What will the weather be like? Some people say they can know what the weather will be like from birds. They kook at birds. When they see birds fly high out to the sea, they say it will be a nice day. For birds donˈt like to fly out when it could rain. When the weather will be bad, sea birds turn back and stay on shore.

A big wind may come with a rain. Birds do not like to fly in a big wind. They may sit in a tree when rain is on the way.

Some people look at different animals on a farm. Other animals can alsotellthe weather. A chicken may make a big noise when rain is on the way. It may run here and there. A frog can show the weather, too. A frog will make a big noise when rain is on the way. It will stay in the water. On a nice day, it will come out up high out of the water.

Maybe you are an average (一般的) student. You probably think you will never be a top student (尖子生). However, anyone can become a better student if he or she does his or her best. Here are some tips (技巧) to help you.

Plan your time carefully. You should plan your time for such things aseating, sleeping and dressing. Then make a good, regular time for studying, but don’t forget to set enough time for entertainment (娱乐).

Keep your study quiet and clean. The study should have a desk, a chair and some study materials (资料), but no games, no radio and no television! When you sit down to study, you can put your heart into it. Make good use of your time.

Listen to everything that the teacher says. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

After you get home from school, go over your notes. Review the important points. If you know what your teacher is going to discuss next day, read the material. It will help you study better.

Develop a good attitude (态度) to tests. The purpose (目的) of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. It helps you know what you are not good at. The world will still go on even if (即使) you fail (不及格) in a test, so don’t be too worried.

We can’t remember clearly since when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of  lifting our chopsticks（筷子）, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we         

post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be “liked.” Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal. Does that sound familiar（熟悉的） to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant(令人愉快的). To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took,     . So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food ahead of you?

Besides（除…之外） the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will be unable to control himself and check his mobile many times. “Does everyone accept my photo? I hope a lot of people like it!” It seems like your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

As an old saying goes that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and a nice cup of tea time, and before they go to bed, there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea!

Sometime it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British does. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage（饮料）.

People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea — green, black or red as some people call it. It is served in different ways. But they all know that drinking tea is good for one’s health.

Working after school has become almost a trend (趋势) for teenagers in the U.S.. More than 80 percent of American teenagers work at some point during their high school years. Many teenagers inAustraliaandEuropealso work part-time.

But in general, teenagers in East Asia (亚洲) have not followed this trend. Parents in these cultures encourage their children to study not to“waste” their time working. But is working really a waste of time for teenagers? The answer is unclear. Experts point to both benefits (利益) and pitfalls of teenager employment (工作).

One study showed that teenagers who work more than 15 hours a week have bad grades. They are also less likely to go to college.

But experts haven’t decided that teenager employment should be avoided (避免) after all. They believe that holding a part-time job can teach teenagers about teamwork. Teenagers also learn about managing (安排) their time and money. Employment does bring benefits. Teenagers should be careful, however, to spend less hours working and always put schoolwork first.