My name is Lisa and I am 12. Now I am in the 1 club. This is because my best friend Anna. She is the same age as me. She is from Canada (加拿大). 2 is thin (瘦的) but not very tall.

    I 3 Ann on our first day at our new school. No one says to me and I am not 4. I find a seat on the school bus and sit there. Then, I see a 5 and she sits next to me. She is Anna!

    She asks me, “6 are you not happy?”

    I 7 her, “No one likes me here.”

 “I see. No one likes me, too. I am new,” she says to me.

    Anna is the only one who says to 8 on the school bus. That's why we become friends.

    Now, Anna is my best friend. She is very kind, 9 she can sing and draw very well. I 10 the art club with her. We go to the club on the weekend. I am very happy to know Anna.

    It snowed again. My seventh Christmas was round the corner. I dreamed of getting the present from Father Christmas until my elder sister dropped the bomb (突然宣布). "There is no Father Christmas." 

    I ran to my grandmother's house, for she always told the 1. Grandmother was at home. I told her everything. "No Father Christmas?" she was a little 2. "Don't believe it. Put on your coat, and let's go."

    "Go? Where, Grandma?" I asked.

    "Kerby's Store. "

    As we walked through its doors. Grandma handed me the dollars and said. "Take the 3and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car." Then she turned and walked out of the Kerby's.

    For a few seconds I just stood there, holding the money, wondering what to buy, and who to buy it for.

    I thought of everybody I knew, my family, my friends, my neighbours… I suddenly thought of Bobbie Decbar, a boy with bad breath (口臭) and messy (凌乱的) hair. He sat right behind me in Mrs Polack's class.

    Bobbie 4 went to any party during the winter. His mother always wrote a note, telling the teacher that he had a cough, 5 we all knew that he didn't have a cough. In fact, he didn't have a 6. I decided to buy Bobbie a red warm coat that he would like.

    That evening, grandma helped me wrap (包裹) the coat in Christmas paper and ribbons (缎带), and write "To Bobbie. From Father Christmas" on it. Grandma told me Father Christmas never let people know that he 7 them. Then she drove me over to Bobbie's home, telling me that I was helping Father Christmas 8 the presents.

    Grandma parked the car along the street and we hid behind the trees near Bobbie's home. Then Grandma said to me. "All right, Father Christmas, get going."

    I took a deep breath, rushed to his front door, put the present down 9 the door, rang the doorbell and flew back to the safety of the 10 and Grandma. We waited breathlessly in the dark for the front door to open. Finally it did and there stood Bobbie.

    That night, I realized that Father Christmas was alive and well, and we were on his team.

    My name is Brad. I'm 1 Sichuan. I'm a(n) 2 monkey and I am only one year old. I like eating 3 and bananas are my favorites. I like forests(森林),but now I live in a 4 . I am in a big cage(笼子) 5 other monkeys. People like me and often give me some fruist to eat. 6 I'm not really happy. 7? Because I can't live with my parents and I can't climb trees(爬树) here. Every day, I get up in the cage. I eat food in the cage. I 8 and relax in the cage. I really want to 9 my parents and climb trees in the forests. Dear people, animals are your 10. We live in the same world. Please let us live in the forests, not in the cages.

There are many after- school clubs in our school. Students can learn many things and have fun there. Joining a club can make your life colorful. We are glad to tell you about some after- school clubs and you can choose your favourite one to join. 

Chess Club You can join Chess Club on Monday afternoon. You can learn to think. You can meet some people having the same interests and it's easy for you to make friends with them. I think you can get on well with others. 

Skateboarding Club Skateboarding is one of the hottest sports in our school. It is a great sport and it's also an activity for fun. You learn to ride a skateboard there. You can play skateboard on the clean ground. Would you like to have a try? Bring a skateboard and join us every Wednesday!

Cooking Club Cooking Club is really cool. The classroom is on the first floor of the dining hall. You can learn how to cook and eat the right food. You can try different food and have a healthy eating habit. It will help you have more fun in your life. 

English Club English Club is really useful for you. There are many activities in the club. You can watch English films with the members. You can also read a lot of English books. You can even borrow them and take them home to read in your free time. In the club, you can talk with foreign (外国的) teachers. All the teacher would like to help you with your English. 

 Chip was in first grade when I arrived at his school as a counselor(辅导员). It was shocking to me that he was described as an angry, uncontrollable and evil(惹人厌的) boy. How could sucha little boy, after being in school only one year, be considered"evil"? Over the next several months, I came to know Chip well enough to see that he was neither evil nor uncontrollable.

 But, one day, Chip threw a chair at his teacher and was sent to my office. I asked him what made him do this. He replied that his teacher hated him. He felt there was no way to ever get her to like him. I asked him if he would tell his teacher this. He nodded, and we called her into my office.

 When the teacher came, ____ . He then said that he knew he was a very, very bad boy, and he didn't think anyone could ever like him. His teacher listened to him with heartfelt compassion. Then she gave him a big warm hug, telling him she didn't hate him at all and, actually, she cared very much about him. Only sometimes Chip's behavior really scared her. It was clear to both Chip and me that she really meant it.

I put my left arm on his shoulders and the right hand on his heart. I told him how wonderful and lovely I saw him to be. I praised how special and brave he was to express his hurt feelings.

As I was speaking to him, his whole body came to rest on my right hand next to his heart. It was a moment in time unlike anything I had experienced before. From then on, I'm pleased to see his behavior improved through the rest of school years.

A child's mind is clear and sensitive(敏感的). He receives whatever others say without protection. It is as easy to consider someone hopeless as it is to consider him able in his own special way.