【Closeyoureyes.Makeawish.Whatisit?Youmaywanttohaveacoolschoolbagordowellinschoolwork.SometeensinBeijinghaveadifferentwish.Theywantapeacefulworld.Init,everyonecanlivehappily.Thereisanenvironmentgroup.RootsandShoo】
Closeyoureyes.Makeawish.Whatisit?Youmaywanttohaveacoolschoolbagordowellinschoolwork.SometeensinBeijinghaveadifferentwish.Theywantapeacefulworld.Init,everyonecanlivehappily.
Thereisanenvironmentgroup.RootsandShoots(根与芽)inBeijing.And,ithadsomethingfortheteenstodoonSundays.ItaskedtheteenstomakeawishforWorldPeaceDay.So,theyoungpeoplegottogethertosingpeacesongs.Theyalso“flew”somepeacedovesoutside.Thatwhitebirdmeanspeaceandlovearoundtheworld.
Thelargedoveswerenotrealdoves.Theyweremadeoutofpiecesofcloth.Studentstookthemoutside.ManycountriesdothingslikethisforWorldPeaceDayeveryyear.
In1981,theUnitedNations(UN,联合国)decidedtohaveaWorldPeaceDay.In2001,September21becamethatday.LiuXuesongisaJunior1studentinBeijing.“IsawthechildreninIraq(伊拉克)andotherplacesonTV,”shesaid.“Iwanttowriteletterstothemandhelpthem.”
Manystudentsalsomadekites.ZhangYongzhen,13,fromBeijingXiChengForeignLanguageSchool,madeakiteinthreedays.Shedrewalotus(荷花)andabottleonit.InChinese,lotusandbottlesoundthesameasthewordpeace(heping).
Herclassmate,ZhaoChenning,drewsomecountries’flagsonherkite.“Weareabigfamily,”shesaid.“Iwantthekitetoflyhigh!Theneveryonecanseeitandknowmywish.”
PanZiheng,aJunior2studentatBeijingYucaiSchool,said:“Iwanttostopwar,sothelovelyanimalsandplantscanlivewell.IwishtoworkfortheUNwhenIgrowup.NowIwilljustbeagoodboyandbenicetoeverybody.”
uChoosethebestanswerforeachsentence:
1.Howoftendohemembersintheenvironmentgroupmeet?
A.Everyday.
B.Everyotherday.
C.Everyweek.
D.Everymonth.
2.whatcanyoudoforworldpeace?