Avril(艾薇儿) Lavigne is an excellent teenage(十几岁的)singer. She made a great success because of her musical talent(天才，天赋).

      She wrote her songs by herself, played the guitar and had a wide range of voice(音域). When she was only 17 years old, she began to sing her own rock-and-roll(摇滚乐) music. She is a talent in the musical world. People in many different countries like her songs very much.

Avril Lavigne isn't a quiet girl. She is a true wild, active and crazy girl. She started showing her voice and character at around age 2. “I'm just coming out and I'm going to be myself. I write what I feel. I never worry about what others think,” Avril said.

      Her music can reach girls' and boys' hearts and even some adults, too. “I can't wait to be out there; I want to rock the world! I want people to know what music is real and honest(坦率的)—it comes from my heart. I am just being true to myself.”

    In 1995, Oseola McCarty gave a present of $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help poor students. It was a very generous thing to do. But her friends and neighbours were surprised. McCarty was a good woman. She went to church. She was always friendly and helpful. But everyone in her town knew that McCarty was not rich. In fact, she was poor.

    How did a poor 86 year-old woman have so much money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908 in Wayne County, Mississippi. She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. She took a job washing clothes. She earned only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she hung the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s, she bought an automatic washer and dryer. But she gave them away. She thought they did not get the clothes clean enough! At that time, many people started to buy their own washers and dryers. McCarty did not have much work, so she started to iron clothes instead.

    McCarty never married or had children. Her life was very simple. She went to work and to church. She read her Bible(圣经). She had a black-and-white television. But she did not watch it very much. It had only one channel.

    McCarty saved money all her life and eventually had about $ 250 ， 000.When she was 86, a lawyer helped her make a will. She left money to the church, her relatives, and the university. McCarty just wanted to help others. She thought she was not a special person. But then people found out about her present to the university, She received many honours(荣誉). She even flew in an airplane for the first time! Oseola McCarty died in 1999. She was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous.

    The following are the messages from Mike's moments (朋友圈) on WeChat during the trip to Beijing.

    Today is July 5, my birthday, the first day of our trip. It's 2:30 p. m. I'm riding a bike with my parents and my little brother Bob in Beihai Park. We are singing, listening to birds, and having a lot of fun.

    Today is July 6. It's the second day of our trip. We plan to visit the Great Wall. There area lot of people along the way. I feel a little tired, but I'm happy! While we are climbing the mountain, I talk about my future (将来的) job with my parents. What do I want to be? Ha! Maybe a teacher or a singer.

    My parents are visiting their old friend, a famous writer, at her place. I am having lunch with Bob and watching a show in Deyunshe. The food isn't so delicious but the show ... Well, it's so humorous and interesting. I really like it.

    It is the fourth day of our trip. We're going back home at 6:00 p. m. It's 10:00 a m. now. We are visiting the famous Chocolate Factory and making chocolate by ourselves happily. We are really having a great time here! Sweet Kiwi! I love you!

We were tired from all the work. We took turns to sleep.1  of us had to be awake (醒着) all the time. There was so much work to do.

Finally, we reached the space station. There, we would do more work, 2 we would have less pressure (压力). We had so much to do every day in our spaceship. Now there would be more people to help us. We would be able to 3 the work.

When we moved 4 the space station, I felt great. There was so much more space. We would have real 5  to sleep on. We would have better food. They had a 6  in the space station. They grew vegetables.

The six astronauts in the space station were 7  to see us. They said, "We have been8  you."We were also glad to see them. We heard that one of them was sick(生病的). We went to visit her together."9  are you feeling now?"we asked her. She said she was 10 . We also felt less worried.

The first night in the space station was great. We had a good dinner. Then we were going to 11 . I had been working for hours. But one of the astronauts said, "We need to give you a 12  . Each person has to take turns to stay awake. Here is the schedule(日程安排)."I saw I was the 13  . I would have to stay awake tonight. 14  I was really tired. But I knew it was my job so I 15 .

I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I'm here. It is hard work, but it's exciting.

Daniel Olin was 11 years old when his parents moved to Canada. He liked his new school and made friends there，but then things at home started to change. His mum and dad began to argue and the arguments got worse and worse until one day，Daniel's mum left. With his father working long hours，to run away. And that's what he did. 

Very early one terribly cold morning when the snow was deep on the ground，he packed a bag with some clothes，some chocolate and a map of Canada and set off to a forest. He ran and ran until he could hardly breathe. His feet were heavy with the snow but he still walked on through deep snow, not even watching where he was going.

Then，disaster struck. A rock hidden by the deep snow caught his feet and Daniel fell to the ground. He had broken the bone. He was very cold and was starting to feel tired，but he knew that if he fell asleep in the snow, he would certainly die from the cold.

A tree shook ahead. From within the branches（树枝），a pair of yellow eyes watched Daniel. The puma had been following him. A puma is a large wild cat with claws that could tear（撕开） Daniel into pieces. But instead of moving in for the kill，arms and legs. Daniel was too frightened to move，but soon the warmth of the animal reached Daniel and he began to feel better. From time to time（口鼻） against Daniel and rocked his head gently. Clearly，the puma knew that Daniel must not fall asleep. This animal should have been a real danger to Daniel and yet the boy began to feel safe. 

They remained like that for several hours until Daniel and the puma heard voices. The rescue （援救） team had found them. 

We often talk about snails (蜗牛) and their slow move. But usually snails don't move at all. They are in their shells(壳)— sleeping.

Hot sun will dry out a snail's body. So when it is very hot, a snail draws(移动) its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for a long time. It spends all the winter in its shell, sleeping.

In spring, the snail wakes up. Its body is only about 007 meter long out of the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes are not very good. But it does very well in smell. This helps the snail to find food and the new plants.

A snail's mouth is no bigger than a full stop(句号). But it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can't see them. And if its teeth are too old, it will grow new ones.