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Yokohama Chinatown is the largest among Japan's three Chinatowns, is located in downtown Yokohama. A large number of Chinese stores and restaurants can be found in the narrow and (color) streets of the Chinatown.

From this month, the Yokohama Chinatown Development Association (YCDA) will be busy (start) the "Yokohama Chinatown Tour" all year round. Visitors will find it (true) necessary to make use of the chance to enjoy lunch while learning Chinese food culture and traditional arts.

The first event with the theme of "Meeting to enjoy Chinese tea" (hold) next week. A Chinese store has been set up (allow) people to first learn about tea ceremony and different (type) of tea, and then enjoy lunch at a Chinese restaurant.

According to the organizers, September, the theme will be "Mid-Autumn Festival moon cake making experience", when visitors will make moon cakes by (they).

"It will be unforgettable tour to experience traditional Chinese culture. Let's enjoy it together," an official of YCDA said.

I have always been hard­working in school. And I enjoyed gaining new understanding about study. One way was making 1 . 

2  has always been my favorite subject. During each math class, while listening, I waited for my golden opportunities to show myself, which were 3 . When they came, I would raise my hand. Answering them 4  made me feel I was recognized by my classmates and teacher. The only problem was that I wanted to be 5  －to be right every time. 

As it turned out, living up to this standard was 6 . In one class, I stood up confidently but gave a wrong answer. Even though I knew this was certainly not my first mistake in life, something  7   had come at that moment. I thought that my classmates might think I was  8 . The beautiful castle that I had built up fell down after my mistake. 

In the following classes, I was in low spirits and became  9 . Even if I may have known the answer, I was  10  to take the risk of damaging my self-confidence anymore. Noticing my abnormality, my math teacher talked with me and learned my problem. She told me that mistakes are an important part of learning 11  they can point out our weaknesses and help us 12 . I should set up the principle of  13  mistakes. 

From that experience, I realized that even though I thought I was right about most things, I was wrong in my 14 . School is not a place to 15  but a place to learn. What I now know is that by holding fast to humility (谦虚) and learning to grow from my mistakes, I can truly learn in a way I could never in the past. 

To see the world is one thing. To have someone to share it with is another. Indeed, travel becomes more interesting when you have a travel partner. 

You can have someone to talk to. Traveling alone is fun, but wouldn't you feel lonely? This is especially true if you can get a travel companion who is very familiar with the place you're traveling to. You don't have to ask any information from the locals and you can increase the time you spend in the country.

One of the major headaches in traveling is the costs involved. You can't simply ignore the rising price of hotels or plan tickets. You should also think about your daily needs such as your food. Of course, you can't simply go back without bringing any souvenirs（纪念品）to your friends and family. All these can ruin your budget. However, when you have a travel friend, you can have someone to share the expenses with.

You can meet a good friend. You can never count the number of couples who actually found their way into each other's heart while traveling together in another country.

You can have someone to watch out for you. When you're in a foreign land, you'll never be really safe. You don't know the rules as well as the culture of the people. A travel partner will be perfect to remind you of your duties in the country and to watch your back just in case you get lost.

A. You can have someone to share the expenses with. 

B. Here are some reasons why a travel partner is important. 

C. You can have someone to turn to when you're in trouble.

D. Having a travel partner can remove the feeling of loneliness. 

E. Traveling with a mate enables us to meet challenges. 

F. Traveling is a good way to enrich our life. 

G. So why don't you find a travel partner now?

A recent study suggests that when it comes to the benefits of reading, just doing it matters more than the content. Researchers have found that reading novels helps the brain development in understanding others and imagining the world. They also have found that people who spend a few hours per week reading books live longer than those who don't read.

