America food habit

　　 American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in one's right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.
　　 The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous, but it is considered good manners.

A joke

    When my husband was going into the dining room this morning, he dropped some coins on the floor.

    There were coins everywhere. We looked for them, but we could not find them all.

    While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.

    He put them both into his mouth. We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late. Tommy had already swallowed them!

    Late that morning, when I was doing the housework, My husband phoned me from the office.

    'How's Tommy?' he asked. 'I don't know,' I answered, 'Tommy's been to the toilet three times this morning, but I haven't had any change yet!'

Charge for Bread and Butter

    Some years ago, my dad, an attorney, took me to a fancy restaurant in NowYorkCity. When the bill arrived, there was a $1.50 charge for bread and butter. Dad paid the bill, including the charge for bread and butter. However, the next day, he sent a letter to the resturant stating that the charge was uncalled for. Enclosed in the same envelope was a bill for $500 in legal services.

    Someone from the restaurant called immediately and asked, "What is this $500 bill for? We never ordered any legal services."

    Dad replied, "I never ordered any bread and butter."

    The $1.50 was returned without delay.

Friend for Dinner请朋友吃饭

    "Honey," said the husband to his wife, "I invited a friend home for supper."

    "What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I haven't been shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don't feel like cooking a fancy meal!"

    "I know all that."

    "Then why did you invite a friend for supper?"

    "Because the poor fool's thinking about getting married."

A Hollywood producer was determined to give his mother a birthday gift. He heard about an amazing bird which could talk in twelve languages and sing ten famous operas. He immediately bought the bird and sent it to his mother. It cost him$50，000.

    The day after his mother's birthday, he phoned to her. "What did you think of the bird, Mother？" he asked eagerly. His mother replied, "Oh well, It's very delicious!"

Eating habits in northern(北部) China 、southern(南部)? China 
and western country(西方国家):

    Different people eat different food. In the north of China, people like eating noodles, dumplings and buns, but in the south of China, people like eating rice, porridge and soup. In the western country, people like eating steak, hamburgers, pizza and salad. All of these foods are good for us. We need four kinds of foods every day. They are meat, fruit-vegetables, cereals and milk foods. Besides, we should take exercise every day. In that case, we will be healthy.

Smart Eating, Healthy Growing
(聪明地吃，健康地长)  

   Many children like eating. They eats a lot, like French fries, hamburger, fast food(快餐) and so on. They drinks a lot, like Coke, soft drinks(饮料) and so on. Are they all good for us? What food and drink can make children healthy and strong? 
Every day, we need four kinds of foods. They are meat(肉类), fruit-vegetable（果菜类）, cereals（谷物类） and milk foods（奶制类）. In these four kinds of foods, if we should eat more fruit and vegetable, we will be healthier and stronger.
Read and fill in.根据短文把句子补充完整。 
（1）Many children like eating __________________________________________.
（2）Many children like drinking ______________________________________.
（3）Everyday we need ___________, _______________, ________________ and milk foods these four kinds of foods.

Most of the children love to eat because they want to be healthy and strong. They love to eat junk food(无营养的食品) because they are very delicious, but they are not always good because they have lots of cholesterol(胆固醇). They are bad for our bodies. If you eat too much junk food, you will get sick.
In fact, we need four kinds of food every day. They are meat, fruit-vegetable, cereals and milk foods. In these four kinds of foods, we should eat more fruit and vegetable. If(如果) you eat these foods enough(足够多的), you will be healthy and strong.

Eating habits in London and in Guangzhou

    In London, most people like to have afternoon tea between lunch and supper. It’s from two o’clock to five o’clock. In the afternoon tea time, ladies and gentlemen wear beautiful clothes and invite their friends to share(分享) delicious food with them. They usually have it in the coffee shop or in the garden. People usually drink milk tea, coffee or black tea and eat chocolate, cookies, biscuits(饼干) or dessert. They usually put the food in very beautiful dishes(碟子).
    In Guangzhou, we have afternoon tea, too. It’s from one thirty to five o’clock. We have it in the restaurant. Most of the restaurants in Guangzhou have afternoon tea. At the weekend, many people go to the restaurant to have afternoon tea with their families or friends. During the afternoon tea time, we can eat many delicious Chinese dimsum.

