Mara: There are a lot of other people with more experience .,but I just try to do my best .I always go on to the stage thinking good thoughts, never bad thoughts.

  Reporter: Who is your role model or idol(偶像) ? What inspires you?

  Mara: For singing, my idols are Aretha Franklin and Christina Aguilera, but a role model to me would be my mom. I love her with all my heart—she encourages me to believe in my dreams.

  Reporter: What are your other hobbies?

  Mara: I love playing video games, and I usually go to the park with my family. We usually play basketball. We also like to play tennis!

    Zheng Qi is twelve years old．She lives with her parents in the city．She usually rides her bike to school and sometimes takes the bus．At weekends，she often helps to cook meals at home．She likes different vegetables and tomatoes are her favourite．Now she is helping her mum cook in the kitchen．Her father is getting the table ready．

    Yang Bing is thirteen years old and he studies in a town．He likes reading and he is good at writing．He has got forty—three classmates．Last Saturday,Yang Bing visited a new bookshop near his home and bought two books．They are about body language in Europe．Some day,he wants to take a tour in some famous cities there,such as London and Paris．

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    Steve Jobs, who was as famous as Bill Gates in the world, was one of the fathers of the personal computing time and the founder of the computer company, “Apple”. He was also one of the greatest giants of the information age. The following are some of his greatest achievements.

    She was a poor child, but proud and arrogant（傲慢的）, and people said she was nothing but rude and impolite. When but a very little child, she had pleasure in catching flies to pull off their wings, stick them on a pin and watch them try to get off it.

    As Inger grew up she became even worse instead of better. She was very pretty, and that increased her arrogance. "You'll bring misfortune down upon you," said her own mother to her. "As a little child you often used to break things, and when you're older, I fear you'll break my heart." And she really did. Then she was sent into the town to be in the service of a rich family. They treated her as kindly as if she would have been their daughter and dressed her so well that she looked more beautiful.

    When she had been there for about a year, her mistress（女主人） said to her, "You are supposed to go back and visit your parents, little Inger." So she went, but only because she wanted to show them how fine she had become. When she reached the village, and saw her poor mother resting herself on a stone nearby, with a number of firewood. Inger turned away.

    Another year went by. "You must go and visit your old parents," said her mistress." Here's white bread for them." So Inger put on her new shoes, and walked carefully so that her shoes would stay clean and neat. When she came to somewhere dirty, she threw the bread on the ground and use it as a steppingstone to get across. But once she stepped on it, the bread went down quickly, carrying with the girl into the deep.

    Soon nothing could be seen but a black pool!

    There is a saying in China that goes, "Women hold up half the sky." Now, let's look at some famous women who have a big influence in China.