Dear Frank,

    Thank you for your postcard. I'm very glad you are having a good trip now. Ottawa is very beautiful in May. I hope I will have a chance to go there one day.

    Our summer holiday will start next month. I enjoy my summer holiday, although(虽然)it's hot at that time in America. During the summer holiday, I can swim in the sea and go fishing. It's so cool. And I am going to our hometown near Chicago with my sister Linda, and my parents agree(同意). Our uncle lives there, so Linda and I can stay with him.

    We are not going to take a plane. We are going there by train. I am going to fish there. And Linda likes painting. She is going to do some painting there. I'm sure we'll have a good time.

Sincerely,

Jack

    A lady and her husband in usual clothes walkedinto the president of Harvard's outer office. "We want to see thepresident," the lady said softly.Looking at the usual couple, the secretary said, "He'll be busy all day."" We'll wait," the lady replied.

   For hours, the secretary did nothing for them,hoping that they would finally go away. They didn't. "Maybe if they justsee you for a few minutes, they'll leave," the secretary finallytold the president.

   The presidentlooked down at the couple.The lady told him, "We had a son that hadstudied in Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. But he was accidentally killed.And my husband and I would like to build something for him in Harvard. "Madam," the president saidangrily, "we can't put up a statue forevery person who attended Harvard and died."

   "Oh, no," the lady explainedquickly, "we mean we would givea building to Harvard." The president lookedat their usual clothes, and then said, "A building! Do youknow how much a building costs? It took us over seven and a half million dollarsto build Harvard."

   The lady turned to her husband and said quietly,"Is that all it coststo start a university?" Her husband nodded.Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California wherethey built a university with their name—a memorial（纪念）to a son that Harvardno longer cared about.

   You can easily judge the character of others byhow they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.

A fun farming class took place outside of the classroom!{#blank#}1{#/blank#} September 15, Grade 7 students from Jinan No. 34 Middle School, Shandong, went on a special trip. They learned about {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, reported Qilu News.

At the farm, teachers talked about wheat (小麦) and vegetables with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and answered their questions. The students {#blank#}4{#/blank#} wheat and different kinds of vegetables. They touched the wheat and learned that farmers {#blank#}5{#/blank#} get the wheat at the end of September. "I wrote down all the useful knowledge in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} notebook," said Dong Guangye. He learned that eating fresh vegetables can be good for people's health.

Other students {#blank#}7{#/blank#} learned something new. "I knew about wheat only from textbooks. This time, I saw real one s and learned how they grow," said Fang Weiqian.

{#blank#}8{#/blank#} this, Ling Mingze thought that farming was something old. But this trip changed her ideas. "I saw really cool farming {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, and they showed me how Chinese farming changes {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and gets better," said she.

Both students and teachers thought this was a meaningful activity.

My son Sam is 16 and autistic (患自闭症的). It was Sam's very first day at high school. We'd set up a 1 of how he'd get home: I'd pick him up outside the 2 near his school at 3:30 p.m.

Unknown to me, very bad weather was on its way, and I was 3 . But because of his dead phone battery, I was 4 to communicate that to him. 5 , he became very upset and frightened outside the shop, exactly where I'd told him to wait.

This was 6 a beautiful old lady not only went to check on him, but took him inside her shop, 7 him down, got my phone number from him and called me. After that my son would go into her shop every afternoon, buy a drink and have a 8 .

Sam graduates this year, and I'm increasingly feeling the need to 9 the shop to let this 10 lady know that she helped Sam, and that she saved me from the situation. I'm not sure if I can 11 all of this, but at least I will get to thank her.

There are people I will not get to thank, though — the many kind strangers who have been there for Sam. And believe me, if you're wondering if this world is a complete 12 right now, I'm here to say that it is not.

So I guess this is a love letter to those of you who have helped a 13 out of the goodness of your heart. Please know that you as well as your beautiful heart and kindness are 14 , and perhaps 15 , you have made a great difference in someone's life.

My name is Bob. This summer I went to Shimla and Manali with my family.

After we arrived at Manali on the first day, we lived in a cheap hotel. The next day we were very excited to visit Manali. After delicious breakfast at the hotel, we went on sightseeing tours in the city. We were very surprised to see the fantastic and beautiful nature with high mountains and thick forests around. Then we visited some other places of interest.

The third day after breakfast we went to Rohtang Pass, about 51 kilometers away from Manali. It was really beautiful and we enjoyed a lot by watching the beautiful Himalayas. Then we visited Solang Valley.

The fourth day we went to Shimla by car. After we got there, we had a good sleep at the hotel and woke up in the early morning with the excitement of Shimla tours. After breakfast we visited Shimla. We visited lots of attraction (有吸引力的地方).

The fifth morning we went to Chandigarh Railway Station by car. We took the train to Delhi and returned to our home with the sweet and nice memories of Shimla and Manali tours.

 There's a special place in Taiwan, China. It's Qingjing Farm. I had some free time last weekend,1 I went there for a visit.

 The farm has 2 parts(部分). I went to Green Grassland first. It was so big and green, and I saw a lot of 3 . I also saw a machine(机器) selling sheep food, so I bought some. As I walked around, I stopped to 4 the sheep here and there. That was a lot of fun! Soon, it was time for the farm's sheep show. My favorite part of it was sheep shearing(剪羊毛). A man 5 a sheep's hair. It was so easy for him and he 6 in just 5 minutes.

 After that,I went to the second part of the farm— Guanshan Pastoral Area. I watched a horse 7 there. Two men did a lot of cool tricks(技巧) with the horses. It was really 8 .

 Then I made my way to Shoushan Park. It's the farm's last part. I saw a lot of trees and animals and took many 9 with my smartphone.

I had a good time on Qingjing Farm! I want to visit it again. If you pay a visit 10 the farm, you' ll like it too.