We all know friendship is a good thing. But do you know that friends have a huge influence on your happiness and quality of life? Good friends add special meaning to life. They help you share the good times and get over the difficult ones. Among other things, good friends can:

    Improve your mood. Happiness can be infectious(传染的). Spending time with happy and positive friends can raise your emotion as well as your attitude toward life.

    Help you reach your goals. Whether you are trying to get fit, give up smoking, or otherwise improve your life, encouragement from a friend can really increase your chances of success.

    Reduce your stress and depression. Having an active social life can improve your immune system(免疫系统) and help reduce loneliness.

    Support you through hard times. Even if it's just having someone to share your problems with, friends can help you deal with serious illness, the loss of a job or loved one, the breakup of a relationship, or any other challenges in life.

    Galaxy saw a man and a woman who communicated with the sign language at the train station when she was on the way home one evening. She noticed that the woman asked the man for the direction. He told her that he did not know. Galaxy decided to help them. She had learned the sign language when she served as a volunteer in the deaf and mute (聋哑) school. Then she showed the woman the direction and left her email address to them in case they needed her help later.

    She received an email from that man the next day. Kazrim was his name. Galaxy replied his mail sincerely，They both started chatting online soon after and began seeing each other. Although they only communicated with the sign language, it never bothered her.

    Galaxy was fond of him gradually. Obviously, Kazrim was the same too. He presented Galaxy with a bunch of sunflowers and asked her sincerely, "Are you willing to be my girlfriend?"

    Galaxy was pleasantly surprised. She requested him to give her some time to persuade her parents.

    As she had expected，her parents were very angry after they had learned of their love story.

    Galaxy explained," Kazrim is an excellent and a very optimistic person. He has a very positive attitude towards life and work. He cares for others always. He is 100％ better than the normal. Moreover, the mute is still a human. He should possess a perfect and wonderful love. "

    Her parents asked to see him, then. The very worried Galaxy took Kazrim home a few days later. When they were on the train, Kazrim told her," I'm going to tell your parents that I'll be looking after you well with all my life!" Galaxy was deeply moved.

    As soon as they had entered the house, Galaxy introduced him to her parents. She said," This is Kazrim. "Just right after her speech, an unbelievable thing happened. Kazrim threw the gift away and held her in his arms tightly.

    He said. "YOU CAN TALK?"It was the same question that Galaxy wanted to ask, too.

    The four people were shocked all of a sudden. As a matter of fact, Kazrim always believed that Galaxy was a mute and he still fell in love with her deeply.

    Ever since I was a little girl, I've loved reading crime and detective novels, so I guess it was pretty normal that I started writing them when I was older. However, my family is very big on having a traditional career and so when I said that I wanted to go to college and study writing, my parents told me that I couldn't. They told me that I had to study for a degree so that I would achieve a career, and not something as risky as writing. I suppose I could have studied journalism, but I didn't want to lose interest in writing because it would be something I would do every day for work, not for pleasure. I thought that teaching looked like a pretty good compromise, especially because of the long holidays. It was a good choice: by the time I was twenty-five, I'd already finished two novels and had an agent.

    To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known. One of the reasons most people don't know is because my agent told me that my name Hazel sounded too much like a romance novelist for older women. She suggested Brooke Lane and I thought, "Well, if you think it'll make me successful, okay," I'd totally forgotten about it until I walked into school one day and saw one of my workmates reading my novel. I asked her some questions about it, and it was so clear that she had no idea that I'd written it—she even offered to lend it to me after she'd finished! Of course, sometimes I wonder what my students would think if they knew that their teacher was going home on the weekend to write about murders and dead bodies, but I think my parents probably did me a favor: my teaching job keeps me in touch with the real world.

    It's a warm summer afternoon. You're cooking up the catch of the day over a campfire. Suddenly, a few raindrops fall on your arms, and before you know it, the sky is opened up. Then you hear what sounds like thunder in the distance. What should you do? Your tent is close by and would offer shelter(栖身地) from the pouring rain. There's a campfire picnic shelter a few minutes down the path. And then you remember that your car is parked down the road. What's your safest choice to make sure you and your families are safe?

