When I was five, I had cancer ( 癌 症). My family learned about an organization that provided photography (摄影) classes to kids 1   cancer. I took the classes and learned how to 2a camera and how to take photos in different lighting situations. Taking photos made me 3about being sick for a while.

    At first, most of my photos were of4little dog, Charlie. I took pictures of him sleeping or playing. I also took pictures of 5 like flowers, trees and rivers. I 6 took photos of a little mouse once.

    Last year, I got invited to be a photographer on the red carpet (地毯) of  a big show in Los Angeles. I was so excited 7I could take photos of famous people. It was my first time to get close to them! It felt 8.

    Being a photographer and taking photos makes me feel happy. Now I want to 9what I have learned with other kids. I can't wait to pass on everything I've learned about photography and make other 10feel great, too.

    It's hard to make friends if you stay at home all the time, so get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with(接触)other people. It's easier to make friends with them when you find you like the same things as other people.

Don't be afraid to show people what you're really good at. You can talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if they, hear something interesting about you.

    Look at people in your eyes when you talk to them. That way, they'll find it easier to talk to you, or people may think you're not interested in them and may stop being interested in you.

    Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about "me, me, me” You can ask people lots of questions and show that you are interested in their answers.

    Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, respect(尊敬)and admire(羡慕). You shouldn't just make friends with those people you will meet them easily. Try to be friendly with all kinds of people. That way, you'll have a bigger group of people to choose from. Then you'll be easier to make friends with other people.

Language learning begins with listening.Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking，and later starters are often long listeners.Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time before they can speak，though the word "obey" is hardly accurate （正确无误的），many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt （尝试） to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to many difficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises，and that during the first few months one or two noises are considered to express their feelings，pain，friendliness，they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language.It is agreed，too，and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store.This self﹣imitation（模仿） leads to deliberate（有意的）

It is a problem we need not get our teeth into （认真对待）.The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world.Thus，we don't need to pay much attention to the use at seven months of "mama" as a greeting for his mother because he also uses it at other times for his father，or anything else he likes.Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself.I doubt，however