In ancient China, a woman told the best stories. She married an emperor(皇帝).Sadly, one day, this woman became ill and died. Everyone thought the emperor would soon find another favourite among his wives, but the emperor was very sad. He spent more and more time in his garden, and less and less time caring for the needs of his people. Everyone in the kingdom was worried.

    One day, a priest(牧师)passed when some children were playing with their dolls. The dolls made dancing shadows on the wall. This gave the priest an idea. He knew the stories the emperor's wife used to tell. What if he could bring those stories to life？

    The priest made a puppet(木偶)out of bits of clay(黏土).He painted the puppet to look somewhat like the emperor's wife. When the puppet was finished, the priest silently walked into the emperor's garden, carrying his puppet, a candle and a curtain. He placed the curtain near the emperor's chair. He placed his candle, his puppet and himself behind the curtain. He waited for the emperor to appear.

    The emperor did not even notice the curtain at first. The dancing shadow drew his eyes. As the priest moved the puppet behind the curtain, he told wonderful stories as the emperor's wife. It seemed as if his wife had been spending time with him. The emperor was no longer sad. At the end of each busy day, the emperor went into his garden to visit his shadow wife and hear her stories once again. That is how shadow puppets first began.

    GreenHome campaigners (发起者) really love the natural world. In fact, we love it so much that we're determined (决心) to do our best to protect it. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}For that, we need money too. GreenHome can be strong only with the support from people like you. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    If the joy of walking through the green forest, the excitement of climbing ancient rocks, or even the simple pleasure of watching wildlife in its own habitat (栖息地) really moves you, then share GreenHome's idea of the world. Please turn that idea into some support today.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}So take action right now! Even a very small amount, like$1a month, will soon build up into a valuable contribution (贡献) to protecting the natural world we love so much. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We'll also use it to develop ways to deal with environmental problems.

    Think about it in another way. If you want a future where you can continue to do the things you love in the great outdoors, you need to make sure you've got great outdoors to do them in. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}And this way is simple enough—that's got to be worth $1 a month.

May 10th is Meg's birthday. She gets a gift. It is a new jacket from her sister. The jacket is very beautiful and she is very happy. 

One day，Meg finds a button（纽扣）of her jacket is lost. She looks for the button everywhere，but she can't find it. The next day，she doesn't wear（穿）that jacket to school and is unhappy all day. After school，she goes to the clothes stores and wants to buy that kind of clothes. But she is disappointed. 

Meg tells her sister about that，her sister says，"We can change all the buttons. Then the buttons will be the same. "The jacket is nice again and Meg is happy again. 

Gina is a new teacher in a middle school in the US. She lives in San Diego, just fifteen minutes' walk from the beach. So she always 1 along the beach after work.

Last week was busy but happy for Gina. She had a lot of work from Monday to Friday. When the weekend came, she hoped 2 a good rest. Her weekend began when she met her friends at Sam's Chinese Restaurant on Friday night." My friends and I all like Chinese food, so we often eat together at that restaurant." said Gina 3 .

On Saturday morning, Gina helped a friend move to a new house. In the afternoon, she went to her tennis class. She was new to the sport, 4 she played well. After dinner, Gina went to the Red Onion and danced there until 10:00 p. m. She really enjoyed 5 .

On Sunday, Gina got up at 8:00 a. m. and she went to 6 expensive restaurant near her home for breakfast. She 7 the food there was delicious. Then she spent the whole morning reading books. In the afternoon, she went swimming 8 her cousin. For lunch, they had9 special— seafood noodles. In the evening, she went to the San Diego Folk Festival. She thought it was 10 of all the festivals. And Gina had great fun there.

What a busy but wonderful weekend Gina had!

Today is July 21. Most people are enjoying their weekend now. John is watching a magic show at the Capital Stadium with his parents and a friend from Australia. 

The girl is Megan, she is staying at John's for her holiday now. Her parents and brother Andy are now visiting the zoo. Their father is taking photos of many animals, like elephants, pandas, zebras and tigers. But Andy likes monkeys most and he is now watching them jumping and playing. 

Andy's cousin Julia is at her friend's birthday party. There she meets Lily, Daming, Joy and Lingling. They are having a happy talk and drinking some juice. Julia's grandparents are having a Taijiquan class, while her mother is shopping for presents. Julia's family is going back home to the Unite States next Thursday, so her father is booking plane ticket on the Internet. 

Do you like traveling? If you don't know where to go on vacation,here are some great places for you to choose(选择) from.

Do you know the small town Wuzhen? It has a history of over 1,300 years with around 87,000 people living there. And it is a beautiful place with many travelers. If you travel there for the first time,you may get lost because there are lots of rivers and bridges in the water town.

Hailing Island is the second place I want to talk about.It is a wonderful place for a relaxing holiday. The beaches there are so great. There are not so many people there,so you can live quietly and comfortably there.

Chongqing is a place that many people like to visit. It has a history of over 3,000 years. It is a city surrounded  by mountains.You  can  see  mountains  everywhere around the city. And this city is also famous(出名的) for its tasty food.