| The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The book starts with a little caterpillar (毛毛虫) who comes out of its egg and starts looking for food. In the beginning, the caterpillar eats healthy food. Later it enjoys eating junk food. Its stomach hurts because it has eaten too much junk food. Then it decides to eat something good again. In the end, it becomes a butterfly. This book is great for learning some necessary English words, like numbers and foods. |
| If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff It is about a moose (麋鹿) who always wants something more. First, he wants a muffin. Then he wants some jam to go with it. When he has finished eating, he wants some more until it's all gone. Then he asks you to make more and more... The writer uses a lot of future tenses (时态). So it is helpful for learning the future tense. |
| Curious George by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey It is about a monkey named Curious George. He is too curious (好奇的), which causes humans to catch him and bring him to their big city. There, he brings many problems. He calls the fire service, goes to prison (监狱), runs away, flies into the sky in balloons and finally he arrives safely in the zoo. This book uses a lot of short simple sentences, making it very easy for English learners to read. |
| Food waste | ●(1) thirty percent of all food goes to waste. ●Supermarkets and families throw away the food. | ||
| Set up food banks The US has created food banks since 1967. Food banks are places where people can give away food or get the (2) food. There are "shared fridges" in some neighborhoods in Shanghai. | Pay as you like According to the Real Junk Food Project in the UK, food that has passed its sell-by date is still safe to eat. People can get food by paying as much as they like or they can (3) at the cafes. | Order less food To stop wasting more food, people (4) need to order less food. People in China are encouraged to order food using "N-1". For example, if there are 10 people at your table, you'd better order (5) dishes. | |
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| Chapter 4 Gulliver in Lilliput After our ship hit (1) the rocks, I swam as far as I could. By the time I felt the land under my feet, I was too (2) . I fell down on the beach and went to sleep. I (3) up as the sun was rising, but I found I could not move. My arms, legs and hair were tied (捆绑) to the ground! Then I felt something on my leg. It moved up over my stomach and neck (4) it was standing near my face. I looked down and saw a very small man. He was the same (5) as my little finger! Who was this small person? Where was I? | Soon more small men started climbing all over me. There (6) around 40 of them. I shouted at them — the loud noise made them all fall over. However, they soon got up again and continued (7) across my body. One of these small men began talking to me, but I could not understand (8) . I did not know what to say either. I tried to pull one hand free and (9) broke the ropes. When I put my left hand up, the small men began to shout. I looked down and saw a huge army of small people. They were coming straight towards me. "I (10) the ropes already. I must run away from them," I thought, but I did not know how to get away. |
| Main Characters Chang'e Hou Yi Wangmu Pang Meng | Word Bank shoot (shot) v. 射击 steal (stole) v. 偷 magic medicine 仙药 |