If you come to Shanghai this week don’t miss the DBF. The Lunar May 5th is the Dragon Festival. Chinese like DBF because it has a lot of funny activities at that day. The most important activity at that day is dragon boat match. In south of China, some people will have boat match. Everyone enjoys the boat match during the festival period. Another interesting activity is making a rice dumpling,  It is special food that people will eat at that day. And  almost all the families can make rice dumplings at that day. It could be sweet or salty. For sweet rice dumpling, they will put the candy or soybean with special sauces inside. For salty rice dumpling, it could be pork or beef.
Do you know how to make a rice dumpling? At first, you should buy fresh food material or dumpling material in the supermarket. The ingredients for dumpling are sticky rice, sugar, fresh special leaves as well as meat. The leaves must be boiled in hot water for a few minutes, it can make the leaves more softem and easy to make the shape before putting the rice in. Then put the meat or others in it, use the cotton tie, wrap it. Please make sure it is tight enough. The last step is dipping all the rice dumpling in the water and boil them. It may need 2 hours to finish. It is not easy but you can try. Hope you enjoy it.

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If you come to Shanghai this week don’t miss the DBF on the Lunar May 5th. The Chinese like the DBF because it has a lot of fun activities on that day. The most important activity on that day are dragon boat races. In the South of China, some people will have boat races.

Everyone enjoys the boat races during the festival period. Another interesting activity is making rice dumplings. It is special food that people will eat on that day and  almost all the families can make rice dumplings on that day.
Do you know how to make a rice dumpling? At first, you should buy fresh ingredients in the supermarket. A dumpling can be sweet or salty. For sweet rice dumplings, you can put the candy or soybean with special sauces inside. For salty rice dumplings, it could be pork or beef.

The ingredients for dumplings are sticky rice, sugar, fresh special leaves as well as meat. The leaves must be boiled in hot water for a few minutes. It can make the leaves softer and easy to make the shape before putting the rice in.

Then put the meat and other ingredients in it, use a thick cotton thread to wrap it.

Please make sure it is tight enough. The last step is dipping all the rice dumplings in the water and boil them. It may take 2 hours to finish. It is not easy but you can try. Hope you enjoy it.

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take time

It takes 5 hours to go from Shanghai to Beijing.

Boiling dumplings takes 2 hours.

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SOS mystery in remote Western Australia stumps police

Is it a false alarm, or a genuine plea for help?

An SOS signal made of rocks in a remote part of Western Australia has prompted fears that someone, or more than one person, could be missing.

The distress signal was spotted by a helicopter pilot. It led to a ground search by police who had to reach the area by air because of tough terrain.

Authorities have now appealed for public help after failing to find “any indication of recent human activity”.

However, police said they had discovered the remains of a campsite at the scene, which is at Swift Bay about 500km (300 miles) from the city of Broome.

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genuine = true, real

She pretended to cry but her tears weren’t genuine. She wasn’t really sad and just wanted a genuine iPhone.

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false alarm = a warning about a danger that eventually doesn’t take place

When the boy called villagers for help against the wolf, nobody came because they thought it was a false alarm again.

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a plea = an urgent emotional request, something that makes you say “please”

I made a plea to my boss not to fire me.

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remote = far and hard to access

Australia has many remote places in the countryside, often called outback.

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a distress signal = a signal that a person or a ship or a plane is distress, in a dangerous situation

Cruise ships like the Titanic are required by law to have distress signals on board.

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terrain = land, ground

The outback terrain is very tough, so you can’t always walk. You have to take a helicopter.

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G’day, mate = an Australian greeting

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authorities = the public services with authority in society, like the government, the state, the police, state administration, customs, national security

Chinese authorities have decided to ban smoking in public places.

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a campsite = a site, a place where you camp, stay for the night

Authorities have discovered an abandoned campsite with remains of food, fire and signs of human activity.