John James Audubon loved all kinds of birds. He spent his life studying them. He painted all the birds of North America.

    John James Audubon was born in Haiti in 1785. When he was a young boy, he moved to France with his family. His father was in the French Navy. He had a farm in the United States. When John was 18, his father sent him to the farm, hoping John would take care of it. But John didn't want to do that. He wanted to hunt, fish, and draw birds. John drew lots of pictures of birds. He wanted to make them look real.

    In 1808, John married Lucy Bakewell and they moved to Kentucky. John and a friend went into business there. They ran a shop. John really didn't like working in the shop. The business soon failed. John wanted to paint full-time. Lucy agreed to help. She got a teaching job to support the family. By that time, they had two young sons.

    John wanted his bird paintings made into a book. He finally did find someone to print his bird pictures in a book. Many people wanted John Audubon's book. Although his book was a great success, John wasn't happy with it. He wanted to show every bird found in North America. By 1838, John finished a great work. It wasn't just one book. It was an amazing set of four books called The Birds of America. It had many paintings. Today, these paintings are very famous.

    Do you know something about the holidaycamps in Hong Kong? In the past, the students in Hong Kong usually join anEnglish holiday camp in their holidays. And their parents didn't go with them,though they were very young.

    Now they still enjoy joining many kinds ofholiday camps without their parents. Many parents let their children join somekinds of holiday camps in order to learn some useful knowledge in the life andalso learn some knowledge about living skills, science, reading, writing and soon. The most important thing for the children to join the holiday camps is tolearn to look after themselves.

    Holiday camps in Hong Kong are not soexpensive. Most families can afford to sent their children there for study orfor making their bodies strong.

    It is said that students in Hong Kong havemuch knowledge about many things. Perhaps it has something to do with all kindsof holiday camps.

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Huntley has shown himself to be an excellent musician. But this rising star is doing 1 than just making fantastic music. Early this year, Huntley went back to2 home town in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There, he met with local homeless families at Loisann's Hope House. 

The organisation's（组织的）website shows that Loisann's Hope House has been open 3 37 years, providing help for those without a home. Huntley made4 surprise visit and performed（表演）for the homeless children. 

As you can imagine, the children were 5 about this surprise visit. The manager of the shelter said, "The smiles on 6 faces said it all. " "We're so proud of you, Huntley, and everything you've done for our organisation, " the manager7 . "Thank you for choosing to give hope to the homeless children and encouraging them 8 big!"

"I know 9 it's like to be a struggling（苦苦挣扎的）parent, " Huntley shared. "I'm ready to do whatever I 10 to help them. "

 Our parents love us in their own ways. My father was fifty years old when I was five years old. I didn't know why he was home to 1 me. Dad did so many things for me 2 my school years. He would always make lunch for me to take it to the 3 . There would be a card with"I love you" on it. He always had some things to make me4 and let me know that he loved me. My friends all hoped that they could get that kind of 5 . I was so proud to have him as my6 . 

 When I left home to study to another city, I thought the7 would stop. 8 , my friends and I were excited that his cards continued (继续). I called him a lot. After I said9 , he always said, "Angie?" "Yes, Dad?" "I love you. " "I love you, too, Dad. "

 My friends called him" the 10 Dad in the world". And when they knew that my father was ill, they sent him their best 11 . He taught all of us about a father' s love. I wouldn't be 12 if my friends started sending messages to their children. 

 As he got 13 , I decided to come home. Those were the hardest days to go through. I was with him in a hospital for a few days14 he died. We sat together and watched TV. As I was preparing to 15 , he said, "Angie?" "Yes, Dad?" "I love you. " "I love you, too, Dad. "