Finally Home

    Last year, my parents moved to this town. I had to go to a new school and found no one to be friends with because I wasn't interested in the topics most of my classmates liked.

    “Maybe I'll never have real friends,” I thought. I closed my eyes and imagined playing my drums. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a guitar. I followed the sound and found out that was a band. I recognized(认出) the guitar player at my first sight and so did he. “Hey, you're Cassie from my class!” his voice surprised me.“I'm sorry,” I said. “I just haven't heard any live music in this town before! You sound great — did you guys write that song?”“Yeah — well, we're still working on it. I'm Matt.” He stood up and held out his hand.

    “Mind if I listen in?” I asked in a low voice. “Not at all,” Matt said, smiling. “Maybe you can give us some suggestions!”

    The song was pretty good and I could really improve it with my drum skills. Behind my drum set was the one place I felt completely like myself. But I wasn't sure if I wanted to open that door to the world.

    “Hey, do you play drums?” Matt asked suddenly. His question surprised me. How did he know? And then I followed his eyes to my hands, which had been beating a rhythm (节奏) on the floor. I tried to say no, but my heart stopped me from refusing. “Sure, I've been playing for a few years,” I said finally.“Oh, wow! You've got to join us!” Matt said. “I have some drums over here.”

    I looked at their shiny faces. “Clearly. I would love to play!” I replied. “One, two, three, four!” Matt counted and began singing, and I knew I was finally home.

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    GavinThomas, an 8-year-old American boy, is an online star in China. Chinese fans knowhim as "fake(假的) smile boy".

    Gavinfirst came to people's attention when he was only two years old. His uncle, NickMastodon, posted a few shot videos of him on Vine, a popular video-sharing sitein the US. In one of the videos, Nick put a gecko(壁虎) on Gavin's head. His nervous yet funny reaction soon won him a lotof fans online.

    Gavinis in primary school right now. "We take a lot of photos. My uncle Nick andI make videos together. My family thinks it is really cool for me to have many fansonline and my friends in class know that I make videos and take photos," Gavinsaid.

    On July12, 2018, Gavin opened an account (账户) on Sina Weibo. In less than four hours, he got more than 400 thousandfollowers. One day later, it reached 1 million. 4 months later, the number doubledagain.

    "Isaw Gavin's smiling photo about one year ago when one of my friends sent it to me.My friend was working on the weekends and used the photo tocomplain abouthis boss," said Tian Qian, a primary school teacher in Beijing. Gavin's smileexpressed her friend's feeling at that moment.

    "Welive in afast-paced(快节奏的) city and are under a lot of pressure. Gavin's smile makes us feel relaxed,"Tian said. I have been following him on Weibo and it's very enjoyable to watch hisvideos. We are happy that he is bringing joy to our lives."

When I was in Grade Eight, one thing made me sad. I could never get good grades in my1 exam.

One day, I talked to my mom about that. She asked me to think about the2 . I thought about it seriously. And then I3 what my problem was.

"Mom, the math questions are really4 . So I work them out quickly."

"Oh?" Mom listened carefully.

"Yes. They're so easy that I get careless. Sometimes I take notes （笔记）5 in class. And when I see them again, I can't understand them."

"I see," Mom said. "Good6 habits are important. Although you are clever and quick, you are not careful enough."

"You're right, Mom. I will try to be7 and careful, too."

"You cannot learn things well in a short time. You should keep on practicing it8 you use it easily."

"I will keep your word in my heart, Mom."

After that, I9 my learning habits. I studied as carefully as I could. When I did math exercises, I would read each word and find the key words. Then I connected （联系） them with what I learned, so I could do the exercises right.

You know what? A few weeks later, I did finally get a(n)10 grade in math! What a difference good habits make!

Tom is a doctor in a hospital. One day, he went to buy some new shoes. Before he left the store, he asked the saleswoman（女售货员）, "How long do you think this pair of shoes will last（持续）?"

"It's hard to say. If you don't use them, the shoes will never wear out（穿坏）,"the saleswoman answered. 

A week later, the saleswoman became ill. She went to the hospital and Tom was her doctor. After Tom gave the woman some medicine, she asked him, "How soon will I get better after taking this medicine?"

"It's hard to say,"Tom answered. "But if you don't take the medicine, you will never get better."

The train No. 5609/5610 runs between Chongqing and Xiushan County（县）. It is1 slow train. In some carriages( 车厢）of it,there2 some desks and chairs next to the windows. These carriages are called "study carriages". 

There are also "study carriages" on other slow3 like No. 5619/5620 and No. 5633/5634. The trains4 along the Chengdu-Kunming Railway. Students often take the train between school 5 home. The train are6 their "school buses" and many students do7 homework in the study carriages. 

On the train No. Z150 between Guiyang and Beijing, a "book bar（书吧）" carriages is 8 popular (受欢迎的). The carriage is open(开放）at night to give students a reading place with free tea. And there is only one rule--9 noisy. 

If you need quiet places to study,these carriages on the train are really helpful. Do you want10 a try？

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