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A very old Seychelles giant tortoise (塞舌尔巨龟) named Jonathan turned 191 years old on December 4th, 2023! That’s really old — he was born even before people invented (发明) the telephone and photographs. Jonathan has two Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录). He is the oldest living land animal and the oldest known tortoise or turtle.

Jonathan lives on St. Helena, a small island. People think he was born around 1832. They guess this because he was already 50 years old when he came to the island in 1882. Some people even think he might be older than 191 years old!

Everyone on the island knows Jonathan, and he’s quite famous. He’s even on the island’s money. The island’s governor (长官) decided in 2022 that December 4th would be Jonathan’s birthday, and they celebrate (庆祝) it for three whole days!

Tortoises like Jonathan usually live up to 150 years, but Jonathan has lived much longer. He’s still going strong, even though he can’t smell (闻) much and is almost blind (失明的). He still loves to eat! Dr. Hollins from the Guinness World Records said Jonathan is healthy. They hope he might live to be 200 years old, or maybe he’s already that old!

A traditional (传统的) English breakfast is a very big meal: sausages, bacon, eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms. But today many people just have cereal with milk, or toast with marmalade, jam, or honey. Marmalade and jam are not the same! Marmalade is made from oranges and jam is made from other fruit.

For many people, lunch during the week is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich shops where office workers can choose the kind of bread they want and then the salad and meat to go in the sandwich. On Sundays many families have a traditional lunch. They have roast meat, with potatoes, vegetables and gravy. Gravy is a sauce made from the meat juices.

“Tea” means two things in Britain. It’s both a hot drink and a meal! Some people have afternoon tea, with sandwiches, cakes, and, of course, a cup of tea. Cream teas are popular. You have scones (a kind of cakes) with cream and jam.

British people usually have dinners between 6:00 and 8:00, and often the whole family eat together.

The British like food from other countries, too, like Italy, France, China and India. Eating in Britain is quite international!

梦想，是对未来的一种期望，是人生的目标，是一种信仰，梦想是助人成功的基石，是催人奋进的动力，是勇往直前的源泉。人人都有梦想，有人想当医生，有人想当作家，有人想当科学家。在青春路上，你对未来职业的憧憬是什么？请你根据以下提示，以“My Dream Job”为题，写一篇英语短文，向大家介绍你的梦想。内容包括：

Students always have dreams for the future. What’s your dream job when you grow up? For me, I hope to be_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A new animated movie (动画电影) named How Do You Live comes to cinemas.

The movie tells a story of the main 1． Copper. Copper is a fifteen-year-old boy. He is just like you and me, 2． a terrible thing happens to him. His father dies and he has to face big changes (变化) in life. 3． , his uncle often comes to help him. He tells Copper to do something meaningful. Also, he writes to 4． Copper a lot. With the help of his uncle, Copper learns about himself, 5． and the world around him. We can learn a lot from Copper’s 6．. Sometimes things can’t go well, but we don’t have to be afraid. 7． we face the difficulty bravely (勇敢地面对困难) in life, we can 8． live a happy life and learn something important. We need to keep going and improve 9．. How Do You Live is a great movie. When you watch it, it can make you think about your life—How do you live? If you are 10． in it, go to the cinema and enjoy the movie.

News

Four girls, Liang Xiaojing, Wei Yongli, Yuan Qiqi and Ge Manqi, did a good job in the Women’s 4×100m Final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

3 Oct   21:05—Official (官方的)

Race Results

Rank▲             Lane ▲               Team                 Result (排名)        (赛道)

1                 8                 CHN China                 43.39

Bib (号码)             Name

174             LIANG Xiaojing

185             WEI Yongli

188             YUAN Qiqi

167             GE Manqi

2     5           THA Thailand                    44.32

3     7         MAS Malaysia                  45.01

4     9         HKG Hong Kong, China     45.24

5     3         SGP Singapore                  45.34

6     6         MDV Maldives                  47.54

Current Records—Women’s 4×100m Relay (当前纪录：女子 4×100 米接力)

