My grandfather is eighty years old now．He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life used to be better．

    Families aren't families they used to be．A lot of families have broken up．If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together．And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now not any more．Everyone is busy working．Mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen．But now the family don't eat home-cooked food any more．

    And the cars! No one walks any more．More and more people drive．Students used to walk 5 miles to school every day, even in winter．But now students don't．And in school, children don't have to think any more．In math class, for example, they used to add, subtract, multiply and divide(加减乘除)in their heads．Instead, they use calculators(计算器)．

    And people today have TV and computers, and they don't talk to each other any more．They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think…．

    Life used to be simple, but it isn't any more．

    Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday one day, and they had to be at the airport at eleven forty in the morning. "It'll take us half an hour to get there in the car," Mr. Wilson said, "so we must leave before eleven o'clock. Don't be late."

    At ten minutes to eleven, they were busy doing things, except Mrs. Wilson didn't, she was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden and enjoying the sun.

    Her husband and children were very surprised. Why wasn't she busy, too. Mrs. Wilson answered, "Well, before I went to bed last night, I moved all our clocks and watches ahead twenty minutes. So now we can go to the airport quietly, Don't worry, then."

    One morning it was shining brightly when I woke up. I looked at the alarm dock. It said 3:45! It had stopped! What time was it? I spent two minutes putting on my clothes and ran down to the kitchen. The kitchen clock Said 8: 30--I was late! My parents were away. The school bus went at 8:00. I had missed it, I rang my friend Tony on his mobile phone.

    "Tell the teacher I'll be in as soon as I can!" I said "Come on your rollerblades," Tony said. "It will be faster than the bus." I got an apple to eat on the way. That was my breakfast! Then I put on my rollerblades and set off for school. It took half an hour to get to the school. I took all the shortcuts I knew, I went across the park-even through some backyards! When I got to school. I was very hot and my legs ached. I had missed math, our first lesson of the morning. But I made it just in time for history, our second lesson. I was very happy because history is my favourite subject.

Do you know Gui Haichao? He is the first astronaut with glasses. In May 2023，Gui Haichao joined the Shenzhou 16 mission （太空飞行任务）.After five months，he successfully came back from space.

Gui Haichao is from a small town in Yunnan，China. His parents are farmers. He has a dream.He likes looking at the sky. He has two idols （偶像）.They are Qian Xuesen and Yang Liwei. He wants to be an astronaut like Yang Liwei.

To make his dream come true，he always works hard and tries his best to learn.  His teachers and classmates all think he's very hard-working. Every morning，he is the first student to get to the classroom. Every evening，he is the last one to leave. He is good at Maths，and he thinks a healthy body is important，too. So he often runs and rides a bike at the weekend.

Gui Haichao is a hero（英雄）.He is the pride （骄傲） of Chinese people.

Dear Li Hua,

How is everything going? These days I'm doing a survey about students' life. I want to ask some questions about you. How often do you exercise and what sports do you usually play? Can you tell me something about your eating habits? Do you often help your parents do housework? When do you usually go to bed?

Yours,

Nick

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Dear Nick,

I am glad to help you. Let me tell you something about my life. 

A man was walking in the countryside. When he saw some elephants, he stopped. He wondered how the trainer(训练员) could hold these 1 animals only by a small rope(绳子). The elephants could 2 the rope anytime they wanted, but they did not.

He 3 the trainer why the animals didn't try to run away. The trainer said," When they were very 4 and smaller, we used the same rope to 5 them from running away. At that age, it can keep the elephants staying in the same place. When they grow 6 , they slowly believe that they can't break the rope, so they7 try to run away again."

The man was 8 . These animals could break the rope anytime they wanted,9 because they thought they couldn't , they just stayed quietly.

How many of us are like these elephants— thinking we can't do 10 just because we met failures(失败) once before?

Failure is a part of 11 . If we failed once, it doesn't 12 we can never be successful(成功的). We should never 13 trying when we meet failures in life. We should always tell14 : just like the elephants can break free if they 15 , we can also reach our goals one day.