Happy New Years!

　　Today is March 17^th．About two and a half months ago, I said“Happy New Year!”to many of my friends．About fifty days ago, I said the same thing to some other friends．In about four days, I’ll say the same wishes to yet another group of friends．I’ll do the same thing in July and also in September．“How can that be?”you might ask(if you ‘re from Western Europe or the Americas)．“Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is in Januare!”

　　In fact, the date of New Year’s Day depends on the calendar(日历)－and I have friends who use one or more of five different calendars to keep track of at least part of their lives：

　　●January 1^st：New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar

　　●In January or February(in 2006, January 29 th)：New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places)

　　●March 21^st：New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian(波斯)calendar

　　●Mid-July(usually the 16 th)：New Year’s Day on the Isamic(穆斯林)calendar

　　●September：New Year’s Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教)calendars(Central and Eastern Europe)and, usually, on the Jewish calendar

　　And these are just the New Year’s Days that I know about!As a matter of fact, there are probably even more!

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Be serious about safety at school

　　March 29 is National School Safety Day．This year, students will learn how to stop school accidents from happening．

　　We should all be serious about school safety．A report in China Education Daily says that school accidents kill more students below age 14 than anything else．Abut 16,000 die in school accidents every year．That means that on average(平均)40 students die at school every day in China!

　　The worst accidents come from food poisoning(中毒), fires, electricity and traffic．

　　Students at Beijing's Yucai School have safety lesson and watch videos, act in short plays and make their own newspapers to learn about safety．

　　During a fire drill at the school last week, more than 2, 000 students safely left the building in less than 3 minutes!

　　‘We learned to keep in order and not to hurry if we ever have a real life,’said Li Xin, a Junior 2 girl．

　　Yu Yue, a Junior 2 student in Shanghai, says,‘Steps get very wet after they're washed every day．It's easy for us to fall, especially if we start pushing each other．’

　　So, how safe is your school? Talk to your teachers about it!

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　　Earth Hour(地球一小时)is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund(WWF)and it is held on the last Saturday of March every year．It asks people to 　　1　　 their lights and other electrical appliances(电器)like computers for one hour．In this way, people can pay 　　2　　attention to the climate(气候)change and know that it's important to save the earth．

　　Earth Hour first 　　3　　 in Sydney in 2007．More cities around the world followed Sydney's lead in 2008．　　4　　 March 28, 2009, 88 countries and more than 4,000 cities joined Earth Hour．From 8：30 p．m．to 9：30 p．m．, Beijing, Dalian, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and many 　　5　　 cities in China took the action, too．　　6　　 shops closed and people used candles at home．The UN said that it 　　7　　 save the energy(能量)．

　　The world seems to be a dark world 　　8　　 the lights are turned off．However, people are trying to do something to save the 　　9　　 in such beautiful “dark moment”．This year, WWF encourages people to make a small change for the environment every day．Now, 　　10　　 you join us?

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