A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes, and many boys have long hair, so it is difficult to tell whether they are boys or not.

      One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair by a swimming pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.

     “Oh!” the old man said to the person sitting next to him, “Do you see the person with the loose clothes and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”

     “A girl,” said the person, “She is my daughter.”

     “Oh!” the old man said quickly, “Please forgive me. I don't know that you are her mother. ”

     “I'm not,” said the person, “I'm her father.”

    One day Jack went to a big dinner party. His coat was not good. When he went in, no one looked at him and no one gave him 1food. He was 2 angry that he went home, and 3 his best coat and then came back to 4 party. Everyone stood up at once and came to meet him. Other guests 5 him to the best table and gave him the best food. Then Jack put the food in his coat and said, “Please eat, my dear coat.” The other people were very 6 and said, “Why are you doing that?” Jack answered, “I'm asking my coat 7 now. When I came here at 8, nobody noticed me 9 gave me food. After I changed my coat, you gave me the best food. So you gave food to my coat, not to 10.”Everyone felt embarrassed(尴尬的).

      What are your clothes made of? Are they made of cotton or wool? Some students in Shandong wear different things. Their clothes are made of discs(光盘) or old clothes!

      On October 7th, 36 students in Linyi, Shandong Province, wore beautiful clothes in a show. Their clothes were made of all kinds of things.

      The show gave the students a chance to make things with their own hands. It also helped them learn to make good use of waste and not to throw everything away.

      Students had lots of good ideas. Some found used things, like old clothes, to make new dresses.

     “We hope to save energy. Our world is short of energy. So I don't want to just throw old things away,” said Xie Jing at Linyi Art School.

      Xie had more than 20 discs on her nice blue dress. She got them from her family and friends.

     “Though the discs are old, I look very cool in them!” she said.

      Song Dandan, a student from the school, looked like a farmer in her straw(稻草) coat and hat. She picked the straw from the fields and put them all together.

      “I want to show what people wore in the past.” she said.

      Du Yue made clothes for astronauts(宇航员)! She had white cloth all over her. When she walked, she tried to be slow. It looked like she was walking on the moon.

       “I hope to wear it in space some day. I wish that I could walk on the moon!” she said.

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