Do you know about the following great ladies? They not only make great achievements in different fields but also make a difference to the world. Girls, if you are looking for role models, these great ladies may encourage you in some ways.

There have always been a lot of commonly believed but false (虚假的) ideas about being fat and doing exercise. Some people believe that they can’t help putting an weight as they get older, while others hold that if they stop exercising, their muscles (肌肉) will turn into fat. Here are some more myths (神话).

I’ll never lose weight--I come from a fat family

Wrong! While we canˈt change the body type we are born with, we can’t blame our genes (基因) for making us fat. There’s plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families, and the main reason is that they share the same habit of eating too much and exercise too little.

I am fat because I burn calories slowly

Wrong! Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism (新陈代谢). In fact, although fat people consume (消耗) more energy than slim people, they also fail to realize how much they eat. Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately (精确地).

Exercise is boring

Wrong! Anything will become boring if you do it again and again. The key is to develop a balanced and varied (各种的) program that’s fun as well as progressive (不断进步的). If you enjoy a Sunday walk, take a different mute. If you do yoga (瑜伽), try a tai chi class.

No pain, no gain

Wrong! Exercise is not meant to hurt. Indeed, pain is your body telling you something’s wrong, and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury (伤害). You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly, but this is your body adapting to the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear quickly. If they donˈt, rest and ask for medical advice.

       Readers (《朗读者》) is a popular TV show in China. It invites (邀请) people to read aloud (大声地) on the stage (舞台). The show also tells moving (感人的) stories behind those people. They can read everything, like poems (诗), books, and letters.

       Many people are fans of the show. They begin (开始) to enjoy reading aloud at home.

       Now, the show gives people a place to read. It is a reading pavilion (朗读亭). It showed up in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi’an. Let’s have a look!

       The pavilion is not very big. Only one person can come into it each (每一) time. There is a microphone (麦克风) in it and it records (记录) people’s voices.

       Everyone can read for three minutes in it. You can read anything you like. The show will pick (挑选) some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.

    Lots of people come to the pavilion to read. Yu Duohan is an 11-year-old girl from Shanghai. “I love reading aloud,” she said. “It makes the story become more beautiful.”

    The pavilion will also come to other cities across the country (国家). You can read your favorite stories in the pavilion soon.

On May 5，2017, China’s home-made passenger aircraft (飞机）C919 completed its 90-minute first flight and landed safely back at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.

   C919 is developed by COMAC, a Chinese aircraft company. It is designed to compete with Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The first C919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers and is able to fly a distance between 4,075 and 5，555 kilometers. It，s reported that a C919 costs around 50 million dollars，less than half of a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320. Up to now, more than 570 aircrafts have been ordered from 23 customers，mostly Chinese，but also American and Thai companies or airlines. COMAG aims to take one fifth of the world’s narrow-body aircraft market and one third of the Chinese market by 2035.

The name C919 has its special meanings. The letter C stands for both “COMAC"“China”. The number 9 is pronounced as jiu in Chinese, which means “forever”. And the number 19 refers to its capacity (容量）of 190 passengers.

The large passenger aircraft is praised as “ the flower of modern industry ”. It is a symbol of the nation’s industrial and technological standards as well as the comprehensive (综合的）power. In order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy (战略）of the nation, COMAC bears the nation’s dream and people’s trust. China considers it as a national pride.

    Would you like to experience what going to school was like in the late 1800s? To start with，imagine everyone in school only one classroom．

    In the 19th and early 20th centuries，most American students went to a one—room schoolhouse．A single teacher would typically(典型地)have students in the first through eighth grades，and she taught them all．The number of students varied from six to 40 or more．The youngest children sat in the front，while the oldest students sat in the back．The teacher usually taught reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography．Students memorized and retold their lessons．

    The classroom of a one—room schoolhouse probably looked much like your own．The teacher’s desk stood on a raised platform(讲台)at the front of the room，however，and there was a wood-burning stove(火炉)since there was no other way of heating．The bathroom was outside in an outhouse．

    In Honeoye Falls，New York，there is a one—room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19th century．For a week during the summer，they wear 19th century clothes and learn the way children learned more than a hundred years ago．

    What else has changed about school since the 19th century? For more information，please visit our website：www .LoeaHygacy. con．

John and Bill are good friends. They love different foods. They like different things.

Some Advice on Travel

    Travelling is popular nowadays. Do you like traveling, too? Here’s some advice for you.

★Forget fashion (时尚)! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on a long trip.

★Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.

★If you’re going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes!

★If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sun-block (防晒霜) and sunglasses.

★Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments.

★Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station. There are

many thieves there!

★Most countries have lower prices for students, so if you are a student, take your student card with you.

★Always leave room in your bag and buy presents on the way home.

★Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops.

★If you travel to other countries, remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, don’t lose it!

International travelers, whether traveling for business or pleasure, will find themselves solo from time to time．Here are a few ways to meet new people and perhaps even get new travel chances．

Be polite and friendly

Be relaxed and polite. Remember to put yourself in social situations．Restaurants, shops and parks are all great places to meet people．If you want to make local friends in a country, stay near the place the locals often visit．

Show your photo album

Keep a small photo album in your bag when you travel．Photos of family, friends and pets will help your new friends to learn more about who you are and give you things to talk about．They will share their similar experiences with you, and it will help you to learn more about your new friends．

Offer something special

Can you help your new friends improve their Chinese? Can you cook a traditional Chinese meal? By sharing your experiences, you can have a relationship with your new friends that they won't soon forget．

Give some gifts

Many foreigners love Chinese goods but have to pay a lot when buying them in their homeland, so you'd better prepare some gifts such as silks, tea and china(瓷器)．They are always popular．

Exchange flats

If you and your new friends get along well, you can give them your information and plan to exchange flats for your next trip．Then you can visit their countries and stay in their flats while they stay in yours．In this way you will improve your friendship and live like a local abroad, but pay less for traveling．

a. Giving you a topic to talk about.         

b. Helping your new friends to learn more about you.

c. Clearing your worries about your pets.

d. Encouraging your new fiends to talk about themselves.

I went home one Saturday afternoon in the autumn of 1993 to get some work done in the garden. While sweeping leaves on the ground, my five-year-old son Nick came over and asked me to write something on a piece of paper to make a sign for him.

    “What for?” I asked.

    “I’m going to sell some of my stones.” he answered.

    Nick was fascinated with stones and had collected many stones (石头) from all over. “I’m too busy to do that for you. Go and ask your mum for help.” I said.

    A short time later, Nick returned with a sign, reading. “Stones. One Dollar Each”. He took the sign, a small chair and 4 0f his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair.

    After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn’t.

    Another half hour later, a small car came down the road. I watched as Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down（摇下）a window and read the sign. I couldn’t hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach for his pocket.

    I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. “I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar – if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.”