Now teachers are beginning to worry about students' English handwriting(书写).They write carelessly and make the words or sentences ugly to look at. Is your English handwriting beautiful?

If not, here are four steps that really work!

 Use paper with lines

 Using paper that has lines can keep you writing well when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lied space completely.

 Slow down

 If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, writing slowly makes handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it is hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse you may make more mistakes.

 Hold your pen right

When you hold your pen in the correct way, writing is much easier .Some students press(按压)down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to relax yourself and don't hold the pen so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.

 Draw more pictures

 Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.

根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子请在相应位置内写“T”,错误的句子写“F”。

   The programmes Sun Xiaomei hosts might be among the shortest on CCTV. On Screen Next Week is on once a week for 15 minutes, and TV You, He and I comes on for five minutes each time once a week too. “Though these programmes are short, I have many ideas to make them more lively for the audience,” she said.

   Sun was interested in music in her childhood. She played the violin since the age of five until she finished middle school. At first her father wanted her to enter a music school; however, 16-year-old Sun Xiaomei became a student in Beijing Broadcasting College.

   Sun loves her job as a hostess very much. She pays great attention to learning from her comrades(同事), especially Zhao Zhongxiang. When Zhao Zhongxiang hosted The World and The Animal World, Sun would sit beside him to learn.

 “I am sure that when I am seen by hundreds of millions of audience on the weekend, I can make friends with them through my warm and easy talk,” she said.

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    To me, music is food and water. I know this isn't right for everyone. Usually lots of people go to concerts or listen to music records. Maybe some of you don't do these, but music is everywhere in our life. For example, when you watch movies or TV plays, we will find them boring if there's no music. And when you're waiting for the train or the plane, some music can make the time short.

    Some people like to listen to the sound of the sea. Some enjoy listen to the singing of birds. Those sounds are some kind of music. So music has meaning for everyone. Of course, it has special meaning for people like me. We spend our lives playing or writing music.

    Someone said, “Through music a child goes into a world of beauty(美丽), learns to take care of others and makes his mind and body healthy.”

    In the United States, teenagers can only get a full-time job if they are 16 years old or older. But there are things that the younger teenagers can do to make some money. Here are a few examples.

    Parents with young children sometimes want to go out for dinner or to the movies, but they don't want to leave their children at home alone (单独).{#blank#}1{#/blank#}If the children go to bed early, the teenager can do some of his or her homework!

Some people have a dog, but they don't have time to take it for a walk. Dogs need a lot of exercise!{#blank#}2{#/blank#}It's a good idea – they can make money and stay outside in the fresh air. They get some exercise, too!

    Teenagers can deliver (递送) newspapers. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They need to have their own bike. They have to get up early, too, because people want to read their newspaper at breakfast.

    Teenagers can also work at home on their computer. Some companies (公司) pay teen, agers to make online surveys (调查).{#blank#}4{#/blank#} It's a fun and easy way to make money.

    These are all popular jobs. Teenagers can choose one of them to make some money. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Beijing safe is the most important thing after all. "

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    Hi! My name is Dave. I am a middle school student but I think my life is different from most other students. After school, I always hunt wild birds and animals with my father, uncles and brothers. I also help them to plant and harvest (收割) crops. I want to be a carpenter. A carpenter is someone who works with wood and fixes (修理) chairs and other things made of wood. I have made lots of things like tables and other furniture.

    My elder sister does many different kinds of things every day. She makes our candles (蜡烛) by using the oil and fat from sheep and cows. These candles give us light at night. She also gets the wool from sheep. My mother and grandmother also teach her to sew. She can make letters and pictures on the cloths with needles.

    I think we live a very happy country life.

    Mike was a good and well-trained boy. His parents loved him very much. He did everything well, but Mike had one bad habit. He ate a lot of sweets and chocolates. Those were his favorite. He just couldn't give up. His mother always told him, "Mike doesn't eat so many sweets. You will get toothaches."

    His mother used to keep all the sweets in a glass jar (罐子). One day when his mother went to the market, Mike saw that his father was asleep. So he walked carefully and slowly to the kitchen and got the sweet jar. Finally, he opened it and put his hand in narrow mouth. Mike picked a fist (拳头) full of sweets. But when he tried to pull his hand out, it got stuck (卡) in the jar.

    Mike's father was awake and watching. He said to Mike, "You have picked up too many sweets in your fist. It's more than your little hand can keep. Your fist cannot come out of the jar. Let go off the sweets and pick only one sweet in your two fingers and you can pull your hand out easily. Always take as much as you can control."

    Mike pulled out his hand from the jar easily and he learned a lesson for his life, too.