e live in a forest in Zambia(赞比亚). There aren’t any neighbor   (1)  nearby. And this community school is about an hour’s drive from our home. It   (2)  169 students from Grade 1 to Grade 7. There are four teachers in the school. They are volunteers and they teach students   (3)   getting any money. But sometimes students will give   (4)   teachers some chicken and corn. There are over 70 languages in Zambia. English is the most popular and   (5)   of the students can speak English.

There is no running water in the school and the water pump(水泵) is broken. Teachers and students can’t   (6)   it for two months. So they have to   (7)   their water from a nearby river. During school holidays, it always rains   (8)   and the grass grows taller and taller. When school opens again, students will   (9)   the grass and the school ground.

Most children in Zambia go to the community schools   (10)   other schools are too far for them to go. They like their schools and they love their teachers.

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Pancake day is a special day and it is celebrated in many countries all over the world .On this day ,many people make and eat pancakes Pancake Day is on __46____ in February or March .It is the day before Ash Wednesday ,the start of Lent (大斋节)。Lent is a period (一段时间) of40 days before Easter

.Easter is on a different day each year __47 ____ it depends on (取决于)the moon .Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon __48__ spring . During the lent ,people often __49 __ eating things that are bad for ___50__ like fast food .___51____, they make pancakes during Lent .

Pancakes are very easy to make .First ,_ _52___ one cup with Flour (面粉)and put the flour into a bowl .Next pour some ___53____ and crack (打)an egg into the bowl .Then mix the flour、milk and egg .Finally, put some butter in a pan .When the butter is hot .pour some of the mixture into the pan and ___54___ the pan to make a round and thin pancake

When the pancake is ___55___ , put some sugar on it and eat it at once .

The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the   (1)    and the sun off people. Most umbrellas can be folded up so that it is   (2)   to carry them.

   However, the umbrella has not always been as   (3)   as it is now. In the past, if someone had an umbrella, it showed that he was a very important person. Some African countries still umbrellas in this   (4)  .  A bodyguard(保镖) carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or some important persons.

   Umbrellas have a long history. People in different parts of the world began to  (5)    umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3000 years ago. Then, umbrellas   (6)   to India and some other countries. In Greece and Rome,   (7)   would not use them, because they believed that umbrellas were only for women.

   England was   (8)   the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very   (9)   and umbrellas are very useful.

   Everybody uses umbrellas today. Next time when you are   (10)   one, you may think that for centuries only great men and women used them, and you will feel you are a great person,too.

Many daily American expressions are based（以……为基础） on colors.

　　Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to be the symbol of heat. When they say “red－hot”， that means they are very angry about something. Loud music is popular with many people. Some may say that such music is red—hot.

　　Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say “I'm in the pink” when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.

　　Blue is a cool color. The old Blues music in the United States is the opposite of red—hot music. Blues is slow and sad. Someone who is “blue” is very sad.

　　The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has an upset stomach may say “I'm feeling a bit green”. A person on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves can be said “look very green”. Sometimes a person may be very jealous（嫉妒） because he does not have anything as nice as someone has， like a fast new car. That person may say “I’m green with envy（嫉妒）” .Some people are green with envy because someone has more dollars or “greenbacks”. Dollars are called greenbacks in America because that is the color of the bottom of their bank notes.

　　The color black is used often in expressions. People may say “it’s a black day” when everything goes wrong on that day.

　　In some eases， colors describe a situation. Blackouts were common during the World War Ⅱ. All the lights in a city were turned off at night to make it difficult for enemy planes to find their aims（目标） in the dark.

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