Ella has been to a lot of interesting places, and this time she went to Thailand（泰国）. Let's travel with her.

Elephants everywhere  The elephant is the most important animal in Thailand, just like the panda is in China. There are lots of elephants here. You can meet elephants everywhere in this country. People often ride on elephants and go to different places.

Market on the water  Do you know anything about the "market on the water"? There are many rivers in this city. People sell flowers, vegetables and other goods（东西）on their boats.

Water-splashing Festival（泼水节）It is the biggest festival in Thailand. It's in the middle of April every year. For three days, people sing, dance and splash water on each other. They think that water can clean away bad things and bring good luck. They give their best wishes to their families and friends with water.

Every country has its favourite food. It's because of their different eating habits and lifestyles. In America people usually work hard and keep busy. They think, "Time is money." They wouldn't like to spend much time eating. You can find that they eat fast food on weekdays quite often. There are lots of ways of cooking Western food. They think meat and milk are important. So the ways of cooking meat and products from milk are also important. Chinese food have different tastes, too. For example, the most famous four tastes: Chuan, Lu, Su, Yue. People not only want to eat healthy food but also want to see the beautiful colours. The food should smell nice and taste delicious, too. There are many vegetables in Chinese food. In China, eating is a kind of culture. You can study it and enjoy yourself.

Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

First, eat different foods. especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different. If you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients（营养物质）your body needs.

Second, drink more water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No. 1 choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium（钙）your body needs to ,grow strong `bones.

Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much will not make you feel comfortable and will make you fat.

Fourth, limit（限制）screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or using computers. It is good to take more exercise such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be active every day.

There are many interesting_____ in Italy(意大利）. Venice威尼斯）is one of them. It is one of the most famous cities in the world. There are plenty of rivers in this city. _____ is all around the city. So we call Venice a city of water. We can find a lot of bridges in Venice, too. Bridges are very_____to people when they go cross the rivers. So we also call Venice a city of _____. There are _____ buses or cars in this city at all. There are no traffic lights in this city, either. People can only travel by Gondolas（贡多拉）. Tourists enjoy taking boats to travel around the city. The Gondolas there are the ____in Venice.

   David c_______ from Britain. He speaks English. He can a______speak a little Chinese. He is in Shanghai now. He is studying in a middle school in Shanghai. He has classes from Monday to F_______. On Saturdays he often plays g_______ with his Chinese friends. His father is w______ in Shanghai. He teaches English. David and his father like to eat Chinese food. And they like China and the Chinese p______very much, too.