When my brother and I got adopted (收养), I was four and he was two. I was 1 at first. I didn't know what was going on. I didn't smile at all. But then I found a lovely new nightgown (睡衣) on my bed. I started to smile. I had 2 had my own nightgown before. When my dad saw me 3 , he hugged me. He started to cry a little. I felt happy because my brother and I finally had a forever 4.

    I remember once when I was in the third grade, a boy asked me if I was adopted. I said I couldn't remember, because I was too shy to tell him. But it doesn't feel 5 to talk about it now. At home, we talk about it a lot.

    I'm in the sixth grade now, and a lot of people 6 my story. It feels great. I always feel good about myself when my friends are around—one friend especially. When my friend was little, her mother couldn't 7 her, so she was adopted. When I heard her story, it sounded a lot like my story. It started out hard, but that part is over.

    Life is good for me. I 8 my parents and do whatever I can to help. I'm interested in 9 and I sometimes prepare breakfast. I collect eggs from the henhouse and cook them for breakfast. When I feed my dog or close the chickens up for the night, I give them love, just like my 10 give me.

    This boy is Peter Smith.His 1 name is Peter.His 2 name is Smith.This is 3 school.His school 4 number is 200-4856.His teacher is Miss White.Miss White 5 a good teacher.Li Min is a Chinese boy. He is Peter's good 6 at school. Look!7 a pencil box. Is it 8? I 9 know. Let's 10 Li Min at 495-6548.

Welcome to our English class! The students are talking about 1 .

"I think purple is my lucky（幸运的）color." Jenny says. "My mother is an English teacher. She works very hard. And she comes back home from 2 very late every day. I want to buy a purple 3 for her. I hope she can go home early（早的）on the purple bike."

"I like 4 ,"says Jim. "Do you know why? Guess（猜）…Let me tell you. Yes, my 5 name is White! You can call me Mr. White. There are 6 ‘Mr. White' in my family. I am the youngest（最小的）one. My grandpa is 87 years old. He has three sons. I have a brother and four cousin brothers. I really have a 7 family."

John likes blue. Blue is the color of seas on sunny days. John likes 8 very much. In summer, he and his friends often swim in the sea. They have a good time. Look, his blue notebooks, blue pens, blue erasers and blue 9 are all in his blue schoolbag. Blue makes him feel 10 .

One fine day, Zhao Tianci, 29, decided to give up his job. "My mother has had ALS (渐冻症) for eight years so far," said Zhao. "Because of great work pressure, there was very little time I could spend with her." He thought it was time to change it. He decided to take his mom on a trip to Xinjiang.

On June 11 Zhao and his mother set off from Shangqiu, Henan. During the journey, Zhao kept driving and sometimes pushed his mother's wheelchair through the attractions (景点) along the way. He also shared videos of their trip online.

Zhao invited a friend to go with them and also hired (雇佣) a nursing worker to help during the journey, because his mother had difficulty speaking, eating and using the restroom. Sometimes they had to drive for 10 hours a day and even have their meals in the car.

The 15, 000-kilometer journey ended on July 12. Zhao said new life had begun and that they would like to visit Xinjiang again in his last video. Zhao's mother liked his videos. "Most of the time she just wanted to make sure she looked pretty, " Zhao said and smiled. 

The videos caught the attention of many people. Some people who have ALS patients at home asked Zhao for advice on traveling in Xinjiang. Zhao said he wanted to tell ALS patients that there was no reason for them to just stay at home, and that they must make the most use of every day to enjoy life. 

This summer, my parents took Amy and me to different parts of China. It was excited for us to experience China Railway High-speed Train. It was the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(safe) and fastest way to travel around. And my parents took us to a lot of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(city), so I never had to say goodbye to the trains. 

What I like about trains are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} views you can't see on planes. My favourite was Shanghai at night. The tall buildings and bright lights made me think {#blank#}4{#/blank#} New York. 

After {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(arrive) in Beijing, we visited Dad's university, Tsinghua University. It was big and beautiful just like Beijing {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(it). And the food was really fantastic. Sure，the food in America was also delicious but {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(actual ) I liked Chinese food better. Things in Beijing surprised me a lot and I wanted {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(know) why everything was so amazing here. The answer immediately rushed into my mind — hard work. Things {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(develop) rapidly in China now. China has changed for the better. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} everyone is working very hard to create a better future.