soon we followed the roads along the sides of mountains to the ski places． There we parked our car， I p（4） _ on my skis（滑雪板）and went ahead to the lift．
As I rode the lift even higher up the mountain， I watched the people b（5） move along the snow． At the top of the lift everything was so amazing and beautiful． I was（6） _ （站） on the mountain top， which was circled by more snow﹣covered mountains﹣it seemed that I had moved into a（7） （明信片）． I took a moment to reflect on the（8） _ （自然的） beauty around me． It was valuable， not strong， and easily broken!
Now， I'm back home thinking about the things which I experienced on that mountain top． It reminds me（9） important the environment protecting is! Protecting our environment will make people（10） able to experience the same beauty in the future． So let's take action together to lead to a better future．
Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live．A new study p（1） an answer．
The lead writer of the new report on koalas is Valentina Mella of the University of Sydney． It was earlier t（2） ，she explains，that the animals got most of the water they needed in the leaves they ate．
In the wild， koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat． But they also get it from water r（3） down from the trees during it rains．
Mella and other scientists w（4） koalas in the wild every year．They find that koalas are a
（5） at night． They live in trees and depend on them for food， drinking and also for resting places．
Koalas spend most of the time high up in the trees． They eat lots of leaves． An adult koala n（6） eats between 0.5 and 0.8 kg of leaves a day． Koalas sleep about 20 hours a day．
Mella notes that a koala usually spends 98% of its 1（7） in trees． She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground is to d（8） another tree with better leaves．
In fact， the word "koala" means"no drink" in the l（9） language． Koalas did not go down onto the ground very often． So it was considered that they had no need to drink water．
The koalas' living e（10） is getting worse now because the fires from September 2019 to January 2020 in Australia have burned about 30% of the forests where they live．
When I was a child， my mom liked to make food for dinner every now and then． One night she made（1）d after a long， hard work．
That evening， my mom placed a plate of eggs， sausages and burned（烤焦的）（2）c front of my dad． I was waiting to（3）s if anyone would say anything． Yet my dad just reached for his cookies， smiled（4）a my mom and asked me how my day was at school． I didn't remember what I told him that night，（5）b I clearly remembered watching him eat every bite of the cookies!
When I got up from the table that evening， I heard my mom apologize（道歡）to my dad for（6）b the cookies． And I will never forget what he（7）s ： "Dear， I love the burned cookies．"
Later that night， I went to kiss Dad goodnight and I（8）a him if he really liked his burned cookies． He hugged me and said： "Your mom had a（9）h work today， and she's very tired． Besides， a little burned cookie never hurts（10）a !"
Life is（11）f of imperfect（不完美的）things and imperfect people． We（12）n to learn to accept each other's faults（过失）and enjoy each other's differences． Try to understand it and change our mind．
A new bridge was just opened on Oct.24， 2018．It is the HongKong Zhuhai﹣Macao Bridge（HZMB）．Its construction （1）b in December， 2009 and it was opened to traffic on Oct.24， 2018．It costs over 120 billion yuan．Now it′s the longest cross﹣sea bridge in the world．The bridge looks（2）1 the the letter "Y"．It's also regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world．
The HZMB is unique in many ways．It has a service life of 120 years，20 years longer （3）t most bridges．It's not only a bridge but includes a tunnel and two islands，In one part， the bridge turns into a 6.7km﹣long undersea tunnel that passes through two man﹣made islands．
The HZMB will make it much （4）f to travel among the three areas it connects．The Y﹣shapes bridge will cut travel （5）t between HongKong and Zhuhai from three hours to just 30 minutes．
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