It's Really a Miracle (奇迹)

    Mr. Clarke works in New York and he brought his family to China last summer. They visited many places of interest and had a good time here. Before they left for New York, the Clarkes climbed the Great Wall. It was the greatest project over two thousand years ago. They took a lot of photos there and then they had a picnic under a big tree. Suddenly it began to rain and they hurried to the car. And when they returned to the hotel, they couldn't find the bag in which their expensive camera was. They were all sorry for it. They could buy another camera but had no time to go to the Great Wall again. They could not miss the plane!

That evening they didn't have supper. Mr. Clarke hoped to make them happy, so he said, “Well, let me tell you a story. An old man lived in a sixty-story building. One day he fell down from it when he was cleaning the window. But he didn't hurt himself.”

  “It was a miracle!” called out his children, “Why?”

  “Because he lived on the first floor!”

    They all began to laugh while two policemen with a bag came in. They said a Chinese boy found it under a big tree and he asked them to find out who lost it.

  “It's really a miracle!” the Clarkes said happily.

    A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was 1 happy. She always stayed at home by herself and didn't talk to 2 .

    One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she 3 it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to go to school in the beautiful hair clip.

    On her way to 4 , she found that everyone who saw her smiled (微笑) at her. Most of her schoolmates said hello to her, 5 this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip 6 them all to her. She was so happy 7 all of the wonderful things.

    Though all her classmates wanted to know 8 happened to her, she didn't want to tell 9 about her beautiful hair clip.

    When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, "Did you know you 10 your hair clip at home?" I found it by the door this morning.

    She was 11 to hear what her mother said. She understood that she didn't wear the hair clip to school 12 .

    It's not important what we wear or how we 13 . The most 14 thing is how we think about ourselves (我们自己). 15 we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident (自信). If we think we can, we can.

Last June, when my mother told me she had planned a four-day visit to Dubai with me, I was very excited. Tourists from all over the world come to see the sights in this amazing city and experience its culture.

On our first day, we visited the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. It is 828 metres high and it holds several records. After that we visited the Arabian Desert. The next day, we visited the Palm Jumeirah, the world's largest man-made island. The island is made from all natural materials (材料) because the Prince of Dubai wanted to give it a more natural look. The island itself looks like a palm tree from above, with one main strip(条) of land and 16 strips, 8 on each side. They all come from the middle, and make the island appear like a palm tree.

Dubai is home to the world's largest shopping centre. So on the third day, after a short boat ride away from our hotel, my mother and I spent the whole day shopping there. We returned home in the afternoon the next day. It was a fantastic trip.

 What things do you do well? Julian Lage plays the guitar. He plays1 than most people of his age.

 Some people say Julian is 2 a guitar whiz(奇才). When he was 13 years old, he already played with some of the top guitar 3 in the country. He performed at a number of music festivals. He even appeared in Grammy Awards Show, which gives prizes to the country's 4 musicians.

 Julian was five when his father5 him the first guitar. Just one year later he surprised people with his amazing talent. He played the guitar so well that a6 was made about him and showed in the cinema. Julian works hard and keep on7 even harder. It takes him about five to eight hours each 8 . Julian also works on his music with a guitar teacher.

 When do Julian have time for school? He doesn't go to school. 9 going to school, he is taught at home. He does his homework first in the morning so that he can 10 the rest of the day on his music. Julian is not sure what he will do when he grows up. For now he is happy just to play his guitar.

How do people find their inner(内在的)talent?British author and speaker Sir Kenneth Robinson talked about this at TED. He told a story about Gillian Lynne, a great dancer and choreographer(编舞者). 

Gillian Lynne never did well in school as a child. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Her mother was quite worried about her. She took Lynne to see a doctor. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Then, the doctor said to Lynne, "I need to talk to your mother now. Please wait here. "As they left the room, the doctor turned on the radio. He then said to Lynne's mother, "Just stand and watch her. "

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}The doctor then turned to Lynne's mother and said, "Mrs. Lynne, your daughter isn't sick. She's a dancer. Take her to a dance school. "

So she did. Lynne's new dance school was full of people just like her —people who had to move in order to think. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

Lypne later went to the Royal Ballet School, one of the world's greatest dance schools, and became a great dancer, After leaving the school, she worked on some of the most successful musicals in history. 

Those who never do well in school don't need to worry. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}