The world is full of amazing things. Today, I'm going to talk about something amazing.

    We have lots of things to do every day, so many of us will be tired after a busy day. They all choose sleeping to have a rest. But do you know that sleeping can consume（消耗） many calories. The energy consumed is even more than watching TV. If you want to have a good health, I think you can't sleep too much.

    Do you like animals? There are a lot of surprising things they can do. Goldfish are a lovely kind of fish. Most goldfish have quite a short life — only 6 to 7 years. Once, the goldfish called Freb had a very long life. It lived up to 41 years. It was the oldest goldfish in the world. Now if people take good care of the goldfish, they can live more than 10 years. Animals are our friends. We should know more about them and give them a good home. Do you have any interesting stories about amazing things? If so, tell us. Let's share them together.

    Emma and Hannah are 13-year-old school girls from Minnesota, USA. They are good at making new things both of them are also good at sales. They are selling charms (小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.

    The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids. They talked with their parents about the idea. Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.

    The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them. They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper, and then glue them onto the inside of the caps. There are different kinds of pictures, "Peace signs are popular with girls, and single-letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters," Emma and Hannah said.

    Now, charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan. "Students put charms on purses, backpacks, and their lunch boxes," said Emma. Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet. They hope they can sell their charms to more kids. They're thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.

    Their business is not only for getting money. At their Valentine's sale, 20% of the income (收入) went to charity.

    When he didn't become famous, Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists in the world, lived a hard life, wearing casually. Someone reminded him he should have a decent(得体的) coat so as to enter the society.

    He said, "I'm unknown. Even if I wear more handsomely, no one will know me. "A few years later, Einstein became a world-famous scientist, who still wore casually. The man again reminded he should have a coat made quickly, or it would disagree with the fame of a great scientist. Einstein said with a smile, "Now, even if I wear ragged(衣衫褴褛的)clothes, people will know me."

    Sometimes, he even wore a sports shirt and a pair of sandals to the University of Berlin when he worked as a professor in Germany. His friends didn't agree with him, but he said jokingly, "If the bag is better than the meat inside, it will be a bad thing."

    Indeed, many a time, if we don't adorn(修饰;装饰) ourselves from the appearance but let the skeleton(骨架;骨骼) of the spirit stand up, we won't fall over in this world.

When I moved to America in the 7th grade, I did not speak any English. I had no choice but to keep working hard. Although I made 1 when I reached the 9th grade, people still found it difficult to understand me because of my accent (口音).

One day, at a party, I was invited to play a guessing game. When it was my turn, I tried to 2 the object that I had in mind. Suddenly someone said with a laugh, "What did she say?" I felt 3 . Out of kindness, a girl gently advised me to repeat it, but I got stuck on the word "purple"—I couldn't 4 it. This time, everyone laughed while I was trying hard to get the word out of me. This 5 had its own influence on me. When opportunities were opened up for the summer program I had been looking forward to, I 6 to attend (参加) the interview. Luckily, I got tons of encouragement from people around me. So I decided to 7 .

At the interview, the other students in my group spoke very 8 but I didn't speak that much. I knew that I could hardly be understood because of my accent. Besides when I was nervous, it would be even more 9 for me to pronounce words clearly. After the interview, I stayed, said "10 " and explained to the teachers. I didn't want them to think I wasn't interested or I was being unfriendly. But they appreciated (欣赏) that I expressed 11 . "It's OK. You don't have to say sorry. Your accent does not make you less than others," said one of the teachers.

Surprisingly, I was accepted into the 12 . Imagine how I felt!

Up to now, I still feel 13 that I took that step. It is a sign that I have changed. I did not let my accent 14 me. I'm sure I will continue to feel nervous about speaking English with strangers. 15 that's OK. It will not stop me from trying to be better.

Hello, I'm Peppa. I'm a lovely pig. Here is a nice1 of my family on the wall.

Look! I wear a red dress( 裙 子 ). I like jumping in muddy puddles(泥坑). These are my parents, Daddy Pig and Mummy Pig.

Daddy Pig wears glasses. He loves sitting on the2 and watching TV. Mummy Pig often works on her computer. She is very nice. That is my younger 3 . His name is George. I love

George very much. I love my father and mother, 4   . My grandparents are not in the photo. I love visiting( 拜 访 ) them because my Granny Pig always makes cake for me!

My mother is 5 , but I'm not. In my mother's room, the 6 are in the bookcase. But in my 7 , books are everywhere--on the chair, on the desk and under the bookcase. If I can't find my things, I always ask my mother8 help. Yesterday(昨天)，she 9 a set of keys in my room. And she asked me, "Are these your keys?" I said no. Now I10 they are my grandmother's. She lost her keys yesterday.

The world's top three food plants are rice, wheat and corn. People around the world eat them {#blank#}1{#/blank#} different ways. In East Asia, people have rice {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(noodle). And bread is the main food in Europe. So I think the plants as main food play {#blank#}3{#/blank#} important role in our lives. 

Besides working as main food, plants can also influence the climate. Take the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada for example. It's sunny now, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} please take a raincoat if you want to visit there. It may rain later because the trees in the rainfo rest can make {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(they) own rain. Those trees can live for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(thousand) of years. Most {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(important), they can form the clouds at the top of the trees. Water {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(come) into the air from the leaves and forms rain. 

Do you want to do something for our mother nature? Join our Planting Day Activity and we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(plant) more trees in the future. It's useful for protecting the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(nature) world. 

So far, I think you have known the importance of plants.