Hello! My 1 Bill. I 213. I have two friends. One is 3girl. 4 name is Jenny. She 512. The other(另个) is a boy. 6 is Frank. He is 12. 7 Look! That 8a bird.9 name is Polly. We all like 10 .

    It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.

    She said, "Hi, young man! I'm Rose. I'm 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?"

    I said1,"Of course!"

    "Why are you in college at2an age?" I asked.

    She joked, "I'm here to meet a3husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world."

    "NO, Seriously," I asked

    "I always4of having a college education. Now I'm getting one!" she told me.

    After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from5.

    At the end of the term we invited Rose to6at our party. I'll never forget what she taught7.

    "We do not stop playing because we are old: we grow8because we stop playing. Here are the 9 of staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every10.You've got to have a dream. When you 11 your dreams, you die! "she said.

    "There is a big12between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn't take any talent or ability, "she added. "But to13, you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets. We usually don't have regrets for what we did,14rather for things we did not do."

    Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week15graduation, she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.

Hello, I am Mary. I live in Chengdu. It's sunny and cool in my city now. I'm studying at home. My parents are shopping. What's the weather like in your city? And what are you doing?

When children read to Danny, he never stops them or corrects them. He just sits quietly and listens patiently. Danny is a "listening1 ". He is part óf a reading program for children. The name of the program is R.E.A.D.

This program helps2 children's reading and communication skills in a special way -' reading to dogs, but not any dog. R.E.A.D. dogs are therapy animals (治疗动物). " We all know that learning to read well is very3 . Teachers always ask children to read aloud.4 reading aloud in class is very difficult for some children. They are afraid that other children will5 them," says Danny' S trainer, Tony Nevett. But a listening dog like Danny won't make fun of them. The children will feel safe.It's also fun for them. They even start to6 reading aloud. As a result, their reading gets better.

This program7 helps the dogs. Many of them live in dog shelters and need a home. After some8 , the dogs learn to be comfortable with people they don' t know. This helps them to be9 for adoption (收养）.

The R. E.A.D. program started in the USA."We have many success stories," says Tony. He hopes the program will spread to more places. Children who10 the program learn to love reading. This helps them succeed in school.