Liu Mingxiao, 13, is a pretty and smart girl. She comes top in her class. But many students try to stay away from her because her mother has AIDS(艾滋病). Liu's father has died of AIDS. But Liu didn't get it.

    AIDS means fear(惧怕)for most people. “Nobody wants to play games with me. They call me bad names behind my back. Even a teacher who used to like me turns her back on me now. It makes me feel sad.” said Liu.

    Liu's mother didn't know what happened to her daughter until one day Liu came back home with her nose bleeding(流血的)，“ She fought with a boy who said something bad about her father.” said Liu's mother. “My heart really hurts. My daughter did nothing wrong!”

    For many of these children, the biggest problem they now face is how other people look at them. Many of them have to drop out of school(辍学)because they can no longer stand others' indifference(冷漠).

    “People are afraid of AIDS because they know little about it,” said Wang Chongrun, head of a group to help children living with AIDS. Wang went to the villages and gave lessons about AIDS to the people there.

    “Many of these children are just as healthy as others,” Wang said.

    “Even if they have AIDS, it's still safe to eat and play with them. They need our love and understanding. A friendly smile means a lot to them!”

    Americans with small families have a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(面包车).

    A small car can hold four people and a large car can hold six people but it is very crowded(拥挤的). A van can hold seven people easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to go for a holiday. They could all travel together.

    Mr Hagen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. The sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel.

    Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family is travelling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are travelling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

Do people have great breakfasts? It is one of 1 meals of the day We did a survey and 4,594 students answered our questions There were simple questions in2 survey, such as "How often do you eat breakfast?", "What do you have for breakfast?" and "How do you feel without3 breakfast?"

From the4 of the survey, we were surprised that 35% of them didn't have breakfast,5 they knew it was important Some students said that they had no time to have a good breakfast, while6 said they didn't have the habit of eating breakfast Only 65% of them spent time7 the first meal of the day every day 8 is necessary to have a health y and balanced breakfast because it help you to keep fit As teenagers, if you go to school without breakfast, you9 careless in class Let's develop a10 habit of eating breakfast before it's too late 

Chopsticks were invented by ancient Chinese. They are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. Also, they can 1 plastic, metal or other things.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably 2 their food in large pots, using twigs (树枝) to take out of it. Over time, 3 the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 4 turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese thinker Confucius (孔子), who lived from about 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 5 of chopsticks. Confucius believed that chopsticks were safer to use, compared to knives and forks in western countries.

①Around the world, many wild animals are in danger of extinction(灭绝) because they have no place to live in. Endangered(濒危的) wild animals live all over the world and you may find some in your home town. Here are some steps for protecting endangered animals. 

②Step 1: Find out what animals are in danger. Spend some time learning about animals and what their favourite places are. 

③Step 2: Do something for nature reserves(自然保护区). Nature reserves are good places to help protect endangered animals. You can give some money to nature reserves or spend your time helping nature reserves to protect endangered animals. 

④Step 3: Never buy anything that are made____from endangered animals. Don't do harm to endangered animals or their living places. Instead, we should try our best to protect them. 

⑤Step 4: Join an endangered animal protection organisation. You can save animals through these organisations by planting more trees and calling for more people to protect animals. 

⑥If everyone works hard to protect endangered animals, we'll get a more beautiful world. Let's take action from now on!

The first "forest library" in Shanghai recently opened to the public, giving readers the chance to relax and read in a natural environment. 

Known as Read & Joy Forest, the forest library was developed by Pudong New Area and Shanghai Library. It is in an urban (城市的) green space area near Shanghai Library East. It can make visitors take a pleasant walk in the quiet and green forest. 

People tried not to harm the forest when building the forest library. The library is in the open air and has facilities (设施) such as benches and an information boot h (亭). Wooden walkways connect green spaces. 

"I learned about the forest library from my friends. so I came here," said a 21- year- old college(大学) student. "The green outdoor environment helps reduce eyestrain (视疲劳). I will come back for sure. "

Most of the visitors to the forest library are young people and parents with their children. They read carefully or take a walk slowly in the forest. "I like the fresh air and the trees here. I've spent the whole morning indoors and wanted to get some fresh air. The library makes it possible to enjoy reading in nature. I feel very relaxed here," said one reader sitting on a bench.