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School bell rings 本文作者：?Chen Yuanyuan? 期号：471??阅读数：1088 Students in Yuyao, Zhejiang are happy to be back at school. IC 新学期开始啦，你准备好了吗？词数 230 建议阅读时间 6分钟WELCOME back to school! Does it feel good to see your classmates again? However, when you have to say goodbye to simple summer life and face new school issues, how can you prepare?Qiao Yu from Xi’an is worried about his English. The 13-year-old didn’t do well in the last English final exam. So he began to remember at least 10 new English words each day.“Set a goal (目标) for yourself and work toward it,” said a determined (有决心的) Qiao.While Qiao was thinking about how to improve his schoolwork, Chen Zhuoyi from Ningbo was finding it hard to give up her smartphone.“It has become part of me during the vacation, how can I live without it?” said the 13-year-old. But her school doesn’t allow (允许) mobiles.Chen has asked her mother to keep her smartphone during weekdays and return it to her at weekends.“Out of sight, out of mind (眼不见，心不烦),” she said. “It’s time to focus on books.”For Tan Wenjing, 13, from Guangxi, getting back to school means less time on her hobby – making eraser seals (印章). Tan spent more than one hour every day on the seals during summer vacation. Now when school begins, she has to cut her seal time greatly.“I’ll miss my seals,” said Tan. “But I’m not giving it up. I’ll get back to it every day after I finish my homework.”By Chen Yuanyuan,21st Century Teens staff 中考词汇worried adj. 焦虑的，担忧的用法：be worried about sb/sth对某人或某事感到焦虑、担心。worry v. (使)担心。I told my mother I wasn’t worried about my exam. But in fact I was. What’s the symbol of Chinese food? 本文作者：?21ST? 期号：471??阅读数：426 评论???打印???收藏 XINHUA 话题：近日我国烹饪业精英齐聚北京共商中餐申遗大计。目前进入视线的项目有北京烤鸭、年夜饭、饺子、月饼、豆腐、火锅等。你认为哪些美食能够代表中餐申遗？主持：北京市上地实验学校主持人：李泱Li Yang, 14:I suggest tofu as a typical (典型的) Chinese food. Tofu has been eaten in China for more than 2,000 years. It is a traditional food in China. And now it is also an important