Gemma Burford

    Gemma was born in' 1978 in a quiet (安静的) village in England. Her mother worked in a library and her father worked in a hospital. When she was a student at Oxford University, she travelled to Tanzania and met her husband, Lesikar for the first time. They got married in 2003 and had their daughter, Lucia, two years later. Now Lucia studies in a small primary school, and Gemma and Lesikar also teach her at home.

"Judy Boehmer

    Adam is Judy's first child. She now has four sons, seven daughters and a pet (宠物) dog, Bosco. Judy and her husband, Larry, live in Atlanta, Georgia, but they also have a motorhome (野营车). The Boehmers are a circus (马戏团) family and all the children are performers (演员) at the circus. The- children don't go to school, but study at home. The family travels more than 40.000 kilometres a year for their work The first show of the Boehmers was at a park in Lowa in 1989, and they now perform all over America.

    Mr. Knott [not] is a teacher. He teaches in a big school in London. Because he lives a long way from the school, he is usually quite tired（疲惫的） when he get home. At nine o'clock one evening when he is in bed, the telephone rings（铃响）, so he answers the phone, " Hello! Who's that?"

    "Watt [what]." a man says.

    "What's your name, please?" says Mr. Knott.

    "Watt's my name," the man answers.

    "Yes, I asked you that what is your name." Mr. Knott asks.

    "I told you. Watt's my name." says the man. "Are you Jack Smith?"

    "No, I'm Knott," says Mr. Knott.

    "But what's your name?" the man says.

    Mr. Knott and Mr. Watt put their telephone down and think, "What a foolish（愚蠢的）man!"

    One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have a dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote and answered, but he wrote too badly and the woman couldn't read it. "What can I do?" she asked her husband, "I don't know whether he is going to come or not. I don't want to call and say that I don't know what he writes. "

    Her husband thought for a few minutes and he had an idea. "Take it to the chemist, "he said." He will read it for us. "

    "Thank you, "the woman said, "That's a good idea." She went to the chemist's shop and gave the doctor's note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.

    "Wait a moment, please." he said, then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle to the woman. "Take one spoonful（一匙）every day." he told the woman.

How to keep a diary

The word"diary"comes from the Latin language. A diary is a great way to express yourself. Holly King-Mand is the nation's favourite English teacher. Here she shares her top ad vice on how to write a diary.

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Finding a lovely notebook to keep as a diary makes a big difference. Lined paper will help keep your diary organized. You can choose the size, the color and the kind of paper you like. The ones with locks are best sellers.

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Your diary is just that-yours! You can put pen to paper in any way and best express your life. Most people put the date as a title(which is useful when looking back at old diaries). You can also make up titles for different entries, or include drawings.

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When we write diaries for ourselves, we keep them secretly. Some diaries even come with a lock and key. But remember that talking about your feelings with an adult (like your parents or teachers) you trust is a good way too.

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Some people write about something they felt and others like to record details of where they went and what they did or what is going on in the world. If you're not sure of your style, just start writing and see what happens.

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Welcome to life in the future! You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. You've had a new treatment, so you look like a 30-year-old man. And many people at your age can live to be 120 now, so at 60, you're not old at all. What's more, science finds amazing ways to keep people healthy. For example, a new technology can help cure many illnesses. And if any part of your body is unhealthy, you can "grow" a new one in a lab.

As you get dressed, you say to your shirt, "urn red." It becomes red. In 2045, you can wear "smart" clothes.

On the way to the kitchen, you want to call a friend. Your phone is by the window because it gets its energy from the sun. But you don't need to pick up the phone. You can just touch your jacket to make the call.

It's breakfast time. You reach for the milk, but a voice says, "Don't drink that!" Your fridge knows the milk is not fresh, and tells the supermarket to replace it. Ten minutes later, you get the new one.

As you leave for work, the lights turn off by themselves. Your home goes into "sleep" to save energy. In 2045, cars drive themselves, so you just tell your driverless car where you want to go. Will all this come true? Maybe the future is much closer than we think.