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Hello, I am Mary. I live in Chengdu. It's sunny and cool in my city now. I'm studying at home. My parents are shopping. What's the weather like in your city? And what are you doing?

Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular not only with adults but also with students. However, they also have become a problem for middle schools in the last few years.

Some children have got mobile phones as Christmas or birthday gifts, and more will ask their parents to buy phones for them.

Many students like mobile phones because they are easy and quick. Some parents feel it convenient because they can get in touch with their children. Some teachers think using mobile phones is a distraction(分心的事)to students during school hours and mobile phones also give them much trouble in their classrooms. Sometimes students send phone messages to cheat(作弊)during exams. A new study says that some teenagers even hurt their fingers because of the over-use of mobile phones. They keep using mobile phones for more than ten hours during a day.

Many teachers suggest that students should not have phones at school, but if there is a good reason, they can leave their phones at the school office. Many people think they understand why parents would want their children to have them, but they agree school should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

Among all the pen productions, the writing brush（maobi）is a kind of special writing tool mainly made in China. 

Archaeologists（考古学家）said that writing brushes first appeared about 5, 000 years ago. Hengshui, Xuancheng and Huzhou were three centers for making writing brushes in Chinese history. Many people still celebrate the invention of the brush every year. 

____ Materials for the head part include rabbit hair, horse hair and so on. Some Chinese people like to make the writing brush with babies' lanugos（胎毛）. People believe that a writing brush made of the hair of newborn habies will bring good luck while taking exams. As for stalks（笔杆）, normal materials are usually wood, but we can also see some special ones made of ivory, gold and some other expensive materials. 

It's considered that the writing brush is the most important one among the Four Treasures of Chinese Study. In Chinese calligraphy（书法）and Chinese painting, the writing brush is widely used. In ancient China, children had to learn calligraphy and try to write a good hand. Even the emperors were good at calligraphy. Nowadays, some Chinese people still practice calligraphy with a writing brush from a very young age. Calligraphy is beneficial to people in some ways. When writing, people will forget all worries and even themselves, turning all thoughts into the beauty of art. People think it helps improve a person's temper（脾气）. 

Writing or painting with writing brushes is not only a way of communication, but also a way of expressing a person's inner world. 

A few years ago, I had a wonderful Christmas experience that finally changed how I celebrated the festival. Now I've decided to 1  it with all of you. 

Before that Christmas, I was running around like a crazy person to get 2  ready. One day I took my three little kids to the market to buy the last things for the next day. After walking and shopping for a long time, I was terribly 3  and kept thinking to myself, "What is the true 4  of Christmas?"

When I was walking towards the exit(出口) after I finished 5 , I noticed an old man sitting on the bench 6  an envelope in his hand. He handed something to a well-dressed, 7  man and said, "Merry Christmas!" It was a $20 bill. The young man was in great 8  and asked, "Are you serious?""Yes. Merry Christmas, " he replied. So the young man got the money and left 9 . 

"What's he doing?"I was more puzzled(困惑的) 10  I saw him giving more bills to some other shoppers. Just then he 11  and walked over to me. Then he pulled a $50 bill out of his envelope and handed it to me, saying "Merry Christmas!"

My face turned 12  and said, "Sir, I don't need fifty dollars. ""Well, then, " he smiled and said, "find someone who does. Merry Christmas!" And he left 13 . What a kind man he was and how many people he helped out that day! All of a sudden, for the 14  time I felt the real Christmas spirit. And I decided I'd spread his spirit and find someone who 15  that $50. From then on, I was used to teaching my kids about love and kindness and letting them feel the spirit of Christmas. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Hobbies are activities that you like doing. You do them when you have time but you can't get money from them. Hobbies are fun, and they are also good for you. 

Do you know that people who do puzzles(益智游戏) live longer than people who don't? People who do puzzles can also remember more than people who don't do puzzles. Even when they are old, people who do puzzles usually have good brains. 

Watching funny movies is great for your body. When you laugh for 15 minutes or more, it is just as good for your body as exercising. Laughing exercises the heart and keeps it healthy. 

Going to concerts is also good for the heart. Listening to music can make your heart strong. Children who play with Lego are better at thinking than other children. They even talk and read better. Even driving bumper cars can be healthy. Bumping against others in a fun way can turn anger into laughter. 

And a school in South Africa teaches students how to play. The school finds that children who study how to have fun have better grades.