It was the last lesson before the holidays. The students were very happy. Their English teacher was very happy, too. The teacher played interesting games with them. They also sang some nice s{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Everyone had a smile on the face. The teacher went to the blackboard and wrote "SMILES" on it. "This is one of the l{#blank#}2{#/blank#}words in English", he said to the class. The whole class laughed, and then one girl s{#blank#}3{#/blank#}up and said, "Why is it one of the longest words in English?" The teacher said n{#blank#}4{#/blank#}for a while. Then he smiled and said, "B{#blank#}5{#/blank#} there is a mile between the first letter and the last."

    Last month, our dog w{#blank#}1{#/blank#}me when I came home from school. He wanted a walk, but I was too tired. I threw down my bag and went to the living room. The m{#blank#}2{#/blank#}I sat down in front of the TV, my mom came o{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to ask me to take the dog for a w{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. But I wanted to watch one show first, because I thought I worked all day at school, and I was just as t{#blank#}5{#/blank#}as my mother was. My mother g{#blank#}6{#/blank#}angry. For one week, she didn't do any housework and n{#blank#}7{#/blank#}did I. Finally, I could not find a clean dish or a clean shirt. I f{#blank#}8{#/blank#}very sorry to my mother. I understood that we needed to share the housework to have a clean and c{#blank#}9{#/blank#}home. So I helped o{#blank#}10{#/blank#}around the house. My mother was very pleased after she came home from work.