In July, my friend Jim and I are going to have a camping trip. We will travel for four weeks and will tour the United States and part of Canada.

    We decided to go camping because we didn't have to spend much money in that way.

    We had to make our plan very carefully. First, the car we are going to drive is very small, so we decided to take only one small suitcase(皮箱) each and as few camping things as possible (尽可能的). We will take some medicine with us to stop insects(昆虫) from hurting us, and also food for outdoor meals. Second, there is a lot to see in the United States and Canada, so we had to decide on which way we wanted to drive before we started.

    All of this planning took a long time.

    The date we are leaving is July 2nd. We want to see and do many things on our camping tour. We want to climb the hills and swim in cool rivers and lakes. We want to go sightseeing in many cities and talk to many people. We also want to find a hotel room if it rains at night. We hope to have an exciting and interesting trip.

    Mickey Mouse and his good friends Donald Duck and Goofy are big fans of kung fu. They come to the Shaolin Temple in China to learn kung fu.

    Bat King is a bad guy. He has super kung fu skills. But he always makes trouble for Shaolin Temple. In Shaolin Temple, the master (师父) is very strict. The training is very hard. Donald can't put up with (忍受) it. He leaves the temple secretly. Goofy always does things in the wrong way.

    At the same time, Bat King has a plan. He wants to beat the people of Shaolin Temple. Mickey and his friends decide to save the temple. They study kung fu hard. They also have lots of adventures. In these adventures, they make much progress in kung fu.

    What adventures do they have? How will they be safe? Will they beat the Bat King and save Shaolin Temple? Find out in the storybook Kung Fu Mickey Mouse (《功夫米老鼠》).

On 18th November.1908, three men went up in a balloon (气球).They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope, and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 metres, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand, but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing, so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1,797kilometres from London!

Three years ago, I felt very lonely. I didn't like my classmates, my parents or1 else. My classmates didn't want to talk to me and my parents2 said that other kids were better than me. I thought I was the most3 person in the world. 

One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was4 angry that I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and stopped the fight. He was our monitor. 

After that, he often helped me and we became good friends.5 I got angry or sad, he would help me cool down. My life began to change6 the boy, my best friend. We7 a lot of interesting days together. As time goes by, I have become happier with people and things. And it 8 that people around me have changed too. My parents don't 9 at me anymore and my classmates become friendly to me. 

But now I can't see my best friend because he is seriously ill and is staying in hospital.10 l miss the days when we were together! I hope he will be all right and come back to school soon. 

On a farm lived a father and a son. The father always got up early and read books by the stove. One morning， the son came up to him and said， "Dad， I read books at night but forget most of them the next morning. What's the good of reading？"

The father didn't reply right away. He passed him a basket that was used to carry coal. He said， "Get some water from the river with the basket and then I'll tell you the answer. "

The son felt surprised but he did as his father said. He tried many times but every time the water leaked （漏掉） from the basket. 

An hour later， the son came back with the empty basket and told his father he failed. The father said with a smile， "Yes， my son. The basket can't hold water. But did you notice the basket was different？" Just then the son found the basket wasn't dirty any more. The father continued， "Reading is like holding water with the basket. We can't hope to remember all we read， but we have changed while reading. "