Hello, everyone. I am Tom. You know that different people have different hobbies. Such as reading, painting, growing vegetables and looking after animals. I was interested in stamps and started to collect them two years ago.

    My father works in a big company. He always goes abroad. Two years ago, when he was working in America, he sent home a letter with a beautiful stamp on the envelope (信封). I got the first stamp. I liked it very much. From then on I have always asked my father to send me different stamps from different countries. Later I joined a club and I have made many friends there. My friends encouraged me to write about my experiences on the stamps.

    I have collected 300 stamps. My hobby has brought me pleasure and success. I can also enjoy the beautiful designs of stamps. So I think hobbies can make me grow as a person.

    What are most 14-year-old boys doing? Going to school, playing sports with friends and doing their homework. But life is much more colorful for the TFBOYS members.

    TFBOYS is a singers' group started in 2013. Its full name is The Fighting Boys. It has three members, Wang Junkai, Wang Yuan and Yi Yangqianxi. Wang Junkai, the group leader, is 15 years old. The other two boys are both 14 years old. When most boys at their age are spending their whole day in the classroom, the three young singers present（展示）themselves to thousands of people. They had made three albums（唱片）and won two singing awards（奖）. Now the three boys are among the most popular singers in our country.

    Many students are interested in TFBOYS, because they are friendly and good at singing. They are still junior high school students. During the week they study at school with their classmates. On the weekends and holidays they have singing class, dancing class and other training. Most of their fans are teenagers. “We are of similar age,” some fans said, “TFBOYS feel like friends to us and we love their songs.”

    When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sports to play and fun to be had{#blank#}1{#/blank#}When I was a teenager I had to deliver newspapers to people's homes and work at the checkout.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} It's one of those things that is seen almost as a rite of passage(成人仪式). Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing your money. So, that's no bad thing!

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}A 2015 study found that not taking part in part-time work at school age was blamed by employers' organizations because young adults were ill-prepared for full-time employment. But despite (尽管) this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will hinder their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results - and a good job in the long term{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    Peter is a smart boy but he doesn't do well at school, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Sometimes he brings food from the school dining room to classroom. He is noisy and doesn't always listen to teachers in class. His head teacher, Ms Smart, are not happy. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    She knows Peter wants to be the monitor(班长) of the class. So she asks Peter to be the monitor for a week. Peter is very happy. He gets up and arrives at school early every morning.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. He doesn't run in the hallways. He wears a uniform at school and keeps it tidy.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He does his homework first after school and helps do the dishes after dinner. On the weekend, he helps his mother clean the house.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}But Peter doesn't feel happy. Can he be the monitor next week?