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能把石头叠加起来竖着放是一种艺术，不是一般人都能做得到的哦！

Do you believe this？Many stones can stand on one another without any help！A Canadian artist（艺术家）made it. His name is Michael Grab. He can balance（平衡）stones and make them art works. It is very hard to do that， but its amazing（令人惊异的）！

《哈利·波特》有新故事啦！

Good news Harry Potter fans： your favorite magician （魔法师） is back！British writer J.K. Rowling has decided to share her 12 new Harry Potter stories. The stories have been on her website （网站） Pottermore every day since Dec.12. This is Rowlings Christmas gift to Harry Potter fans - each day a new story until Christmas Eve. What happens in the new stories？ Make sure you dont miss reading them.

看！两只田鼠正在打架，大冬天的，它们不好好待家里，为什么要打架呢？

The two voles（田鼠）are fighting each other！They both want a dry（干燥的）place. They live in the fields of Hokkaido（北海道）Island， Japan. Its very cold with a lot of snow. Poor voles！

Do you know Ouyang Nana（欧阳娜娜）？She is from Taiwan. She is a rising star （新星）. You can see her in many popular movies and TV shows.

The 15-year-old is also a good cellist （大提琴手）.

Ouyang started learning cello（大提琴）at the age of 6. She loves it very much. She never got bored （厌烦的） while she played. She even named her cello“Only”.

Six years later， Ouyang held her first concert in Taiwan. In 2013， she entered the Curtis Institute of Music in the US. It is one of the worlds best music schools.

Although she is now acting too， Ouyang says music is still her favorite. “Cello makes me feel special.” she said.

到底鞠躬多久才是有礼貌呢？

When Jack bowed （鞠躬） to someone， he always did it at very quick speed. So his parents often blamed （指责） him for no manners （礼貌）.

“You should wait until the guest nods（点头） his or her head，” Jacks mother taught him. “When you bow to somebody next time， you can count‘January， February， March…until December. Then you can lift your body up. Thus， you can be a boy with manners.”

The next day， Jack met his uncle. He did as his mother told him. The bow was very long. It made his uncle feel surprised and soon ran away. When Jack looked up， he found nobody in front. So he asked a passerby （路人）： “In which month did my uncle go away？”