It was thesummer before my third grade. Our girls' softball team was facing real pitchers(投球手)1thefirst time. Before that, we could just hit the ball on the tee (球座). When the coach started pitching, hitting became2forme. I missed every single pitch. From the side, I heard my teammate Emilylaughing at3. My face got hot and my throat feltlike it had a softball stuck in. At that moment, I was starting to4playingsoftball.

    The nextafternoon, when Mum said it was time to play the game, I told her I was5.She allowed me to lie down for a while. So I went to my room and6myselfin bed. This was difficult for me because I was fine and just7toavoid softball.

    Soon Mumcame in and said, "Time to go!" She didn't even ask if I felt8.I imagined Emily laughing from the sideline, and9Ireally did feel sick to my stomach. I began crying loudly. Still, Mum pulled myteam T-shirt over my head. She said, "You have to10forthe rest of the season, and only after that we can talk about11you'llcontinue next year." She added that practice was what I needed, not12.She promised to practise with me.

    I got twohits that afternoon, and Emily didn't make a13.Every week after that, I practised at home14I got to be one of thebest hitters on the team.

    That15taughtme that being afraid is part of life, and I can do whatever is expected of meif I keep working and practising.

It was only a dollar. Ben saw it on the floor as he sat at the back of his math class. He could take it for his money, but he picked it up 1  and brought it to his teacher, Mattison.

Mattison was a little surprised, 2  many people would just keep it. She advised Ben to tape（用胶带粘住）it to the whiteboard where she always put 3  things. Maybe the dollar was the money for lunch or bus tickets for the student who lost it. A day or two later, neither the teacher nor her student 4  it.

Rose, a senior, asked Mattison why it was there. The teacher was still waiting for the owner, so she 5 , "I don't know." Rose took the tape from Mattison's desk and taped a 6 dollar to the board.

The two dollar bills, side by side, woke some things in Mattison's students. They taped up7 bills. The experienced teacher started to leave the tape next to the whiteboard. The effort（努力）snowballed and it really made a great difference.

The amount（数量）went on growing until it 8 $175. That left Mattison to decide on the best 9 . Mattison asked her students if they'd like to use the money 10 something good. Their answer was to tape more money to the whiteboard to push the amount.

①It's often believed that only grown-ups can make a difference (产生影响). Is it true? Teen Vogue interviews (采访) some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired (启发).

②16-year-old Michael starts using social media (媒体) to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs (博客). Michael also writes about sports people and how they will face their challenges.

③Lesein, 14 years old, first learns about climate change when he is twelve years old. His home country of Kenya loses about 29,650 acres (英亩) of forest each year.

④With a deep love of soccer, Lesein starts Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scores in a match. Later the school's soccer and basketball teams all follow him. In 2019, almost 1,000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi are planted. Now the government provides (提供) trees for them to plant.

⑤Alexis Lewis, a 15-year-old inventor, designs a simple wheelchair with bamboo to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of his is a special mask which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside.

⑥Alexis said, "People are dying because they can't be saved in time. Another reason why I want to invent something is that I love physics and I use it to improve technologies." Alexis also tells our reporter that he wants children to know that ____.

⑦These young people are certainly shining examples to show you're never too young to make a difference.

Camping is one of the most interesting outdoor activities. Last weekend, l had a camping trip to a hill  1 My teachers and classmates. We all enjoyed 2 Very much, Each of us brought something for the camping. Liu Tao had a box of chocolates(巧克力)and David had some  3 What did Nancy have? She had some apples, too. Helen had some fish and chicken. Mr. Green and Miss Li  4 two big tents(帐篷)and the cooking tools.

When we got to the camping place, it  5 almost l1 a. m. Our teachers tried to put up the tents first. And we students went to look for wood. Then we made a fire  6 food. We didn't  7 much choice on food, but we all thought it was delicious. After lunch, we took a rest. And then in the afternoon, we caught butterflies, looked for rare plants in the woods and went fishing by a river. In the evening, we held  8 party, singing and dancing around the campfire(篝火). At about ll p. m. , we went into the tents and slept soon 9 we were tired at that time. The radio said it would be rainy in the evening. Luckily, it didn't rain that night. The trip was  10 a wonderful experience.

A duck is very sad because he is the ugliest among his brothers and sisters. But to his surprise, when he grows up, he finds that he has become a handsome young swan(天鹅)! This is the story of The Ugly Duckling(丑小鸭) by Danish(丹麦) writer Hans Christian Andersen.

In fact, Andersen was an "ugly duckling" himself. In 1805, he was born into a poor family in Odense, Denmark. As a young boy, Andersen was tall, ugly and had a very big nose. His friends always made jokes about his big nose. During his school life, young Andersen spent most days dreaming about the stories he imagined(想象) in class.

Later, because of his father's death, Andersen had to make a living(谋生) by himself. He once worked as a tailor(裁缝) and made money in a theater. The difficulties helped him write his fairy tales(童话). Andersen began his writing by writing plays and poems for some small magazines. He talks about love and sacrifice(牺牲) in The Little Mermaid(美人鱼), and makes fun of authority(权威) in The Emperor's New Clothes.

Andersen wrote for 43 years until the end of his life in 1875. He finished 168 works and we can read them in about 150 languages. They never stop bringing happiness to kids around the world.

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