Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. It starts on April 13^th and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} for three days. Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or change places" as it is the day whenthe sun changes its position. It is also{#blank#}2{#/blank#} as the "Water
Festival" because people believe that water will wash away the bad luck.
    The Thai people{#blank#}3{#/blank#} this festival with water . Everyone gets wet and since it is the{#blank#}4{#/blank#} season of the year, the custom is quite enjoyable. Songkran is a Public Spring Cleaning Day , supported by the local{#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Anything old or useless must be thrown away or it will{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the bad luck to the owner.
    During the festival, young people put scented (有香味的)water into the{#blank#}7{#/blank#} of elders and parents as a kind of respect. The elders in return{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the young people good luck. People also pour water over each{#blank#}9{#/blank#} 
    Thailand is almost completely an agricultural society and this has also been a perfect time to take a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} from hard work.

It was a very special day because Dylan Terry came to the West EndChildren's Home! Dylan Terry is my favorite {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sing). I like him because he sings {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wonderful), he's cute and he helps the kids alot.

    We {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (stand) near the door, waiting for him.Everyone was very excited. Finally, he    arrived {#blank#}4{#/blank#} shook hands with us. He was so nice! He sang several songs for us. Some of us evenstarted dancing {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he was singing. We were having a great time!

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} our surprise, Dylan joined us for lunch. Hebrought us {#blank#}7{#/blank#} big cake. Everyone ate some and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} was delicious. While we were eating, Dylantold us many interesting {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (story) about himself. I never thought I couldtalk to my favorite pop star. It was just like a dream. I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (remember) this unforgettable experienceforever.

Jellyfish and Crocodiles（水母和鳄鱼）

Hi, my name's Ben. My family, that's Mum, Dad and me, live in Broome in Western Australia. Western Australia is about 80 times larger than Italy, but only 1.5 million people live there. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It has a population of about 12,000. It's right on the coast and is known for its famous Cable Beach, which is 20km long.

    We live in the town in a house with a large garden. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} We drive to Cable Beach and look for a quiet place to swim or to fish. We don't go swimming from October to March because there may be box jellyfish in the water. The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous jellyfish. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} If you are attacked by one, the best thing to do is to pour vinegar（醋）over the area of your body where you are hurt. That's why we always take a bottle of vinegar with us.

     {#blank#}4{#/blank#} A year ago I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad. We wanted to do some fishing and set up camp about 20 metres from a river. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Bill's father told us to get up and we quickly got out of the tent and ran to the car, which was only 10 metres away.

    Bill's dad started the car and turned on the head. In the light, we could see a big crocodile pulling the tent into the river!

    An old man had a box in his room. He never let anyone touch it. A couple worked for him.

    One day, the old man wanted {#blank#}1{#/blank#} go out and before he left, he said to them, "I will be away for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} few days. Look after my box don't open{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    The man's wife was always {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in his box. The next day she said to her husband. "There must be something expensive in the box. Let's open it, shall we? "Her husband disagreed but the woman didn't give{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. One day, the woman couldn't{#blank#}6{#/blank#} opening the box and looked inside to her {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, there was nothing inside. She tried hard to close the box, but she couldn't.

    That evening, the old man came back. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he found that the box was open, he was so angry

    The couple regretted (后悔)doing that and said sorry, but it was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} late. The old man told them to leave his home at once. "But we didn't take anything at {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, "the wife said. The old man shouted.

    "The box is not important. Now I know I can't believe you. That's the most important!"

    A dog once had a nice piece of meat for his dinner. He was walking along with the meat in its mouth, as happy as a king. On his way home {#blank#}1{#/blank#} was a river. The dog stopped to look into the calm, clear water. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} did the dog see in the water?

    He saw a dog looking up at him! This dog looked the same as our happy little dog, and even had a similar piece of meat in its mouth!" {#blank#}3{#/blank#} try to get that meat, too," said the dog.

    But as soon as he tried to bite（咬）the new piece of meat, his {#blank#}4{#/blank#} meat fell out of his mouth and into the river!

    Then he saw that the other dog in the water had lost his piece, too. He went sadly home. That day he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} had his dreams to eat.