Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her sit by her window each afternoon, sewing(针线活) or reading.
     After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible.”
     One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was seen clearly. Her window was clean! Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批评) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through(通过) my own dirty window.
     That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own mistakes?
     Since then, whenever I wanted to judge (评判) someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”
Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

    Microsoft founder Bill Gates has talked about how to be a good parent, saying that 13 is a right age for a child's first cellphone. The father of three said on the show that his children Jennifer and Rory were not allowed having phones until their thirteenth birthday and his younger daughter Phoebe is still waiting for one.

    "We've made a rule in our family that it's 13 when you get a phone." He also said as a result his children often return home from school complaining(抱怨), "All the other kids have it. I'm the only one without it. It's so embarrassing."

    Asked if he keeps passwords(密码)to his son's and daughters' email and Facebook accounts(账号), Mr Gates said that he doesn't for Jennifer, who he said was" old enough".

    Besides their wealth, Mr and Mrs Gates, who live in Lake Medina, have said they want to raise their children as normally as possible. It is said that their kids have to do housework after school and aren't given much pocket money.

    And in 2010Mr Gates said that he wanted to give most of his $ 61 billion away rather than hand it down." That wouldn't be good for my kids or society, "he said.

    Mr Gates left Microsoft in 2008 to put his heart into charity. During the interview with host Matt Lauser, he said that helping others made him feel happy as creating software.

    "What you really feel is what you've achieved. If a piece of software gets out there and lots of people love it-it lets them get their work done in better ways-that's exciting, "he explained.

Parents often find children watch cartoons for at least three to four hours a day. Studies show that kids start watching cartoons on TV at an early age of six months, and by the time they reach the age of two or three, they become fans of cartoons and they would like to spend much time on them. Is it good for kids to watch cartoons?

Parents often see this as a problem because most of the kids are too crazy about watching cartoons. Parents think if kids spend too much time on cartoons, they won't do well at school.

Some people think it's good to watch cartoons. They help the working parents the most because parents can do a lot of work when their kids watch cartoons on TV.

When children watch educational cartoons, they get to learn things. Cartoons also help to improve children's language skills. Educational cartoons help children try different languages. Kids can learn English well with the help of those cartoon programs. At the same time, some kids can learn about the friendship and teamwork from the cartoons. It is good for them to get on well with their friends and classmates.

So sometimes it is meaningless to stop kids from watching cartoons, but parents should make sure that their kids are watching the right things.

Hi, I'm Liang Xia. I'm a schoolgirl. I'm 13 years old. My {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is on Children's Day, 1st. June. I always have a party on that ' day. I live in Nanning, Guangxi with my parents. I am the only child in my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} go to school {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Monday to Friday. I have many {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at school, such as Chinese, maths and English. My {#blank#}5{#/blank#} subject is English. My teacher Mrs Lin {#blank#}6{#/blank#} me as the English monitor. I often help others learn English after school

At {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, I don't go to school. I stay at home. I do my homework and help my mother do {#blank#}8{#/blank#} at home.... I also read books and watch TV. Sometimes I play computer games. I never play for a long time because it's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} for my eyes. I enjoy {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. I want to be a great dancer in the future.

Once I got lost in the forest with my father. The sky got dark and we were worried，for it was our first time walking into that forest.

We didn't have any tools to show us the direction. My father and I had no choice but to put up a tent near a river to spend the night. When night fell, the stars came out, lighting the whole sky. That was when an idea came to my mind. As a member of the Astronomy (天文学) Club in school, I was able to tell different groups of stars in the sky. If we could find the North Star, we could find out which direction was north.

After I picked out the North Star, we found the north direction. We walked north and then saw a house. We went to the owner of the house to ask for directions. With his help, we made our way out of the forest. From this experience, I learned how important it is to use the knowledge that we have got to solve the problems we meet.

There are some {#blank#}1{#/blank#} rooms in our school. We like them and always want to go there. 

The library is a great place to read and learn. There are so many books in it and it's also a quiet place for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. to study. We can go there every day and usually spend half an hour {#blank#}3{#/blank#} books. 

The art room is a colorful place. We can learn to draw, paint or make handicrafts (手工艺品) in it. There we use many materials (材料) to make beautiful paintings and handicrafts. We can go there {#blank#}4{#/blank#} class. 

The music room is our favorite place. It is not big {#blank#}5{#/blank#} very beautiful. There are different {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of instruments (乐器) and we can play the guitar, the piano or even the violin. We learn to sing songs and write songs. It's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} interesting place to enjoy music. 

The computer room {#blank#}8{#/blank#} us to learn computer skills (技能). We can learn how to find out information on the Internet. There {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a big screen on the wall and 60 computers on the desks. 

All these rooms are{#blank#}10{#/blank#} good for our growth (成长). They make our school a great place to study.