Make time for friendships.
Nothing makes closeness fade away(褪色) more than never talking to or seeing each other. If you cherish a person's friendship, make time for him or her, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it's just a phone call, e-mail or a weekly get-together.
Remember: a true friend doesn't flee when changes happen. Nothing is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for new parents than to find that their unmarried friends have left them because of the coming of baby. A good friend is one who stays true {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it all in life – marriage, parenthood, new jobs, new homes, and so on.
Make sure you aren't being a burden to a friend.
Friendships will lose if there isn't a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} between the give and the take. Be sensitive to how much your friend can and can't offer you –and don't overstep the mark.
Be a good listener.
It can be the hardest thing in the world to do – simply to listen as he or she {#blank#}5{#/blank#} it all out or is seeking your advice or opinion. To be a better listener, follow this advice:
Keep eye contact. Offer nods and murmurs to show that you understand his or her point of view. Don't finish your {#blank#}6{#/blank#} sentences. While your friend keeps on talking, you should gently {#blank#}7{#/blank#} yourself to focus.
Be in your friend's corner if he or she's not there to defend him or herself.
If you're at a gathering at {#blank#}8{#/blank#} someone says something bad about your friend, stop him or her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} . Say, "Mary is my friend, and it makes me feel bad to hear you talk this way." Sooner or later, news of your loyalty (忠诚) will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} back to your pal, and it will deepen your friendship.

    Charlotte Simmonds is a 17-year-old student from Sydney, Australia. Charlotte spends most of her flee time on the beach {#blank#}1{#/blank#}she is also a surf(冲浪) life saver. Her job is to save {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on the beach or in the water, but she doesn't get any money {#blank#}3{#/blank#}this. When she grows up, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to work as a life saver on some of the most famous surf beaches in the world.

    Charlotte joined a surf life savers' club with her older brother and sister when she was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}five years old. "We lived near the beach but my parents were Very{#blank#}6{#/blank#}in their shop, so they didn't have time to play with us. Joining the club was a great Way to meet other {#blank#}7{#/blank#} keep healthy and most importantly, we could spend hours on the beach. We {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to swim and surf at an early age. At the age of 15, I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a surf life saver and soon after that I saved somebody in the water."

    Charlotte loves helping people on the beach. "Everybody can see {#blank#}10{#/blank#}on the beach because we wear red and yellow hats, shirts and shorts: If you can't see us, that means we can' t see you, So maybe you aren't safe," she said.

    The post office has plenty of work to do. It deals with thousands of letters every day. Let's follow a letter all the way across America.

    Julie lives in New York. She wrote a letter to Dave in Oregon. Julie put the letter in the mailbox on Monday night. On Tuesday morning, a truck {#blank#}1{#/blank#} at the mailbox. The postman put the letters into a large bag and took the bag to a post office in New York.

    On Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted(分类) . Post codes were used to sort the mail. A machine {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a letter and held it. A worker read the post code.

Then the worker pushed five buttons on another machine in one second. After that, the machine put the letter in a box. By Tuesday night the box was on a truck. The truck went to the airport. An airplane {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for Oregon on Wednesday morning.

    Julie's letter went on the airplane.

    By noon the letters were in an airport in Oregon. Mail trucks then took them to post offices. One of these was in Dave's town. On Wednesday night people in Dave's town sorted the letters by street {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    On Tuesday morning the postman for Main Street picked up his pile of letters.

    He sorted all of them by street number before {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. The people at 1 Main Street got their mail first. Dave lived at 221 Main Street. He got his letter before lunch.

My Favorite Dentist(牙医)

    Some kids are scared(害怕的)to go to the dentist, but not me. I have a funny dentist. His {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is Dr. Smileyface. I don't think that's his real name, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that's what he tells all the kids who come to see him. He has a cool waiting room. It has video games and a big toy box. Dr. Smileyface always wears funny hats. Sometimes he has his face painted. He asks funny questions like "Are you married yet?" and "Do you eat flowers to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your breath smell so good?" That makes me laugh. One time, he told me this joke, "What has lots of teeth but never goes to the dentist? A comb(梳子)!" When I laughed, he pulled my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. It didn't hurt at all! He also teaches me how to take care of my teeth. Before I go home, he always gives me a surprise. Last time I went, he gave me a rubber spider(蜘蛛)to scare my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with!