Hi! I"m Sylvie from Toulouse in France. I"m 14 years old and I"ve got a twelve-year-old sister called Camille. I love going to pop music concerts and playing tennis with my friends. I"m interested in cooking and my favorite food is pizza. I don"t like getting up in the mornings and I hate tidying my room! I like animals and I"ve got a cat called Mimi. What about you? I"d like to have pen friends from a lot of different countries. Love, Sylvie Deschamps | |||||||||||||||
Hello! My name is Antonio and I"m from Verona in the north of Italy. I"m 12 years old and I"ve got a brother and a sister. I"m interested in music, travel and pets. At weekends I love going to parties with my friends. This is my first year studying English. I"m also learning French and German. Write to me soon. I"d like to receive letters from all over the world. Best wishes, Antonio Lazaro | |||||||||||||||
Hello everyone! I"m Tyler Collins. I live in Florida, and I"m 18 years old I"m very much interested in meeting new people from different cultures. I"m studying languages and I plan to go to other countries to teach English within the year. I love all kinds of music, any movie, and I love books about places around the world. If you want to know more about me, just message me. Tyler Collins | |||||||||||||||
Hey! My name is Freyja; I"m 15 years old. I live in England and love the countryside. I go climbing a lot. I"m crazy about rock music and like the guitar. I"m in a band which I and my friends started two months ago. If you have the same interests as mine, message me and we could be friends! Freyja Murphy | |||||||||||||||
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Let"s Bake (烤) Sugar Cookies Nobody is actually sure who created the very first cookie. But the first cookie may have been a mistake. Many cooking experts believe that a long time ago cooks who wanted to test the temperature of their ovens would bake a little bit to find out if the oven was hot enough to bake an entire cake. These test cakes were called keokje, which means "little cake" in the language used in the Netherlands. People from the Netherlands brought the recipe to the United States. The word "cookie" may have come from their word keokje. Cookies are also very popular in England, but the English call them "biscuits", as do Australians. Almost every country has a word for cookie. In Spain, they are called galletas, and in Italy, cookies are called biscotti. Americans are not the only people who enjoy cookies. You can make cookies following these steps: ·Preheat oven to 150℃. Put a little butter on a cookie sheet. ·Mix together white sugar, brown sugar, butter and eggs. Then add vanilla. ·Add flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Then mix well. ·Drop by spoonfuls onto the cookie sheet. ·Bake at 150℃ for 12 minutes or until lightly brown. | |||||||||||||||
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A. Spain. B. Australia. C. The Netherlands. D. The United States. | |||||||||||||||
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A. Describe how to bake a cake. B. Tell why people like cookies. C. Tell when people make cookies. D. Describe the history of cookies. | |||||||||||||||
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A. Heat oven t0 150℃. B. Mix the butter and the sugar. C. Test the temperature of the oven. D. Brush the cookies with some oil. | |||||||||||||||
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A. They have burned. B. They are done. C. They have become soft. D. They need to cook for 12 minutes. | |||||||||||||||
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Stamp collecting is fun and easy to do. You do not even have to buy stamps to start a collection. Ask friends and members of your family for used stamps from letters and postcards. Here is some advice to get you started. Think carefully what kinds of stamps you want to collect when you start. Some people get stamps from all over the world. Others save stamps from just one country. You might want to save a special type of stamp, such as animal stamps, sports stamps, or space stamps. Keep your stamps in your album, a special book, to protect them. It may have paper pages or plastic ones with pockets to hold your stamps. Never tape or glue your stamps, because you may damage them. Joining a stamp club can help you learn more about stamps. You can also trade stamps with other collectors. Now you know what to do. You can start collecting stamps today! | |||||||||||||||
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A. Trade stamps with foreigners. B. Save your stamps in a pocket. C. Decide what stamps to collect. D. Ask your friends to write to you. | |||||||||||||||
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A. what are the best stamps to collect B. why collecting stamps is important C. how to start a stamp collection D. where to find a stamp club | |||||||||||||||
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