Dear Sir,

    My name is Li Qiang. I'm in Class 3, Grade 2, and I'm thirteen and a half years old. I want to be in a club in our school. I do well in languages and I can speak English very fluently（流利地）. I can also play the piano very well. I took part in several English competitions. Last year in School English Show I got the first prize. So I think I can be in the English club.Can I join you? Me email is liqiang666@163.com. Please write me back and let me know.

Li Qiang

    Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment(失重环境).She prepared for the lecture for a long time.

    Wang, born in January 1980, is from east China's Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force(空军)with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.

    The world's first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States ,but the Space Shuttle Challenger（挑战者号）disintegrated(崩裂)after 73 seconds into flight on Jan.28,1986. McAuliffe and other six members were killed.

    “Wang's lecture was a pleasant surprise,” said Zhang Xiaguang, an astronaut in the three members of shenzhou 10 spacecraft.“________________(她无论做什么都很优秀).Sometimes we'd like to give her a helping hand ,but she just would not take the hand in help,”said Nie Haisheng.

    Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said ,“We are all students in facing the universe(宇宙)。We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical(神秘的)and beautiful universe.”

    Mr Smith works in a big city. Mrs Smith lives in a small town（镇）。Bill 是他们的儿子。 He is with his mother.

    It's a Monday morning.Mrs Smith writes a litter（信） to Mr Smith.She says to Bill,"Go to the post office(邮局)with the letter and your father can get it on Friday. "Then Bill comes back  late(回来晚).

    "Why do you come back late?"

    "There is a new post office in South Street（南街）.Do you know that?"

    "Of course. It's far from our home. Why?"

    "The letter is in the post office. "

    "But there is a post office near our home. "

    "I know,but the post office in South Street is near Dad.  He can get the letter earlier(更早地). "

    What do we really mean by being open? Being open is a kind of invitation to others to come in, to speak and to share. It is important to let others get to know what we think and how we feel. In this way we will be understood and accepted by others. If we aren't open with others, we won't fully believe in ourselves or others.

    Here are a few ways for you to be more open. First, make your outside behavior the same with your inside feelings and thoughts. Second, share how you really feel about something instead of just opinions. Third, try to change your questions into statements(陈述句) and talk in the first person so that people will understand you more easily. For example, you might say, "I feel happy that you're here." instead of "Are you glad that you're here?" Finally, try not to say, "I don't know." This usually means I don't want to think about it any more.

    Remember also that it is not suitable to be open with everyone in every situation. You may want to be more open with close friends, but not with people you don't know well, because you are not sure how someone else will use what they know about you. Besides, some people may not be used to too much openness. If we say everything we feel or think to them, they will feel every uncomfortable at times.

    In all, being open is a good way for us to get on well with other people，but we'd better keep the balance between being open and not being too open.

    Nick and his friends were talking about things that can bring them luck.

    "I have a lucky red pen," said Andy. "Every time I take a test, I carry my lucky red pen."

    "I have a lucky coin," said Peter. "Every time I take a test, I carry my lucky coin."

    Nick thought for a moment, and said, "My blue socks."

    "Blue socks?" the boys were surprised and asked together.

    Nick said that every time he wore his blue socks to school before a test, he got a good mark.

    The next day Nick had a Chinese test. He was sad because he couldn't find his blue socks.

    "Mom!" shouted Nick. "Where my blue socks? I have a Chinese test today, and I need to wear them."

    "Don't be silly," Nick's mom said. "They need to be washed." "When I wear them, I get a good grade," Nick said.

    "Did you prepare for your test?" asked Mom.

    "Yes."

    Mom encouraged him,"①那就不用担心了。尽你的最大努力吧。"

    A few days later, Nick's teacher told him that he got 95 in his test. ②Nick was so excited that he couldn't wait to tell Mom that he did well in his test.

    Mom said, "It wasn't the blue socks that made you success. In fact, it was made by yourself."

Leonardo da Vinci was a famous artist who was born in Italy. He was also a great inventor. Many of his inventions have become important in modern life. Although Leonardo hated war. he invented many different machines used for war. His most special invention was the machine gun, which was produced and used in war. Besides, Leonardo spent days thinking about how to save time. He developed ideas for something like cutting machines.

Leonardo was a strange man. He never ate meat. That was very unusual in those times. He never published(发表) discoveries about science. He usually used mirror writing, which looks like usual writing in a mirror, starting from the right side of the page and moving to the left side。

Only a few of his paintings are left today. Many paintings were not finished because he thought they were not perfect.

Leonardo was talented and creative. He was regarded as one of the most intelligent men in the world.