On Thursday a new boy came into the classroom. He didn't have any uniform on. Just trousers, a jacket and a shirt. Tom could see that the boy wasn't quite comfortable. He had a plastic (塑料的) bag with exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and erasers in it. The boy stood at the blackboard. Mrs. Brown talked to the boy, and then she said, “Boys and girls, this is Peter. He is your new classmate. Peter is your age. I hope you'll get on well with each other. Peter will spend a lot of time together with you.”Mrs Brown asked Peter to sit next to Tom at the desk near the window.

    The students had math after that and Tom could see that Peter was not bad at it. He counted (数数) well. It was not difficult for him at all. Then Mrs. Brown said,” It is half past twelve. It's time to have lunch. “Peter joined Tom and went to wash his hands. Then the boys sat down on the floor and started to open their lunch bags. Tom opened his bag and put his hand in it. He took out an old brown apple, some old cheese and some fish from dinner.“Oh, no!” cried Tom.” This is rubbish. I have the wrong bag. I took the rubbish bag and left my lunch bag at home. I have only rubbish for lunch today.” The other children laughed and laughed. Then Peter said,” I have two eggs. Why don't you have one? I don't need two. And would you like some bread?” Tom smiled,” Thanks. It's very kind of you.”

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    Lisa likes going shopping very much. She often goes to clothes stores with her classmates on weekends. One day she sees a colorful sweater in the Fashion Clothes Store. It's a red-blue-yellow sweater. There is a card on it. It says 80 yuan. Lisa goes home quickly and collects(搜集) all her money. But she feels sad. She's only got 65 yuan.

    After two weeks, the Fashion Clothes Store has sweaters at very good prices——only 80%. Lisa thinks she can buy the sweater with 64 yuan. When she sees the card, it says 100 yuan.

    Some weeks later, the store says their sweaters are on sale. You can only pay(支付) 50% for the sweater. Lisa thinks she can get the sweater this time, because it only costs 40 yuan. But when she sees the card, she is very angry. It is 160 yuan.

    Erik Weihenmayer was born with an eye disorder. As a child his eyesight became worse and then, at the age of 13, he lost his sight completely. However, he did not lose his determination to lead a full and active life.

    Erik became an adventurer. He took up parachuting, wrestling and scuba diving. He competed in long-distance biking, marathons and skiing. His favorite sport, though, is mountaineering.

    As a young man, Erik started to climb mountains. He reached the top of Mount McKinley in 1995 and then climbed the dangerous 1000-metre rock wall of EI Capitan. Two years later, while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya with his girlfriend, they stopped for a time at 13,000 feet above sea level－in order to get married. And on May 25, 2001, at the age of 33, Erik successfully completed the greatest mountaineering challenge of all. He climbed Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world two years after he climbed Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in South America in 1999．

    Erik invented his own method for climbing mountains. He carries two long poles: one to lean on and the other to test the way ahead of him. The climber in front of him wears a bell to guide him. Erik is a good team member. He does his share of the job, such as setting up tents and building snow walls.

    Although he could not enjoy the view, Erik felt the excitement of being on the top of Everest. He hopes that his success will change how people think about the blind．"When people think about a blind person or blindness, now they will think about a person standing on top of the world."

    Do you know Zhang Yunlei? He is a crosstalk performer(相声演员) in Deyun Club. He learns from Guo Degang and is one of his best disciples(徒弟). Now many people like to go to Deyun Club to watch his shows.

    Zhang Yunlei is 27 years old this year. He is from Tianjin.  He is really handsome He is over 180 cm tall, and he is kind of thin. He has a long face, a big nose and he has small eyes. He doesn't wear glasses.

He is funny when he speaks crosstalk, but he is shy in his real life. He works hard to bring happiness to people.