John was driving through a small country town, feeling quite lost and 1. He was happy when he saw a small 2 coming up on the right side of the road. John quickly 3 his car, and walked inside the restaurant.

    John saw a blackboard with a 4 written on it. It said, "Today's Special (特价菜): Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes."

    "Wow, that sounds pretty good!" John thought to 5. He decided that he would try this special.

    "I'll take the special," John said to the waiter when he came over to 6 John's order. But a few minutes after receiving his order, John called the waiter 7 to his table. He was 8.

    "Is this the special? It says vegetable soup, but there are no 9 in this soup at all! It also says fried chicken, but the chicken isn't 10. And it says roast potatoes, but these potatoes aren't toasted—they've been boiled. What is going on here?"

    The waiter was not used to 11 people from the city. He wasn't quite sure what to say to this angry customer. But he finally found a way to answer the man. "My good man," the waiter said while looking down at John over his glasses, "that is the reason why it is so 12!"

①Hello! My name is Emma and I'm eleven years old. I have a brother, Josh, who's just five. I live with my family on a farm in the southwest of England. I was born in London, but my parents moved to Devon when I was two. My brother was born here, in Northam. My father runs the farm and my mother is a vet (兽医). We have lots of animals on our farm like ducks, chickens, pigs, sheep, cows and horses.

②I love living in the country. I don't mind getting up early every day. I'm old enough to help my parents with the work on the farm. I love feeding ducks and chickens. It's not difficult at all. It takes me about a quarter of an hour to give them fodder every morning, but first I have breakfast myself. Sometimes I also help my dad milk the cows, especially on weekends.

③My brother and I go to a local primary school (小学). My mother always drives us to school and picks us up when lessons are over, at 3 o'clock.

④On Wednesdays, I have a karate (空手道) class so I go back home by bus. When I come back, I do my homework first and then help my parents with the animals or in the garden. We usually have dinner at six o'clock. After dinner, I often play computer games or watch TV. Before I go to bed, I always read for a while but not too long because I have to get up early the next day.

When you look at me now, you won't believe that I once weighed over 300 pounds. Yes, I used to be a really 1 girl. I never worried about it until I had a medical examination one day. 

The doctor told me that I was having heart trouble. He said it would be 2 if I could lose some weight. Then I decided to make a 3 .

After a year and five months, I lost 104 pounds. I didn't have any expensive food, medical treatment or camp- style exercise. So what was the secret to my 4 ?

First, I looked through the Internet for some 5 on losing weight. Of course, I saw many advertisements(广告), but I bought nothing. The only thing I did was change my bad6 . I stopped having drinks with too much sugar and 7 my love for sweet cakes. Now I have got used to eating a lot of green vegetables and using vegetable oil only. I 8 eat after 6:30 p. m. because it's unhealthy to have a late dinner. Also, I 9 for 15 to 20 minutes five days a week to keep fit. 

People sometimes say, " You don't need to tell me what to do. I've known it already!" The fact is that knowing what to do and doing what you know are completely 10 . The important thing is to know what to do and then keep doing it. 

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Dear Ruby, 

Yours,

Li Min