In order to increase students' knowledge about the traditional culture of Guangzhou, our school held a "Guangzhou Culture Festival" last Saturday.

Many kinds of activities were held in the festival, such Cantonese Opera Competition, Picture Show and Food Show. Most of the students thought the Cantonese Opera Competition was and many of them enjoyed part in it. The music sounded and clothes were The Picture Show presented the changes of Guangzhou, which 2 could make us learn about the history and of Guangzhou. The Food Show was the most popular activity in the festival. Different kinds of food were served and they tasted . We learned a lot about food and improved our skills of cooking. All of us very much. .

I hope we can have some Cantonese films in our Culture Festival next time. In addition, we can organise some visitors to travel around our city.

假设你是李华，请给你的美籍教师Bob写一封80词左右的电子邮件，向他简要介绍你校即将举办的英语文化节(English Culture Festival)，邀请他参加本次活动，并请他在节目最后做一个关于如何学好英语的讲座。

邮件还应包括以下内容:

1）活动时间:本周五下午14:30- 17:30;

2）活动地点:报告厅(lecture hall) ; .

3）活动内容:学生演唱英文歌.....

Every year, students in our school take part in the performing arts competition- Group Chorals. It's part of our school Group Programme. In the competition, students sing, act and dance in one of the best (theatre) in Australia.

This year the subject for our group's performance was Harry Potter. After three weeks practice, we finally went on stage(上台) that day.

My task was to sing in the choir(合唱团). When it was time, we sang the song Magic  described the happiness Hary felt when he (successful) became a wizard (巫师). The song (write) by a US singer. On stage, I tried (keep) smiling while singing, as our leader told us to in fact, I was really nervous. And I could say others felt the same way. However, after we started singing, we felt a little bit more (relax). As the story went on, we sang. another two songs.

We watched performances of the other groups after our show. All groups had their own strong points. Our group only got second place the end, but we were happy with what we did.

On the first day of my new high school, I almost had a nervous breakdown. Everything about the school seemed so difficult. When I got home, my parents said," You're nervous and that's okay. Everyone is afraid of high school." I denied it. I wanted to be strong, so I refused to let anyone know about my fear, even my closest friends.

On the first day, I was late for every class and was always lost. The school seemed like a puzzle that I couldn't figure out. Was this how the whole year was going to be? I didn't think I could deal with this challenge, especially carrying a huge backpack that I could hardly lift. It was so big that I could knock someone out with it! The schoolmates seemed to regard me as a fool, and they were probably right.

Despite my fears, after the first week I finally had my schedule figured out. Except for falling up and down the stairs a couple of times and getting laughed at, high school was turning out to be not so bad. It was actually much better than middle school and much more challenging.

Later, I was elected vice monitor of my class, which wasn't much of a victory since only three people ran for the four positions.

It is normal to be scared of a new school. Take a deep breath and relax. High school is something that any student can overcome. Make sure you take part in some out-of-class activities because you'll find it easier to make friends. Try to do your best, even if it isn't straight A's.

Most important of all, be who you are, whether you're a "fool", an athlete, or a lower grader. Don't try to pretend to be someone you re not. Now you know the true secrets to high school.

Like all other great musicians, Martin Agee has his listeners from countries around the world.1different from them, he has some listeners that are dogs.

2 a violinist and dog lover, Martin enjoys playing the violin for people and walking his dog Melody. However, he 3 thought he would one day play for dogs.

Several years ago, Melody died. To4 the loss of Melody, Martin came up with an idea: he'd like to give his 5 to some poor dogs in an animal shelter (收容所).

Martin learned that the shelter once had a 6 programme for dogs. It asked people to read a book or magazine for them." How about being a volunteer and playing the 7 for dogs here?" he soon made up his mind.

Many homeless dogs that have nowhere to stay are brought to the shelter. Some of them are badly hurt as they are 8 by kids with big stones (石头). After the bad 9, they are afraid of humans. They always 10 themselves behind doors when someone visits them.

Martin clearly remembers one dog in the shelter. At first, the dog barked (吠叫) loudly at him and it looked really 11, But when Martin took out his violin and played a piece of music of Beethoven, it quickly 12 and became quiet." I know it must like the13 I played, Martin said.

In Martin's eyes, spending time with dogs here can let him14 the happy time he spent with Melody. According to him, one of the most important things about being a volunteer is to help dogs here learn how to15 again. "After all, dogs are humans' best friends," he says.

Late in April, a photo show was held in our school. It lasted a week and was a great (成功)! All the photos were (拍) by the students themselves. (大部分) of them were colour photos, but some were black and white ones, presenting our school life, the beauty of (大自然), festival activities and so on. All the works of art were on show in the reading room on the (第二) floor. Every day a large (数量) of students went to enjoy them, and they were (惊奇的) to find the photos were so (精彩的) that some teachers were also present. Those whose photos were (选中) the best were given different (奖项). In short, this photo show really made our life more colourful.

Twelve years ago, Steve Axford left his job, sold his house and moved to the Big Scrub, the largest lowland subtropical (亚热带的) rainforest in Australia. He bought a house near the rainforest with about 30, 000 square meters of land.

Steve was 56 years old at that time and he wasn't ready to fully stop working. He started to plant trees around the house. When he worked on the deep volcanic clay soils (火山黏土), he noticed some strange lives- they are neither plants nor animals. They are fungi (真菌), a kind of life form that lies between life and death. They break lifeless bodies into simpler forms and feed other members of natural communities.

Steve was interested in them and picked up his camera and started shooting." There are around 4 million kinds of fungi on Earth. They play roles in the life cycles of most plants and animals, but we know almost nothing about them," said Steve. Over the years, hundreds of fungi have crossed into his artworks. They offer us a chance to look into the world that we depend on but don't pay much attention to. The beauty and scientific value of Steve's fungi photography were reported by BBC's Planet Earth II and got the attention of the public as well as some fungi

experts (专家). Steve wants to photograph and record fungi around the world. Also, he shares the science behind fungi and his experience at photographing in international universities and fungi academies (学院). At the invitation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Steve photographed the fungi in China's remaining tropical rainforest in Yunnan. The photos are included in a local field guide of fungi.

"I think after some years I might be bored with fungi finally," Steve said." But now when I meet with any fungi in good condition, I lose my mind all over again."