Hangzhou won its bid (申办) for the 2022 Asian Games on September 16th, 2015. It will be the third time that the Games are held in a Chinese city after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.

    The well-known capital city of Zhejiang Province in the southeast part of the country has a population of 9. 47 million. It is a beautiful city with a long history and it has been developing rapidly in recent years. Hosting the Asian Games will give the city another chance to grow.

    "We have seen here the strong wish and the great effort of Hangzhou to host the 19th Asian Games." The OCA (亚奥理事会) President praised.

    The Games are set to include 34 sports. Some venues (场馆) have already been completed, while several others are still being built and will be put into use one year before the Games. The Asian Games will be held from September 10 to 25, when the temperature is around 20℃.

    "There is no doubt that the event will attract more visitors to experience the beauty and charm of this amazing city. At the same time, more roads will be built and the underground will be added, reducing heavy traffic. But the best part is that it will give us the chance to watch world-class competitions close to our homes." Shao Lin, a local person, told the reporter excitedly.

    With the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September and the World Cup in Qatar (卡塔尔) in November, 2022 will be an exciting year for Asians, especially Chinese sports fans.

    Hangzhou is trying its best to get ready for the big sports show. Hangzhou is waiting to see you in 2022!

Tony is a new member (成员) of the Reading Club. He makes some new friends in the club.

Lisa is serious about the chores in her house. She gives her children things that they 1 . do according to their age. She started by asking John, the2 of her two sons, to help with the dishes. It is now an easy cho re3 . the 15-year-old. His13-year-old brother, Dave, now4 John, too. They take turns (轮流) washing the5 each week. The boys also clean their study tables, make their beds and6 food from the market on Sunday mornings. Besides(除了) these, the boys also know how to cook easy meals 7 their parents are not at home.

The family of 8 live in a big house but they do all the housework themselves.

Lisa says," When I was young, my father wanted us to do things on our own(独立地)and learn how to9 ourselves. Now I'm doing it to my kids." John says," Doing chores is10 . You learn important life skills and responsibility(责任)."

My father was busy fixing Belinda's spaceship all afternoon. In the evening, I went to the landing place. "Dear Father," I said politely. "Have you found Belinda's parents yet?"

"Not yet, my dear." He shook his head.

I felt relaxed. I didn't want to meet Belinda's parents—they might be ten times as loud and bossy as she was.

But Belinda had followed me.

"Not yet?" she shouted. "Why not? I'll send them a message! They'll listen to me!"

Belinda ran to the radio. She shouted into it so loudly that I had to cover all my four ears. "Mummy! Daddy! I'm on an awful spaceship full of purple people! Come and find me now!"

"Poor Belinda!" my sister came and said. "Her parents must be missing her."

"Huh!" I snorted (发出哼声). "Missing her? You're joking! Who would want such a bossy kid back? They probably lost her on purpose."

Belinda's face clouded. I thought she was going to shout again, but she didn't. Instead, something very strange happened — her eyes began to water!

"Oh, help!" said Roa. "Is she dying?"

I felt terrible. "Don't die, Belinda! I didn't mean it."

Then Belinda opened her mouth wide and shouted, "What if it's true? What if they've gone away and left me here forever?"

We were all so busy comforting Belinda that we didn't notice the soft knock of a ship landing outside. We didn't see two tall people come out of it until Belinda ran out in excitement.

"Mummy! Daddy!"

Belinda's parents were even uglier than she was, but they looked polite. "Hello, dear," the female said. "We're sorry we kept you waiting."

We smiled as the three of them boarded their spaceship. "Goodbye!" shouted Belinda. "Goodbye! Thanks for taking care of our baby girl!" said her father.

None of us answered. We waved (挥手) cheerfully as the ship took off and went far away into the stars.

Hello, my name is Linda Brown. Linda is my first name and Brown is my1 name. I am an English girl.

This is a2 of my family. You can see3 people in it.4 are my grandparents, They are my father's5 They are in the middle of the picture. This is my father.6 name is Eric. This is my mother, Grace. She wears a7 jacket. Blue is her favorite color. My parents have four children（孩子)，two sons and two daughters. Dale and Frank8 my brothers. Dale is nine. Frank is seven. I am six. Can you9 the girl in red?10 is my sister, Jenny. She is four.11 that woman next to me? She is my12 . She's my father's sister. Oh, Kimi is in this photo,13 Kimi is the name14 my dog. It's my good friend. What15 is it? It's black and white.

On a sunny day, three old men with long white beards (胡子) knocked the door of a small and old house. When a woman opened the door, she found she 1 met them before. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you look tired. Please come in and 2 ."

"We do not go into a house together," they replied. 

"Why?" she asked. 

One of the old men explained, "His name is Wealth, and he is Success, and I am Love. You need to 3 your family which you want to invite."

The woman went back into the house and told her husband about it. Her husband was very 4 . "How nice!", he said. "Let us invite Wealth. He 5 fill our home with money!" His wife disagreed, "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter suggested, "Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our 6 will be filled with love." "Let us take our daughter's 7 ", said the husband. Then, they went out and invited Love. 

Love got up and walked into the house. The other two also got up and 8 him. The woman asked Wealth and Success in surprise, "I only invited Love. Why are you coming in?" The old men replied together, "9 you invite Wealth or Success, the other two of us will stay out. But you invited Love. Wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is 10 Wealth and Success!"