Elizabeth got out of bed and dressed. She ate here favorite breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, and juice. Her mother gave her a kiss before opening the front door and wishing her daughter a good day.

Elizabeth, carefully tapping along, made her way down the sidewalk to her best friend Kate's front door. Elizabeth used to attend a school for the blind. Today she was joining Kate at Washington Carver Elementary. "Here comes my brother," Elizabeth said. Kate looked around but saw no one. Then, suddenly, John came around the next corner on his skateboard. "How did you know John was coming?" Kate asked.

"From the sound of the wheels on his board," replied Elizabeth. "I'd know it anywhere. Kate listened again until she heard the joyful sound hidden among all the much louder noises on the street.

John rode along the sidewalk, moving from one side to the other and back again, until he came to a stop in front of Elizabeth and Kate. "Hey Sis," he said. "Good luck today!" "Thanks, John," said Elizabeth. "Any words of wisdom for me?" "Yeah," her brother replied, smiling. "Stay away from the sloppy joes in the cafeteria." After these words, John went away on his board.

Kate wondered if Elizabeth still remembered eating the sloppy joes before she lost her sight at the age of six, because of a high fever. Kate wondered if she felt sad. She decided to ask. "I used to think I couldn't do anything," explained Elizabeth. "But now I know that I can do most things. I just need a little more learning time." Kate could see the sunny smile on her friend's face.

Giving her friend a big hug, Kate said to herself, "      ⑹        ".

    Hello!My name is Bob. My classroom is not big but nice. There are 21 desks and 20 chairs. 墙上有一些画和一幅地图。Mrs Brown is our English teacher. She is from a big city.She is nice. Her husband Mr Brown is a teacher too, but he isn't in our school. Tom is my good friend. We like playing football on Saturday. Where is my football? It is under my desk.     

    Americans love sports--they love to play them, to watch them on television, and to talk about them. But this hobby sometimes has serious results-- at least to the players. For example, when people play tennis, sometimes they hurt their elbows(肘部) and in this way they develop "tennis elbow". Also it is easy to hurt a knee in a football game. These injuries happen while the player is having fun, but they still hurt.

    A few months ago Kathleen Simmons, who loves playing volleyball, hurt her knee in a volleyball game. Her doctor told her that she needed a very difficult operation(手术) or she might not be able to play again. She felt very sad and didn't know what to do.

    Then Simmons learned about "video operation". Simmons found a hospital that was using this new science and went to see the doctor there. The doctors told her the operation could help.

    For this operation, her doctor didn't have to open her knee. Instead he put a very small camera lens(镜头)inside her knee. The lens sent back pictures, which appeared on a television screen. As he worked, he could see the inside of her knee on the TV. With the help of the large pictures on the screen, the doctor knew exactly what to do when he was making the repairs.

    Simmons started walking five days after her operation. Now, six months after her operation, Simmons can do everything she did before her injury. She can play volleyball again."

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Good Habits of Successful People

    Have you ever wondered how some people have gotten so successful? Sure you have. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} But most successful people share certain habits. Here are several habits that have helped place them on the top.

    They get goals and imagine.

    Ninety-five percent of the successful achievers practice writing down their goals, plans, or visions for success on a regular basis. Successful people do this the night before, or early in the morning. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    They wake up early.

    President Obama, Richard Branson and Tim Cook are known to be early risers. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Because early risers are able to start their days ahead of everyone else to respond to others, exercise and find some personal time, they tend to be happier and more proactive (积极的).

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    Sixty-seven percent of rich people only watch TV for one hour or less per day. Corley also found only six percent of the wealthy watch reality shows, while 78 percent of the poor do. Additionally, 86 percent of the wealthy love to read with an impressive 88 percent claiming that they read for self-improvement for 30 minutes or more per day.

    They know when to say "no".

    Successful people realize that by saying "no" to negativity, extra work and activities that waste time, they can focus on increasing their productivity. If they say "yes" to everyone or everything, they'll be too distracted. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

    What season is it in October? If you ask people from the UK, they will tell you it's "autumn". {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Why does this season have two names in English? According to Dictionary.com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was the first to describe this season. During this season, crops(庄稼)would become ripe(成熟)and farmers would have a big harvest(丰收). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word "harvest" became less useful. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it "the fall of the leaf', or "fall" for short.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It gradually replaced(替代)"fall" as the word for this season.

    At the same time, British people were making their first trips to North America. They brought both the words "fall" and "autumn" with them. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}