This term(学期) we have a new teacher of English. His name is Mr. Peterson. He is American. He is not very tall and he is thin. He has a round face and small blue eyes. He wears glasses and they make him look smart. He has dark brown hair.

    Mr. Peterson works very hard. In class, he has many good ideas to make the class very interesting. We all like his class. After class, he always encourages us to speak more English. Sometimes, he plays games with us. He is very strong and he can play basketball and football very well. He is good at sports. Sometimes he plays table tennis with us, but he doesn't play it very well.

    Mr. Peterson loves living in China very much. He enjoys lots of things in China. He really loves eating Chinese food. He loves traveling in China too. He is going to visit Xi'an next month.

    Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life, Wheeler and his family lived in many counties.

    In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. Soon they got married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from England, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like Iran, India and so on.

    When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries weather, customs, and places to see. But unlike other travel books of that time, Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists didn't go. He also wrote about special things to see and to do. The book was very popular.

    Tony and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They went on traveling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the great traveler, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.

    In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian scientist, discovered that there are four types of blood. These four blood types were named A, B, AB and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the second most common, and type AB is the least common. If people with type A blood are given type B blood, or people with type B blood are given type A blood, they will probably die.

    In 1927, a Japanese doctor, Furukawa Takeji, carried out research and came up with the idea that people with different blood types also had different personalities(性格). He said that people with type A blood are usually calm and serious; people with type B blood are curious, cheerful and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and trustworthy; while those with type AB blood are often caring, original and careful.

    More recently, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that links blood types and what people eat. For example, his book suggests people with type O blood should eat more meat and less bread. A diet for people with type A blood includes more vegetables. His book, Eat Right for Your Type, has been a hit with people who want to lose weight. However, Dr. Peter D' Adamo believes that eating food that matches a person's blood type can help them lose weight. He thinks it will make the person healthier in other ways, too.

One day, a boy fought with one of his classmates at school. In the evening, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his grandfather what happened. "He is really bad, "the boy said {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. "And I hate him."

The grandfather said with a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, "Let me tell you a story, dear. When I was a boy at your age, I sometimes hated others, for what they did, too." The boy listened carefully as his grandfather went on. "There {#blank#}4{#/blank#} always two tigers in my heart. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is good and kind. He gets on well with people around him. But the other is bad and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. It's hard for me to live with {#blank#}7{#/blank#} two tigers in my heart. They {#blank#}8{#/blank#} try to control me."

The boy looked into his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} eyes and asked, "Which tiger controls you, grandfather?" The old man said slowly, "The one that I feed. I always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the good tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry."

The doctor checked Lily's leg. Lily tried not to cry because her leg hurt a lot. The doctor asked, "How did you get hurt?" Lily replied, "I jumped {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a tree." Holding up the X-ray, the doctor said, "Yes, it's {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （break）."

Two hours later, Lily left the hospital with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} walking stick. Her leg was bandaged. In the car, she asked her mom what she should do. She didn't know {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to tell Mrs. Smith, her dance teacher. The spring dance performance was only two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （week）away, but Lily's bandage would stay on for at least six weeks! Lily thought Mrs. Smith would be mad at her. 

 {#blank#}6{#/blank#} , Mrs. Smith wasn't angry. She said, "We'll figure something out". Lily felt silly going on stage with her walking stick. "I look {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （fool）," she said, "I can't dance with this. "

Mrs. Smith asked, "Have you ever heard of the saying ‘The show must go on'?" Together, they {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （plan）the performance, thinking of ways for Lily to move to the music. On the night of the performance, Mrs. Smith almost had to push Lily onto the stage. Lily's bandage looked big and was difficult {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （move）, but she danced. In the end, the audience applauded（鼓掌） {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （warm）. Someone threw a bouquet of roses at Lily's feet! The show went on successfully! 

The students are having an art lesson at the moment. The teacher asks her students to draw a picture to show their thanks to others. The students draw their pictures carefully, and most of them are about food. But one little boy only draws a hand in his picture. The teacher is surprised(吃惊的) at the boy's picture. Why is there only a hand in it?

Whose hand is it? Nobody knows the answer. So the other students begin to talk about the picture."I think it must be the hand of his mother because she makes him food," says one of the students." It's a farmer's hand," says another(另一个) student." Because farmers plant fruit and vegetables for us." Finally, the teacher asks the little boy whose hand it is.

" It's your hand, Miss Wang. You are so nice to me," the little boy answers," You often take my han d to play games and draw pictures. Your hand is very big and warm. Thank you very much!"

Miss Wang often takes the other students' hands, too. But it is very important to the little boy. That is his thanksgiving(感恩).

Thanksgiving is not a thing or a word. It is a kind of feeling(感受).