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—Next month.

    Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man eating out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that, and her mother said that the man was homeless and hungry. Hannah was very 1. She couldn't understand why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food. Hannah started to think about how she could 2, but of course, there is not a lot one five-year-old can do to solve the problem of homelessness.

    Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman 3 an old shopping trolley (购物车) which was piled with bags. It seemed that everything the woman owned was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more 4 to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people since they first saw the homeless man. Her mother told her that if she did something to change the problem that made her sad, she wouldn't feel as bad.

    Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to 5 her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness. She began to host "Big Bosses" lunches where she would try to persuade local business leaders to 6 to the cause. She also organized a fund raising drive in "Ladybug Jars" to collect everyone's spare change during "Make Change" month. More recently, the foundation began another activity called National Red Scarf Day—a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada's hungry and homeless.

    There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called "Hannah's Place", something that she is very 7 of. Hannah Places is divided into several areas, providing shelter for people when it's so cold that sleeping outdoors can mean death. In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of 8. For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award recognizing the 9 of young people to change the world. But through all this, Hannah still has the life of a Winnipeg school girl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.

    Hannah is one of many examples of young people who are making a 10 in the world. You can, too!

    The Sixth Time I Went to the Principal's Office

    When I was in the seventh grade, I had problems behaving. My heart was in the right place, but I couldn't always follow the rules. I played many tricks on my schoolmates. Once, I even pulled a girl's hair on the school bus to get her attention. As a result, I was repeatedly sent to the office of the principal (校长).

    Although I hated going there, I did not hate the principal, Mr. Ratcliff.

    Mr. Ratcliff was a kind, elderly man. When he spanked(打屁股) me for putting some ants into a classmate's pencil box, it didn't hurt at all, but it did hurt my feelings. I thought so much of him and moments like that seemed to prove I was hopelessly bad.

    When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff's office for the sixth time, I had no idea what I had done. I felt disappointed as I walked down there. I went into his office, sat down, and looked at the floor. Then he said the last thing I expected to hear:" Kevin, I've heard you've been behaving really well lately. I want you to know how proud I am of you, and I just called you down to my office to give you a peppermint.”

    "Really?" I was surprised.

    "Yes. Now you can take that peppermint and go back to class."

    I carried the peppermint with me as if it was a gold coin. When I got into my classroom, I bragged (吹嘘) to my classmates about my turnaround, excitedly. I wasn't so bad after all.

    Mr. Ratcliff was really kind. He made me realize that I was just a kid who had problems with behavior. He bought some peppermints and took the time to notice me when I got something-anything-right. Mr. Ratcliff gave me some hope by giving me some love. I will just remember him for the rest of my life.

    The first breath-taking pictures of the Earth taken from space showed it as a solid ball covered by brown land masses and blue-green oceans. We had never seen the Earth from that distance before. To us, it appeared as though the Earth had always looked that way and always would. Scientists now know, however, that the surface of the Earth is not as permanent (永久的) as we had thought.

    Scientists explain that the surface of our planet is always moving. Continents moves about the Earth like huge ships at sea. They float on pieces of the Earth's outer skin. New outer skin is created as melted rock pushed up from below the ocean floor. Old outer skin is destroyed as it rolls down into the hot area and melts again.

    Only since the 1960s have scientists really began to understand that the planet Earth is a great living machine. Some experts have said this new understanding is one of the most important revolutions in scientific thought. The revolution is based on the work of scientists who study the movement of the continents—a science called plate tectonics.

    The modern story of plate tectonics begins with the German scientist Alfred Wegener. Before World War One, Wegener argued that the continents had moved and were still moving. He said the idea first occurred to him when he observed that the coastlines of South America and Africa could fit together like two pieces of a puzzle. He proposed that the two continents might have been one and then split apart.

    Wegener was not the first person to wonder about the shape of the continents. About 500 years ago, explorers thought about it when they made the first maps of Americas. The explorers noted the east coast of North America and South America would fit almost exactly into the west coast of Europe and south Africa. What the explorers did not do, but Wegener did, was to investigate the idea that the continents move.

    Does Fame Drive You Crazy?

    Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today's star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world's attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their personal lives. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature.

    According to psychologist Christina Villareal, celebrities—famous people—worry constantly about their public appearance. Eventually, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. "Over time," Villareal says, "they feel separated and alone."

    The phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.

    Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their "story" alive forever.

    If fame is so troublesome, why aren't all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.

    Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.

    Why Alice is still wonderful

    Have you ever read the novel Alice's Adventuresin Wonderland? When British writer Lewis Carroll dropped Alice down the rabbithole in 1865, he had no way of knowing what it would lead to (how popular itwould be). The girl and her friends in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland havebecome well-known around the world. More than 100 versions of the book have beenpublished. More than two dozen adaptations of the story have been made intomovies. Millions of people are fascinated by the story and the characters init.

    Why have Alice and her friends kept usfascinated with them for so long? Why is the story so attractive?

    One reason is that many people think the7-year-old girl is our inner child. She is the child that we ever dreamed tobe. Alice is the center of the book. She's brave, curious and always wants tomove ahead to the next adventure. When she meets problems or even is attacked,she never once thinks of asking her parents for help. Instead, she tries tosolve the problem in her own way. Maybe this can explain why the story is sowelcomed by kids and teenagers. Because nowadays, they have been over protectedby their parents and can't live in a world of their own. Alice is the childthey really want to be.

    Besides, the attractive setting in the book isanother reason. The story is set in an imaginative world. Many things thatdon't exist in the real world can be found in the story. In the book, Alice canbe 3 inches (7.6cm) tall and stand up on her tiptoes. She even finds a bluecaterpillar smoking on a mushroom. Kids and teenagers are really attracted bythe strange and imaginative world in the story.

    The wonderland world makes us connect Alice'sadventures with our own childhood. No matter how old you are, there is always achild living in your heart.

题目①

    假如你是李华，你被邀请在学校的英语俱乐部的周末活动中发言。请你以“He/She Helped Me with My English．" 为题，简述在你学习英语过程中遇到的困难，谁帮助了你，以及你的感受。

提示词语：English, difficult, remember, correctly, pronunciation …

提示问题：1）What difficulties did you meet when you studied English?

2）Who helped you with your English and how did she or he help you?

3）What do you think of it?

___________ Helped Me with My English.

Teachers and fellow students,

I'm greatly honored to give a speech here.

题目②

    某英文报纸以"A Sentence I Like Best"为题征文，请你投稿。请从下面的三句话中选出你最喜欢的一句，并结合自己的经历谈谈你喜欢它的理由。

提示词语：tradition, culture, poor, plan, confidence,...

提示问题：1）Which sentence do you like best?

2）What experience did you have?

3）Why do you like the sentence?

A Sentence I Like Best