Jack King

    I work in a TV station from Monday to Friday. My house is near a beautiful park and is about thirty kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train. I usually get up at 6:30 a. m. and take the train at 7:00 a. m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. The train is quick and cheap. I am never late for work.

    Peter Green

    I am a student, My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.

    Molly Smith

    I'm a waitress I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus, It is about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me twenty five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.

    O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.

   When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

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My mother gets up at 6:30. It takes her about{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(40) minutes (分钟) to go to school on the bus. She has two{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(class) in the morning. We{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(usual) have lunch at a restaurant near school. At 14:00, she has an English class. She is kind{#blank#}8{#/blank#}her students, so they like her a lot. At 17:40, she comes back home. She cooks dinner at 17:50. At 18:30, we have dinner. After dinner, she reads a book about English. Sometimes (有时), she helps me with my study. She can help me with my English{#blank#}9{#/blank#}Chinese. I think she is a very good mother. I love {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(she) a lot. 

Do you like taking a trip? Now many students like riding bikes to take a trip. But it may be dangerous. For your own safety (安全), do the following things. 

Wear a bike helmet because it can protect (保护) your head. Look for a helmet that is right for you. The best helmet can't protect you if it isn't right for you. 

Wear the right clothes. They can make you feel better. They can also protect you. Bright-colored clothes like white help people see you clearly--even in the nighttime. Don't wear dark-colored clothes like black or brown when you are riding a bike. 

Follow the rules on the road. Always ride on the right side of the road. Please first look behind you before you turn left or turn right. And don't ride too closely (接近) to the cars--the cars may stop and the door may open suddenly! Also, don't just listen to music when you are riding a bike. If you listen to music, you may not know there is a car behind you. 

If you follow these tips, you'll be safe riding on the road. 

Clark and Dale were staying in the same room in a hospital. Clark was so sick that he could not even move his body._He had to spend all his time lying on his back. Dale could sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was next to the room's only window. 

Over time, Clark and Dale became good friends. Every afternoon, Dale would look out of the room's only window, describing the scenery outside for his friend. He told Clark about the flowers in a park outside the window, the people walking by, the green trees beside roads—anything that might interest a man. 

One morning, when a nurse came to check on the two men, she found that Dale had died in his sleep. As soon as the room seemed tidy again, Clark asked if he could move to the bed next to the window so that he could look out of the window himself. The nurse agreed. Slowly, he could take his first look at the world outside. To his surprise, he could see nothing but a blank wall of another building. 

The nurse explained that Dale had been blind. He had never seen anything outside the window at all—but he described beautiful scenes to help his friend feel better. 

Frank is an 18-year-old boy. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from Australia. Now he is studying Chinese in a school in Changsha. There {#blank#}2{#/blank#} many clubs in the school. These clubs are really interesting for him.

In the Chinese cooking club, he learns {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to make Chinese food. Now he can make baozi{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

Another great club is about Chinese songs. He isn't good at {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Chinese songs. But his classmates are very nice and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, and some of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} teach him to sing every week.

What's Frank's favorite club? Well, he likes Chinese kung fu club best. Why does he like Chinese kung fu? Because he thinks it is a good way to keep {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Now he is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Tai Chi(太极) with a great teacher. The teacher's classes are very helpful and relaxing. He likes telling {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to help students know about Tai Chi.

Frank has a good time in Changsha And he loves China and Chinese people very much.