—Yes. It was ______ exciting party that I would never forget it .

Long time ago, Chinese children didn't have mobile phones, iPads or computers, but they had a great time playing some interesting games. Different children, different games. Let's take a look.

 ● Stone (石头) balls

In the Qing Dynasty, boys got together and played a stone ball with feet around their neighbourhood in the northern part of China, and they played it in winter to keep warm. Children usually cut the stone into a smaller one, the same size as an egg. When it began, all of them would rush to kick the ball, and did their best to keep the ball around themselves and not to lose it to others.

●Hide-and-seek

Hide-and-seek was popular all over China in ancient times. Many people enjoyed playing it. There were two ways to play: keeping a child's eyes closed when others ran around to make fun of him or, more often, some children hiding and one child trying to find them.

● Watching shadow plays (皮影戏)

Shadow play is one of the oldest operas in China. It started over two thousand years ago and became more popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At that time, it brought fun to the people like the modern films and TV. It usually told the stories about the heroes and other famous people in history, even about the wars. The players usually used the puppets(木偶) behind a piece of cloth through the light, telling stories to the music. In the Qing Dynasty, shadow play art came to its top.

● Playing diabolo (空竹)

Diabolo (also called "the Chinese yo-yo") is always made of wood or bamboo and has nothing inside. Playing diabolo was a very interesting game among young children in North China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The players could do different tricks to play the diabolo, up and down, left to right with two sticks and a string(绳子)in their hands. It often made a loud sound after its high-speed rotating(高速运转). They used their whole body to exercise when playing, so everyone liked it very much at that time.

—He went swimming.

A: Tomorrow is Sunday. What are we going to do?

B:

A: .How are we going there?

B: By bus.

A:

B: At half past ten.

A:

B: Outside the school gate.

A: OK.

the young man come in?

    We're lucky. We have a good class(monitor) His name is Bob. Hedo many things. Every day he(run) to school. He runs really fast! In class he can(answer) any(question). He can write English,(China) and Russian. He can play a lot of(sport) like basketball, football and table tennis. But heswim. Hestrong and can eat four bowls (碗) of noodles at lunch. Heeat six apples at a time.

     With the help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult job. Just click your mouse to choose the article(物品)you like, and the shopping is finished. You needn't walk out of the room. It seems easy and quick. But there's a trap(陷阱)online sometimes.  If you are careless, it will bring you some trouble(麻烦). You may find the colour of the article is different from what you want, or the size is either too small or too big. If you want to be different, you'd better not buy clothes online. Once you put on the clothes you buy online and go out, you will find many people wear the same clothes in the street.

    The students are talking about their favourite months of a year.

    Wei Wei loves December because she loves Christmas. She can play happily and get many presents. And she doesn't like June because it often rains at that time.

    Xiao Fang chooses July because she can go on a holiday. Every summer holiday, her parents take her to go on trips to the sea.

    Zhang Yu thinks March is the best month of a year. It's very sunny, but not too hot. People can go to the countryside and enjoy fresh air.

    Fang Xiao enjoys October a lot because Mid-Autumn Festival is often in this month.

    They all think September is the worst month because they have exams in this month.

—________. I will only stay at home alone.

He went to the fridge and  a carton of milk  it.

    Emma's dream was to be a boxer. All her life, everyone said she couldn't be a boxer because she was a girl. They said that she should just get a normal job. Her parents told her that she would be killed one day if she kept boxing. It was hard to hear "you can't" all the time. Emma still decided to prove everyone was wrong.

    Emma's life was hard. Girls didn't like her, because they thought she was too manly (有男子气概的). Boys didn't like her, because they thought she wasn't as good at boxing as they were. Because of all these, Emma didn't have any friends at school. She always sat alone in the cafeteria (自助餐厅), and it was hard for her to find partners for group projects.

    However, Emma did have friends from her boxing class. They were all female (女人) boxers. They understood what Emma was going through because they were in the same situation. All they had was each other. They were a family. Because of this, Emma was always excited for boxing class. One day, she was going to be a famous boxer.

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