“Homestay is a form of study abroad program．It allows visitors to rent a room from a local(当地的)family to better understand the local lifestyle．It also helps to improve the visitor's language ability，"said a teacher during a school meeting last term．“Students who wish to learn more about foreign cultures or to get foreign experience should join this kind of holiday．I am sure you won't be disappointed(失望的)．”

    After this special meeting，I always thought about this kind of holiday．Last month I had a chance at last to go on such a holiday with some of my schoolmates and we went to London．a place where I had wanted to go since years ago．

    As we were still young，we had a group leader who planned things for us and looked after us．After we got to London. we went to stay with different families．I was lucky that my host family(寄宿家庭)was a white couple who had a daughter about my age．They treated me as a daughter of their family during my stay there．They were interested in me and I learnt a lot of things from them，too．

    The holiday was filled with activities every day．After breakfast，a local teacher would come to take us in his car．Then we would have classes or go on a sight—seeing trip to different places of interest like the Big Ben，the London Bridge，and the Buckingham Palace．We would go back to our own homes after the activities．

    The holiday was a valuable experience for me．I enjoyed every minute of it．Yet，time really flew fast．Three weeks later，we had to leave “home” for Hong Kong．

    Once there was a boy. He loved candies very much. He always asked his father for candies. The boy's father thought hard about how to stop (阻止) the child from asking for so many candies. A great man lived nearby (附近). The boy's father wanted to take the boy to him. He could make the child give up (放弃) candies. So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked candies himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.

    In this month, the great man tried to give up eating candies. At last he did it. When the boy and his father came back after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy did not ask for candies any more. The boy's father felt surprised, "Why didn't you ask my son to give up candies when we came to you a month ago?" The man answered, "How could I ask a boy to give up candies when I loved candies myself? In the last month I gave up eating candies."

    A person's example (榜样) is always more important than (比) words. We should not ask others to do what we can't do ourselves.

It is important to say" No" if necessary although it is not easy. My best friend Julia asked me to help her look after her pet dog when she travelled to Shanghai. I wanted to say" no" to her, but I agreed. I was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} busy to look after it well, and then {#blank#}2{#/blank#} bad happened. Her dog got{#blank#}3{#/blank#} because of me. Julia was angry and said she wouldn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in me anymore. I hoped she could trust me again. Then she said unless I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to take her dog to the animal hospital with her, she wouldn't forgive(原谅) me.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, I broke my promise again. Because I had an important {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the next day. So I must prepare {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it. When Julia called me, I was studying for my exam carefully. I didn't answer the phone in time. This made her even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} than before. Later, I said sorry and talked to her about the reasons {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. She was so understanding that she forgave me.

From then on, I know that sometimes we need to say" No." It's important.

Robinson Crusoewas first published in 1719. It is one of 1 English novels. It came from the experiences of a sailor named Alexander Selkirk. He 2 on a lonely island by his unfriendly captain (船长) and stayed there for over four years. 

In the story, Robinson Crusoe doesn't listen to his parents and goes to sea. After several years, Crusoe begins a trip to Africa. Unluckily, his ship gets shipwrecked (遭遇海难) in a storm. Everyone dies 3 Crusoe, who is washed up onto an island, all alone. Crusoe immediately makes plans for finding food and a place to protect 4 from bad weather and wild animals. He manages 5 many useful things on the broken ship. He gradually becomes skilled at making things. He builds two homes, learns 6 to grow crops, and keeps goats for meat and milk. 7 unusual experience! 

After living on the island for about fifteen years, Crusoe finds a 8 foot marks. He knows there 9 be someone else living on the island. Later, Crusoe saves a man from cannibals and names him Friday. He begins to teach him English. Several years later, they help a captain get his ship back and he is so thankful 10 be offers to take them back to England. Finally, Crusoe sets foot back in England, after having lived on the island for more than 28 years.