There is a zoo in our city. My parents often take me there on 1. I like animals. I have a lot of toy animals in my room. In the     2, I can see tigers, elephants, bears, monkeys, pandas, snakes, and many other  3. Some animals are friendly, but some are not. Tigers, bears and some snakes are 4. That is why they have to stay in  5. But I do not think it is good 6 animals to stay in cages. They should be free. The animals in cages can't be 7.

    I think the most interesting animals in the zoo are the dolphins. I like 8 them swim and jump. They swim so fast and jump so high. They can play 9 a ball. They can even(甚至) stand up and walk! They are very  10 to people. If you fall into water and can't swim, they may come to help you.

    I started playing the piano when I was about eight or nine. But when I got to university, I stopped playing it. I just didn't have enough time and there were so many other things to do.

—Eliza

    When I was little, I thought I should play the guitar like my dad. But later I decided to try something else. I chose the violin. I want to be a musician when I grow up, but my dad says it's difficult to make a living from music. But I don't want to be a doctor like him. It's so boring.

—Robin

    Nobody likes living near someone like me because when I practice, I make a lot of noise! I''m sorry for that but I have to keep practicing. I have drum lessons every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, and I practice the drums every evening. I love playing them and now I play in a fantastic band.

—Lisa

    I''ve played the guitar as long as I can remember. I used to play in a subway station to make some money. Now I keep on playing it when I'm free, but I work as a cook in a restaurant to make a living.

—Carmen

Barry and Ann are twins(双胞胎), but they like different sports. Barry like soccer. He is in the school soccer club,and he plays soccer every day. He has nine soccer balls in his bookcase. He always likes volleyball. He has two white volleyballs and two blue volleyballs. But Ann doesn't like soccer or volleyball. She likes tennis. Tennis is interesting. She is in the school tennis club and she plays tennis every day. She has  seven tennis balls and two  tennis  rackets in her room. She also likes baseball. She has five baseballs—two green baseballs and three yellow baseballs.

Near the end of this summer vacation, I was very1 to get chickenpox (水痘). I wasn't well2 the new school year started.

I didn't want to3 behind(后面) in my studies, so I decided to go to school. But every day I had to go back home to take medicine and to have an herbal (药草的) bath. During those days, my mother4 me to school at 6:30 in the morning, and picked me up to go home at 9:25 in the evening.

Every time she met me, her first5 were, "Are you feeling better now?" Every time I left for school, her last words were, "Do not eat spicy (辣的) food at school." She6 the medicine well before I went back home and she cooked delicious dishes for me, even though(尽管) she had a lot of other work to do at the same time.

I will never7 one thing she did for me. The doctor thought I should use traditional(传统的) Chinese medicine, but one of the herbs could not be bought in drugstores (药房). So my mother decided to8 it in the mountains. However, my hometown, Dongguan, is a city without any mountains! But she didn't give up, and went to the far mountains in the neighboring city every few days! Once, the herb hurt her hand when she was picking it.

9 my mother's care, I became well quickly. It was my mother's love that helped me become well. Yes, mother's love is the best10 .

Everyone has problems in their lives. Is there anything you are worried about? What are they? Some people share their experiences. 

Helen: My job is to take care of people's health. I feel satisfied when I see my patients get better. But I'm so busy. I have to get up very early and go back home late, feeling tired. I can't have a good rest at night. 

Mary: I'm a volunteer teacher in a village. It is exciting to work with kids. However, living far from my parents makes me miss them very much. 

Toby: Plenty of second- hand cars are on sale right now. Click my website for them. Don't miss it!

Mike: I've just studied at a new school for a few weeks. My mother keeps telling me to get on well with my new classmates. I know it must be interesting. But it's always so hard for me to talk with them. I start to worry about my life here. 

Jack: The online world is a big part of my life. I keep using the mobile phone all day long. As a result, I can't study well and then get bad marks in exams.