庐山——三叠泉

江苏南京昆仑路小学　易相鸥

导读：

   庐山的三叠泉为什么令人难忘？

   三叠泉有什么”与众不同”?

　　人们都说，去庐山，不到三叠泉，就算白来了一回庐山。足可见三叠泉是多么有名了。我怀着好奇的心情，慕名前往三叠泉，觉得果然名不虚传。
　　还没到三叠泉，我就了解到它是多么“与众不同”。首先，它不同于别的景点，可以由汽车把游客送到“目的地”，不用自己走路。
　　而三叠泉的那段路，又窄又险，汽车开不过去，只能凭自己双脚走过去。而且，那段路上上下下有七千多级台阶！所以，导游头一天就给我们“忠告”：做好心理准备，早上多吃一点！
　　终于到了那一天，我早早起了床。精神抖擞地出发了。
　　到了“七里冲”那条小路上，我连连催促爸爸：“快快，快走吧！”爸爸怕我走不动：“慢点走，保存体力。”我可不，像出了笼的小野马，欢快地向山下冲去。
　　下了约二百来级台阶，我渐渐吃不消了，呼吸急促，脸色绯红，直喘气。爸爸说：“瞧，吃不消吧。”“谁说的，我好着呢！”我一鼓作气，又向前冲去。
　　又走了一段，我真累了，两腿像灌了铅似的，沉重极了。我只好不再逞能，走两步，歇一回，勉强向前走。
　　当我累得实在不行，想打退堂鼓时，我忽然听到了一阵流水声，啊！是三叠泉的瀑布从山上泻下的声音！我立刻忘记了所有的疲倦，欢快地向山下冲去。
　　到啦！到啦！我欣喜若狂地喊道。眼前就是三叠泉瀑布，它像一条布带，从高达百米的山崖上落下；又好似青山爷爷的白胡须，又长又白；还像女孩子的马尾巴，直直地垂下来。瀑布从高山上泻下来，激起一片水雾，朦朦胧胧之间，隐约看见青山与绿苔间夹杂着纯洁而洁白的瀑布，耳边是那清脆的水流声，哗啦啦，哗啦啦，好像是水精灵在唱歌，我仿佛来到了仙境。
　　“力力，快来！”爸爸大声喊我，我忙跑过去，只见那块岩石下，聚成了一个小浅潭，我不等爸爸发话，就脱下鞋，小心地下了潭。
　　好凉啊！水的确很凉，好像放进冰箱冰过似的。水也很浅，只盖过我的脚背。潭底全是鹅卵石，大的，小的都有。花花绿绿的，不比人造石差。踩在脚底麻酥酥的。水也很清，像玻璃一样透明。我玩水、捡石头，好开心！
　　该走了，我恋恋不舍地上了岸。再次仰望瀑布，我仿佛听到了水精灵在说：“远方的朋友们啊，愿你们记住这美丽的三叠泉！”是的，我永远也不会忘记你——清纯的三叠泉！

    日月潭是我国台湾省最大的一个湖。它在台中附近的高山上。那里群山环绕，树木茂盛，周围有许多名胜古迹。

    日月潭很深，湖水碧绿。湖中央有个美丽的小岛，叫光华岛。小岛把湖水分成两半，北边像圆圆的太阳，叫日潭；南边像弯弯的月亮，叫月潭。

    清晨，湖面上飘着薄薄的雾。天边的晨星和山上的点点灯光，隐隐约约地倒映在湖水中。

    中午，太阳高照，整个日月潭的美景和周围的建筑，都清地晰展现在眼前。要是下起蒙蒙细雨，日月潭好像披上轻纱，周围景物一片朦胧，就像童话中的仙境。

    日月潭风光秀丽，吸引了许许多多的中外游客。

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