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October 16 is World Food Day. It reminds (提醒) us that some people around the world still don’t have enough to eat. Would you like to help hungry people? Do you enjoy playing games? If so, there is a game that you can play to help hungry people and make our world a better place. The game is called Freerice.

Freerice is an educational (教育的) game. You just need to answer questions about some subjects. When you answer one question correctly, you can raise 10 grains (粒) of rice for WFP, the United Nations World Food Programme, to support its work to save and change lives of poor people around the world.

The game can test you on languages, arts, math, science, culture and more. You can choose the subject you are interested in to begin with. Most Chinese students like to use it to practice their English. It’s also easy to play because it is suitable for people of all ages and has different difficulty levels (水平). What’s more, you can play by yourself or even make a group with your family, friends or classmates.

According to the Freerice website, Freerice has raised more than 214 billion grains of rice for people in need since 2010. That is about US $1.41 million (about 10. 11 million yuan).

The game is helpful not only for the players but also for hungry people. Why not give it a try? To start the game, just click (点击) https: //freerice. com.

On December 21 this year, the day is Winter Solstice（冬至）. It is an important day in China. What is special on the day? The answer is that the daytime lasts（持续） the shortest and the night lasts the longest of the year in the northern hemisphere（北半球）. Its Chinese name “dongzhi” means that winter comes and the days get colder.

In China, it is tradition（传统） to eat dumplings（饺子）on this day. This tradition comes from a famous doctor named Zhang ZhongJing. On a cold winter day, Zhang sees people have frostbite（冻伤） on their ears. To help them, he makes a kind of food in the shape（形状）of an ear, just like the dumplings we eat today. After eating the food, people feel very warm and their frostbite go away. From then on, people start to eat dumplings on Winter Solstice.

Now, Winter Solstice gives family a chance to get together and share their happiness.

Hello, everyone! My name’s Li Yan. I’m thirteen. I’m from Beijing, China. I study in New Century Primary School. I’m in Class One, Grade Seven.

Every morning, I get up at 7:00. I have breakfast at 7:30. Then I go to school. Classes begin at 8:00. We have seven subjects: Chinese, math, English, science, PE, art and music. We have six lessons in a day, four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon. We have three English lessons in a week. I like English very much. I have lunch at school around 12:00. School is over at 4:00 in the afternoon and then I go home. I usually do my homework after school. I have dinner at 7:00 in the evening. After dinner, I often watch TV or play the piano. I go to bed at about 10:00.

On weekends, my parents and I usually go to see my grandpa and grandma. Sometimes I go to the cinema, the science museum, the theme park or the zoo with my parents. I also go shopping with my mum. I love my family and I love my school.