It's five o'clock in the afternoon. The last class is over. Some students are going home and some students are going to the dining room.

The football players are doing some exercise on the playground. Some students are swimming in the swimming pool. Others are warming up (做准备动作) near the pool. Many students love music. The members of the school band are practicing (练习) in the garden. In the computer room, there are some students playing computer games. In the library, some students are reading English newspapers.

      After-school activities (课外活动) are interesting.

    There are five people in Bruce's family—his father Mr．Smith，his mother Mrs．Smith，his brother Henry，his sister Susan and he. Mr. Smith can play basketball and baseball，but he can't play the violin Mrs. Smith can sing and dance，but she can't play soccer．Bruce can draw and play the drums，but he can't play volleyball．Henry play the guitar and sing，but he can't play chess．Susan can play the violin and dance，but she can't swim．Mr．Smith likes music，so he wants to join the music club and learn about violin．Mrs．Smith likes ports，so she wants to join the soccer club and learn about soccer.Bruce loves sports，too．He wants to join the volleyball club and learn about volleyball．Henry also likes sports．He wants to join the chess club and learn about chess．Susan wants to learn swimming，so she wants to join the swimming club．The family are busy and happy．

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    Nowadays, many people have realized the importance of leadership( 领导) skills.  Poor leaders may cause many problems. But good leaders do better in solving problems than poor ones. Without good leaders, problems can't be solved. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} What's more, good leaders are good at cooperating with others. Usually, they are good listeners as well. But being good leaders isn't easy. So let me give you some suggestions to help you become a good leader.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Maybe nobody teaches you how to be a good leader, but you can learn it on your own.

    Read books about great leaders from home and abroad. By reading, you can learn a lot from their experiences and find out their secrets of success. Then you will be more confident of being a good leader.

    Learn from students' leaders in your school. There is no doubt that those leaders who are popular with the students in your school must have their advantages over others. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Take an active part in the activities organized by the excellent leaders and learn from them at once.  Then you will know the answer.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Find the students that have the same interests as you have and start a club. Activities should be organized regularly in the club. When the members in your club have trouble in solving problems, you should communicate with them and find out the causes of the problems.  After the problems are solved, you can share pleasure with them. As time passes by, you will get more trust like those popular leaders.  Sooner or later, you will be a good leader.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Get started before it's too late! As long as you keep trying, you will develop your leadership skills.

A. Learn from books.

B. Practice what you have learned.

C. So good leaders are very important.

D. In short, being a good leader needs courage and practice.

E. Don't you want to know why they are so successful?

    Fun or kind? Old or young? Let's see what these students say about their favourite teachers?

Zhao Dan

    My favorite teachers are learned(博学)teachers because they can make their lessons easy and interesting. And in class, after learning what is in the book, we hope to learn more.

Wang Jianing

    My geography teacher Mr. Todd is kind to students. His class is interesting. All of the students want to learn and do their homework.

Wang Peng

    We boys and girls often have questions. We really want to talk about these questions with teachers and make friends with them. I don't like old teachers because they can't understand(理解)us!

Lu Hongfei

    Ms. Li is my English teacher. She always wears purple clothes. It is her favorite color. She often teaches us to sing English songs.

    Jada and Jessie are twins. They were born on August 5. They are ten now and in the fourth grade. Jada and Jessie do everything together. They are in the same class. They dress alike. They look the same. People always get confused (困惑 ). This really makes Jada and Jessie laugh. Teachers always get them mixed up at school. Even their father has trouble telling them apart (分辨). Their mother doesn't, though. She always knows who they really are, Jada and Jessie often try to confuse her, but it

has never happened.

    Their elder brother, Jared, is fifteen. He can't tell the difference between the two sisters. He doesn't even try Jada and Jessie have the same friends. Their friends always mix them up. It doesn't matter to Jada and Jessie.

    One day, their father told their mother to get one of them a different haircut so that he could tell them apart. Jada and Jessie were horrified (恐惧的). They didn't want to look different. They liked looking the same. Their mother came to the rescue ( 拯救), and refused to make them cut their hair. The girls were happy just the way they were and didn't want to change. Their dad just shook his head. He would have to stay confused. Jada and Jessie didn't care. They knew who they were, and that was all that mattered .

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