Imagine one day, the water taps in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there {#blank#}1{#/blank#}water for everyone. Your mother has to save the family's shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?

    Probably not. But that's what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}a report, the capital, Sana'a, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.

    Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply. Hannan, an 18-year-old girl from Lahej, told the Times: "In a good week we'll have the water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}."

    Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They {#blank#}4{#/blank#}every day to sell water—at very high prices. "A lot of people can't afford it," she said.

    The government is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen.

  Why are so many people so afraid to fail ? Quite simply because no one tells us how to face the failure (失败）. In fact, failure can become experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.

Most parents work hard to prevent failure or protect their children. One way is to lower (降低)standards. Nearly 60% of the parents choose this way. When a child finishes making a table, the mother describes it as "perfect" even though it doesn't stand still. The other way is to blame (责怪）others. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.

There's a problem with the two days. It makes a child unprepared for the real life if they don't meet enough failure. The young need to learn that no one can be the best at everything, no one can win all the time. The young should be allowed to experience failure. 

Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown—ups and children. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it. 

When you want to invite friends to a party, you'd better send them invitations. This is a good way to show your respect. Here are some ways of inviting friends to your party. 

Mailed Invitation: The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations. You need to write down all the information about the party, like the party time, place, clothes to wear, things to bring, phone number and so on. 

Online Invitation: You can also invite friends to a party through the Internet. You can buy some online invitations. Put pictures and videos in the online invitations and then e-mail them to your friends. 

Phone Call: If you want to save more time, you can just make a phone call. In this way, you can tell them more about your party. And you can hear if they are interested in the party. 

In person（亲自）: An in-person invitation can let you talk to your friends about the party and know their interests. But when you talk to the friends, you may forget some important information. So, you'd better prepare an invitation for them, too. 

Little Tom has a pet dog in his home. The dog is very cute. Tom likes to play with it.It's 2:30 in the afternoon. The house is quiet.

"Tom?" Mum calls. No one answers.

Mum comes to Tom's room. He is not on the bed, but his model plane(飞机模型)is on the desk. Mum goes to the yard but she doesn't find him." He is not in his room, and he is not in the yard," Mum thinks. Then Mum comes to Tom's grandparents' room. Tom likes to play with his grandpa's radio(收音机),but he is not there.

Mum looks for Tom everywhere. Where is Tom? Mum is worried. She wants to call Dad. She comes to the living room(客厅)to get the phone.

"What's that?" Mum sees something(某物) under the table. Oh, it's Eric, Tom's dog. It likes sleeping there. What is next to Eric? It's Tom!