It takes a lot of skills and hard work to set a world record in pumpkin-carving(雕刻南瓜). Steve Clarke, a sixth-grade teacher from Pennsylvania, is a famous carver(雕刻师). Clarke has set many world records for carving pumpkins quickly. When he competes, he must cut our two eyes, two eyebrows, a nose, a mouth, and two ears as fast as possible. But Clarke knows something else about pumpkin-carving. It's easier to get a record than to keep it.

    He took the title in 2000 when he carved a pumpkin face in 74.8 seconds. That time was 19 seconds faster than what Jerry had set. From then on, Clarke broke his own records five times. In 2006, he set his best time in Florida. His winning time was 24.03 seconds!

    The only problem is that someone finally beat that mark. On October 7, 2010, David set the new record with 20.1 seconds. Clarke was not able to break that record this year, but he has planned to break the record. After Halloween, he will go to local pumpkin farms to practise designs and new skills.

    Clarke is popular because of his super pumpkin-carving skills. In 1999, he carved more than 30 pumpkins at the Halloween party for then vice-president Al Gore.

    Overnight，TFboys，a boy band consisting of three middle school students．Became the talk all over China．Founded last year，the oldest member of TFboys is only 14 But the number of their followers on Sina Weibo has reached 11 million．Their music videos are also getting millions of views online．

    Some say that TFboys has become popular only because of their pretty faces．But take a serious look at the three boys，and you may find out what has helped them will over so many people．

    Wang Junkai，14，from Chongqing

    What did you do when you were 8 years old? Wang had become a trainee at TF

Entertainment at that age，he still goes to school like other kids during weekdays．But his weekends were filled with training classes．He learned how to sing and dance. He had to do the splits(劈叉)again and again．Many boys couldn't stand it and quit，but Wang didn't give up．Before he finally became a TFboy, the tough guy has been practicing for five years．

    Wang Yuan，13，from Chongqing

Fans like to call Wan 9“Er Yuan” because he is a funny guy who's always telling dry jokes．But when he starts to sin9，you'd be thrilled by his clear voice and high pitch(高音)．The cheerful boy lives a simple life．He doesn't like to compare himself with others．His mobile phone cost only 300 yuan．He's a big fan of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf．He has watched every Pleasant Goat movie at the cinema．

    Yiyang Qianxi，13，from Hunan

Yiyang is the shortest of the three boys，but he definitely has the most splendid resume(履历)．He is a top student．He is an excellent dancer．He takes part in TV shows．He has played different roles in many movies．He is even good at calligraphy(书法)． When other teenagers show off their new clothes on Weib0，Yiyang displays his calligraphy work．How can he be good at so many things? “I'd practice dancing while others were chatting，”he said．

    "What are you busy with yourself, Mum?" the girl of six years old asked her mother. "Making dinner for the neighbour aunt." her mother answered.

    "Why?" the little girl asked again. "Because the other day the aunt lost her dear daughter in the earthquake(地震)and she is so sad now. We must take good care of her these days. "

    "Why does she need our care?" asked the girl.

    "Because the aunt doesn't want to do anything without her daughter. Making dinner and doing housework are also becoming difficult for her. I don't know how to help her. My dear, can you come up with an idea to make the aunt feel better?"

    After that, the girl went to the neighbour's house and knocked at the door. "What can I do for you?" asked the poor woman. "My mother says you're very sad without your daughter…"The girl handed a band-aid(创可贴)to the neighbour. Tears ran down from the woman's eyes. She took the girl in her arms and said. "Thank you, band—aid will help me."

    Chinese people believe that a full moon stands for family reunions (团聚). So on the Mid-Autumn Festival, people look at the Moon and feel happy about a united family.

    But do you know there are many interesting stories about the Moon?

    In China, Chang'e flying to the Moon is a famous legend. Houyi and Chang'e were husband and wife. One day, Houyi got a magic pill. Being curious, Chang'e took the pill herself. Her body became light and she flew to the Moon. She had to stay there forever.

    In Greek legend, Artemis is the goddess of the Moon. She takes care of the hunt and animals. In India, the god of the Moon is Soma. Soma has four hands. If a baby is born on a full moon day, Indian people believe he or she is lucky.

    Alf is a big soccer fan. At school, there are lots of children playing soccer. Alf really wants to be a soccer star, but he thinks he isn't good at soccer. He feels very sad. He always thinks about how to be a great soccer player.

    One day, Alf went to watch the school soccer match on the playground with his friend. There were many students watching the match. Suddenly Alf shouted, "Look out!" He jumped up and made a very good save(救球)！

    All the soccer players and the coach cheered for him. "What a good save, Alf! You're the best!" His friend said. The soccer coach came to him and said, "Alf, come with me." Alf stood in the goal(球门) and the coach took a shot(射门). It was a good shot, and Alf saved it. Alf saved the next shot, too; and the next one. All the students cheered. Now Alf knows he is a very good goalkeeper. He is good at playing soccer.