Kevin and his friend Mike loved to play soccer and they often met at the old bench after school. They couldn't1a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape. It was not beautiful, but it worked well. Mike was not a good player, yet the two friends kicked and ran until the sun turned the sky pale 2.

    One afternoon, the home­made ball was spinning across the grass when it was 3 stopped by someone. It was Steven, a strong soccer player.

    "Look at you two with your 4 ball and old trainers," Steven laughed and said.

    The next day was Kevin's birthday, and his uncle bought him a new pair of trainers and a new soccer ball.

    That afternoon, Steven 5 Kevin to play soccer. Kevin did not want Mike to go with them. Mike's trainers were old and he had little 6 for soccer. When the game was over, Kevin walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. He walked on and did not look 7.

    One afternoon as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something 8 under it. He looked closer and found that it was the home­made ball. Kevin felt sad. As his sadness turned to 9, he kicked his new soccer ball into the air. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot(点) in the sky. Kevin walked to the bench and picked up the home­made ball.

    Holding it in his hands, he sat down on the old bench and 10.

    Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount(数量)of fat students today and in the future.

    The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students' obesity so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: food stores should sell healthier food: schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.

    The lady is trying to fight the students' obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juices, but not to choose cokes. At the same time, she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one, too.

    The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

    Thirteen-year-old Cindy had been bullied (欺凌) at school for about two years. Her bag, keys and mobile phone had been stolen. She had also been knocked off her bicycle, kicked and punched (以拳重击).

    Cindy tried to fight back, but it always seemed to be her, not the bullies, who got into trouble. She became so afraid of going to school that she started to be absent from her classes.

    Finally, her headmaster set up a special plan, asking students to look after one another. He gave Cindy the courage to play the guitar in a school concert, which gave Cindy new confidence and helped her receive respect from the other students. Gradually, the bullying began to stop.

    Cindy's story is not uncommon, but help is out there. All schools in the UK now have to follow strict bullying policies (政策). There are many charities and organizations giving support to young people, such as Bullying UK and Childline. So remember one very important piece of advice: If you are being bullied, don'tput up with it—tell someone.

The Ugly Duckling

It'sa hot summer. The mother duck is looking at her1 . She is very happy, and she is waiting. "Quack ! Quack !" the baby ducklings(鸭子) come out one by one. But the biggest egg is still there. At last, the duckling comes out. This duckling is very2 and ugly(丑的) , so they all call him "the ugly duckling " .

The ugly duckling is lonely(孤独的). No one3 him. His brothers and sisters don'twant to play with him. The other ducklings say to their mother, "He is so ugly. He is not your child." The mother duck is very4 . The ugly duckling cries, then he goes away(离开).

He walks and walks. Then he sees a small house. In the house, there is an old woman and a dog. The ugly duckling asks, "Can5 stay here?" The old woman says, "OK. Come in." But the dog

doesn't like him. So he goes away again.

Autumn comes, and the leaves(树叶) turn yellow. One evening, the ugly duckling sees a lot of beautiful birds. " Swans(天鹅)!"he6 ,"How beautiful !"He looks at himself and cries, "I'm so ugly."

Winter comes, the ugly duckling is very cold and hungry. A farmer sees him and takes him home.7 the farmer's son and wife don't like him. They drive(驱赶) him away. The ugly duckling is very sad. He goes away again.

Spring comes, and it's sunny and warm. One day, the ugly duckling 8 many beautiful swans. He says, "Nice to meet you." The swan says, "Nice to meet you, beautiful swan." He looks at the water.

He sees a beautiful swan. He is very happy. He shouts(喊), "I am aswan !"

To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats

One day, Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows（箭）in ten days. Zhou Yu thought it was impossible, but Zhuge Liang said, "Give me three days." Then he asked Lu Su to lend him 20 boats, and the soldiers put some scarecrows（稻草人）in line on the boats. He reminded Lu Su not to tell Zhou Yu what was happening. 

When Lu Su came again to see Zhuge Liang, he found nothing unusual. Nothing happened on the second day, either. In the small hours（凌晨）of the third day, Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su for a boat ride. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. Zhuge's fleet went towards the camp of Cao Cao. The surface of the river was covered with thick mist（雾）all over. People could hardly see each other on the river. When Zhuge's fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn（黎明）, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums heavily to pretend an attack. But Zhuge and Lu Su only sat inside one boat drinking wine to enjoy themselves. 

As soon as the Cao camp heard the shouting and drum beating, they mistook it for a surprise attack by the Zhou Yu camp. Since they could see nobody on the river, they had to order 3,000 soldiers to shoot arrows to stop the unexpected attack. The front of the scarecrows was quickly full of arrows. After a while, Zhuge Liang had his fleet turned around to get the other side of the scarecrows to face the Cao camp. When both sides were full of arrows, the day broke. Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to return. The soldiers shouted in excitement, "Thank you, Cao Cao, for your arrows." After they got back to their camp, they collected more than 100,000 arrows in total from the scarecrows.