Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.

Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源), we are short of others, for example, fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal(煤) or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.

In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best.

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail (失败) in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English, you have to read stories in English, and speak English as much as possible.

    A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, and try to understand the exact (确切的) meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exams, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed (遗漏) anything out.

  What can you think of when we talk about elephants? Maybe most of us just know they are the largest animals on land. But-I think there are many other things you should know. For a long time, they are very helpful. They carry big trees, take people from place to place, and are even used in wars. Some people think it's not easy to hurt an elephant because its skin is thick and hard. In fact, that's wrong. Sometimes, a needle (针) can also be very dangerous for the elephant.

    People say elephants are afraid of mice. This is wrong, too. In fact, elephants have very poor eyesight, so they usually can't see a mouse even if one comes very close to them. If a person has a good memory, people will say that he has an elephant memory. However, up to now, no study shows that elephants have a better memory than any other animal.

    People also believe that when it is time for elephants to die, they will hide themselves in a so-called "elephant graveyard". Often, hunters try to find such places to get ivories, but few people really find places like that. In fact, when elephants are old or get sick, they will stay in deep and secret caves (洞穴) until they get better or die.

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear the word “Dubai”? The first 7-star hotel in the world? Or the world’s tallest building, the 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa? As an international city, Dubai is world famous for its tall buildings. But people in Dubai don’t think that’s enough. They want to show the world a different side of the city. Not long ago, the Middle East’s first 3-D pavement(路面) art festival started in Dubai and caught many people’s eyes.

     The 3-D pavement art festival was an important part of the Dubai Canvas Festival. The Dubai Canvas Festival celebrates art and culture with different themes each year. During the festival, top international 3-D artists used chalk or paint to create their 3-D artworks on the pavement. Many of the artworks showed eye-watching pictures of Dubai. Take a chalking drawing by US artist Kurt Wenner for example. In his artwork, people could see a boy sitting on a traditional fishing boat with other children around, Dubai’s famous high-rise buildings were in the background. The 3-D drawing was so vivid that many visitors liked to sit on it and take photos.

    The organizers(组织者) of the art festival said they hoped to turn Dubai into an open-air art museum and make everyone enjoy the fun and beauty of art.

Information of International High School Exchange Students(交流生)

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Could the students from less developed areas in central and western China get the same educational chances as those in big cities in the east? Could the children in poor rural (农村) areas develop as well as those in rich cities? Maybe the answers were “No” in the past. But now, China is trying to change the situation.

In order to help rural students grow taller and stronger. China’s Nutrition(营养)Improvement Program started in 2011. According to the program, a lot more money was spent improving students’ meals. More than 36 million students from 134,000 primary and junior high schools in poor rural areas have benefited from the program. They are provided with healthy food like eggs and milk from Monday to Friday at school. And the result of a survey shows that the students in those areas are much taller and stronger than before.

It is true that there were differences between less developed areas and developed areas in education before. Recently, The Guideline for Popularizing High School Education(2017-2020)has come out. According to the guideline, above 90%students from all over the country will go to high schools by 2020. What’s more, the schools in central and western areas will get more support to improve their education.

Students from rural and poor areas also get more chances to receive higher education. A special college program makes it possible for more students from those areas to go to key (重点的) colleges and universities. The number will be increased by 10%in 2017.

With the guideline and the programs, we can expect a fairer and more balanced(均衡的) education in the future.

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Many people like reading books because it is a good way to pick up new vocabularies ,see grammar in action and develop your understanding of a language.

The key to success is choosing the right book for yourself.

For beginners, I would recommend starting with something short and simple. Chi­-ldren’s books are a great place to start .Dr Seuss’s books can make you laugh. Dr Seuss writes his books in rhyme(韵文)and they are all very funny—The cat in the Hat is probably his most well—known book. Starting with something like this means you are easier to finish the book and want to read more.

For more advanced learners, you could try The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. The book isn’t too long and if you’ve seen the film, it may be easier to follow.

If you’re not quite ready to read a full book, why not try Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes? This book contains lots of short stories, all written in rhyme. Or ,try a very short story book—like one from Roger Hargreaves’s Mr Men and Little Miss series. Although they are intended for young children, they are a good way to pick up some more basic vocabularies.

In Singapore,many middle school students spend a lot of time on their studies. People think good schooling is a ticket to success in their future. So,many of these students try their best to get good marks in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are usually difficult. Sometimes,some of them have to go to remedial classes after school.

There are many after school activities：sports and games,music and dance,hiking and rockclimbing,etc. They are also very happy to do community service (社区服务).

In their free time,most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters (好莱坞大片),Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. Some of them also spend their free time surfing the Internet,emailing their friends and playing computer games.

They sometimes go to cafes,fast food restaurants,shopping centers and big bookstores.

So,it looks like the life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.