This is Mrs. White. Now she is teaching math. She works in a middle school. She lives in London, Mrs. White and Mr. White have three children. They all love animals and they have a big dog and a cute cat.

    Mrs. White is Sophie's aunt, Sophie lives and studies in Liverpool, but now she is in London. She is on her holiday here. She wants to do some shopping with her aunt.

    Mrs. White's son Arnold doesn't like shopping, but he loves going out with friends. They usually go to a park to play soccer or basketball in the afternoon. Today, Arnold isn't playing soccer or basketball. He is swimming.

    Mr. White works for a company (公司). He isn't working today, because he isn't feeling well. He is in a hospital now.

Mr. and Mrs. Albino, with 64 children, have the world's largest family. Not one of their children is adopted(领养).

When people hear about the Albinos' large family, the first question they ask is, "How is it possible? How can one woman give birth to 64 children in her lifetime?" The answer is simple: {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Soon after the Albinos got married, the children came quickly, in twos and threes. The first 21 children were boys. Mrs. Albino loved her sons, but she wanted a daughter very much.

The Albinos spent the early years in Argentina. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} To travel from Argentina to Chile, they had to cross the Andes Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Albino and their 21 sons made the difficult, two-week journey on mules. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

During the snowstorm, Mrs. Albino gave birth to triplets, a boy and two girls!

The oldest Albino children are in their thirties and forties. They are on their own now, but 18 of the Albino children still live with their parents. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The shack has electricity but no toilet or running water. The children wash in a small bowl in the dusty backyard.

At times there is very little food in the Albinos' small house when there is not enough food for everyone, Mrs. Albino makes sure the youngest children do not go hungry. "The smallest eat first, and then the bigger ones. We've always done it that way," she says. Obviously, the Albinos do not have enough money for their big family, then, do they continue to have children?

The Albinos do not use birth control because it is against their religion(宗教). They could let other people take care of their children, but Mrs. Albino will not allow it, "When my two brothers and I were babies," she says, "our mother left us at an orphanage(孤儿院) and never returned. We lived there together until we were five. Then a couple adopted my brothers and I was left behind. I was heartbroken.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Even if I didn't have much money, I would always take care of my children by myself." Mrs. Albino has kept her promise.

A daughter graduated from college. Her father planned to teach her a 1 . He said to her, "My darling, you have grown up. Now I'm considering 2 .my car, and can you help me get a good price for it?", The daughter agreed. Then the father asked her to take the car to 3 .places and then choose the best 4 .

The daughter knew that her father's car was a good one. She was 5 .that the car was worth a good price although it looked pretty old. She went to the first place—a used car market, and they offered her $1, 000. Then in a pawn (典当) shop, she was told the car was worth just $200, which really 6 .the daughter. Finally, she went to a car club. The workers there told the daughter 7 .that the car was very hard to 8 .in the market because it had been no longer in production and that they wanted to buy the car any time at $50, 000 and even more. 

The daughter told these 9 .to her father. The father said, "Don't be surprised. The value (价值) of the car is different in different places. Only the right place can give you the right value. Therefore, if you are not appreciated (赏识) by someone, do not be angry. It just means you are in the 10 .place. You should move on and go to a better place where you can certainly go far."

What if you don't know how to study well? The Feynman Technique might help you. It's a study method that helps students learn by teaching others. 

The Feynman Technique has been one of the best study methods for years. For one thing, it helps students really understand something instead of just memorizing information. Different from traditional study methods like re-reading textbooks or reviewing notes, it gets students to be more active in the learning process. 

If you want to use the Feynman Technique to study better, follow these steps. 

To begin with, choose a topic you want to learn. If not, you'll end up jumping between the topics without developing a deeper understanding of any of them. 

The second step is the heart of the Feynman Technique: explaining the topic simply enough to be understood by a sixth-grade student. This requires you to help the child understand by using the simplest and clearest language. This step helps divide indigestible topics into their most basic parts. 

Next, review your explanation and try to find any area where you felt that you couldn't explain the topic simply. When possible, it can be very helpful to get advice from someone whose understanding is similar to that of a sixth-grader. 

The fourth step is to improve your explanation using the information collected from the third step. 

Finally, repeat the steps. The Feynman Technique works best with repetition, and that is why going through all the prior (先前的) steps just once is usually not enough to fully understand the topic. 

Once you're confident you have learned the topic, it's time to give yourself a prize

Among all the pen productions, the writing brush（maobi）is a kind of special writing tool mainly made in China. 

Archaeologists（考古学家）said that writing brushes first appeared about 5, 000 years ago. Hengshui, Xuancheng and Huzhou were three centers for making writing brushes in Chinese history. Many people still celebrate the invention of the brush every year. 

____ Materials for the head part include rabbit hair, horse hair and so on. Some Chinese people like to make the writing brush with babies' lanugos（胎毛）. People believe that a writing brush made of the hair of newborn habies will bring good luck while taking exams. As for stalks（笔杆）, normal materials are usually wood, but we can also see some special ones made of ivory, gold and some other expensive materials. 

It's considered that the writing brush is the most important one among the Four Treasures of Chinese Study. In Chinese calligraphy（书法）and Chinese painting, the writing brush is widely used. In ancient China, children had to learn calligraphy and try to write a good hand. Even the emperors were good at calligraphy. Nowadays, some Chinese people still practice calligraphy with a writing brush from a very young age. Calligraphy is beneficial to people in some ways. When writing, people will forget all worries and even themselves, turning all thoughts into the beauty of art. People think it helps improve a person's temper（脾气）. 

Writing or painting with writing brushes is not only a way of communication, but also a way of expressing a person's inner world. 

Rose is a good girl. She is twelve years old. She is my 1 . We are in the same class. 2 are in Class Four, Grade Seven. She is from America. Her 3 number is 0378 9966 2238. I 4 from Henan. We don't look the same. She has two big eyes, but my 5 are small. She has short blond(金色的) hair, 6 my hair is long and black. She is tall but I am short. Her favourite 7 is blue. This blue schoolbag is hers. That 8 toy is hers, too. Her English is very good. She always 9 me with it. Her dad is an English teacher. We like his English 10 very much. Her mum is a Chinese teacher. They are working in the same 11 . Rose has 12 sisters. They are Judy and Jenny. They 13 the same, because they are twins. They are junior high school students, too. They are in 14 classes. Judy is in Class Eight. Jenny is in Class Nine. I like 15 with them very much. We often have fun together.