Now students' English handwriting gets worse and worse. Their teachers worry about that. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!

Use paper with lines 

      Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And remember that those capital letters are written properly.

Slow down 

If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going a little slowly makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it's hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.

Hold your pencil correctly 

When you hold your pencil correctly, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don't hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.

Draw more pictures 

      Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs, of course!

    Computers are useful machines．They can help people a lot in their daily life ． For example，they can help people to save much time to do much work，and they can help people to work out many problems easily．Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century，except the old people．

    Today more and more families own computers ． Parents buy computers for their children．They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school．Yet，many of their children use computers to play games，to watch videos or to chat．Computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind．So computers are locked in boxes by parents．

    In some other countries，even some scientists also hate computers．They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble．Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today's students themselves!

    Flying a hot air balloon is full of challenge. Do you want to fly it? If so, here is some advice for you.

    Understanding the basics

    Take a training course and get a license.

    Know how the balloon can fly. Add propane(丙烷)to the fire to make the balloon fly.

    Make sure you have enough energy in the tank(箱).Check your tank at times.

    Learn how to stay at a right height. Raise or lower to control directions by the wind. If you want to lower, you can pull a red rope to let the hot air out of the top of the balloon.

    Making preparations

    You must have the necessary equipment(设备)such as a fire distinguisher(灭火器), a map and so on.

    You should check the wind conditions to make sure it's safe to fly. You must know when to fly or cancel the flight.

    You need several friends to help you control the balloon. They can help you pull down the basket or tie the balloon to the ground car until you are ready to fly.

    Flying the balloon

    Write down the height and the route(路线)through the whole flight. Before you land，pay attention to the high mountains, trees，tall buildings and so on. They may be dangerous.

    You are never too careful. Keep calm when you have trouble.

    When all the housewives went to the new supermarket, they had one great hope in mind: to be the lucky customer. Then they did not have to pay for their shopping, for this was what the notice just inside the entrance promised. It said, "Remember, once a week, one of our customers gets free goods. This may be YOUR lucky day!"

    For several weeks, Mrs Read hoped to become a lucky customer, like many of her friends did, and she never gave up hope. Her dear husband tried to advise her not to do so, but he failed. She always dreamed of the day when the manager of the super-market would come up to her and say, "Madam, this is your lucky day. Everything in your basket is free. ”

    One Friday morning, after she had finished her shopping and had taken it to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy some tea. She dashed（猛冲）back to the supermarket, got the tea, and went towards the cash desk(付款处). As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket come up to her, "Madam." he said and held out his hand, "I want to congratulate you! You are the lucky customer and everything you have in your basket is free!"

    Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Scientists(科学家) find early rising (早起) people are healthier than late rising people.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Firstly, it helps to keep us healthy, because we can get fresh air in the morning. And it is also useful to do morning exercises.

    Secondly,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the morning, we can learn more quickly and better.

    Thirdly, early rising can help us make a plan (计划) for our work.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Fourthly, of course, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Everyone has to try hard to do so. As an old saying goes, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy(富裕的) and wise(聪明).”