When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely(完全地)．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyb's voice. “This lady came up，and I'm thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.' That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted On line and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland,MsBoyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover.” she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal(歌唱的) talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．''

    Tom and Mike are good friends. They are kind to children.

    They want to find summer jobs. One day Tom tells Mike that Beidaihe Kids Summer Camp needs help with sports, music and computers. They are both very glad to hear(听说) this. Tom can play basketball and volleyball and he can swim, too. Mike can play the violin, the trumpet, the drums and the guitar. Tom and Mike like computers very much. Can they join the Summer Camp?

    Four men who would become fathers were in a hospital waiting room while their wives were going to give birth to their babies. The nurse arrived and proudly said to the first man, “Congratulations, sir. You're the father of twins!”

    “What a surprise! Believe it or not! I work for the Minnesota Twins Baseball teams!”

    Later the nurse returned and congratulated the second father on the birth of his triplets (三胞胎).

    “Wow! That's unbelievable! I work for the 3M Company.”

    An hour later, the nurse returned to congratulate the third man on the birth of his quadruplets (四胞胎). Surprised, he only could answer, “I don't believe it! I work for the Four Seasons Hotel!”

    After this, everyone turned to the fourth man who had just fallen down. The nurse ran fast to his side. As he slowly came to himself, they could hear him speak in a very low voice over and over, “I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven. I should never have taken that job at 7-Eleven.”

    Tom goes to see his grandparents with his father. On the train, Tom often puts his head out of the window. His father says, "Tom, don't put your head out of the window. ''But Tom goes on putting his head out of the window.

    His father takes Tom's hat quietly, hides(藏)it behind his back and says to Tom, "You see, your hat is gone(消失)."Tom is afraid. His father says, "Well, whistle once. Maybe your hat will come back. "Tom whistles. His father puts the hat on Tom's head quickly. "Oh! It's wonderful! "Tom laughs and says. He quickly takes his father's hat and throws it out of the window. "Now it's your turn to whistle, Dad!" he says happily.

    Mr. Smith is our Chinese teacher. He always asks the same student to answer his questions because he doesn't look at the students at all. Yesterday he questioned Dick three times. Dick was very angry. After class Dick asked me, "What shall I do?" I told (告诉) him a good idea. Now we are having a Chinese class. Mr Smith wants one of us to read the text. "Dick, please read the text." "Dick isn't here today." Dick stands up and says. "Oh, I see, you read it, please."

    One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for. a walk. He was walking along the sidewalk. Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and needed help.

    The two drivers were arguing." You came around the corner too fast, "one man said." No!" said the driver of the white car." That's not true! Your car was parked in a wrong place. "Stanley listened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong to drive too fast. The driver of the red car asked Stanley to prove he was right in court（法庭）. Stanley gave the driver his name

    Next Thursday morning, Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of questions about what he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.

    "I am eighty-two, "answered Stanley. "Do you usually wear glasses?" asked the lawyer. "Yes, I do, "answered Stanley." Were you wearing them on the night of the accident?" the lawyer asked. "No, "replied Stanley.

    Then the lawyer said, "Why should the court believe you? You are eighty-two years old, you were not wearing your glasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?"

    Stanley thought about it for a minute. "Well, "he said, "when it's dark, I can see the Moon. How far is that?"