Last Wednesday, when school children were travelling home by bus from Yucai Middle School,a car hit their bus.Luckily,no one was hurt.

    The accident happened because the driver of a red car,Mr.Zhang,68,became ill and fell down on the steering(方向盘)while driving.His car then hit a white car.And the white car hit the school bus. Luckily, nobody was driving fast. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    The driver of the bus, Mr. Li, stopped the bus at once. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} And then he got out to see if he could help anyone.

    Mr. Wang, the driver of the white car, was not hurt and was trying to push his car to the side of the road.No cars could pass because of the accident. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Mr. Li tried to help Mr.Zhang. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} So Mr. Li called an ambulance(救护车). {#blank#}5{#/blank#} It was difficult for the ambulance to reach there. With the help of the police, the traffic could move again. Soon the ambulance(救护车) took Mr. Zhang to the hospital .

Teenagers growing pains

    Today, our students are facing many different problems and they want to ask some experts for help. Nancy says she feel stressed these days because of too much homework. She hasn't enough time to sleep for a long time and often falls asleep during the classes. John says he doesn't like to study because of the bad effect of computer games. Cindy says she gets fat because she likes to eat junk food and hardly ever takes exercise. Frank has the worst problem. He always fights with others as he doesn't know how to get on well with others and few of his classmates would like to talk with him.

    Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.

    Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.

    Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phone's use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.

    She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn't get in touch with their children.

    Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction（分散注意力） from studies.

    Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

    It was night by the time she came to a town. Just outside the town, there was a large temple(寺庙). It was very quiet. There was only one light in one of the rooms.

    "I will stay here tonight," she thought.

    The temple was quiet because only a goblin(小妖精)lived in it. But the girl did not know this.

    Once inside the temple, she came near to the only room. She knocked on the door, but no one came.

    "Is anyone here?" she called quietly.

    There was no answer, so she went into the room. Inside the room, there was only a mat(垫子)on the floor, a light near the window, and a large paper screen.

    The girl wanted to sleep, but she also wanted to draw some cats. She drew them on the paper screen. She drew cats of every kind.

    After that, she lay down and went to sleep. Then she remembered the nun's words: Don't go into large places at night. Go only into small ones.

    "This room is very large. And I am alone. I'll hide myself."

    She looked around the room and saw a large box. She opened the box and looked inside. It was empty.

    "Good," she thought. "I can hide in this box."

    Jan Mela isn't like most kids .Two years ago , he lost an arm and a leg .But that didn't stop him.

    On Saturday ,the 15—year-old boy from Poland（波兰）walked to the North Pole（北极）without any help.

    “If I can do it, other people can do great things, too,” Mela said before he went.

    Polish newspapers said Mela is the youngest person and the first handicapped（残疾的）person to walk to the North Pole.

    How did Mela lose an arm and a leg? He had an electrical（电的）accident .Now, he walks with the help of a 62,000-yuan man-made leg.

    After the accident, Mela felt sad for himself. But he didn't lose hope .One day, he met Marek Kaminski, a Polish explorer. Eight years ago, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together next time .Kaminski said yes!

    It took Mela 21 days to get to the North Pole .The last three or four days were really hard because of bad weather .But Mela kept going.

    “I didn't think we would make it,” he said, “Then, things got better.”

An American in Beijing Lives His Chinese Dream

    Wearing his bright red armband (袖章) and speaking fluent Mandarin (普通话), 62-year-old Terry could be taken for any regular Chinese man from a distance.

    His Chinese name is Gao Tianrui. He became interested in Chinese culture as a teenager when he read the Tao Te Ching by Laozi. At 18, he took a ship to Taiwan to learn Chinese. On the ship the captain advised him to have a Chinese name." He named me Gao Tianrui, based on the pronunciation (发音) of my English name," he said. Then he first visited Beijng in 1987 on business.

    Gao Tianrui lives in a Siheyuan with other three families. His neighbors are very helpful and friendly. Gao Tianrui once didn't know much about Chinese living habits and his neighbors helped him to overcome difficulties. Gradually, he could speak Chinese fluently.

    Having lived in Beijing for more than 20 years, Gao Tianrui has also finally achieved his Chinese dream: becoming a public security (安全) volunteer. Life as a"Xicheng Dama" has even made him an' online celebrity. Xicheng Dama is a club for volunteers, usually women in late middle-age, who roam (漫步) the streets of downtown at Beijing's Xicheng district. And now Gao Tianrui has joined their club.

    "I like helping others", he said. "I live in the Siheyuan and my neighbors and I usually help each other…This is where I live, where my friends are and where I call home."

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