Raising chickens seems a difficult task for teenagers. Gracie Goodpasture, from Virginia, US, not only raises them, but also tries to breed (喂养) the “perfect chicken”. And she even won an award for her love of science.

      Gracie started breeding chickens in her third grade at Steward School. At first, she worked on some farms for her school project. But later, the 14-year-old started to have some ideas of her own.

    “Some have thicker eggshells (蛋壳), and they're hearty (健壮的) throughout the winter,” said Grade.

      Since then, the young science lover started to try to find the healthiest free-range (散养) chickens. And she ended up breeding a type that now bears her name.

      The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) gave the 2015 Angela Award to Gracie Goodpasture. Her interests don't end with chickens and eggs. She is also into building robots and testing preservatives (防腐剂) in fast foods. In her words, she wants to go to Virginia Tech for poultry (家禽) sciences in the future.

    It was a little dark（黑） outside yesterday. When I was having dinner, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} .

    It was a child. He said he found a phone on the football field（场）.He found the number in the phone and called. Soon, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    I asked the child to stay there. When I arrived, I saw a group of five children, aged about 7 to 9. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .They told me how they found the phone. They also told me that some bigger children tried（试图） to take it, but they didn't give it to them.

    I was moved（感动） by their kindness（好意）.When I saw a shop nearby（附近的）, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  and asked them to buy something to eat. They looked surprised. And then they said “thank you” happily.

    They were so cute. There were another three dollars in my pocket（口袋）.I said to them, “OK, three more dollars. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} .”“Oh, no!” they said. “Thank you, sir. We have enough.” When I left, they were still excited to talk about what to buy.

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NEWYEAR，NEW ME

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    Today is January 1^st-a good day to start my new life! Some people talk about changing their lives, but they don't do anything. I'm not going to talk about changing my life. I have a list of things I want to do and I'm going to do all of them.

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    What am I going Io do first? Well, I usually get up, go to work, come home, have dinner and then watch TV until it's time to go to bed. I never do many sports. From tomorrow, I'm going to get up early every day and go for a run. I'm also going to use the swimming pool at gym after work.

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    I'm not going to stay at home every evening. I'm going to visit the college and get some information about language classes. I'm interested in Japanese I also want to do a cookery class. I don't know how to cook and I just eat in restaurant.

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    I spend a lot of money on clothes, but I'm not going to buy any more. I'm going to put the money in the bank. I want to travel and see new places. I'm planning to leave my job in September and travel around the world.

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    Those are my plans. What are you going to do to change your life this year?

    One weekend, a wife and a husband(丈夫)went to visit a shop in Tokyo. After they got back home, they couldn't find their camera(照相机). They thought the camera must be in the shop. After a few weeks, they went to that shop again and the boss of the shop gave their camera back to them.

    When their pictures of the camera came out, the husband saw two pictures he did not take. One is a man standing at the door of the shop. In his hand there is a piece of paper(纸) with some words on it "I find your camera. "The other is a boy with a piece of paper in his hand. There are some words on the paper too "I take the pictures".

    Today teamwork is becoming more and more important in businesses and other jobs. Our society needs people who can work with and get on well with others.

    John Brown, Design Works

    A good team needs people with different skills and talents. The best people can work with others and develop ideas with a team. It's important that everyone uses his talents in work.

    Lee Chung, Computer World

    Good team players are usually friendly and easy to talk to. They are also good at listening to other people. They are happy to share ideas.

Jane Lin, Lin Electricals

    Most teams need a mixture of people. It is great 10 have people with ideas but you also need people who get things done on time. A team made up of people that all have the same skills would not work.

Jim Khan, Northern Bank

    I prefer people who can bring out the best in other people. In a group you can see people that know how to get a team to work together. They understand teams and they can make a team work. A good team is the key to success.

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    We did a survey (调查) about students' free time activities yesterday. One of our questions was about exercise and of course, it is the most important one. From the survey, we knew only 25% of the girls often have activities outside. Many girls do little exercise. They don't like P.E. classes and even don't play sports. These girls may face a lot of problems. They may get fatter and weaker, And they may get some kinds of illnesses(疾病) easily. Wang Jing, a 16-year-old girl, said, "I don't like doing exercise. I like watching TV on the sofa. I spend at least three hours watching TV a day. My sleeping time is no more than seven hours a day. I often feel tired

    Some girls said, "We don't have enough time to do exercise. We must help our parents with housework because they are very tired after a day's work. We do some washing, clean the house and finish the homework. We don't have time for doing anything else."

    Everyone may have these excuses(借口) for not doing exercise. However, we must know that if we don't do exercise, we will get sick easily. As students, we'd better exercise every day. That makes us live a healthy life.

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