You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

    When she was a child, she was poor. Once, her friend invited her to her birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn't have enough money to buy a gift for her.

    "The party is coming soon, but now I have little money." Tears ran down her face.

    Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in." What happened? " her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …"What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

    When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. "How wonderfully you sing! We haven't heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift." said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

    There are two twin boys. They are very different. One of them is happy and outgoing. He always looks on the bright side of things. His brother, however, is sad and unhappy. He has a negative outlook on life. The parents want to cheer up the sad child. They came up with a plan and put the two boys into different rooms.

    The sad boy was put in a clean room with all kinds of wonderful, interesting toys, while the happy boy was put in a dirty room with a lot of horse manure（马粪）.

    After an hour, the parents opened the door into the clean room. To their surprise, the sad boy was sitting, crying. He even didn't move or play with any toys.

    "Why are you crying?" asked the parents.

    "I don't have anyone to play with." he said.

    The parents then opened the second door. They were amazed. Their son was running excitedly around the room, and throwing handfuls（一把）of horse manure into the air. "What are you doing?" they asked.

    "Well, "said the excited little boy." With all this horse manure lying around, I guess there may be a baby horse hiding in this room and I'm going to find him!"

    If we have a positive（积极的）attitude, difficulties are easy to overcome.

I grew up in a small town in Washington, US, and I want to be like my brother, Tim. He and his friends were in a gang. They often beat up people, and they didn't go to school much. I thought they were cool. 

On my thirteenth birthday, I told my brother I wanted to be in the gang with him. He said 'no', but I didn't listen. I went to ask his friends. Tim's friends took me into the back yard. They told me that if I joined the gang, I was in for life. Then, someone hit me in the face. I fell down. But I didn't cry. Each time I got up, they hit me again. Finally, they said I could be one of them. 

Tim was angry when he heard about it. But I stayed with the gang. After a few months, I began to beat up other people with the gang. Sometimes I wouldn't go home at night, and my mother would be worried. This went on for two years. I knew it was bad, but there nothing I could do. I was in for life.

One day, someone hit me in the head. I spent a day in the hospital. For the first time, I wanted out of the gang. One night after my fifteenth birthday, I went home. My mother was in the hospital. She had a nervous breakdown (精神崩溃) because she was so worried about me. That made me very sad. The next day, I told the gang that I wanted out. They began to beat me up, and my brother stopped them. I got up off the floor, smiled and said goodbye. But they didn't just stop there. Every time they saw me, they beat me up. This went on for about two months. But in the end, it stopped. I'm glad I'm out of the gang now. I don't have to be afraid all the time. I can talk to anyone I want. And most of all, I made my mum happy again.

Dale is an English boy. He is a 1 of Britain Middle school. He goes to school five days a week, from Monday to 2 . He studies hard (努力) at school. So he is very 3 every day. But today Dale is very happy, because it is Monday—the 4 day of a week. For most of the students, Monday is 5 , because they have to go to school again (又). They can't (不能) play 6 and they can't watch TV, either. But for Dale, he likes Monday. 7 Monday, Dale has PE. It is Dale's favorite 8 . The PE teacher, Mr. Liu is very good. He always 9 games with students on the playground (运动场). And he always has ways (方法) to make his 10 interesting, 11 Dale likes Monday very much. 

But for Alan, an American boy from Sunset Middle school, it is different (不同的). Thursday is his 12 day. He likes going around the world (周游世界) one day, and on that day, they have 13 . From the class, he can learn (了解) more about different countries (不同国家). So he 14 he must study it from now on. 

Do you know what 15 Jim likes best? It's Friday. Why? Haha, because the next day is Saturday! What about you?

On September 27th, Cui Chenxi, 13- year- old skateboarder(滑板运动员), became China's youngest gold medalist(奖牌得主) at the Qiantang Roller Sports Centre in Hangzhou. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#} gold by scoring 242.62 points. Cui said,"I always wanted to win gold. This match is different {#blank#}2{#/blank#} other matches, so I wanted to win this one." When the reporter asked if she was worried before the match, she shook {#blank#}3{#/blank#} head and said," My dad told me to stay relaxed, enjoy the match and show my skills. As long as I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my best, I have no regrets."

Cui only took up skateboarding in 2020. In skateboarding, injuries(受伤) often happen. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} when talking about the pain and the difficulties, Cui said," When I started skateboarding, I{#blank#}6{#/blank#} it was great fun. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} , I found people got a lot of injuries while skateboarding. But that is where the spirit(精神) of skateboarding lies." Getting injured is just part of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, and she pushes through it and keep going on.

As the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} member of the team, Cui is popular with other young players. Most of people think that Cui is the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of Team China. She is quite excellent. And she will stand together with other young players to get more medals for our country in the future.

Trisha loves playing with dolls(玩偶). She has {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of clothes for them. And every day she tries to think of new ways to play with them. 

One day she thought of getting a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for her dolls. However, doll houses are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to buy. She didn't have enough money. And she didn't want to ask her parents for the money. So she decided to make one by {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. 

She found some cardboard(硬纸板) and a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of scissors, and set to work. She spent an hour cutting the cardboard into small pieces and using them to build a house with six rooms. It was large enough, but Trisha wasn't satisfied(满意的) with {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it looked like— its color was ugly(难看的). 

Trisha then used old wallpaper of beautiful colors to do some improvement. As soon as she{#blank#}7{#/blank#} that, her parents came back. They couldn't wait to help her. Mom made some beds and Dad made some wooden furniture. Then the house looked a lot {#blank#}8{#/blank#} beautiful. 

Trisha looked at the house {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a smile. She was tired. It was a long process, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it was really fun. She finally found something new for her dolls, and she felt it great to make something herself.