①Travel study is a new way to spend the holiday．Have you ever heard about it？

When you have a travel study，you can see Big Ben，Sydney Opera House and so many other places．During the travel study，you may go traveling ②by yourself，or with your family or your friends．

When you travel，you are in a different culture every day．③You will find different new foods and make new friends easily．You read all these from books in the past，but now it is real and you are part of it．Besides（而且），you may also learn other cultures from your new friends because they are from different countries．

Maybe you already have a foreign teacher to teach you English in your school．But he or she will not stay to speak English with you all the time，right？During the travel study，you have to speak it every day and almost everywhere because you are into an English﹣speaking country！

It will also give you a chance to live by yourself．That will teach you how to live．④如果我迷路了，我该做什么？"How can I buy what I want with my poor English？"You have to be clever and find answers for yourself．

⑤In conclusion，you can get a lot from the travel study．

You are going to have a long summer vacation and start a new life soon．You don't know how to spend it．

I hope you will have a meaningful holiday．

Yours，

Fang Ming

In the middle of the dark forest，there lives an owl（猫头鹰）．All the animals know that he is the wisest among all of them．So they often go to him and tell him their problems．Then the owl always teaches them what to do．

One day，a little bird goes up to the owl．She starts crying．

"I'm not happy at all．I don't want to be a bird，" says the bird．

"Why don't you want to be a bird？"asks the owl．

"I am so small，weak and useless．I want to be big and strong like the lion．He is very important，but I am not,"she cries．

Then the owl whispers（耳语）something in her ear．At once the bird dries her tears and goes away．One week later，the bird comes back．"Oh，thank you very much．You are a very wise owl，"she says to the owl．"I am very happy now．Every day，I sit on the tallest tree and watch for lions and tigers．When they come near，I shout at the top of my voice．Then my friends all run and hide．They are very thankful to me．I am useful and important now．"

The wise owl smiles and says，"No one in this world is useless．"

   The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world．With a____of more than 2，000 years，some parts of the Great Wall have disappeared．______， it is still a very popular place of interest．

It is the ______wall ever built． It is about 8 meters high． The top is 8 meters wide and it ___even wider at the bottom． It is made ______stone and brick． People built it by_______and it took a long time to finish．

No one knows______when the building of the Great Wall was started． It is believed that the wall was built to ______parts of the country in the old days． It also made people live a（n）______life．

Today， many of the visitors go to see the Great Wall．_______they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall， they can't help saying，"Wow， that's fantastic!"

There was a player named Jerry in the soccer team；his father died． Returning from the funeral（葬礼）,an important match was going to begin．He found the coach at once，asking to attend the match．Jerry was not good at the skill， so the coach should not allow him to attend the match．But now，as he relented，he agreed to let Jerry play for three minutes．When the time was up，Jerry would be changed by others．

On the court，Jerry played very well．Three minutes passed．The coach made Jerry keep staying on the court．Jerry played an important role，leading the team to win the match．

The coach said excitedly，"Kid，you have never been so fast，so strong and so skilled．What happened？" Jerry said，"My father is blind，so he has never watched my match．Now，he has gone to the heaven（天堂）and finally can watch my match．As soon as I think of my father watching me，I have everything…"

The coach understood：Love can drive everything！

   More than 200 activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year in Russia．It has made Chinese culture popular in Russia and improved understanding and friendship between Russians and Chinese people．More and more Russians begin to enjoy Chinese food and operas，watch TV programs to learn Chinese，and travel in China．

Since the Chinese Language Year program in Russia started，movie weeks，operas，Chinese language classes，language contests（比赛）and teaching programs have been popular in Russia．

Through the activities，Russian people have a chance to learn more about the Chinese culture，history and its life today．For example，the first group of 500 Russian students visited Beijing，Dalian and Qingdao．There they painted both countries' landmarks，including the Tian'anmen Square，the Great Wall，the Kremlin（克里姆林宫），the Volga River and the Red Square．When the Russian students returned，they took part in a photo contest and a writing contest to show their love for China．

And Russians， especially young people， have become more and more interested in learning Chinese． And now， more than 130 universities in Russia are offering Chinese courses． The students in more than 20 middle and primary schools have learned Chinese as their first foreign language．

   Have you seen some machines that eat used plastic bottles and give some coins to the users？

Recently，such machines have appeared at universities in Chongqing.They can turn rubbish into treasure and encourage the public to recycle rubbish．The machine is as large as a fridge.Users put an empty bottle in the machine,and it is identified（识别）by a small camera．Then it is put into a bin.The users can get some coins.

When the machine is filled with bottles，it will tell the company head office．Nearby stations will send workers to have bottles collected，packed and sent to the company.

The bottle recycling machines could greatly encourage the public to recycle rubbish and save natural resources（资源）．Now the machine only eats plastic bottles．At sometime in the future it will also cover others such as glass bottles．It will be able to turn more rubbish into treasure and save more natural resources.

People can also see similar machines in Shanghai．In the future，more machines will appear at some large stations，bus stops，neighborhoods and schools．

Paper cutting is a 【小题1】Chinese art．It has been around for over 1，500 years．Many people in China put paper cuttings on their walls or their windows during the Spring Festival．

The paper cutter 【小题2】very simple tools，such as knives and scissors，to cut parts of the paper away．After these parts are cut away，a 【小题3】picture of people or animals appears．Some paper cuttings are of Chinese characters，and others are of animals or plants．【小题4】paper cutting seems not difficult to learn，it is difficult to do．It requires many 【小题5】of practice to become good at it．

People think paper cuttings will bring them good luck．