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    John's birthday is on August 16th. His parents are going to have a party for him. He is very happy about it. He would like to invite his friends to the party. Last Sunday night, while John was in his room, his mother walked in.

    "Are you still doing your homework?" she asked.

    "No, I'm writing a letter to Uncle Tom," John answered.

    John's mother was very surprised because John never wrote letters to anyone.

    "Are you asking him to come to your birthday party?"

    "No," John answered, "Uncle Tom never comes to my birthday parties."

    "Then what are you writing about?" his mother asked. "Will you read me the letter?"

    "OK," John said, "but I haven't finished it. I have only written two lines. I'll read them to you."

    "Dear Uncle Tom, thank you very much for sending me such a nice gift. I hope..." her mother stopped him. "But Uncle Tom hasn't sent you any gifts."

    "I know," John answered. "I'm not thanking him for this year's gift. I'm thanking him for last year's. You know, it's never too late to thank him."

    The volunteers who brought the nine-year-old girl to the orphanage(孤儿院) knew little about her. They found her in the street which had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They had left her long ago.

    At the orphanage, the girl was taught to read and write. There she also learned to be independent(独立). At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary.

    And then, in 1975, she entered the Miss Hong Kong competition -- and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now Mary Cheung was very popular in Hong Kong.

    Mary entered the competition because she was full of ambitions（抱负） and she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then to a business manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough.” she said. Fortunately, her husband helped her.

    Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own company in 1995. But she was still working hard to develop herself. She then studied for a Fine Arts degree at the University of Hong Kong. Her ambition was to teach arts in Hong Kong. Since 1987, she has spent a lot of her time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places, including China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV and for charity, to write for newspapers and bring up her family.

    The girl from street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

    Bill is a smart boy. He can do all the math problems(问题) in his math book.

    One day, on his way to school, he sees a sign of a fruit store. It says: "Apples: Six for five  cents(美分)". Bill knows what to do, so he goes into the store.

    "How much are the apples？" Bill asks the man.

    "Six for five cents."

    "But I don't want six apples."

    "How many apples do you want？"

    "Well, it's not a question of how many apples I want. It's a math problem. If six apples are worth(值) five cents, then five apples are worth four cents, four apples are worth three cents, three apples are worth two cents, two apples are worth one cent and then one apple is worth ZERO! I only want one apple."

    Bill chooses(选择) a good apple and starts to eat it. The man is so surprised(惊讶的) that he can't say a word!

    A beautiful actress called Rudy Lin finally got married with Wallace Huo in 2016. Many of her fans felt happy for her

    Born on January 1,1976, Rudy grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the eldest children of her family. She has one a year younger brother and the other one six years younger. Her father was a businessman, and her mother was a housewife. Her English name was from her mother's love of the jewel. When Lin was seven years old, her parents broke their marriage. She lived with her mother. She graduated from Ri Xin Primary School and Zhong Dian High School. She planned to go to England to study after high school graduation.

However, in her second year of high school, she first got involved in film and TV industry. So she went to have a try. She told herself that if her filming career didn't take off, she could still go back to school. When she received her first experience in front of the camera in 1995, acting a minor role, she became interested in acting. After filming her first TV commercial, Lin caught the attention of TV and film directors. In 1995, Lin received her first role in a film called School Day. The same year, she also acted as the supporting role in Taiwanese TV dramas. In 1996, Lin went to mainland China for the first time to film. She considered it as a valuable experience and the time that she began to learn about acting. In 1997, Lin became popular as the beloved Princess Ziwei in the series called My Fair Princess.

    In 2000, she worked in Hong Kong TVB's production of The Duke of Mount Deer with Dicky Cheung, Shu Qi and other well-known performers. As Lin felt she had achieved all she could in television, she also appeared in three Hong Kong films in 2000. Since 2001, Lon has focused on her career I mainland China and became successful. In 2002, she appeared in the romantic TV series Boy & Girl which was broadcast throughout China by CCTV. With this series, Lin was selected one of the Top 10 actresses of the year. Of those 10 actresses, she was the only one from Taiwan. From then, she became more and more famous. Though her parents didn't agree her to be an actress at first, they finally accepted it for her success and passion.

    The Lost Thing is a story about a young man. He often wears a pair of glasses. He likes collecting(收集)bottle caps when he's travelling around the world. One day, he takes an old train to the beach. He sees a strange red teapot(茶壶)。It is about 3-4m tall. It's very friendly to him. They play with a ball in the afternoon. When the sun goes down, he starts to know that his friend doesn't have the owner(主人). He thinks, "It might be a lost thing." He wants to know more about the red teapot, so he tries to help it find its owner. Will the teapot find its owner? It's a secret.