【正文】 they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy. present n. 禮物 make sb. / sth. + 形容詞 使某人 /某事 … What he says makes me rather angry. 他所說的話讓我非常生氣。 The flowers made the house beautiful. 鮮花讓房子美麗。 Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough. open v. 開；打開 give away 贈送 give—gave—given bench n. 長凳；長椅 rather than 勝于 Sweden 瑞典 instead adv. 代替；而不是 If you don’t want to go, I will go instead. Helping do some homework is the best gift for my mother. The best gift for my father is my good mark. My sister likes the dolls best, and my friend likes the interesting books best. Write about the most popular gifts among your friends and family. How can singing English songs help your English? Make a list. 1. We can learn some new words. 2. We can bee more interested in English. 3. We can improve the ability of listening and speaking. China will be the host for the 2021 Olympics, and so many Chinese people try to improve their English in different ways. For example, twentyfour young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers sang very clearly, and looked fortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. The Olympics=the Olympic Games 奧林匹克運動會 enter v. 參加；進入 nearly adv. 幾乎 sing—sang clearly adv. 明朗地；明顯地 stage n. 舞臺 native adj. 本地的；本國的 from across China=from all over China 來自全中國 by+名詞 /動詞 ing 通過；以 as+形容詞或副詞原形 +as 像 … 一樣 The singers really came from all age groups, and from all over China. The winner of the men’s petition was a 40yearold man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s petition was a 19yearold girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest, and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s pe