Record Mark             Team                 Location                      Date (纪录)                                                                             (地点)

WR   40.82       USA United States of America          London (GBR)     10 Aug 2012

AR     42.23     CHN People’s Republic of China     Shanghai (CHN)   23 Oct 1997

GR     42.73      BRN Bahrain                              Jakarta (INA)          30 Aug 2018

China has a variety of food with different tastes. Generally speaking, Chinese food can be divided into (被分成) eight cuisines (菜系). Let’s have a look at some of them.

◆Sichuan cuisine is hot, spicy and sour. It has something to do with the wet weather of that area and people need hot food to stay away from the wet. There are many popular dishes that stand for Sichuan cuisine like Kung Pao Chicken.

◆Zhejiang cuisine is from the local dishes of Hangzhou, Ningbo and Shaoxing. Food in Zhejiang has a pleasant smell and it tastes fresh. And most of the dishes are perfectly made. If you visit Zhejiang, you must taste Dongpo Pork.

◆Fujian cuisine often uses materials from the sea to cook. It tastes light and the color is beautiful. You can enjoy different kinds of soup in Fujian, because many dishes of Fujian cuisine are served in soup, like Fo Tiao Qiang.

◆Shandong cuisine is very famous in northern China. It includes much seafood which tastes light and fresh. It is also the symbol of cooking culture along the Yellow River. Its most famous dish is Sweet and Sour Carp (酸甜鲤鱼).

Cao Maoyuan was born in a village of Neijiang, Sichuan. When he was young, he liked watching action movies, and he was pretty interested in wushu. At the age of five, Cao started to practice wushu himself.

Cao’s father is a driver. One day, when Cao was practicing wushu quietly, his father and some other drivers saw him. They said Cao was talented in wushu. Then Cao’s father decided to send him to a sports school.

At school, Cao practiced hard every day. In 2007, he planned to take part in a wushu competition. Before it started, Cao broke his head. His parents and doctor asked him to give up, but Cao said no and went to finish the competition. The 10-year-old boy finally got a gold medal (金牌).

Cao wanted to join the Chengdu FISU World University Games. In 2023, his dream came true. On July 29th, he won the Men’s Nanquan of Wushu Competition. It was the first gold medal of the Games. On July 30th, Cao won another gold medal.

“I am going to try my best to develop (发展) Chinese wushu culture. I hope to make more and more people from all over the world know about wushu,” he said.

The start of a new year is a very wonderful time to take up something. Maybe that’s why so many people make New Year’s resolutions. People hope they’ll stop their bad habits and start good ones. However, a study shows that about 80% of people break their New Year’s resolutions before February. Why does this happen? That’s because they don’t make or keep their resolutions the right way. The following ideas may be helpful.

First, your resolutions should be specific (具体的). Don’t make a resolution like “I’m going to get healthy this year.” It doesn’t tell you what you need to do to become healthy. Make a specific one like “Get healthy by eating less and doing some running every morning.”

Second, just take it easy. It takes time to start a new habit. Never expect to reach your goals (目标) in just a few days or weeks.

Third, share your resolutions with others. Tell what your resolutions are to your family or close friends or join a group with the same goals as you. These people will help you to reach your goals when you want to give up (放弃).

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its ________? It was written by an American girl.

When she was a child, she was very ________. One day, her friend invited her to her birthday party. She was glad but sad ________ she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her friend.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the ________ when the door opened and her grandma came in. “What happened?” her grandma asked. After hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t ________. I think I can help you. How about ________ a song together? Happy birthday to …” What a nice song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she ________. It was a dream! She got up quickly and wrote it down at once. She was ready to sing ________ to her friends at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “What a ________ song you sing! I never heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you ________ giving me the nice gift,” said her friend. And they learned to sing it together. Later the girl became very famous in America.