We were going to play against a team from a country school. They didn't come until the game time arrived. They looked1than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue jeans(牛仔裤)and looked like farm boys. We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before.

    We all sat down. We felt we didn't 2any practice against a team like that.

    It was already so late that no3could be given to them for a warm-up(热身，准备活动). The game began.

    One of our boys 4the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward. From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty T-shirt5the pass and with a beautiful form(姿势)he shot and got two points.

    They6us. Then they got another7of points in a minute.

    Soon it was all over. The country team8us. We certainly learned that even though a team is good, there is usually another9a little better. But the important lesson learned was: One can't tell a man, or a team, by the10.

    As a volunteer teacher, I travelled a long way to a small village school in Longzhou, Guangxi. On my way there, I thought about the village, the school, and the children there. However, my heart sank when I arrived there. It wasn't what I expected. It didn't look like a school at all. The school had only 3 rooms, one for Grades 1, 2 and 3, and another for Grades 4, 5 and 6. There was a third one for me.

    The children welcomed me warmly on my first day. They asked me a lot of questions, and I told them stories and my life in Shanghai. The next day, I gave then a test to find out their level. To my surprise, although the test was very easy, over half of them failed it, yet they all wanted to learn new things. I knew they needed me.

    I am busy preparing lessons, and reading test papers every night. I enjoyed teaching these lovely and hardworking children, and I could see that they were making progress with my help. I have also learned a lot from them. I understand their lives better and we are now good friends.

    I have worked in Longzhou for a year now. I'm very happy, and the expeerience has been very useful for me. I love the small village and the children. In fact, I would like to continue working here.

    How do you spend your spare time？There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland(波兰) have their own ways of spending free time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

    Many Polish (波兰的) people like travelling. They always look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains; others like to go to a sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

    Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have relations with the team. Watching sport and doing it are both good ways to relax.

    In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep fit.

    What do you think will happen when the traditional culture meets modern technology? Yes, the "dead" words become lively characters (人物) at once. How happy it is to enjoy these Chinese cartoons!

    Hi, Kate! I saw your name and address in Pen­friend magazine, and I would like to be your pen­friend. First, I will tell you some things about myself. My name is Sidney. I'm fourteen years old. I'm about five feet tall. I have short black hair and brown eyes. My hobbies are playing computer games and playing chess.

    I live with my parents. They came to England about 30 years ago. They came from Hong Kong, but I have never been there. Now my parents own a Chinese restaurant in Newcastle. We live in a small house near our restaurant. I was born in Newcastle in 1993. I can speak Chinese, but I cannot write it very well. I have a brother called Edwin. He is 23 and works as an architect in London.

    I'm in Walker School. It is near my house, so I can walk to school. I like my school because the teachers are friendly. My school has many sports fields. I like sports very much. I enjoy playing rugby and badminton in winter, and tennis in summer. My favourite subject is physics. I want to be an engineer.

    I'll send you a photo of myself with my school friends. I am in the middle. I hope you will write to me soon, and tell me all about yourself.

    The earth is a  (行星)and it goes around the sun. Seven others also go around the sun.  (没有一个)of them has an  (环境)like that of the  (地球), so scientists do not think they will find life on them. The sun and its planet are called the  (太阳的)system, and ours is a small part of a much larger   (群, 组)of stars and planets, called the  (星系).

    Scientists have also  (发现)many others in the  (宇宙). They are very far away and their  (光)has to travel for many years to reach us. So how large is it? It is impossible to imagine.

    Everyone, rich  poor, can have happiness. You don't need to think too much  those rich people. They may always feel  (lone)because their houses arc too big, and they may want  (walk)on country roads because they drive to work every day in the busy city.

    In fact, happiness is always around you. When you are unhappy, your  (friend)will come to help you and this will surely  (make)you happy.

    When you study hard at your lessons, you will get good grades  of course you will feel happy about it. If you don't feel  (good, your parents will take good care of you and you will be happy. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy  you may have something else that money can't buy. When you have problems, say  (loud)that you are happy because you have more chances to challenge yourself. Then you can succeed in what you do and this may bring you happiness.

     "Tome Stay is a form of study abroad program. It allows the visitor to stay with a local family to better understand the local lifestyle. It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability. If you wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience，you should join this kind of holiday.  ," said a teacher during a school meeting last term.

    After this meeting,   . At last, I had such a chance to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates last month. We went to London, a place where I had wanted to go since years ago.

    After we got to London, we went to stay with different families. I was lucky that my host family（寄宿家庭）was a white couple who had a daughter about my age.  . They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from then on.

     . After breakfast, a local teacher would come to take us in his car. Then we would have classes or go on a sight-seeing trip to different places of interest like Big Ben, London Bridge, and Buckingham Palace. We would go back to our own homes after the activities.

    The holiday was a valuable experience for me. I enjoyed every minute of it.  . Three weeks later, we had to leave "home" for Hong Kong.

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