But how to build a habit of reading? Like any habit, the trick is in figuring out what suits you. The hardest part about reading is actually picking up a book. You have to sit down, pick up a book and start reading. "I always have a book next to wherever I put my phone," My friend Jimmy once told me. "So if I want to check my phone, I physically can see the book there. Nine times out of ten. I end up reading the book instead of using my phone for nothing. "

Another challenge is time, and in that case, audio-books (有声书) can be a good choice. Audio-books are great for filling the mind while you're on the way to work, washing dishes or working out at the gym.

If you're still stuck on the way to developing a reading habit, the best way is to revisit your old favorite books to get your youthful reading pleasure. You should free yourself from the opinion that only important or educational books are worth reading. There's no shame in rereading the books that made you fall in love with reading in the first place. Restarting the practice of reading is a little like picking up painting. It takes some work to get into the best state, but once you begin, the results are beautiful and satisfying.

Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional(额外的) learning trials(尝试)increase the length of time we will remember it. 

In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.

The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表)are an exception(例外) to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things we overlearn in childhood. 

The law of overlearning explains why cramming(突击学习)for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for one's future development. 

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. 

I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. 

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car. 

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated. "

"Oh, you're such a good man," she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said, "I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long. "

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器). 

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. 

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said," I'm tired. Let's go now. "

We drove in silence to the address she had given me. 

"How much do I pay you?" she asked.

"Nothing," I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered.

Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug. She held on me and said, "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy. "

The Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice. 

1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?

Finding：A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day. 

Step：Remove the 300 types of bacteria(细菌) in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day. 

2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?

Finding: Seniors，on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day—half of the number doctors recommend. 

Step: We touch our faces around 3，000 times a day—often inviting germs(病菌) to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And，most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds. 

3. How often do you think about fighting germs?

Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should. 

Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge(海绵) that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds. 

I was waiting for my flight at an airport. I was leaving for London because I got a new job there. It was said that my new boss was a typical English gentleman — polite, modest, humorous and considerate. I was excited as well as a little nervous about my new life.

With several long hours before my flight, I hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a packet of cookies and found a place to sit. I took out the book and started to read. Although I was absorbed in my book, I happened to see that the man sitting beside me, as bold as he could be, grabbed (抓) a cookie or two from the bag in between us. Educated to be well-mannered, I tried to ignore it to avoid an argument. But to show that I was the owner, I started to take cookies from that bag too. Unfortunately, the man didn't get that hint (暗示), since he didn't stop grabbing the cookies.

"How annoying!" I thought. As the greedy cookie thief kept eating, I munched (用力咀嚼) some cookies and watched the clock.

I was getting angrier as the minutes went by, thinking, "If I weren't so nice, I would blacken his eyes." With each cookie I took, he took one, too; when only one was left, I wondered what he would do.

With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered me a half, and ate the other half. I grabbed it from him, glared at him and thought, "This guy has some nerve and he is so rude! Why didn't he even show any thanks?"

I had never known when I had been so angry, and sighed in relief when my flight was called. I took my belongings and headed to the gate quickly, refusing to look back at the rude thief. I boarded the plane, sank in my seat, and looked for my book, which was almost completed.

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As I reached for the food in my bag, my face turned red and my heart beat so fast. 

More awkward, I noticed the man sitting beside me. 

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The Person I Respect Most

Long ago, the world had no wheels. To go to places, people walked. Sometimes, they had to take  long way to reach where they wanted to go. To move things, people had to carry by  (they). Sometimes the things were very heavy.

Later, people thought about animals, which could  (train) to carry heavy things. They  (create) sleds (雪橇) that could help animals to move heavier things. Then, people managed  (use) big logs (原木) under sleds,  made sleds move more easily. Later, someone cut slices (片)from a log and  (connect) them with a stick. The wheel and axle (轮轴) had finally been invented. People did better and better  making wheels.

Gradually people begin to put wheels into many (place). Looking around, you'll see wheels on wheelchairs, bicycles, buses, trains, etc. More wheels are hidden inside clocks, cars, computers, and other machines. Wheels are even used to produce electricity that lights your home (bright).