—OK, I won't. Thanks.

— __________ wonderful! I've never watched a __________ one before.

— __________ I haven't been outdoors these days. I can't wait!

—True! A series of new policies(政策)have __________ the use of new energy cars around China recently.

— What a pity! I think French people may have difficulty __________ it well

— __________ your father comes from work, dear.

— __________ Really?

— Well, could you tell me __________?

    I was born in a poor family. When my father used his pocket money to 1 my mother to visit her parents who lived far away there was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from 2 and there was no food in the house, not 3 a piece of bread. Although we were 4 , my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.

    My father had no money, but I knew from the worry on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He 5 the house and about two hours later returned and quickly6 us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I didn't know where he got the food but anyway, he 7 to get us something to eat.

    My father had not eaten and had worked all day 8 he sat there, feeling satisfied while watching us eat. This has 9 stayed in my mind and left 10 of an impression than any amount of money he may ever have given me.

    At that moment, I felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us suffer.

    I guess in difficult times it is 11 not to show weakness but strength, If a 12 is the cement (粘合剂) that holds a family together, then the father is 13 that strengthens(加强)that cement.

    It is his values and 14 and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to15 my own problems in life. In my own turn, I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.

    16-year-old Mike was told he was going to the Mashan School in Guizhou. He tried to imagine how serious the drought(旱灾)was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign" DON " T wash clothes with water, or you will be punished."

    Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made e poor students much poorer.

Mike is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School He took part in the school's Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.

    The project idea came from Mike's principal(负责人). One day, the heard a sad story about. Li Guoxian, a pour girl in the Mashan School, who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3,000 students made over 10.000 donations of water, books and clothes.

    Mike and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teachers. They visited poor families, made surveys and had classes at the school.

    Mike also found the school's learning environment quite poor." The blackboards and playground are too shabby to use," he said "Besides, there really aren't enough teaches. A teacher has to teach both history and English, and even the cook is a class teacher.”

    Although life isn't easy, students at the school have a positive attitude(积极的态度)towards life and they are quite willing to learn. That's what moved 16-year-old Chen Shi most.

    “They sang their songs together as usual before class every afternoon. After class, the students asked us to tell them things about Beijing and our studies, "Chen Shi said, "You can see the passion(热情)in them. I believe it will make a difference. Their futures will be bright. "

    Robots come in many shapes and sizes. But most have one thing in common. They are built to help people, Lately engineers have been developing new kinds of robots. These high-tech machines are designed to lend a hand everywhere from hotels to disaster areas.

    "Robots help people by making their lives easier, safer, and more fun, "says engineer Omar.

    Since November, a robot named Pepper has been on the job at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. When guests have questions or need directions, they can ask Pepper. They can also use the robot's touch screen to find the information they need. Pepper is able to talk with guests and make them happy with stories too. It can even tell what kind of mood they are in.

    "Pepper provides our guests with information in an exciting and new way." says the hotel manager Donald Bowman.

    For a kid, being in the hospital can be boring and even scary. But a small robot called NAO is helping to make hospital stays easier. It was designed to keep people company.

    A Tennessee doctor named Phil Parker bought a NAO robot three years ago. He programmed(为…….编制程序)it to talk to and play with young patients. He brought it to hospitals to help sick kids. When kids get medical tests, NAO explains what is going on. The robot also reads to kids and plays games with them like Rock, Scissors ,Cloth(石头剪刀布).

    "The robot gets many kids to smile for the first time since they were in hospital," Parker says.

    Other robots are designed to help to save people in dangerous areas. For example, disaster areas can be full of broken stones and other dangers. Engineers in Japan are planning to build a robot called E2-DR to go into those areas and search for people who are hurt.

    Wang Xiaohong is 7 years old. Her parents gave her an iPad as a present for her birthday. She was very excited and played with the ipad every day. A month later, her eyesight decreased(下降)to 300 degrees. Thin is serious for such a young girl Many children in China are facing the same problem tablet(平板电脑)and ipad using is bringing problems to their eyesight. The problem is so common that newspapers even call the iPad the " No. I killer of children's eyesight".

    "There are about 30 shortsighted(近视的)children coming every day, " said Hu Dali, an eye doctor at Guiyang Aier Eye Hospital " Half of those children have poor eyesight because they have played with phones and iPads for too long."

    Doctors and scientists say children's eyesight is not yet fully developed and their eyes get tired more easily. The screen of an ipad uses a very bright LED backlight. If children look at an iPad screen too much, their eyes do not have time to rest. This will make their eyesight worse over time.

    Doctors advise that users should hold their iPads between 40-60 centimeters away from them. The brightness of the screen should be comfortable for children. Children had better use iPads for less than one hour every day.

    The digital(数字的)age has come into our life. In the USA, some teachers think digital search tools(工具)have had a good influence on the American teenagers, but others don't think so. More than 2,000 high school teachers took s survey on the Internet.

    75 percent of the teachers agreed the Internet and digital search tools have had a "mostly good" use for their students' research habits and skills. But 87 percent thought that these technologies" make the students not have enough attention." And 64 percent said the technologies "do little to help them in courses."

    Judy Buchanan is a director of the National Writing Project. Ms. Buchanan says digital search tools are helping students learn more, and lean faster. Teachers really like these tools because they are ways to make some of learning very exciting. Young people enjoy using these tools. And the goal is to help them do creative work, and not just that kind of copyist(模仿者，抄写员).

    But one problem is that many students don't have a good understanding of how to use the digital knowledge well. In other words, they trust too much of the information. Judy Buchanan says these students have not developed the skills they need to tell whether the information on the Internet is good or bad.

    Another problem is something that might not seem like a problem at all, being able to quickly find information from the Internet. Teachers say the ability of their students to work hard to find out answers is becoming weaker. They say students depend too much on search tools and do not make enough use of printed books.

    Besides, many teachers are also worried about the problem that the Internet makes it easy for students to copy work done by others, instead of using their own abilities.

The survey on whether digital tools American teenagers

    What should you do if you are in a crowd(人群)？ The first and most important thing is to make yourself cto know where you are and where the exits are. No matter where you are, make sure you aknow how to get out and to be safe.

    Make yourself know the type of ground you are standing on. Wet or uneven(不平坦的) ground can cyou to fall down in a crowd of moving people.

    If you find yourself in the middle of a moving crowd, must be careful. Do not walk athe moving direction and do not stop or sit down byou could get trampled (踩踏)easily. I, move in the same direction of the crowd. Keep your hands up by your chest(胸部)to protect your chest. If you fall down, get up quickly. If you can't get up, ask someone to pull you back up. If you have kids, Ithem up.

    If you fall and cannot get up, keep on moving in the same direction of the crowd. If that is not possible, then cover your head with barms. Try to get away from hard(硬的)things in a crowd. If you're pushed towards them, as a r, you may be hurt badly.

    Remember: Whatever you do, sis first! We should learn to protect ourselves, Stay away from the crowd.

⑵节约用电，…（至少举两例）：

⑶节约纸张、重复使用旧课本（textbook)等：

⑷其它节约的行为或者宣传节约的想法（举一到两例）。

Dear students,

    Our government is aiming to build“a conservation-oriented society" , I think it is every citizen's duty to achieve this goal.

    As middle school students, what should we do?

    Dear students, let's start right now to make our society more beautiful!

Wang Lei,

From No.1 Middle School