{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Have you ever hiccupped(打嗝)in a quiet room full of people? Have you ever hiccupped so hard that you had to stop what you were doing? The hiccup is a problem that almost everyone has experienced.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}People get hiccups for some reasons. Hiccups might result from eating or drinking too much or too quickly. A sudden change in the stomach's temperature, such as drinking hot water immediately after drinking cold water, may also cause hiccups. They may even happen because of being excited or being under a lot of stress.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Ideas on how to stop hiccups have been created, shared, and tried for years. However, what works for one person may not work for everyone. Perhaps the most common method people use is to hold their breath for a few seconds. If this doesn't work, you can try swallowing(吞下)hard while holding your breath. There are also some strange-sounding ways, like drinking a lot of water.

   {#blank#}4{#/blank#}A young girl named Mallory Kievman couldn't make her hiccups go away. She knew that sweet and sour things were commonly used to cure hiccups, and she knew that swallowing hard could also help. She decided to use the two ideas to make a special lollipop(棒棒糖). After she failed many times, Mallory invented a lollipop that worked by putting water, sugar and vinegar (醋)together.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Mallory wanted to find out whether her lollipops would help others. She gave her lollipops to friends. Most of them were cured of their hiccups after eating the lollipops. Mallory entered a competition with her lollipop and won three awards for her creative idea. She was successful.

    It's Sunday today. There're many people in the park. Some are walking. Some are drinking tea. Others are watching flowers. Look! Lucy is flying a kite with her brother, Tom. The kite is high in the sky (天空) now. Their parents are sitting under the tree. What are they talking about'? I don't know.

    Oh, dear! Look! Lucy's kite is in a big tree now. Tom wants to climb the tree and get it back. But his mother doesn't let him do it. At the moment we can see Polly flying high. It can get the kite for Lucy. Lucy is very happy to get the kite back. She thanks Polly very much.

    If the dream is big enough. A school was across from my home and I often saw a girl student playing basketball. She practiced over and over again, sometimes until it got dark. I asked her why she practiced so hard. She said, "I like basketball. I'm going to play for a top basketball team. I want to be the best."

    One day, I saw the girl sitting there, looking upset. I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," she answered. "I'm just too short. "The coach told her that she was too short to play for a top team, so she should stop dreaming about it. But later she told me that her father said the coach was wrong. He just did not understand the power(力量)of a dream. Her dad told her that nothing could stop her if her dream was big enough.

    The next year, as the girl and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter(招生人员). She won the scholarship(奖学金)to study in a college and she could play for a famous women's basketball team! Her dream came true!

    Good morning, everyone. I'm Jenny. Let's play a game. This is a picture of my friends Tony，Lucy, Johnny, Tina and me. ①Let me describe them to you.

    Tony has curly brown hair and he likes wearing a T-shirt and trousers. I like Tony very much, because he often makes me happy. He is a funny boy. Lucy has short curly hair. She likes playing sports and computer games. She often wears trousers. When we have problems, she always helps us.②约翰尼是一个留着短直发的高个男孩。He is very handsome. He likes playing basketball and playing the guitar. His dream is to be a movie actor. Tina is a quiet girl. She has long black hair. Her favourite thing is reading. She often wears a dress.