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The Christmas Eve

Christmas Day is a famous festival in western countries, such as England, America, France, Germany, and so on. On Christmas Eve, they will get together with their family and celebrate the happiest moment.

Don’t hurt kids because of love

I was born in the south of China, which has a lot of rivers and lakes. There were so many opportunities to learn swimming, but I really didn’t know how to swim at all. However, I haven't been afraid of water since I was a child.

After I went to college, there was a swimming lesson each week. But a drowning accident broke the plan, and then the swimming class was canceled. I still didn’t know how to swim after I graduated.

The Snow Poem and the Author's Story

This is a traditional Chinese poem written by the famous Chinese poet “郁达夫” on February 12th, 1919, while living in Japan.

雪

郁达夫

一九一九年二月十二日　日本

一夜朔风吹布被，天花散处不生根。
埋来地角衣无缝，衬出春心草有痕。
浙水潮头豪士马，罗浮枝上美人魂。
缘何得向山中卧，严冷须知造化恩。　

It’s a poem about snow, and I am going to translate it into English now.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

An American children's song is called Mary Had a Little Lamb1.

It was written by American author Sarah Josepha Hale and first appeared in Poems for Our Children on May 30, 1830.

The Princess Who Could Not Cry

Once upon a time, there was a princess 1 who couldn't cry, and she always kept laughing. The king and the queen were very worried about their daughter. It's all right if she just keeps feeling happy, but it'll be a problem if she always keeps laughing at others.

They found an animal fairy 2 to get an idea of how to save the princess. The queer3 fairy said, "If you can make the princess cry once, then she'll be normal," so the king made a promise that if anyone could make the princess cry without hurting her, then the one would get a bag of gold as a reward4.

The Rabbit Forgot Something

I have just read a book with a lot of little stories, and I am going to repeat them by myself now.

The Rabbit Forgot Something is a story about a rabbit who always speaks with a low voice.

存疑: butt、bank这两个单词想到的

最近一段时间在学习英语，找到了感觉，同时也感叹以前上学的时候真的学的是“哑巴英语”；内心极度排斥，却又要硬着头皮去学、去猜，过程十分痛苦。也一度鼓足勇气对英语产生兴趣，却又很快偃旗息鼓，关键还是不得法。

想起自己是初一开始学的英语，那时候也热情高涨，见人互相叫“how do you do”，但既忽略了发音，也没关心语法，就是死记硬背几个单词，一切都是书面上的知识，离自己的生活太远。