Do you go to school every day by bike or in your parents' car? The American English teacher Margaret tells her story about taking a school bus in America.

    When I'm a primary school student, I love taking the school bus. It is interesting to talk to my friends and play games on the bus. It is like children-only party every morning and afternoon. On the school bus there is only one adult（成年人）—the driver. Most of the time, we are well-behaved because we like the driver and don't want to make him unhappy. But one day, one of the boys makes a face at a policeman driving behind our bus. The policeman makes our bus driver stop. Then he scolds（训斥）the naughty boy loudly. We all behave well after that!

    It isn't comfortable for young people to wait for the school bus in winter（冬天） because it is very cold, especially when there are strong winds（风）. Some students in cities have bus shelters（遮挡）, but country children have to jump（跳）up and down to warm up. Hurry up, spring!

Today is my birthday. I'm 16 years old. I'm not a little boy running in the hallways(走廊) at school. I wanted to know who would 1 my birthday. I really wanted to have a birthday cake because I wanted to 2 .But I got up and found my 3 didn't do anything. My father was 4 a newspaper on the sofa. My mother went out to buy some things for lunch. I5 my computer and went online. There were just some people online. No one said 6 about my birthday. After thirty7 , my mum came back. She went into the8 and cooked. It seemed that the world forgot me and I wasn't9 at all. I said to myself, "You are 16 now. You're not a child. Forget your birthday."

But when I was doing my maths homework, my 10 came to me and asked, "What kind of cake do you want?"11 a surprise(惊喜)! At that time, I didn't know12 to say. I chose a chocolate cake in the end. I knew that the whole world may forget me,13 my mum wouldn't.

Also, when I went online in the evening, I talked to my friends. Many of them said happy birthday to14 . And my phone was full of text messages(短信)saying"Happy birthday".

It was a(n) 15 day after all!

You can see many dfferent monsters (怪兽) in the movie Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Some of them have a holiday on a big ship.

Mother Cat has four lovely children. On a sunny day, she is playing with her children in the park. Later, they are 1 , so Mother Cat takes them out to look for food. She finds a 2 tree. So she 3 her children to get some bananas on the tree. But no one wants to do it. Mother Cat has to do it herself.

After some 4 , Mother Cat gets a lot of bananas. She asks her children, "Who would like to take these bananas home?" 5 they don't want to do it. So she takes the bananas back home.

After getting home, she asks, "Who will make 6 salad with the bananas?" They all say, " We are not 7 ."

After she makes the salad, she says to 8 , "Who wants to eat the salad?"

"I will," they all say.

"No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the salad. You must 9 ‘No pains, no gains (不劳无获).' " She doesn't 10 any salad to her children but eats it herself.