Mrs Lin: I have a 15-year-old daughter (女儿) named Mary. She is tall and slim with long hair and big eyes. She looks very beautiful. She can sing and dance very well. But she spends too much time on computer games. Sometimes she plays them without dinner. She does her homework quickly (很快地), but there are many mistakes (错误). She doesn't do well in her lessons now. When I talk to her, she doesn't listen to me! What shall I do?

Mrs Liu: My son Paul is a good boy. He studies hard and is good at all his lessons. But it's really difficult to stop my son from eating snacks. Between meals, he always eats some candy, cakes and ice cream. He is not very tall but looks very fat. I worry about his health. How can I help him?

Mrs Lee: My13-year-old boy, Jacky, is tall and thin. He is always a good student at school. But he doesn't exercise very often. He likes reading very much. He can read books in his bedroom for the whole day. He has few friends. I want him to go out to play with his classmates, but he often says, "I just want to read my books." What can I do?

    When school was over for Christmas，Pedro and Emmett talked about Santa Claus．Emmett said that he tried to be good and wanted a toy car．Christmas morning arrived and there was a new bicycle just as Pedro wanted．Also there was some fruit and a toy car．Pedro couldn't wait to go to Emmett's house to show him．

    “Pedro，Santa Claus didn't come”Emmett said．Pedro could see the tears(眼泪)in his eyes．Pedro without thinking，said，“Emmett，Santa came．He thought you were spending the night with me，and he left your toy Car at my house．I was just bringing it to you．”

    Emmett smiled happily．He hugged(拥抱)Pedro，and Pedro hugged back．At nine years old，at that moment，Pedro once again learned there really was a Santa Claus．With love，everyone could be Santa Claus for anyone．

    Hello! My name is Julia and I'm 13 years old. I'm from America. I speak English. I can also speak Chinese, but not much. Now I live in China. I like my school life here. It's great. I go to school by bike every day. My favourite subject is history. I have learnt a lot about Chinese history and culture in class. My history teacher always helps me in every possible way. She is making a big difference in my life. My favourite sport is football. I often play football with my classmates after school.

    I have a good friend here. Her name is Zhang Qian. She and I are of the same age. She is from China So________is her first language. She usually goes to school by bus. Her favourite subject is shop.She__can__make__many__different__things__in__shop__class. Once she gave me a beautiful bird house made of wood. I like it very much. She wants to make a beautiful cup in shop class this week and then she will give it to her mother. She likes playing the piano. Sometimes she teaches me to play it. It is very interesting.

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    Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835,in the state of Missouri. When he was four, his family moved to the town ofHannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a port on the Missippi River, and Clemensloved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river. He said that allthe boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat!

    His father died when he was just 12 yearsold, and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. Hetravelled around, and worked in many different cities. But when he was 22, heachieved his ambition—he got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up anddown the wide Missippi River until the American Civil War began.

    He then moved around America, and triedseveral jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. Then he started working asa writer for a newspaper. It was at that time that he decided to use a pen namefor his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain".

    The name is interesting. It comes from hisdays on the steamboats. He used to throw a piece of rope into the river. Therewas a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope had some marks on it.He used the rope to find how deep the river was. Then he shouted out, "MarkOne" or "Mark Twain", meaning "Mark Two". Each markwas about two metres, so when he shouted "Mark Twain", it meant thatthe river was deep enough for the big boat.

    In 1865 Clemens wrote a story about ajumping frog. The story and the writer became famous. In 1867 he toured Europe.He married when he returned, and lived for most of the rest of his in Harfort,Connecticut. He wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, whichhe wrote in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous andpopular man.

    Once two of his friends decided to write tohim, but they had lost his address. So on the envelope they just wrote "MarkTwain, God knows where". Several weeks later, they received a replay fromthe writer. It just said, "He does!"

    Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He isconsidered to be one of America's most important writers.