Many would agree that when we think of Christmas， we probably think of gifts， Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this.

    A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge. He only thinks about himself and doesn't treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money. And he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve， Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley， his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge， so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

    That night， three ghosts visit Scrooge. First， the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child. Then the second spirit， the Ghost of Christmas Present， takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. Everyone is happy， even poor people. The last one， the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come， takes him to the future. He sees that he is dead but nobody cares. Scrooge is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is already the next morning on Christmas Day!

    He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth， spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas!

    In the Charles E. Johnson Elementary School in New York, there is a special radio. It gives people warnings (警报) about bad weather.

    One day, there came a sound from the radio. This sound brought the piece of news: a heavy storm was coming. William Tomic, principal (校长) of the school, he asked teachers to bring children indoors and put them in a safe place at once.

    Minutes later, the storm came. However, because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal, no one was hurt. “The radio really did work very well. 我们对它的工作感到很高兴,” William Tomic said. “The parents were as well.” The US government hopes there will be more such success stories. It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97, 000 public schools in the country.

    Every year, more than 10,000 big thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tomatoes (龙卷风) and some hurricanes (飓风) take place in the US, so the warning radios are very useful.

    They not only give people warnings about bad weather, but also give warnings about other dangerous things.

    If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle (吹口哨) three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

    If you don't think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches(树枝). {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don't just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.

    Mr. Smith is an American man.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}His English classes are very interesting.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}We all like him .He is our good friend.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Tom is seven and Marry is four.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}They are very lovely (可爱的). Mr. Smith likes sport.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}He often plays basketball with us.

    My mother is a nice woman. She is 37 years old. She is tall with a small mouth. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} She is a good Chinese teacher. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Her students like her very much and they like her clothes, too. Her clothes are always blue. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} She thinks a woman in blue looks young. My mother can speak English very well. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Students like the helpful teacher. She works in Xiamen now but she wants to go to UK. She hopes to be an exchanged (交换) teacher. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}