Where is the true home of hamburger?

The kind of beef we see in hamburgers , minced(切碎)beef, was possibly invented by Mongolians over 800 years ago. But who first put the beef between pieces of bread and called it a hamburger? Three different cities in the United States all say that they were the first to invent America’s favorite food.

Some people say that Fletcher Davis, from Athens, invented hamburgers. “Old Dave,” as people called him, was selling minced beef sandwiches in his lunch bar as early as the 1880s. Some years later, they say that a group of Germans called①his sandwich a “hamburger ” because people from the German city of Hamburger ate this kind of beef.

Other people believe that the hamburger came from a different American city.②coincidentally, its name was also Hamburg. The Menches brothers were selling pork sandwiches at a fair in 1885, but when there was no more pork, they used minced beef and gave it a new name, the “hamburger”.

The third possible inventor of the hamburger was Charlie Nagreen, also known as “Hamburger Charlie,” from Seymour. He said that in 1885 he invented the world’s first hamburgers. Seymour now celebrates the invention of the hamburger every year. In 1989, it was the home of the world’s largest ever burger—over 2,500kg!

There are three American cities in this passage. They are Athens,           And            .

When there was no more         at the1885 fair, the Menches brothers used minced beef         .

How often is the invention the hamburger celebrated in Seymour?                                             .

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 It ‘s mainly about                                                                 .

“It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books,” said US First Lady Michelle Obama in Beijing on March 22. Mrs. Obama, along w  (1)   her mother and two daughters made their first trip to China from March 20-26.

In a speech at Peking University, Mrs. Obama encouraged students to study a  (2)   .  “It’s not enough to get good  g  (3)   at school,”  she said in the speech.   “Overseas (海外) e  (4)   helps make our life successful.”

“By learning each other’s languages and by showing respect (尊重) for each other’c  (5)  to so much more,” she said.

The US is the top destination (目的地) for Chinese students who go abroad. More than 200,000 Chinese students are now studying in the US.

In 2009, US President Barack Obama announced (宣布) his goal of s  (6)  100,000 students to China. S  (7)   then 68,000 US students have come to China.  What’s  m  (8)   ,many kids in the US are now studying Chinese. “It is a hard language, but it is never t  (9)   early to start learning it,” said Mason Grabowski, 14, a student from Chicago.

Zhang Lili: The most beautiful teacher in China

Zhang Lili is a teacher at No.19 Middle School in the city of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang province. These days, many people think she is the most beautiful teacher in China, because she saved her students from a traffic accident (交通事故) on May 8, 2012.

On that day,Zhang and her two students were crossing the road outside the school gate when a bus suddenly lost control (控制) and ran fast towards them. Zhang pushed both students out of the way, but she herself was hit (被撞倒) by the bus. As a result, the 29-year-old teacher lost her legs.

The principal of No. 19 Middle School, Jiamusi City, said, "Zhang is a great teacher in our school. She’s also the most popular teacher among the students. For the students, she is like a sister. They call her Beautiful Sister. After hearing about this accident, all the students in her class cried." But Zhang is more than a teacher and sister to the 53 students in her class. She cares about their studies and even their lives.

Zhang’s bravery and kindness moved (感动) a lot of people in China. Many people visited her and sent her beautiful flowers and cards. They all hope she can get better soon and live happily for the rest of her life.

Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health.

An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also has pies and plum puddings(李子布丁). In_____  (1)  _____(法国), Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cakes. In Germany, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with___  (2)  _____(树叶).

In southern parts of Indian, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. It____  (3)   ____(包括) rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with relatives and friends.

Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from _____  (4)  （一月）1st. Food is prepared before the festival so people donˈt need to cook ____  (5)  _____（在…期间）the festival. Sometimes they even go to the restaurants___  (6)   ____(在旁边) their houses. On New Yearˈs Day, various dishes called Osechi Ryori(御节料理)are served-each dish is a wish for the New Year. So people are ____  (7)  ____(不常) absent from preparing it.

In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first Chinese Lunar month. Each place has its ____  (8)   ___(特别的)food to welcome the coming year. They celebrate it by____  (9)  ___(出产) lots of delicious food. Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like "surplus(剩余) . From the first day of Chinese Lunar calendar, they usually give others a treat. Parents always warn the children to speak____  (10)  ___（客气地）.They take an active part in celebrating the new year.