Campbell Remess, a 12-year-old boy from Tasmania, has an unusual hobby—sewing(缝纫). He makes teddy bears, and gives them to children at the local hospital. “If Campbell could be on that sewing machine for 24 hours, he would,” said his mother, Sonia.

      Campbell is one of nine children, so when he had the idea of giving Christmas presents to kids in hospital, the only choice was to make them himself. “First, I took a lot of practice,” said Campbell. “ I haven't sewn anything before.” He downloaded patterns from the Internet and learned by trial and error （反复试验）. At first, a bear took him five hours to make, but now it only takes him an hour to make a bear.

      Campbell visits the hospital every Thursday, giving out new bears and visiting kids whom he's given gifts before. “He looks at sadness and tries to turn it upside down,” Said Sonia.

      There has been sadness in his family, too. Five years age, his father Nathan had cancer. Even though he received the medical treatment, there was still an 80-percent recurrence rate（复发率）. “When we discovered Dad had cancer, we all felt very upset.,” said Campbell. “As a result, the cancer got worse with stress. So I made my first bear, hoping that Dad could be free from cancer.

      Since Nathan got the bear,   ▲    It's the longest period he has been free from cancer.“ there's a little magic in it,” said Nattan. “ A lot of magic in Campbell though.”

      Campbell explained his project with this: “ I think being kind will change the world.”

    A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's disappointment, his mother said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teachers met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. There was a serious scar (伤疤) that covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

    At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness of his mother with the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed and hid himself from everyone. However, he could hear clearly the conversation between his mother and the teacher.

    "How did you get the scar on your face?" the teacher asked.

    The mother replied, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire.

    Everyone was too afraid to go in because the fire was out of control, but I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a burning wood falling down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked to be unconscious (无知觉的), but luckily, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She touched the burned side of her face. "This scar will be forever, but until today, I have never regretted doing what I did."

    When the little boy heard this, he couldn't help running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt his mother was greater than anyone. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.

要点: (1)外形。 (2)功能。 (3)便捷之处。 (4)是否产生污染。

The Car in the Future

In a village,there lived a young man named James. He always felt pain because of his hard life. One day, he visited a wise old man and told1 about his troubles. 

The old man2 James patiently and then gave him a handful of salt. James was confused(困 惑的). He wanted to know whether the salt was magical and could wash away all the3 in his life. 

Then the man4 James to put some salt in a glass of water and drink it. James followed the man's instructions(指示). 

"How does it5 ?'asked the man. 

"That is awful,"said James as he spat(吐)out the salty water. 

The old man laughed and then led James to the nearby6 . "Put the same amount of salt in the lake and drink the water from it,"said the man. 

"It is perfect. I can7 taste any salt,"James said. "I am so8 . I can drink a lot!" This time,James enjoyed the cool water of the lake very much. 

The old man then sat next to James,took his hands and said,"The pain in life is just like salt. How it tastes depends on the container we put it into. So,when you are in pain,you can make your heart9 . Stop being like a glass and10 being like a lake. Then the troubles in your life will cause you less pain and you can enjoy your life better. 

A student always asked himself, "How many friends should a person have-one or many?" One day, he decided to ask his teacher for  1  .

"It is very simple," the teacher answered. "Get me that red apple from the highest branch(树枝) of the tree." The student  2  and said, "It's too high! I can't reach it.""Ask a friend. Maybe he can help." the teacher suggested. The student called another student and stood on his shoulders(肩膀) to reach the branch. "I still can't reach it, sir," said the student  3  after the first day.

"Don't you have more  4  ?"the teacher smiled. The student asked more of them to come over. They stood on each other's shoulders, trying to make a 5  pyramid(金字塔), but the apple was so  6 that they couldn't reach it and the pyramid fell. The student still couldn't reach the apple. Then one of the friends went home, and brought a ladder(梯子). Finally, they were so  7  to pick the apple.

After getting the apple, the teacher asked, "So, do you  8  how many friends a person needs?""I do, "the student said. "Many, so together we can solve any  9  .""Sounds good," the teacher said. "Friends can give each other  10  . You need as many friends as you can. Among them, there will be at least one person who can think of a good idea, like getting a ladder."

My sister Lily likes cartoon movies. She always watches them. Her favorite movie is Frozen. I never watch cartoon movies. I think they are boring. I like action movies best. They are exciting. Mom likes music programs. The band she likes best is the Jonas Brothers. I like it, too. I watch talent shows with mom every Friday. Dad only watches the news. He says it's very relaxing. He doesn't like other programs. My brother Bob likes western movies best. He thinks cowboys (牛仔) and horses are wonderful.

—Mike

My mother's favorite TV program is Nature News. She always watches it and she sometimes asks me to watch nature programs with her, but I think they are boring. My father watches a football game on TV at 7:00 p. m. every Wednesday. I don't like it, but my father likes it very much. He also likes the news. My sister Tina's favorite program is a game show. She thinks it's fun and she watches it every Saturday. I like cartoons best. I find them very interesting.

—Helen