7school they often go shopping. They8swimming twice a week. Sometimes they help their mother9some housework. They have a happy10.

    Today is June 4th it's 1 fine day. It is Betty's birthday. She comes 2 and sees a new red box on her bed. She opens 3. There is nothing but a piece of paper 4 it! Betty takes it out and 5: “Dear Betty. I'm your present(礼物). Come and 6 me in the front room.” Betty runs 7 front room. She finds her parents there. They look at her happily. She looks round and sees her present — a nice 8 bike. “Happy birthday. Betty.” Her parents both 9. Betty is very happy and says: “10 very much.”

    A few years ago, I worked a 12-hour night shift(夜班) and got home from work.

    I was on my way back home and was very tired. I 1 at a restaurant to have breakfast. Right after I placed my order, I saw a man come in. He was carrying a small backpack and looked like he had seen better times. He reached in his pocket and pulled out some2 . He asked the waitress if 38 cents was 3 to buy a cup of coffee. She looked at his backpack and said, “ 4. Have a seat.” (Coffee was 50 cents a cup at the time.) It really touched me how she had tried to protect his pride and how he hadn't asked for any charity.

    Shortly before my 5 came, I asked the waitress to come over. I said, “You know, I am not feeling well. I don't think I am going to be able to eat my breakfast. Do you think there is6 here who might eat it?” She first asked if I was OK and then she 7. She said, “I think so. Are you sure?” I told her that I was sure.

    She then walked over to the gentleman and told him that I had ordered food and it was too8 to stop the order but I didn't feel like eating. Would he be so kind as to take it 9they wouldn't have to throw it away? I had walked to the cash register(收银台) and was paying for the meal. At the cash register, I asked if they had gift cards. They did. I bought one 10 $25.00 and asked them to give it to the gentleman after I left.

    When my family moved to Ohio over the summer, I feared going to another new school and knowing no one because I was able to1what was coming. I had bright red hair and huge glasses. Besides, I was2and not very popular.3on the school bus that first day, I felt like all eyes on me. I could hear the words "She's huge!" Clearly, the kids on the bus had known each other well. I spent that first bus4in silence.

    The following day was even worse. I did not notice that a few boys had tied a rope across the aisle（通道）and then fell face first on the bus, 5everything I was carrying. 6I was uneasily gathering my things, I could hear the laughter, and then the words “That felt like an earthquake!”

    Anyway, I7to find a seat. Looking out of the window, I held back the tears running out of my eyes.

    It was then8I went into myself. I began walking everywhere. I would walk through the woods behind our house. I would also walk to a church. I began9the afternoon school bus on purpose, walking home instead. Then,10, I started losing weight. And as I became satisfied with myself, I began making11.

    One of my newly found friends also fought with her weight. She lived near my neighborhood so we would meet and12together. This became a daily activity with talking and laughing

    13the way—different from the lonely walks I had taken. While I would no longer want to experience that time of loneliness and sadness again, I am14I made it through. Whenever I am fighting with any other problem in life, I always remember the saying "This too shall pass（一切都会过去的）".

    If you can find a path with no obstacles（障碍）, it probably doesn't15anywhere.

    Hello, my name is Li Ming. I 1 1.5 years old. I go to Ximen School. This is my 2 photo. They are my 3. He is my father and she is my mother. My father is 40 years old and my 4 is 38 years old. My father is a doctor in a 5. My mother is an English 6 in my school. This 7 is my sister. She is 11 years old. She likes English and she 8 to be an English teacher in the future(未来). It's a 9 family. I 10 my family.

    Lucy and Matt's mum is a doctor. The children and their dad were1last Monday evening.

    Mum 2and said, "I3do some more work here at the hospital. Ask Dad4your dinner."

    "Oh no!" said Matt, "Dad5cook !"

    The family 6some food in the kitchen cupboards. They found some onion, potatos and7.

    "What can we make with these?" asked Matt. "I'm very 8! I think I could eat a horse!" Then Lucy said,

    "I know! We can make 9."Matt was not happy. He said "I don't like soup. I want pasta and meatballs!"

    "Sorry, Matt," Dad said. "We haven't got any pasta or meatballs. We 10 have these vegetables to eat for dinner."

    Lucy and Dad made the soup. Then the 11of them sat down and started eating. Lucy asked Matt.

    "So, 12do you think?" "It's fantastic! I 13it!" Matt answered.

    "Can I have 14bowl of soup, please?" 15they all laughed. What an able cook Dad is!