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this year                                              next year

    As a middle school student, I always try my best to be a better person. The new year is coming. I think I did a lot and learned a lot during this year, and I hope to improve myself more next year.……   

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The Changes in the Countryside

    My grandparents live in the countryside. I often go to visit them and I find the countryside changes day by day. In the past,

    In the mid 1990s, people started doing business on the Internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies which sold things in shops. Then, there were Internet companies which didn't have shops; they sold things only over the net.

    Traditional companies didn't want to lose any business. Quickly, they created their own website and began selling things over the net. These are the so-called "brick and click" companies. Many shops are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That's where the name "brick and click" comes from.

    By the late 1990s, e-businesses like Amazon.com and Buy.com were in trouble. Their profits were not very high, and there was a lot of competition. Many of these businesses lost a lot of money, and in 2000, many e-businesses went out of business.

    Why are "brick and click" companies, like Barnes & Noble, Toys "R" Us, and Walmart so successful? First, many customers know and trust their names. Their websites, like walmart.com, are easy to remember. These companies also have a lot of experience. They know how to run a successful business.

    In the world of e-commerce, companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will "brick and click" companies win the war? Only time will tell.

Little George lived in a poor village. One summer afternoon, George's mother sent him to the field to pick up some dried wood for the fire.

By the time the sun was high, George was very 1 and wished for a cool place to rest and have some food. As he walked on, he found some shade (阴凉处), and by it were some fine, wild 2 .

"How good these will be with my bread and butter," thought George. He 3 all of the strawberries and couldn't wait to lift one of them to his mouth. Suddenly he remembered his sick 4 , alone in her dark, cold room in the village.

With this in mind, he put the strawberry back again. "Shall I save them for her?" he asked himself. He thought how refreshing (提神的) they would be for her, 5 was still looking at them with a longing (渴望的) eye. "I will eat half, and take 6 half to her," he said. He divided them into two parts, but each part looked so small. He put them together again.

"I will only eat one," he thought.

But, as he again lifted it to his mouth, he saw that he had taken the 7 , and he put it back.

When the sun was beginning to sink, George left for home. How 8 he felt, then, that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother.

He heard his mother's faint (虚弱的) voice calling him. "Is that you, George? I'm glad you've 9 . I'm thirsty, and am longing for some tea."

George ran to her and joyfully offered the strawberries.

"And you saved them for your sick mother, didn't you?" she said, laying her hand 10 on his head, with tears in her eyes.

Paul Lacy and his wife Dorothy Lacy are Americans. They are in their seventies. They have an embroidery workshop (刺绣工厂)in Hunan.

The first time Dorothy went to Fenghuang was on a trip in 1999, and she fell in love with the old town and the Miao culture. In the following year, Paul and Dorothy decided to do something. With the help of a Chinese friend, the Lacys had their embroidery workshop in Fenghuang four years later.

After Paul and Dorothy sold their things in America in 2006, the Lacys started to live in Fenghuang. At first, the Lacys had a hard time because of the language. When they went shopping, they had to show the sellers pictures of what they wanted. As time went by, they made friends with the Miao people living there.

Before they lived in Fenghuang, the two went to many places of China. For example, they traveled to cities, such as Beijing, Xi'an and Guiyang. "Among all those places, we like Fenghuang best because of its beautiful and quiet environment and the rich culture of the Miao people. What's more, Dorothy thinks that the clothes of the Miao people are really beautiful. But it is the kindness of the people here that attracts (吸引）us the most. So we decided to live here," Paul said.

 Millie Wesley @ milliewesley 5-10

 Hello! My name is Millie. This is a picture of me and my friends. My friends' names are Fred, Sandra and Jim. 

 Fred is 11. His first name is Frederick but we always call him Fred. Oranges are his favorite food. 

 Sandra is 10. We are the same age. Jim is her brother. He is 12. They have a dog. You can see it in the picture. It is small and its name is Bobbie. 

 My friends and I are in the same school. Our school is next to a park. After school, we often play baseball in the park. It is our favorite game. 

# Friendship #MyFriends @ Frederick @ Jim @ Sandra