Chinese schools begin in September(九月). It’s the same in American schools. American children usually begin to go to school when they are five years old. The students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students have only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do many interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college (大学). They can go to a small one or a big one. They usually have to give much money. So many college students work after school to get money for their studies.

A report from the United Nations(UN) says the world needs another 69 million teachers by the year 2030.The UN agency（机构）UNESCO made a promise in 2015 that every child in the world is to receive primary and secondary education within the next 14 years. Now there are 263 million children who do not go to school. Around 25 million of these might never get an education. The agency says a lot of work needs to be done to find enough teachers for schools. The most teachers are needed in the sub-Saharan (撒哈拉沙漠以南的)Africa and southern Asian.

The UN report warns that there are not enough teachers in countries with rising populations. This makes it harder to find enough teachers. It says, ”Without quick and continuing action, the situation will become worse in the face of rising need for education.”UNESCO is also worried about the quality of the teachers in some countries like Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, fewer than 60 percent of the teachers in primary schools have been trained. There are also worries about class sizes. The UN says, ”In countries like Malawi, it is common to find over 100 children in one class. This has been a problem for many years.”

 A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, "How much do you think this glass weights?

   "50gms!" "100gms!" "125gms!" the students answers.

   "I really don't know unless I weight it," said the professor, "but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

   "Nothing," the students said.

   "OK, what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?" the professor asked.

   "Your arm would begin to ache." said one of the students

   "You are right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?"

   "Your arm could go numb(麻木的,失去感觉的), and you might have to go to hospital for sure!" another student ventured and laughed.

   "Very good! But during all this, did the weight of glass change?" asked the professor.

   "No."

   "Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle(肌肉) stress?"

   The student were puzzled.

   "Put the glass down!" said one of students.

   "Exactly!" said the professor. "Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for minutes in your head and they seem OK. Think of them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold it even longer and they begin to trouble you. You will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the challenges(problems) in your life, but even more important to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed; you wake up every day fresh and strong and handle any issue, any challenge that comes your ways!"

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Researchers in University of Michigan have some advice for the parents who want to improve their children’s studies.

“If you want your children to do well in school, the amount of education you get yourself is important,” said Pamela Davis-Kean, from University of Michigan. “This may mean that some parents need to go back to school.” A growing number of studies have shown that the more education parents receive, the better their children’s language ability is. However, this is not so clear for the parents who don’t finish high school education.

One of the studies showed the influence（影响） of parental education(父母教育) on children’s success in school and at work. The study started when children were 8 years old and finished when they were 48. Another study showed that the language skills of three-year-old children were influenced a lot when their mothers returned to school.

Although the reasons why the parental education is important have not yet been fully discovered, researchers think it’s more than just a good model for children. “More education might mean that parents are more likely to read to their children,” said Davis-Kean. “Besides reading to children, there is another good thing about parents returning to school. When they go back to school, they need to learn to organize everything well. So, they are more likely to make better home environment.”

Below are some suggestions given by the English children posted on the website   about how to help Africa. Which one do you think is the best? 

The class, known as “Mindfulness Training”, started inAmerica, has been running in someUK secondary schools.

Amanda Bailey, from Bright Futures Educational Trust, said, “The same skills have also been used to help adults to deal with depression (沮丧) better.”

“We are starting to see some advantages. Just as you may go to the gym and train your body, this is a way for pupils to train their minds,” she added.

This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word. “Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English. When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. It uses a special alphabet (特殊字母表) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its definition.

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained (简单解释) and easy to understand.

When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for.

Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world.

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say something too quickly and you can’t understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor, you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes you make. Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is:“Don’t be afraid Of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes .”

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Teachers help us become good students and people. So we should thank them for their hard work. In China, we have Teachers’ Day on Sept 10^th. On that day, we say thanks to our teachers and sometimes give them small gifts (礼物). But how do US students thank their teachers?

First of all, US schools have a whole (整个) week in May toappreciatetheir teachers! Teacher Appreciate Day is on the Tuesday of that week. They have parties with gifts and snacks that week. There are also signs (标语) everywhere to show their love for teachers.

US students like to give small gifts to their teachers, and the teachers love getting thank-you notes from their students. Teachers also like getting arts and crafts (手工艺品), or trinkets (小饰品) from students.

Should (应该) we say thanks to our teachers only on Teachers’ Day? No. We should thank our teachers all the time. Always show your love to your teachers. It helps them do a good job.