It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.

    She said, "Hi, young man! I'm Rose. I'm 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?"

    I said1,"Of course!"

    "Why are you in college at2an age?" I asked.

    She joked, "I'm here to meet a3husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world."

    "NO, Seriously," I asked

    "I always4of having a college education. Now I'm getting one!" she told me.

    After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from5.

    At the end of the term we invited Rose to6at our party. I'll never forget what she taught7.

    "We do not stop playing because we are old: we grow8because we stop playing. Here are the 9 of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every10.You've got to have a dream. When you 11 your dreams, you die! "she said.

    "There is a big12between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn't take any talent or ability, "she added. "But to13, you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets. We usually don't have regrets for what we did,14rather for things we did not do."

    Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week15graduation, she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

Painting from Memory

    I was born in Damyang, a beautiful place known for its bamboo forests in Korea. I spent much time in the forests painting pictures of the 1 . Painting is one of my talents. I lived there until last year when my family moved to New York. My mother, a scientist, was asked to come work here.

    "There are no bamboo forests," I said, "there is nothing to 2 in New York."" Don't worry, you will find many things to see and paint there," my mother said. I still felt 3. "But I will miss home," I said. "Then you can paint pictures of your favorite places. They will make you feel at home even in New York," she said. So when we moved, I brought my forest paintings with me.

    New York was not easy at first. I missed home a lot. Yet when I looked at my paintings of bamboo, I felt much better. 1 soon 4 friends at school too. They also like painting, and we now paint in a group after school.

    Last month, we had a new neighbor, Varvara, an old lady who moved from Russia, to be closer to her daughter. She was sad to leave her home. My mother and I often visited her. She told us her unbearable homesick and everything about her hometown Vyborg. I could5 her home in my head.

    Varvara missed her home so much that she became ill. I worried about her and I wanted to do something for her. I had ever been in her6 before. At least, I had my forest paintings of home. However, she didn't even have that. Unless. A few days later, I met Varvara on the stairs. She looked better but still sad. I gave her my gift: a painting of Vyborg. I had painted it from her 7.

    She began to cry as she saw the painting. At first, I was worried that she didn't like it. Later, she told me that those were 'cars of joy. I knew just how she8 -wherever you go, hometown is always with you.

Jack is an English boy. He is a good student. He is twelve years old. Now he is in a red coat. Linda is Jack's sister. She is a nice girl. She is fourteen years old. Now she is in a green dress. Lucy and Lily are from the USA. They are students, too. They are in yellow coats. They look the same. Jack, Linda, Lucy and Lily are good friends. Jack, Lucy and Lily are in the same school. But Linda is not in the school. They like China.

 Going out for a picnic

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 Do you like going out for a picnic? What about {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ( have) a picnic with me next time?

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Dear Tom, 

How are you? I'm happy to tell you something about my friend. 

Yours, 

Li Ming