A little girl thought she was not beautiful and nobody liked her. So she was always 1 and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother 2  her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided 3 it to school.

    On her way to school she found that 4 who saw her smiled at her. Most of her classmates said “hello” 5 her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought them all to her. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things.6 she didn't tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.

    When she went 7 home after school, her mother 8 her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.” At this time, the girl understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.

    It is not important 9 we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about 10.

Give water, save lives

A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾) areas in China.

Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops (庄稼) died, the land cracked(裂开), and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water.

After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things.

Last week, every member of the Communist Youth League (共青团员) and Young Pioneers(少先队员) were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi' an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wishes on the bottles.

The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water. Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou, Guangdong went on the street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.

"I've heard that some children in drought-hit areas don't have enough drinking water. They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really sad about that," said one student. "I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water," he said.

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"We created a book with all of these {#blank#}9{#/blank#} photos. And then we published （出版) it in late 2023, " Ji said. "This is a gift to all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}who love clouds. "

I didn't like team (团队) sports. When I started university (大学)，I 1 to try kung fu. So I joined a kung fu club. The people in the club were 2 . I was happy to join it. In the first 3 most of us were new students. I always went to the club twice a week to 4 . It wasn't a team sport，so I didn't feel 5 for not being very good. I wouldn't influence (影响) others.6 exercising，my body and mind got better. 7 ，in the last year of university I was too busy to do kung fu most of the time. 

When I moved to Italy this year，I found a great club. The club was more interesting 8 the one at my university. 

I think that everyone should 9 doing sports. I feel good when I am doing sports. I don't think a lot of people enjoy basketball at school but 10 they would enjoy yoga or volleyball. So let's do sports now! 

Li Mei is a student in my class.  She likes her daily life 1 school. 

Every morning, she gets up 2 at 6:00.  Then she goes to 3 in the park for thirty minutes.  Before 7:00 a. m. , she eats a delicious 4 .  After that she goes to school at 7:40 a. m.  Her school is not far, so she always 5 to school.  There are four 6 in the morning.  Among them, she likes Physics (物理) best, because she wants to be a scientist (科学家) when she grows up.  She eats lunch at 12:00 p. m.  She likes noodles for lunch.  Classes 7 at 4:00 p. m.  After school, she goes to the swimming pool to 8 there for an hour.  She goes home at 5:30 p. m.  Then she has dinner with 9 family.  She goes to bed at 10:00 p. m.  She thinks it is 10 for her to sleep early.