When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn't1me at home on my own, 2I had to go to the market with her.

    3, I didn't have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn't get 4.When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.

    Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn't have to go to the market5because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I6my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made7them.

    One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to8some candles with me and see9I could sell them. They10in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.

    Ten months later, we decided11flowers. My mother and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound12every candle, and we 13sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.

    At the age of 22, my uncle14me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I've15looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.

You can see many dfferent monsters (怪兽) in the movie Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Some of them have a holiday on a big ship.

A village soccer tournament(联赛) in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province has drawn people's attention. The tournament is called Cun Chao, or Village Super League.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} May to July this year, 20 teams from Rongjiang County took part in Cun Chao. The players came from different jobs and minority ethnic groups(少数民族). 

The cheerleaders(拉拉队队员) wore {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(tradition) ethnic clothes and also performed in the soccer tournament. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(visitor) could also enjoy singing and dancing performances.

Cun Chao has {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(recent) put Rongjiang on the soccer map. In fact, the area has already had a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(long) history of the sport than other areas. 

Soccer was introduced to Rongjiang in the 1940s and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(become) an important part of people's lives since then. In 2021, Rongjiang was listed as one of the "model counties" for soccer development. In the past, it was hard 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) good soccer fields. 

But those conditions never stopped the locals from doing that. Whether on farms, river banks, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} rocky lands, people always found a way to enjoy 

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Xu Bo, the head of Rongjiang County's government, said, "We will use Cun Chao as a way to help develop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} countryside. We hope people love soccer and have a chance to realize their soccer dreams."

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Amy: Hi, Sally. I'm not feeling good.

Sally: Oh, no. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Amy: My throat hurts and I have a cough for many days.

Sally: So bad. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

Amy: Yes, but I still feel bad.

Sally: I'm sorry to hear that. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

Amy: Yes, you're right. Maybe I should ask for a leave to rest for a few days.

Sally: You also need to drink more water and take the medicine on time.

Amy: Ok, I'll do that.

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Amy: Thanks, I will. See you!

Sally: See you.

Jim has a nice farm. On the farm, he has many kinds of plants and animals. Look at the big trees. They are apple trees. Under the trees, there are some tomato plants and potato plants. The grass is green. You can see sheep, pigs, ducks, horses and chickens on the grass. Look at the black and white sheep. It is Jim's sister's. And the white horse is Jim's brother's. How many pigs can you see? Five? No, there is another pig behind the tree.

I was the smallest and thinnest player in my ice hockey（冰球）team, so everyone calls me another "name". The first time I heard the name, I didn't 1 it at all. I knew they wanted to make friends with me, but I was2 .

One player who didn't 3 me by "the name" was Eric. He always tried his best to make me feel at home. And he was always ready to 4 the best in me.

One day, we had a big game with another 5 . They were all big, and they played well. I knew that any of 6 could catch my ball easily.

In the middle of the game, Eric fell down when he 7 to get the ball. The player next to him didn't help him but made jokes about him. I ran to him quickly and called at him 8 ,"You must say sorry!" But the player said nothing. So I came 9 and said the same words again. He didn't want to listen to me and he tried to run away and I did the same thing again. Finally he said sorry to Eric.

From then on, my teammates treat me better without calling me "the name". I thought they came to like me because I was 10 for friends.