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Christmas Day is the most important festival in the USA , Canada, Australia, England and many other Western countries. The day before the festival, people put a tree in their house and in the tree there’re colourful lights and many presents for the family members. People often have a party around the tree and they have a very good time.

The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. People usually have 15 days off. Family members get together. They eat and chat a lot. There’re also lots of wonderful TV programmes (节目) for the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival, too. On the evening of the festival, people eat mooncakes, look up at the beautiful moon in the open air. Another important festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. People eat a kind of Chinese food called Zongzi (rice dumplings) on that day. In some places, people can watch dragon boats.

Thanksgiving Day is a special festival for the Americans to thank God (上帝). They eat pumpkins and turkeys (火鸡) on the festival. The birthday of a country is called National Day. Every country doesn’t celebrate it on the same day of the year.

Some Festivals Around the World

Names of countries

Names of

1.

What people do to celebrate them

2.

The Spring Festival

Family members get together to 3. it and the celebration lasts (持续) for 4. days.

The Mid-Autumn Festival

People have 5. and look up at the moon in the open air in the evening.

The Dragon Boat Festival

People eat Zongzi and have dragon boat races.

Western countries

Christmas

People put lights and presents in the tree and the family members have great6. in the party.

7.

Thanksgiving Day

People celebrate it to show their8. to God.

All the countries

9. Day

People celebrate it on 10. days of the year.

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Many of us don't pay much attention to the importance of eye care. It is said that if you take care of your body, then you can surely be healthy. That is why our eyes should be given a lot of care. Natural eye care should be put in a number one place.

There are several causes leading to poor eyesight like not enough food, genes(基因) and aging(变老). Televisions, computers and reading are also the causes of having poor eyesight. If you work in front of the computer, it is best to take a break every once in a while. Something dirty can cause redness and they will make you feel uncomfortable. It is bad for your eyes, too. If this happens, you’d better clean your eyes with cold water. You must also try your best to protect your eyes from harmful things. For example, sunglasses are not just for fashion but they can also serve as a great way to protect your eyesight from UV rays.

Eating healthy foods will do good to your eyesight. Remember that vitamins A, C and E are good for eyes. Try to eat food groups that have these vitamins. And you should do eye exercises because exercise protects your eyesight, too. If a person exercises regularly and eats the right kind of food, his eyes will stay in good condition for a long time.

All above are natural ways of eye care that help us keep healthy eyes. In a word, eye care is very important, no matter how old a person is.

Problems

Many of us have poor eyesight because of paying 1. attention to eye care.

Causes

Solutions

◆ Not enough food, genes and aging can 2. poor eyesight.

◆ Eating healthy foods which are 3. in vitamins A, C and E will do good to our eyesight.

◆ Televisions and computers are the causes of poor eyesight as 4. as reading.

◆ It’s best to take a break now and then.

◆ Do eye exercises regularly.

◆ Something dirty can make your eyes red

and they will make you feel uncomfortable.

◆ Clean your eyes by using cold water.

◆ UV rays can do 5. to our eyes.

◆You’d better wear sunglasses to protect your eyesight from UV rays.

Conclusions

All in all, it’s very important for us to care for our eyes.

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Think about the distance(距离)you traveled in the last six months of your life. About how many miles(kilometers)did you go?Lucid went quite a distance. On March 22, 1996,she started a journey. She traveled 188 days, 4 hours,and 14 seconds in total. This is a little over six months. So what distance did Lucid travel? She went 75.2 million miles(1,203,200,000 kilometers)!

How could Lucid go so far? How could she journey so fast? Lucid was an American astronaut and she was in space. She lived on a space station. The space station was the Russian space station Mir. She lived and worked with two Russian astronauts.

On Mir,it was hard for Lucid to know what day it was.Why?Mir did not stay in one place.It orbited the Earth.It went around the Earth.Mir’s orbit meant that darkness did not mean the day was over. Darkness fell many times during a 24-hour period.Darkness fell about every 45 minutes. Lucid did something to help her remember what day it was. She wore pink socks on every seventh day. The pink socks reminded Lucid about something else,too. The pink socks helped Lucid remember that Jell-O would be served for dinner. On Mir,Jell-O was a special treat. It was only served on Sunday.

Lucid worked hard to deserve the honor of working on Mir. She went to school for a long time.She was one of the first six women to be accepted into the astronaut-training program. She flew on several American missions. When accepted for Mir, she had to learn Russian in less than 18 months. On Mir, Lucid conducted many experiments. One experiment she conducted was with wheat. Lucid grew wheat. Growing plants in space was important, because green plants could provide oxygen and food for space travelers.

1.When did Lucid start the journey?

2.Did Lucid live on a space station?

3.How did Lucid remember what day it was?

4.Why was growing plants in space important?

5.What is the story mainly about?

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