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    My name is Peter. I was born in Paris. When I was three, my family moved to London. We stayed there for one year then my dad had to move to New York. We spent about two years there. I moved to Shanghai last May and I like the new country very much.

    I study at an international school in Shanghai. There are people from nearly all parts of the world. I like my school very much and I can learn many things. I love learning Chinese and keep practising it with my classmates. After school, my favourite sport is football. I like drawing and painting, too.

    Shanghai has four seasons and I like spring best here, because I can go out in the evening and play with my friends. In my hometown, the summers are hotter than Shanghai but the winters are not so cold as t hey are here.

    Shanghai is like a small world where all kinds of people and food can be seen. I like being part of it and I am very happy to stay here.

    On Nov.18th,1908,three men went up in a balloon（气球）.They started early in London. The headman was Augusta Gaudron, and the other two men were Tannar and Maitland. They had a big balloon and they were ready for a long way.

    Soon they heard the sea. They were carrying the usual rope（绳子）,and it was hanging down from the basket of the balloon. At the end of the rope they had tied a metal box. This could hold water, or it could be empty. So they were able to change its weight. It was for use over the sea. They were also carrying some bags of sand.

    After the sun rose, the balloon went higher. It went up to 3,000 meters, and the air was very cold. The water in the balloon became ice. Snow fell past the men's basket, and they could see more snow on the ground. The men tried to throw out some more sand; but it was hard. They tried to break the icy sand with their knives, but it was not easy. The work was slow and they were still falling, so they had to drop some whole bags of sand. One of them fell on an icy lake and made a black hole in the ice.

    At last they pulled the box into the basket. It was still snowing, so they climbed to get away from the snow. They rose to 5,100 metres! Everything became icy. They were so cold that they decided to land. They came down in Poland heavily but safely. They had travelled 1, 797 kilometers from London!

    Long long ago, there was a small village in the mountains, and many people lived there. Mike was one of them. He was a middle-aged man. The people in the village always laughed at him. They liked to show visitors how stupid Mike was. They thought this was an amusing thing to do.

    One day, a visitor came to the village. "Watch this!" a villager said and called to Mike." Come and play a game, Mike." he shouted. Mike walked slowly towards him, with a silly smile on his face. "Look, Mike, "the villager said, "I have got something for you." He showed Mike a $1 coin and a much larger 50￠（美分） coin." Which one would you like？" he asked Mike, holding them both out. Mike immediately took the 50￠coin. The villager laughed." See how stupid he is!" he said," He always does that. How stupid he is!" He walked away, leaving Mike with the visitor.

    The visitor felt sorry for Mike." Mike, listen," he said," Although the 50￠ coin is bigger than the 1 coin, the 1 coin is worth much more. Twice as much." "I know that," Mike said," But the very first time I take the $1 coin, they will stop playing the game. "Mike went away and left the visitor in silence.

I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game finished a few hours ago. I'm the midfield player(中场球员) in my team. But in fact that's not 1 now. I was the midfield player because, as I said, this was my 2 game. That's a good way to end a high school football career(生涯), especially if you win, but even though you don't , it's good to3 at a high point. 

I was eight when I first started playing football. My dad 4 football, and he used to practice with me at home — passing, catching, running. We used to 5 almost every evening until it got too dark. He tried to teach me 6 he knew about the game. " Just remember: Don't ever 7 . "" Stay in the game. Don't lose your concentration(专注). "" Go out there and give 110 percent every time. " Well, that was a long time ago, but I still hear his words 8 in my ears. 

I had a lot in my mind before the game today. I don't like things to 9 , I guess, and this was the last game. I was talking to myself and 10 myself about what to do and not to do. I didn't sleep at all yesterday, and when the sun came up this morning, I reached the point where11 just wanted it all to be over. But then when the game started, my mind became empty. 

I just lived in this game this moment. I didn't 12 the crowd; I didn't feel the cold or the pain;I never felt tired. I just kept my eyes on the ball, and it was just me and the ball and, inside, a soft, white light 13 me the way to the goal. It was a beautiful, empty 14 . 

It's all over now, and it's really getting cold here. It's starting to snow. The sun's almost gone, and I 15 see the goal. Now it's dark and I'm sitting here all alone. Well, I guess it's time to say good- bye and move on. 

Wu Yulu comes from a small village，and he loves inventing things. He is a common inventor. Since he was a child，he has been {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in making robots. He made his first minielectrical machine（小型电机） at the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of 8. He worked on robots all day. Local villagers thought Wu Yulu was crazy. However，he never {#blank#}3{#/blank#}up his dream. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} most of his time on robots with different skills and didn't care about other things. 

So far，he has created {#blank#}5{#/blank#} than sixty robots. Some do the dishes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}others pour water or serve food. "I will never stop making robots and I'm glad that I have kept on，" said Wu Yulu. "I was invited to an exhibition in Shijiazhuang with my robots {#blank#}7{#/blank#}2009. I am proud of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I've invented，because my robots were on show with Shenzhou VIII. "

His son Wu Wangyang learnt from Wu Yulu，so he loves robots very much， {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. He is so crazy about robots that he always loses himself in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}inventions. In the future. he and his father Wu Yulu will surely invent more robots. 

Life Is Full of the Unexpected

In Ashburn, Virginia, Rivera, 27, was running on a road at about 6 p.m. on Thursday. A 71-year-old woman from South Riding, Virginia, was driving a Toyota SUV on the road. And a deer came from somewhere suddenly.

The SUV knocked into the deer, which sent the animal flying into Rivera. She only remembers running on the road and then coming into an ambulance (救护车). The doctor, Emily, told her she needed to cut away one of her favorite running shirts. She told Rivera the shirt had deer blood all over it. "That's when I knew a deer was part of this accident, and it's amazing! Goddess. I'm still alive and I am lucky." Rivera said.

The deer died at the scene (现场). The driver was treated at Inova Loudoun Hospital and recovered. Rivera, who was taken to the same hospital and also recovered on Friday evening.

Rivera had finished five miles on Thursday in her orange running shoes and she was nearly getting to her home when the accident happened.

A woman passerby called 911 and used Rivera's phone to call her family. "Many thanks for her help. It is a pity (遗憾) that the deer lost its life in the accident." Rivera continued, "How should I retell this tale? Maybe it's hard to know where to start. Thanks to god, we are all right."