    It's a common question for many hikers and campers, especially when they're camping during summer months. Heading to your car is almost always the safest choice. Your tent and a picnic shelter will keep you dry, but they offer little or no protection against lightning. Your car, on the other hand, will keep you dry and protect you from lightning strikes. Protecting yourself against possible lightning strikes is very important; lightning kills an average of 62 people in the US each year. If you keep all of the windows and doors closed in your car, you'll be able to return your campsite safely.

    Of course, if you're backpacking (背包旅游), not car camping, and you're deep in the woods, your car won't be a good choice. So, what should you do if your car is far away and there's no other safe shelter nearby? First, you'll have to make sure that tree branches or other objects don't fall on you or your campsite. Then you'll have to get in a safe position to avoid lightning, or flash conditions. What else should you do?

    Do you have a firm and healthy relationship? Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you some advice on how to have a healthy relationship with your partners.

    Be an honest person with them. Don't hide things from them and don't lie. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If there's no trust, there's nothing there. .

     Now, respect isn't just simply treating them nicely. There's a lot more to it. You have to learn to adjust to their liking. Basically, learn to study your partners' moods, wants and needs. Don't just think about yourself, but think about what your partners need out of it as well.

    Make sure you are encouraging to your partners. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positive at the same time. Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with. .

    Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. . Laugh a lot with them, and joke with them. Laughter may seem silly, but it's the secret to a lot in life .Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.

    Make sure the communication is good. This usually goes along with trust, so always communicate how you feel even if it's something that upsets you.. If they did something that made you unhappy, tell them about it in a respectful manner. It's important to communicate this to them, not to keep it bottled up.

A. Make sure you give them respect.

B. Show them your personality.

C. Instead of screaming, talk to them.

D. Laughter is the key to happiness.

E. So please be honest and they'll learn to open up to you.

F. Don't start to neglect them and make them feel unwanted.

G. Your partners will be able to count on you when necessary.

    I used to be the shyest person in the world. I 1behind my older sister, whenever I had to speak to a (n) 2person-including the McDonald's cashier, or even a distant relative.

    3asked to speak in class, I could hardly 4, much less speak. Even among the few friends I had, my high, timid (羞怯的) 5earned me jokes-about being a girl.

    Then in the seventh grade, my sister suggested I 6voice lessons. After a little bit of 7, I did-as long as it stayed a secret. I began a series of vocal (发声的) 8. After exercising a lot, I finally gained 9in my voice.

    A few months later, I was asked to sing for some retired people. I thought I would do better than before 10the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and -nothing. I couldn't remember the 11of the song! My face turned hot. The 12pianist whispered a prompt (提示), and I remembered just enough to keep singing.

    Then the thought 13me: I've embarrassed (尴尬)myself enough in front of this14. There's really nothing else to15. So in my second song, I just16and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better.

    After that, I started singing to myself as 17as I could in my own room. That's something I would never have done before.

    On a recent school trip, I was asked to sing again. It was 18how much people liked my singing. One classmate 19said that I should be in the school's talent show.

    I am not a shy person any more. 20has made me more outgoing. Today, I'm almost a loudmouth. I can meet people without being afraid. I can also stand in front of the whole class and give a big speech. I am proud of myself.

    Stephen Hawking,  is the most famous physicist, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child, he was enthusiastic(狂热的) about  (design) complicated toys. It was at the age of twenty  Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. (final), the result came back. He suffered a disease that was impossible to be cured, which was a great challenge for him. However, he was positive about the misfortunes, and eventually he (defeat) all the obstacles. Actually, he was very fond his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time  (publish), in which he put forward the idea that time itself has a beginning, and that it will have  end. In conclusion, he has made outstanding (contribution) to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity.

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    It was Grandma's eighty birthday yesterday. Father, mother and I went to visit her. He lives with my uncle in a village not too far away to our house. In the early morning we bring some presents and got there by bus. Grandma and uncle was very glad to see us. We gave the presents to Grandma and she was such happy. Then my parents helped uncle prepared lunch. I talked excited with grandma about my study and other things. At 4 o'clock in afternoon, we said goodbye, and went back to home.

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Dear Anne,

    From your last letter I know you have some difficulty in learning Chinese.

    ……

    Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua