Finally Home

    Last year, my parents moved to this town. I had to go to a new school and found no one to be friends with because I wasn't interested in the topics most of my classmates liked.

    “Maybe I'll never have real friends,” I thought. I closed my eyes and imagined playing my drums. Suddenly, I heard the sound of a guitar. I followed the sound and found out that was a band. I recognized(认出) the guitar player at my first sight and so did he. “Hey, you're Cassie from my class!” his voice surprised me.“I'm sorry,” I said. “I just haven't heard any live music in this town before! You sound great — did you guys write that song?”“Yeah — well, we're still working on it. I'm Matt.” He stood up and held out his hand.

    “Mind if I listen in?” I asked in a low voice. “Not at all,” Matt said, smiling. “Maybe you can give us some suggestions!”

    The song was pretty good and I could really improve it with my drum skills. Behind my drum set was the one place I felt completely like myself. But I wasn't sure if I wanted to open that door to the world.

    “Hey, do you play drums?” Matt asked suddenly. His question surprised me. How did he know? And then I followed his eyes to my hands, which had been beating a rhythm (节奏) on the floor. I tried to say no, but my heart stopped me from refusing. “Sure, I've been playing for a few years,” I said finally.“Oh, wow! You've got to join us!” Matt said. “I have some drums over here.”

    I looked at their shiny faces. “Clearly. I would love to play!” I replied. “One, two, three, four!” Matt counted and began singing, and I knew I was finally home.

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    A poor man worked for a rich man. The rich man made the poor man work all day, but didn't give him enough food. So the poor man often felt hungry.

    One day, when the poor man was having breakfast, the rich man came in and said to the poor man, "It's very troublesome to come back for the other meals. So I want you to have your breakfast, lunch and dinner together now before you go to the fields. ""How can I eat three meals at breakfast time?" the poor man thought but he said, "All right. He finished his meals and went out. Two hours later, the rich man went out for a walk, he saw the poor man sleeping under a tree. He was very angry and said, "Why don't you work in the fields?" The poor man sat up and said with a smile," I've already had my dinner and you know very well that after dinner it is time to go to sleep."

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My Summer Vacation

I still remember my first English speech (演讲) competition. 1 has been one of my most unforgettable (难忘的) experiences. One day, my English teacher asked me to 2 an English speech competition. I agreed, but I felt worried and even afraid at the beginning. 

3 the competition, I spent most of my free time preparing for it, so I felt very tired every day. Luckily, my English teacher 4 me a lot. 

The great day finally came. I was the third to make the speech. I felt too 5 to remember what I would say. I even wanted to cry for help. When I put my hand into my pocket, I touched a 6 . It said, "Don't be nervous. I believe you are the best!" It was a note 7 my English teacher. After seeing it, I felt 8 better. After a while, my turn came. I wasn't nervous any more when I started to make my speech. At last, I finished my speech with great confidence (自信). 

Happily, I won the competition in the end. I even couldn't believe my ears when I heard the good news. I was so 9 of myself that I couldn't wait to share the good news with my teacher and parents. I have 10 that nothing comes easily and practice makes perfect.

Hello! My name is Henry Smith. I'm 13 years old. I am a student in No.1 Middle School. I love reading and playing ball games, such as tennis and basketball. And I can play them well. They are easy and interesting for me. I have three tennis balls and two basketballs in my room. I often play them with my classmates after school.

I have a good friend. Her name is Suzy. Suzy is an English girl. We are in the same school, but we are not in the same class. She loves listening to music and watching table tennis games on TV. She has 10 table tennis balls and 6 table tennis bats! But she can't play table tennis. She thinks it is difficult.