We look at the world around us everyday, but somehow we don't manage to see it until what we've become used to suddenly disappeared. That's to say that you may get used to some places and some 1 around you. For example, the neatly-dressed woman I used to see --or look at on my way to work each 2.

    For three years, no matter 3the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 a.m. On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime turn out clean cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 5, she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 6all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 7I expected to see her each morning. You might say I 8her.

    "Did she have an accident? Something 9?" I thought to myself about her disappearance. Now that she was gone, I felt I had 10her. I began to realize that part of our  11life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar strangers: the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 12walks her dog along the street ever morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 13markers in our lives. They add weight to our 14 of places and belongings.

    Think about it, while walking to work, 15we mark where we are by passing a certain building, why not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though unnamed , person?

    It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a T-shirt and some school things. They come to a shop.

     "What does your shop sell?" Mary asks. "A lot of things," the girl in the shop says. "You can buy food, drinks, clothes and school things in our shop."

    Mary and her mother go into the shop. There are many people in the shop. Mary finds a nice white T-shirt.

    "How much is the T-shirt?" Mary asks the girl in the shop.

    "It's eighty yuan."

    "That's too dear. Do you have a cheap one?"

    "What about the green one? It looks nice. And it's only thirty yuan."

    "OK, thanks a lot." "You are welcome."

    After that, Mary buys some school things too. Her mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late.

Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you 1 to make a speech(演说;讲演)? Li Jun, a middle school student, felt shy 2 he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of3 classmates.

"I was wrong. It was very different and much 4 than talking to my classmates during playtime,"Li said."I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute(哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom 5 ."Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same6 as Li. After class, most of them can7 their ideas freely with their best friends. But they8 speak well in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing than 9 .

Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their10 such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions.11 can join in any one.12 he also gives some advice to students."During your free time, you should13 more. When you're speaking in public, take it easy. Just imagine you're talking to 14 and speak out your ideas clearly," Zhou said."That15 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident."

This is a happy family. There are three members (成员)in it.

Hi！My name is Da Tou. I have a big head and two small hands. I have two big eyes. I am wearing a yellow T-shirt. I have no brothers or sisters. My parents love me very much.

This is my father. He is also my good friend. He has a small head and two big hands, He wears a pair of glasses. He is a reporter (记者)，so he knows a lot. He often plays games with me.

This is my mother. She is a little fat. She often wears an apron (围裙). She is good at cooking. She works in a shop near our house. My mother is a kind woman.

I want to say"Thank you!"to my mother. I think my mother is one of the best mothers in the world. 

Four months ago, I failed {#blank#}1{#/blank#} important test and felt really sad. I cried and didn't want {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(eat). My mother is always busy but she {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(care) about my study and she is strict with me. At {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(one), she was angry. I was so afraid. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} after a while, something changed. My mother came to touch {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (I) head. She sat beside me and listened to my worries patiently. "This result is not important. The road of life is long, "she said. "I believe you can make progress if you work harder. " My {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mother) words warmed my heart. At last, I smiled at her happily. After that, she helped me practise and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(teach) me a lot from then on. With her help and support, I do much {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good) in school. 

I deeply thank my mother. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} her help, I couldn't change so fast. She is also happy about my growth. I think she is wise and patient. I will love her forever.