It was the beginning of a new term. As a 1  teacher in that school, I didn't know any of the students. A little girl was standing at the gate of the classroom. She looked very shy.

I walked up to her and2 why she stood there. But she said nothing. Then a boy shouted, “She is from Grade Four, the worst student in her grade.”I looked at the little girl. She didn't seem to be the smart kind. I 3 why her teacher asked her to stay in Grade Three. I took her hand and 4 her into the classroom.

“Sit here. Now you are my student and I'm your teacher,” I said. She still said nothing, but suddenly began to cry.

 I later learnt that her parents died in a car accident. She became sad and didn't like talking to others after that.

 She learnt very   5. I gave her respect(尊重) and never looked down upon (鄙视) her as I know everybody deserves(值得) respect. I helped her after school, and she was making 6   little by little. As time went by, she was not as  7 as before. At the end of the term, she seemed to have forgotten all her sadness. She was not among the best students when she left that school, but  8 , she was not that shy and sad little girl any more.

 In the following  9  , she would send me a card on each Thanksgiving Day. Three days ago, I  10  an invitation to her wedding(婚礼). And now, I am at her wedding, and she is smiling brightly.

 Everyone deserves respect and everyone can be happy.

    Maddy Cullen became a heroine last month. Thanks to her quick thinking, she and Dave Lewis were saved from danger in the 1 .

    Maddy and Dave went to the Scottish Highlands with a group from the Music Now Festival. In the afternoon, the group went 2 on the lake, but Maddy and Dave went hang-glider(滑翔) instead. Unfortunately, above the famous lake Loch Ness, the hang-glider flew into a sudden storm and knocked on a mountain out of 3 . Both Maddy and Dave jumped off the hang-glider before it crashed down(坠毁). They dropped safely in the mountains. But Dave couldn't walk because his right leg was badly injured. He and Maddy had to stay in the mountains and waited for rescuers. They had no food or water, so they were hungry, thirsty and 4 . They felt very worried before the sun set. Then Maddy had a very good idea. She collected many stones and formed a large sign “SOS” on the ground so that pilots in the helicopter could find them 5 .

    Meanwhile, group leader Rob Townsend was also worried when he found Maddy and Dave didn't sail with them. There were no public 6 anywhere nearby. He had to walk a long way to call the police to look for the missing teenagers. A few minutes later, a police helicopter flew over Loch Ness, and the pilot saw Maddy's message from above easily. Dave and Maddy were 7 up and flown to hospital in Inverness quickly.

    A week ago, Maddy spoke to a reporter from the newspaper. “We were very 8 when the helicopter arrived,” she said. “The police told Dave not to move and they carried him into the helicopter. They asked us to put on dry clothes and 9 some hot soup to us. They were great.”

    “It was all because of me,” Dave said. “Rob told us to wear walking boots, and he told us not to leave the group. But I did not listen. I was very silly.”

    The police 10 . On its radio news, they asked walkers in the Highlands to follow instructions carefully and not to take any adventures.

    Last weekend we went camping in a small village in India. First, we took a long bus ride to a lake in the countryside. Then we 1 our tents and made a fire to keep us 2 and cook food on. On the first night, we just sat under 3 moon and told each other stories.

    The next morning, my sister and I got a terrible surprise. When we looked out of our 4, we saw a big snake sleeping near the fire. I was so scared 5 I couldn't move. We shouted to our parents for help. My dad started 6 up and down in the tent. This woke the snake up and it moved away. My dad told 7 later that snakes don't have ears but can feel things moving. He 8 told me it was important not to go near a snake. This was a very useful lesson for me.

    Anna comes from England. She is 18. She is going to 1 with the Wang family for a year. Anna comes to 2 because she wants to learn Chinese. She helps Mrs. Wang do housework and goes to 3 classes every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. Anna is new in Beijing. Everything is 4 to her. She finds the 5 is different from that in London. Some things are nice in Beijing,6 things are not so nice. The shops are bigger in Beijing than those in London.7 it's very expensive to enjoy yourself in Beijing. It's expensive to have a 8 in a restaurant or go to a cinema. Anna has got used to (习惯) many things already. But she can't get used to the 9 in Beijing, “You Chinese eat so much in the morning,” she often says. “Fruit, porridge, egg, tea and bread. How can you face(面对) all that food so 10 in the day?”