My name is Dan and I have two brothers, Bob and Ray. We like hamburgers for lunch. Bob and I like French fries, but Ray doesn't. I don't like eggs for breakfast, but Bob and Ray do. I like fruit for breakfast. We really like chicken and salad for dinner.

    Matt jumped into bed. His father sat down beside him.

    "What kind of day did you have?" he asked.

    "It was a bad day for me," Matt answered. "I had a fight with Ned. The teacher sent a note home about me. And Mom talked about it with me."

    "Yes, part of the day was bad," Mr. Gold said. "But there were good parts, too. Now it's time to go to sleep. So, tell me about the best thing today."

    Matt smiled. "After school I went fishing," he said. "No one wanted to go with me. So I had to go alone. I didn't think I would have any fun. But I did! I caught a fish!"

    "I'm glad you had a good time," Mr. Gold said. "Think about it until(直到)you go to sleep. Happy dreams!"

    "Good night, Dad," Matt said.

    His father kissed(亲吻)him good night.

    Every night, Mr. Gold and Matt have a little talk like this.

    Every night, Matt answers the same question. "What was the best thing that happened to you today?"

    Every night Matt goes to sleep thinking about the best thing. He has many happy dreams!

    Sometimes he has to think hard to find the best thing. Sometimes it is a very small thing. But he always finds one good thing to think about.

    Matt's father taught his son a good way to end his day. You may want to try it. If you do, why not begin this every night?

    It's seven o'clock in the morning in Chennai, India Lavin always has her morning bath before school. But she doesn't have a bath at home. She has a bath in a small river outside with her best friend, a baby elephant.

    Lavin lives at Arignar Anna Zoo with her parents, brothers and sisters. Her father works at the zoo and he is a special keeper for the baby elephants. Lavin is only six years old, but she can control(控制)the elephants and she has a very special friendship with them.

    At eight o'clock in the morning, Lavin goes to school, but she doesn't go on the school bus. She rides an elephant to school. After school, Lavin plays football with her elephants.

    Now it is the evening, and the baby elephants are tired Lavin sits next to them and sings to them. Sometimes, they all sleep together-friends together in the day and friends together at night.

    Victor's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right-stamps.

    Victor's favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.

    He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

    "Don't worry. Never give up," his father said to him. If you have enough patience, you'll find it one day.

    "I hope so," Victor said

    Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor's penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip's mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. "You see," his father said. "You did find your stamp. So it's good to have two things in life."

    "What are they?" Victor asked.

    "Friends and patience," he answered.

We were tired from all the work. We took turns to sleep.1  of us had to be awake (醒着) all the time. There was so much work to do.

Finally, we reached the space station. There, we would do more work, 2 we would have less pressure (压力). We had so much to do every day in our spaceship. Now there would be more people to help us. We would be able to 3 the work.

When we moved 4 the space station, I felt great. There was so much more space. We would have real 5  to sleep on. We would have better food. They had a 6  in the space station. They grew vegetables.

The six astronauts in the space station were 7  to see us. They said, "We have been8  you."We were also glad to see them. We heard that one of them was sick(生病的). We went to visit her together."9  are you feeling now?"we asked her. She said she was 10 . We also felt less worried.

The first night in the space station was great. We had a good dinner. Then we were going to 11 . I had been working for hours. But one of the astronauts said, "We need to give you a 12  . Each person has to take turns to stay awake. Here is the schedule(日程安排)."I saw I was the 13  . I would have to stay awake tonight. 14  I was really tired. But I knew it was my job so I 15 .

I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I'm here. It is hard work, but it's exciting.

I am going to share with you my unforgettable experience of taking part in the Hangzhou Asian Games.

As a volunteer, I was lucky enough to see the passion and dedication(奉献) of the athletes, as well as the warmth and hospitality(好客) of the Hangzhou people. This event not only gave me a chance to learn a lot about the world, but also taught me valuable life lessons that I will remember forever.

The Hangzhou Asian Games, held from September 23rd to October 8th, was a wonderful sports event. Athletes and spectators (观众) were brought together from all over the world because of the games.

As a volunteer, I had the opportunity to do something in different aspects of the games, including event management, logistics, and customer service. My job was to help the athletes and officials with the daily activities, and to make sure that they had a smooth and enjoyable experience during their stay in Hangzhou. 

Because of the games, athletes from all around the world came to China and saw the rapid development of Hangzhou. They enjoyed the food here very much. I felt so happy and proud to be a Chinese when talking about our country with those foreign friends.