I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food there. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food , especially my favorite—huo guo. You can’t imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.

To my surprise, when I went into the room I didn’t see any of huo guo. Where was it? With many questions in my mind, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huo guo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huo guo is written in two words—hot pot, and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.

Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot on a low heat. It takes very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it’s easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.

Hotpot doesn’t taste bad. However, I still miss huo guo—hot pot, two words!

1.The writer felt excited when she thought she would________.

A. try traditional English food B. learn English in the UK

C. have her favorite huo guo D. meet some new friends

2.The underline word “canteen” means “_________” in Chinese.

A. 宿舍 B. 餐厅 C. 实验室 D. 体育馆

3.Why is hotpot often prepared for parties?

A. Because it’s easy to prepare. B. Because it’s very popular.

C. Because it’s quite expensive. D. Because it’s good for health.

4.After the free meal, the writer learnt that _________.

A. “hotpot” wasn’t hot pot

B. hotpot took little time to cook

C. hotpot wasn’t traditional in the UK

D. the girl knew little about hotpot

5.What is the writer’s favorite food?

A. Sandwiches B. Mutton C. Hotpot D. Hot pot

Today, most people are busy and have no time to enjoy life. Actually, your life can be enjoyable if you take a little stop and check your routine tasks(日常工作). Then you will find it's actually easy to make some good changes in life .

For example, waking up early gives you enough time to exercise, have your breakfast peacefully, read your book, and then get on with the rest of your day. You can also use morning time to plan the day. While planning the day, you can begin by writing down the tasks(任务) you need to finish in a day, and then decide which tasks are important enough for you to finish first .

Well, taking a bus, a subway or a train doesn't seem a good way to save time. However, by taking these, you' ll get the time to read books, listen to music and so on. As a result, you'll save time .

If you love playing with your mobile phone, you waste so much time doing nothing helpful. You need to spend your time on something meaningful, like painting something, or reading a great book. Also Internet surfing(上网), these days, is one of the top time-wasting activities around. So cutting down the time you spend on the Internet is one way to save time for yourself.

When you don't have enough time to look after yourself, you will probably have bad health. A busy lifestyle should be the reason for you to treat yourself with great care and make more time for yourself.

Making time for yourself

The problem

Today, most people are too1.to enjoy life.

2. of saving time

Get up early to have enough time to enjoy life and 3.your day.

Write down your tasks and try to finish your day the most important one first.

Do something meaningful when using public transport.

Cut down your screen time so that your can save much time to domeaningful things.

Spend less time on the 4..

Summary(总结)

No time for self-care can make one fall 5..

So try to save time to take care of yourself.

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