I want to be a teacher {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I grow up. I got the idea because of my mother. She is a university teacher. It seems that she isn't very busy. She only needs {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) to work for two days in a week. She can get up late and go home very early, much earlier {#blank#}3{#/blank#} me.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (be) a teacher seems to be a very easy job. That was my first {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(think). But then I found that her job was not easy. After I became a middle school student, I found that my mother goes to bed very late. She is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} checking her students' homework or preparing her classes for the next day. She does it many times a day {#blank#}7{#/blank#} great patience. Once I asked her: "Why do you work so hard? I bet some students don't take homework {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (serious)." "That's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a teacher should do," she answered, "I should point out their mistakes."

    I knew she meant it. She loves teaching and loves her students. To realize my dream, I should work harder to learn more knowledge. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (succeed) is always there for those who are prepared. I believe that I will be successful.

    Chinese New Year begins in late January{#blank#}1{#/blank#}early February. It is one of the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(great) festivals in China.

    Many things are done to get ready{#blank#}3{#/blank#}this festival. The house is cleaned in the days before the holiday. No sweeping is done on the holiday because people worry about that good luck will be cleaned away. Best {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wish) are written on red paper and hung around the house.

    One the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(one) day of Chinese New Year, children are given red envelopes. Food is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}important part of the holiday season. Special foods are{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(eat) on certain days. Different foods have different {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(mean) behind them. For example, fish is said to mean success.

    Chinese New Year is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(certain) regarded as a time to be with one's family. Many visits are done during the 15 days. Many traditions are to honor family members who{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(die) in the past.

    What an interesting festival it is!