—I think everybody will have        wonderful time tonight.

—I also want to be a        there to help more people.

—Great! It was my grandfather's        birthday. We enjoyed ourselves.

—No，they are not mine. They belong to        .

—Sorry， I         skating with Tom.

—Yes. The bus trip        us about 4 hours. There was too much traffic on the road.

—I'm sorry. Children        swim alone here.

—Sorry， he isn't here at the moment.

    I often watched a little girl playing basketball on the playground near my house. She would 1 shooting over and over again， sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 2 she practiced so hard. She said，"I like basketball. I want to play for the top basketball team. I want to be the 3. My daddy told me if the dream is big enough，the facts don't count(重要). "

    I watched her 4 those high school years. One day， I saw her sitting on the grass，head in her arms. I walked to her and asked what was wrong. "Oh，nothing， " she said. "I am just not that tall. " The coach(教练)told her that she was too 5 to play for a top team. She was very 6 . I asked her if she had talked to her 7 about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 8 .They just did not understand the power(力量)of a 9 .He told her that nothing could 10 her but one thing-her own attitude(态度)-if she really wanted to play for a good basketball team. He told her again，"If the dream is big enough， the facts don't count. " The next year， she was asked to join the NCAA(全美大学生体育协会)women's basketball team.

Daniel： Hi， Simon. How are you these days?

Simon： Not bad. But I just feel a little sad.

Daniel： What's wrong?

Simon： You see， I bought some goldfish last week. But now they all die.

Daniel： I'm afraid you forgot to change water for them.

Simon： No.  I just gave them a lot to eat. I think they like eating.

Daniel： Oh，I see. It's the food that killed your goldfish. You know goldfish can only remember things for 3 seconds.

Simon： So what?

Daniel： So they always forget they have already eaten food. They just keep eating if you feed them.

Simon： You mean my goldfish die of eating too much?

Daniel： That's right.

Simon： Oh，my poor goldfish.

Daniel： Don't be sad. Why not have a cat or a dog as your pet?

Simon： Oh， no. I don't like them. Cats and dogs always make much noise and they will make my room dirty. Besides that I should take good care of them.

Daniel： Well，why don't you try an e-pet?  It's modern and cute. And it's easy to look after because they don't need food and water. The most important thing is that you can control it freely.

Simon： That's good! I want to have an e-pet.

Daniel： That will cost you a lot of money.

Simon： Oh， my God! I think I will just have it in my dream.

    This is a song， and millions of Americans will hear it on New Year's Eve. It is called "Auld Lang Syne" (《友谊地久天长》). It is the traditional music played during New Year's celebration. "Auld Lang Syne" is an old Scottish(苏格兰)poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.

    The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first.

    However， a version(版本)by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published(出版)in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared(出现)in a song book three years later.

    The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year's Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. One of the 4 musicians in the group is VOA's Rich Kainfaite. As we end our programme with "Auld Lang Syne"，I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.

    Mom and Dad are two of the most important people in your life. You probably see at least one of them every day. If your dad worships(崇拜)the Pittsburgh Steelers， you may grow up being a big fan of that football team. And if your mom loves to read，you just may grow up carrying a book everywhere you go， just like she does.

    Here are some ways for you to get along well， and build a strong relationship(关系) with your parents.

    Spend time together. Don't sit there playing computer games or watching TV. Ask your mom and dad to play with you. Go outside together， or do some reading.

    Be kind. Little things might mean a lot to your mom or dad. You can (make a parent happy) with a hug，a card，or a joke. It's also lovely when a kid cleans up his or her room without being asked. And if you try not to fight with your brothers or sisters， your parents will be so happy!

    Do your best at whatever you do. You don't have to be perfect(完美)，but when you do your best，you make your parents proud. It makes them happy to see how you're turning into a great kid. Why? Because it lets them know they're doing a good job.

    Why do people cry? Scientists say the body produces(产生)tears because it needs them. One kind of tears(眼泪)is for the eye， the other is for the heart. They both work as cleaners. If something else like dust(灰尘)gets into your eye， tears also come into the eye to clean it out. If you are hurt by something，your strong feelings produce some poisonous chemicals(毒素)in your body， and at the same time， tears come out with them. If tears don't help clean out these poisonous chemicals， they will do harm to(伤害)the heart.

    In the United States men have heart problems more often than women do. Doctors say heart problems have something to do with the pressures(压力)of living and working now. Perhaps men have more of these illnesses because they do not cry enough. They need to cry more.

    In fact，you can find many ways of reducing(减少)the pressures to keep fit. Crying is a natural(自然)and physical(生理)one.

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Dear Sir/ Madam，

    I would like to

    Jack is such a good boy. We all think that Jack should get the award.

Yours faithfully，

Peter