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—Oh. He __________to Singapore for a vacation.

— Sorry, I'm not sure. It __________ my friend, Paul.

— It's fantastic.

About three months ago, I took my nine-year-old son to Qingdao, Shandong. It was a special1.When we got there, my son was very excited because it was the first time for him to take the2.

    When we got on the subway, I found It was full of people and we had to3. However, a boy wearing sports clothes asked me to sit in his seat. He also4his friend sitting next to him to do that. So it would be5for me to take care of my son.

    I said "Thank you" as he6up and then we sat down. When we got off the subway the kind7said goodbye to us. I used to think that people in Qingdao were very indifferent (冷漠的). But this8really changed my opinion.

    Later I lost my wallet while I was shopping in the city center. 9a stranger picked it up and gave it back to me.

    These10people really made our trip to Qingdao very unforgettable. I told my son that we should try our best to help the people in need in return.

    Here are some ideas for you on how to help others through volunteering.

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    When people get older, it becomes harder to do many things, from walking to the store to doing the housework. Old people living alone can also feel lonely. As a volunteer, you can do a lot to help the old in your neighborhood. You could visit them and help them with their housework.

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    Many people with disabilities need help. You could volunteer to read books to the blind or deliver(递送) something for people who can't get around too well.

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    There are lots of volunteer jobs to do in hospitals and health care centers. As a volunteer, you can make beds, deliver flowers and gifts, help serve meals, and do lots of other important jobs

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    Some families don't have enough money to buy food and c\s For their kids. Some people don't have place to live at all. To help these people as a volunteer, you can give clothes, food or money to, or raise money for a charity.

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    Sometimes people need more help when the holidays come. Holidays are happy, but for people who are alone or unlucky, they can be a lonely, hard time. As a volunteer, you can deliver holiday dinners to less lucky people, visit the lonely old people and serve food to the homeless.

    Look at the boy in the picture! His hair and eyebrows(眉毛) were covered with frost when he arrived at his classroom. The picture went popular on the Internet in China

    The boy is a third—grade student from a small town in Yunnan Province. The boy's home is 4.5 kilometers away from the school so he usually needs to walk over an hour to have classes, according to the school headmaster Fu Heng.

    In the picture, the boy had a red face for the low temperature and did not wear enough clothes to keep warm. He stood alone with his white hair and eyebrows while other classmates were clearly laughing. Not! knowing what had happened, the boy made faces to the class.

    His teacher took the picture on Monday and then sent it to the school headmaster. Later the headmaster posted the picture on the Internet and it went popular.

    "It was minus 9℃ in the picture on Monday and then sent it to the end—of—term exam," said Fu. Fu said the boy's father works in another city and he lives with his grandmother and sister. The school provides breakfast and lunch for students but the classrooms are cold.

    Many microblog users have expressed their support to the boy. A user @qwedfgvbn123098 said, "Study hard to change your life."

    I didn't leave my hometown until l was sixteen years old. My hometown could bring back lots of sweet memories to mc. Yesterday I returned to my hometown. I have been away for three years.

    Before I left, there was a small pond (池塘) opposite my house, but now people have filled this pond and have built a large shopping mall. The things in it are good and cheap, so there are many people every day.  We used to play baseball there, especially on weekends. Now a new stand(看台) has been added so that more people can sit there to watch games.The street in front of my house looks just as it used to be. People have built a public library in the next street.Beside the two streets, people have built a beautiful park. In it green trees and fresh flowers could be seen everywhere.I really hope our hometown will become more and more beautiful.

    Xitang is an ancient water town in Jiashan Country, Zhejiang Province. It is close to Shanghai. Since some scenes of the movie Mission: Impossible Ⅲ were filmed there, it has become very popular, both at home and abroad. More and more tourists from Western countries add this town to their "must — see" lists(列表)when they are traveling in Shanghai and Hangzhou.

    Xitang is a quiet town. You will feel very relaxed in this water town, and be surprised by its beauty. Along the river, over 10,000 people live in the old buildings built during the Ming and Qing dynasties, Most of them run gift shops and provide service for tourists here.

    Somethings special inⅪtang

    Ancient Lanes(小巷)

    There are 122 lanes ill Xitang. long and short, wide and narrow(狭窄的). No matter from which point you start, you can find and other place in the town. It's amazing, isn't it？

    Button(纽扣)Museum

    Xitang mikes all kinds of buttons. Button Museum is on the west street in xitang and it has a collection of over 1,000 buttons through the ages.

    Xiyuan Garden

    Xitang Garden is similar to other classic gardens in the south of China. It has trees, flowers, towers, bridges, lakes and waterfalls.

    To me, music is food and water. I can't live without it. I know this is not true for everybody. Usually lots of people go to concerts or listen to music records. Maybe some of you don't do these and you get along quite well, but music is everywhere in our life. For example when you watch movies or TV plays, will you find them interesting if there is no music? I'm sure you will find them boring. And when you are waiting for the train or the plane, you would like some music because it makes the time seem shorter.

    Some people like to sit by the sea and listen to the sound of the sea. Some enjoy listening to the singing of birds. Those sounds are some kind of music. So music has meaning for everyone in some way or others. Of course, it has special meaning for people like me. We spend our lives playing or writing music.

    Someone said, "Through music a child goes into a world of beauty, learns to take care of others and makes his mind and body strong."音乐真的在我们的生活中扮演重要的角色。

    I'm Eric. I was boll in California. That place has m any sweet childhoodfor me.

    When l was a little boy, Il had to get up before sunriseon the farm. At sunrise I could see a housegolden windows far away from the farm. Every day Iit with interest and wondered what the house looked like inside. To be honest,wanted to live there! I often said t0, "Some day, I willa house like that."

    One day I walked to the house with golden windows.

    I walked for aand then I stopped in front of the house. To my surprise, there were no901den windows. I was Very upset. Later I learned that the windowsnot golden at all. It was the sunrise that had made them look golden.

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