My name is Jill. Today is Saturday and the weather is cool. 我不上学。But I go to see a dentist(牙医). My mum thinks it's important to have healthy teeth.

    The dentist's room is nice. And there are many toys(玩具)to play with in the room. I like the toy cat and I play with it.

    There is a TV in the room. It's not so bad to watch TV when the dentist cleans(清洁)my teeth. I'm happy because my teeth are clean. My mother is happy too because I'm not afraid (害怕的) to see the dentist.

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    Kim is a Canadian boy. Now he is calling his friend Jenny. Jenny lives in London.

    Kim asks，“（A)How's it going?”

    “Great！”says Jenny.

    “（B)How is the weather there?”asks Kim.

    “Terrible! It's foggy(有雾的) and cold. Now I am studying in my house because the fog is very thick(浓密的）and we can't go to school.” answers Jenny and she asks “How's the weather in Toronto?”

    “It's sunny and warm.(C)我正在和奶奶散步。My brother is (D) playing basketball with his friends.

    “Are your parents at home?” asks Jenny.

    “Yes.” answers Kim.

    “(E)_________？”Jenny asks.

    “Oh，my mother is cooking and my father is watching the Chinese movie In 1942 on TV.”answers Kim.

    There was a little boy whose name was Peter. He lived in a village close to the sea. The villagers built sea walls to keep sea water from the doors of the houses. But once the sea walls almost put the village in great danger.

    One day Peter was walking on his way back home along the sea wall when it began to rain. All of a sudden, he saw a hole in the wall, from which the sea water was running. Peter shouted for help because he know the hole meant that the sea was making its way through the sea wall, but no answer came. He realized he should do something else as quickly as possible, or the sea water could be pouring over the whole village. He started to rush towards his village. At the same time, the rain became heavier and heavier.

    It was getting dark, but Peter rushed on and on. He felt cold and hungry. In the rainstorm, he fell down over and over again. Many times he thought about giving up, but he fought on. He remembered his father's words, "Lots of strong men have made every effort to build the walls which can keep the village safe from danger. The sea walls are really important."

    Finally when the boy's father saw him, Peter had been black and blue all over. The boy told the villagers what had happened to the sea wall. They repaired it in time. "Thank God! He saved the village, "they praised Peter. All the villagers called him "Peter the Guard" from then on. Peter's parents were really proud of him!

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Thanksgiving Day is coming. Bruce wants to buy his grandma a small present. But he only has $60. His grandma's eyesight is so poor that she sometimes can't see the clock clearly.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Father's Day is several days away. Ann is thinking about the gift for her father. Her father is a sports lover. He enjoys riding bikes to the countryside at weekends. But he always suffers from back pain from biking.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Frank's grandparents live in an area which is very cold in winter, but they have no heating system in the room. Frank wants to send them a gift that can make their bed warm all night long.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Emily's aunt is a writer. Emily decides to give her a present. But she can only afford things that cost less than $40.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Joe's father's birthday is coming. Joe wants to buy a gift for him with $1,800 she made from the part-time job. Her father used to be a football player and his back aches from time to time.

    Many people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, "Happiness depends upon ourselves." In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.

    The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend too much time thinking about the future—for example, getting into college or getting a good job—that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life's simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives. Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time. When playing a sport, such as swimming, many people forget about their problems, and only think about the activity. Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. If you want to feel happier, do something useful for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, or go shopping to buy food for the old.

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    Did you ever set up a lemonade stand (柠檬水小摊) when you were a kid？ Many of us did and if we were very lucky, we could make enough money to buy ice cream from the Good Humour Truck.

Last Saturday, Jack Yielding, a five-year-old boy from Oakville, Ontario, got $41,233from two lemonade stands and a car charity (慈善) wash. Jack gave the money to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, where Jack who has epilepsy (羊癫疯）, is a patient there.

    This was Jack's second year to host the Lemonade Stand for sick kids, and the whole town came to show their love. More than 1,000people came to the lemonade stands on Saturday.

    "Jack is working hard to turn his lemons into lemonade to help his friends at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children," Jack's mother, Jodi Yielding, told us.