Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying(摧毁)  fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to the hospital, and a number of other people received light hurt.

    In total, over two hundred people were homeless. Mr Tan said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise,” he said. “Several minutes later, our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him safe but very frightened.”

    Mrs. Woo said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children. “There was no time to take anything,” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

    Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded(水淹的) area and the welfare department(福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

    Gustavo's favourite sport is football, when he was only four, his older brother taught him how to play it. Now Gustavo is eight, and he has a lot of 1 Gustavo's brother likes to kick (踢) the ball with his right foot, 2 Gustavo doesn't. He likes to kick it with his left foot. Gustavo calls it his lucky left foot. All of Gustavo's friends love to play football when they get out of 3 

    Earlier this year, a new boy came to Gustavo' s school. His name is Felipe. One day, the boys asked Felipe to play football with them after school. Felipe said OK but looked very 4 .

    As they walked to the football field, Gustavo asked Felipe, "Are you all right?" Felipe said, "I don't know 5 to play football. I tried once and everybody laughed at (嘲笑) me." "Don't worry," said Gustavo. "I was really bad too when I first started playing football. 6 just have to keep (保持) trying."

    The game started, and Gustavo moved to the from of the field and was ready to kick the ball with his lucky left foot. Gustavo felt 7 every time he played football and today he was playing even better than usual.

    After the game, Gustavo and Felipe stayed on the field to practise Felipe was a little bit 8 . Then Gustavo and Felipe practised on the football field every day after the other boys 9 Felipe .also practised before school.

    Now Felipe loves playing football, and Gustavo has a new 10 Gustavo believes that Felipe will be able to score his first goal (进球) soon.

    I like listening to music in my flee time. My favorite song is Another World by One Direction. I also like reading books and one of my favorite books is The Old Man and the Sea. But I like making clothes best. I think it is very interesting.

                                                                  Emma

    In my free time, I like reading books, drawing and playing volleyball. I also enjoy talking with my friends and playing the piano. I have piano lessons every Thursday and Sunday.

                                                                        Bill

    In my free time, I often help my parents do the housework. I clean the rooms, wash the dishes, walk the dog and help my sister with her studies. But my favorite thing is cooking. I want to be a great cook in the future (未来).

                                                                    Tina

    I like doing volunteer (志愿者) work inky free time. I go to the old people s home with my classmates twice a month. And sometimes I go to the market to help old people. I also help clean the park in my neighborhood.

                                                                       Jessica

    Each one of us shares this planet with over seven billion others. And we all need1. People and products need to move from city to city and country to country. However, we all know2most cars, motorcycles, boats and planes cause air pollution. They are also3. This is a serious problem in many cities.4inventors are coming up with creative ideas to try to reduce the pollution and noise.

    In many cities around the world, motorcycles are very5. Now Vietnam has around 33 million motorcycles and China has almost 120 million. Motorcycles are a faster and cheaper way to get around a city than6. Yet air pollution is a growing problem. In large cities, people7it is difficult to breathe. To solve these problems, an American company designed an environmentally friendly motorcycle. It uses electricity as fuel (燃料). As a result, there is8pollution. It's also quiet and fast. This makes9a good choice for getting around a city.

    The Italian city of Venice is a city with only a few10. There are no cars in the city centre.11cars, water taxis and buses carry people along the city's canals (运河). However, they cause pollution,12to the water. English engineers Dick and Jem designed a solar-powered (太阳能的) water taxi. The water taxi13run for a day after being charged (充电).

    Planes also cause air and noise pollution. Designing an environmentally friendly airplane is a real14. Some airplane companies have15to solve the problems. Swiss engineers have gone one step further. They developed a solar airplane. This airplane even tries to travel around the world.

 Dear Mike,

 Today is a big day. We have a new family member. He is my little brother, Austin. My parents Michael and Sherry are very happy. My dad says I am a big brother now. But what's a big brother?

I ask my mum about it. She says, "A big brother is like a good friend. You talk and play with   him. In summer, you can go swimming with him. In winter, you can play with him in the snow. You look after him."

I think it is interesting. And I am very glad to have a brother. I want to be a good big brother!

 Do you want to come and see my little brother?

 Love,

 Peter