Mother's Day is an important holiday all over the world. The idea for Mother's Day 1 an American woman named Anna Jarvis. Anna hoped there would be a day for people to show 2 to their mothers, so she wrote many letters to important people of her time. In 1914, the second Sunday in May was celebrated as Mother's Day. People in Denmark, Ital, Turkey, Australia and Belgium all celebrate Mother's Day on the same day as Americans. The day gives people a good 3 to thank mothers. People of all ages do many things to make the day special for their mothers. A typical way is to make Moms stay 4 in bed. That means a mother doesn't need to 5 early to make breakfast for her family. 6, the rest of the family make breakfast for her. Kids do secret things to 7 their moms. They write love letters to their moms. Some even make gifts themselves for their moms. Anna Jarvis's mother 8 carnations, so people chose carnations as a present for their mother on Mother's Day. Carnations of different 9 have different meanings. People buy red carnations if their mothers are 10. However, white ones are used to express love to dead mothers.

    A little boy loved to play around a tall apple tree every day. Later, when he grew up, he no longer played there.

    One day, the boy came and he looked 1. When the tree knew the boy wanted some toys, she asked the boy to pick up all her 2 to sell. So the boy did it and left.

    Another day, the boy turned into a man and got back, "Come and play with 3 !" the tree was excited and said. "4, I have to build a house to live in," the man said. "You can 5 off my branches to build your house. " So the man did it and left 6.

    One hot summer day, the man came. when the apple tree knew that the man needed a boat to go sailing, she let him 7 her trunk(树干).

    After many years, the man came again. "Sorry, my boy. But the

8 thing left is my dying roots," the tree said. "I just need a place to rest 9 I'm old and tired after all these years," the man said.

    "Come! 10 tree roots are the best place to rest." The man sat down and the tree smiled with tears.

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Little Life Skills Are a Big Help

Life skills are necessary for us teenagers. To live more healthily and happily, we are supposed to learn more new life skills.

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Little life skills are a big help. Let's take action now.

The winter vacation(假期) this year is coming soon. What do you want to do during the vacation? Do you want to watch TV? Do you want to play? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I hope you can have a meaningful(有意义的) vacation. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

About study

During the winter vacation, you will have a lot of free time for the three things. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Second, study some new lessons of the next term. Third, do your homework for two hours a day.

About food

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} So you must eat some healthy food. When you see so much delicious food in the New Year, you must eat well. Please eat more green vegetables.

About sports

Eating is a good thing. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Just go out and play sports with your family or friends for fun and health.

If you follow these good tips(提示), I believe you will have a great winter vacation.

Mr. Brown is a DJ who works at a radio station. He always has {#blank#}1{#/blank#}ideas. He once made two home {#blank#}2{#/blank#}successfully, one for himself and the other for his parents. Today he would like to teach us how to make one. First, buy a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}that you like. Then, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}good speakers. Lastly, connect(连接) your computer to the projector(投影仪). After finishing all the connections, you can sit there {#blank#}5{#/blank#}pick a favorite movie and enjoy it. How wonderful it is!