I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favourite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand (拓展).

    My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was

    French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything

    I was interested in. That's the time I started writing, just for myself, and I've been writing ever since.

    I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror (恐怖) stories. I think they are like the old fairytales (童话故事), and can teach you important things.

    I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and

    I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary,ducks,cats, goats,hens and lots of rabbits. If you'd like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www.sbowkett.freeserve.co.uk.

    Vera is thirteen years old. She was born on July 27th. Mrs. Smith is her mother. Today is Vera's birthday. There is a party for her, Lots of her friends come to her birthday party. A birthday cake is on the table. There are some bananas, oranges, strawberries and apples on the table, too. But Vera doesn't like them. What does she want? Can you guess?

    Just then Vera sees a red card in her mother's hand. It says, "Happy birthday to you, dear(亲爱的) Vera. There is a nice present for you. Open the box on your dresser, you can find it."

    Vera runs to her dresser and opens the box. Ah, a nice T shirt! How glad she is!

Every country has its own way of cooking.

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Dolphins（海豚）are one of the cleverest animals in the world. We may hear of many stories about how dolphins save people out of water. 

Dolphins often eat fish and some other sea animals. A dolphin with a weight（重量）of 200 kg to 250 kg will eat 10 kg to 25 kg of fish every day. 

Dolphins have good hearing. They use it to find things under the water. many scientists also believe dolphins can even talk to each other through a special whistle（哨声）. Just like people, dolphins' whistles have many kinds. 

Dolphins live in the sea, but they are not a kind of fish and they don't lay eggs. They have babies in the same way as cows and cats do, and give their babies milk. A female（雌性）dolphin has a baby every two to three years. 

Dolphins are very friendly. Sadly, there are not many kinds of dolphins left. People killed them for food and other things for many years. Now it's time to stop this and perhaps there will be more of them in the years to come. 

For many people, their first plane trip is not very good. The following will help you have a good trip.

The first and most important thing is to be EARLY! Call the airport 4 hours earlier and make sure that the flight (航班) is still on time. Get to the airport 2 hours early. This will give you much time to get your boarding pass (登机证) and pass the security check (安检).

Be sure to take something to chew (咀嚼) when you are in the air. Taking a book with you can help you kill your flight time. You also need to take some special things like glasses or medicine, because you may need them on your trip. Take the ID card and enough money with you. Because you need them when having a trip.

When you get on the plane, make sure that you are in the right seat. Don' t be afraid when the plane is taking off (起飞). Take-off may be a difficult part of your trip. When it is over, you can release (解开) your seat belt (安全带), and you can go to the lavatory (卫生间) if you want.

Wish you a happy flight!