Jenny was my grandmother's sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and 1 in 2000. It was a pity that she didn't live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday, 2 she had a good,long life.
She had already been a professional 3 before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn't tralvel 4 a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months 5 from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling 6easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.
Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her 7 her stories. They were8 interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was9 that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped 10.My grandmother's sister was really an amazing woman.

    Life is not easy, but I'd like to say, "When anything happens, believe in yourself."

    When I was young, I was 1  shy that I couldn't talk to anyone. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest. It meant I had to 3 in front of all the teachers and students in my school!

    "Come on, Dear. Believe in yourself. You are sure to 4  ." Then, my mother helped me 5 the topic—Believe in yourself. I practiced very hard. 6 my mother's great love, I won the first prize in the contest. I could 7 believe my ears. I heard the 8 from the teachers and students. "Congratulations!", my mother said to me 9.

    Since then, everything has changed for  10 . When I do anything, I try to tell myself to have confidence(自信).

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Americans' Weekends

What do American families usually do on weekends？{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．Running，playing volleyball，biking and swimming are all popular sports．The weekend is also a time for American families to work in the yard{#blank#}2{#/blank#}．Sometimes some families spend the weekend painting their houses．They are busy on weekends，but they are very relaxed．

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}．They can go to the park，the zoo，the cinema and many other places they want to go．{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Sometimes they help their parents do some work at home and their parents will take them to the restaurant to have a good dinner．{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．

A．At weekends，some people like to stay at home．

B．They think the weekend is the best time of a week．

C．Many American families often do some sports on weekends．

D．Children are also very happy on weekends．

E．Children don't like weekends because they have a lot of homework to do．

F．They can play games，fly kites and play any ball games．

G．Many families plant flowers and vegetables in the garden．

A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill, so he couldn't go to sleep. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn't fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor. "I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do? Could you please help me?"

"I have a suggestion (建议)" said the doctor. "Try counting numbers (数数). By the time you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep. I'm sure of it."

The next day the man returned to the doctor's office. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"

The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said, "I tried counting one, two, three—up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep."

When I was in primary school, I got into a big argument(争吵) with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argument was about, but I have never forgotten the 1 I learned that day. 

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong, but he was certain that I was wrong and he was right. Our teacher decided to 2 us a very important lesson. 

She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on3 . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object(物体). I could obviously see that it was black. She asked the boy what    4 the object was. "5 , " he answered. 

I couldn't believe he said the object was white, when it was 6 black! Another argument started between us, this time about the color of the object. 

The teacher told me to go stand7 the boy was standing. We changed places, and then she asked me what color the object was. I had to answer, " White. "

It was an object with two 8 colored sides, and from his viewpoint it was white. Only from my side was it black. 

Sometimes we need to9 things from the other person's view in order to truly 10 them. 

Many people think that only grown-ups can make a difference. Is it true? Teen Vogue interviewed some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired（启发）. 

16-year-old Michael started using social media to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs. Michael also wrote about sports people and how they faced their difficulties. 

Lesein first learned about climate change when he was in primary school. His home country of Kenya loses tens of thousands of hectares（公顷）of forest each year. 

With a deep love of soccer, Lesein started a project named Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scored in the matches. Later the school's soccer, rugby and basketball teams all followed him. In 2019, almost 1, 000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi were planted. Now the government provides trees for them to plant. 

Alexis Lewis invented a wheeled travois（雪橇）with bamboo at 12 years old to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of hers is a special mask（面罩）which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside. 

Alexis said, "The reason why I try to invent something is that I want to help people in need and I love physics. " Alexis also told the reporter that she wanted children to know that everybody who's ever tried to solve a problem can be an inventor. 

These young people are certainly shining examples to show you' re never too young to make a difference.