I keep a two-dollar bill in my wallet that was given by my mother when I was six years old. Mother gave it to me so that1would follow me everywhere. She looked at me and said, "I want you to2this two-dollar bill for extra good luck."

    "Thanks, Mom," I replied. "I will keep it3me always."

    My mother passed away when I was 17 years old and I remembered taking out my two-dollar bill, 4it in my hand for the longest time and I knew she would be5me the rest of life.

    On my first6, I was thirty years old. As I sat in the sitting room, I noticed there were five women ahead of me. All of them were7and well dressed, which made me more nervous.

    "What makes you feel you are8for this job?" Mrs. Martin, the office manager asked me.

    "I really need this job and there is9I can't do. I know I am not as suitable as your other applicants（申请人）for the job, but please give me a10.I learn quickly and can be a very capable11of your team."

    That evening I received a call from Mrs. Martin. "Gina," she said, "you were not the most suitable applicant, 12you have so much confidence in yourself that we decided to give you a chance to prove yourself." "Thank you, Mrs. Martin. You will not regret this 13, "I said14and hung up the phone.

    I got my wallet and took out my two-dollar bill." Thanks, Mom. I am sure to15it," I said out loud so that she could hear me.

Lisa is serious about the chores in her house. She gives her children things that they 1 . do according to their age. She started by asking John, the2 of her two sons, to help with the dishes. It is now an easy cho re3 . the 15-year-old. His13-year-old brother, Dave, now4 John, too. They take turns (轮流) washing the5 each week. The boys also clean their study tables, make their beds and6 food from the market on Sunday mornings. Besides(除了) these, the boys also know how to cook easy meals 7 their parents are not at home.

The family of 8 live in a big house but they do all the housework themselves.

Lisa says," When I was young, my father wanted us to do things on our own(独立地)and learn how to9 ourselves. Now I'm doing it to my kids." John says," Doing chores is10 . You learn important life skills and responsibility(责任)."

There are a lot of famous cartoon characters. Here is some information about them.

The singer and actress Eartha Kitt was born into a poor family in South Carolina in1927. When Eartha was eight, her stepfather（继父）didn't want Eartha to live with them. She was sent to New York City to live with an aunt. The relationship was difficult. The aunt helped pay for piano and dance lessons for Eartha. But she also treated the girl badly.

Eartha lived on the streets and worked in a factory as a young teenager. But she kept up her dance lessons. One day, she decided to try out for a famous African-American dance company called the Katherine Dunham Company. Soon, Eartha was performing in shows around the world with the company.

In Paris, Eartha left the dance company to sing in a nightclub. Her voice was unusual. People there liked her singing. She learned French quickly and had many French fans.

The film director Orson Welles discovered Eartha singing in Paris. He called her "the most exciting woman in the world". Welles asked her to play a lead part in a play that he was directing（执导）and also playing a part in. Later, Eartha returned to NewYork and appeared in the Broadway show New Faces of 1952. A humorous song she sang about a bored, spoiled woman became famous. Eartha appeared in the 1957 movie The Mark of the Hawk. She was very careful about choosing her roles in films. Her other films in the 1950s included St. Louis Blues and Anna Lucasta. Throughout the rest of the 1950s and early 1960s, Kitt recorded, worked in films, television, and nightclubs, and returned to the Broadway stage. In 1964, Kitt helped open the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California. In the late 1960s, she played "Catwoman" in the television series Batman. This role made her really famous.

Miss White is a teacher. Her home is near her school. So she walks there in the morning. All her students are very small. It's a cold and windy morning. Miss White walks to school as usual. The cold wind goes into her eyes and big tears（眼泪） come out of her eyes. She gets to school, opens the door and goes into the classroom. It's nice and warm there and she is happy. But then a small boy looks at her, then puts his arms round her and says, "Don't cry, Miss. School isn't very bad. "

 The winter holiday is coming. If you are interested in making a website. Xinhua Community will have classes about that.

How to make a website

 First, make a good plan after learning about who will use the website and what they want. The second step is to design. We can use Photoshop to design the color, the style of the website. The third step is to develop, by writing the code (编程) to make the website into what people see. After that, test the website, making sure that people can visit the website on different devices (设备). The final step is to check the website to keep it up-to-date.

What to pay attention to

 Sometimes coding cannot always work the way you want it to. Then, we can use AI for help. AI can help write or rewrite new texts for some website pages. But it is not a good idea to depend on it. A good website designer needs to be creative and explore new skills.

 Teenagers in our community between 10 to 15 can come. Our classes can let you learn more skills on the computer. You will have an interesting life during the holiday.