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    Today is Sunday, April 15th, everyone in Sheep Village（羊村）is very busy. What does he/she do?

    I'm Nuan Yangyang. I write a letter to my friend at one o'clock in the afternoon. Then I do my homework.

    I'm Fei Yangyang. I want to be strong（强壮的），so I go to the sports club to play sports in the morning. I go home at three ten in the afternoon.

    I'm Lan Yangyang. I like eating. I have breakfast at home. I have lunch in a restaurant. But the food isn't good, I don't like it.

    I'm Mei Yangyang. I go to a clothes store at nine in the morning. The clothes there are on sale, so I buy a nice skirt.

    I'm Xi Yangyang. I take the bus to the English club at ten sixteen in the morning. There I help two kids learn to speak English.

    I graduated from a college recently and moved to Washington by myself.  While I was in college, it was really easy to meet new people. But “out in the real world”, I was finding it really hard. I live in a big city, and it seems like everyone around me is busy or already has all the friends they want. I was feeling so discouraged (沮丧的) and I didn't know what to do, so I called my sister for some advice.

    My sister is five years older than I am, so she's been though all this already. She's been helping me with my problems all my life. When I explained my problem, she understood completely. She said, “Why don't you try meeting people online?”

  “Online? Are you kidding? ” I asked, “A friend of mine chatted with a guy online, and when she finally met him face to face, he was nothing like what he said.”

    My sister laughed, “You don't have to look for dates online,” she said, “But you can find other people like you—people who have just moved to town and want make some new friends. When I first moved to New York after college, I found a book club and a football team online. I met a lot of people that way. ”

    “But you don't even like football!” I said. 

    “I know,” she replied, “But that didn't matter. I still had a lot of fun. You played volleyball in college. Why don't you look for a volleyball team to join?  Or an art class? ”

    “Yeah! I saw a website about volunteering the other day,” I said, “I could volunteer for an organization here in Washington. I bet I could meet a lot of really nice people that way. ”

    “Good idea!” my sister answered excitedly. “Hey, you might even meet the perfect guy.”

    “OK, now you're starting to sound like Mom,” I said. “Thanks a lot for the advice. I'm going online right now. I'll let you know what happens. Will you be home tonight?”

    “No, but I'll be here all day tomorrow, so give me a call,” my sister replied. “Good luck!”

I'm Cindy. I'm in No. 3 Middle School now. We are very{#blank#}1{#/blank#} this term because we have many{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to do. On September 21st, we{#blank#}3{#/blank#} an art festival. It's very interesting. Then{#blank#}4{#/blank#} English teacher, Jack's birthday party is{#blank#}5{#/blank#} September, too. I like October and December{#blank#}6{#/blank#} we have two ball games. The soccer game{#blank#}7{#/blank#} on October 10th and the volleyball game is on December 18th. Volleyball is my{#blank#}8{#/blank#} sport. It is really fun. And many{#blank#}9{#/blank#} love November because we have a school trip on November 8th. That's relaxing! I love my school. What about{#blank#}10{#/blank#} school? Are you busy this term?

As I repeated my shopping list in my broken Italian, the grocery (杂货店) worker in front of me couldn't help 1 . Was he getting mad?

We had just 2 to Italy, and I was trying to learn Italian. We had lived here for a short time years earlier, so I had 3 learned some words. But this time I wanted to 4 the language well. I even put notes on things in the house, labeling (标签) everything in 5 .

We kept a grocery-shopping list on the kitchen wall, and added things on 6 we made a trip to the store. I encouraged my husband to write things down in Italian, so I would get used to reading the list and speaking to the 7 in Italian.

One day we decided to hold a housewarming party because we hadn't met our Italian friends for long. At the party, they all seemed interested in my efforts to learn 8 language when they noticed the Italian labels and my Italian grocery list. I spoke to them in my broken Italian and was 9 that I was already able to understand and join in simple conversations.

The next day, I went to the grocery store 10 with the shopping list. Once there, I managed to 11 most things on the list and find them on my own. But there were some things on the 12 I just didn't understand. So, I found a worker and talked to him in Italian, reading out the 13 things on the list. That's when he started laughing. Quickly, he asked to see the list. "Perhaps someone has 14 on you," he said in English. "Things like ‘husband' on the list can't be found in any store."

Then I realized that while hanging around the kitchen, our friends at the party also "15 " my shopping list.

Many people draw on the paper, but few paint on stones. And that was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (exact) what Mo Wuying is doing. The artist from Chongqing has been doing this for more than eight years. And{#blank#}2{#/blank#} animals she paints on stones are truly lifelike. 

The poses of animals she creates {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (decide) by the shapes of the stones. Mo says it is an art form that requires creative {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (idea).

According to Mo, the first step is to draw the outline of an animal on a stone. Then she colors it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) lively. After that, she adds all the details (细节).

Driven by her love of painting from a young age, Mo has been improving her stone painting skills for years. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the beginning, she tried her hand at sceneries and characters. In the past three years, she has focuses on painting animals. Mo {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (finish) hundreds of stone paintings so far. "The longer I work on it, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (interesting) I find it," said Mo proudly. She sometimes even forgets to eat or sleep {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the painting takes up all her attention. 

"{#blank#}10{#/blank#} is relaxing to paint on stones and makes me more patient," said Mo, adding that she would continue working on it.