It's December 28th. New Year's Day is 1. Ma Li is in a 2 shop. She wants to buy a blouse 3 her mother. She is happy because she 4 a blue blouse. It looks pretty. She thinks it 5 her mother's trousers well, so she asks the shopkeeper what the 6 is. “198 yuan,” says the shopkeeper. Ma Li is surprised (吃惊的), “Too 7! What's it made of?” The shopkeeper tells her the blouse is made of silk. “Good things always 8 much,” he says.

  “But I have only 190 yuan. Can it be cheaper (更便宜)? I buy it for my mother. ”

  “9. 198 yuan is the last price. But I will lend you 8 yuan.”

“10? We don't know each other.”

  “Because I love my mother, too,” says the shopkeeper with a smile (微笑).

    The reality show（真人秀节目）“Where are we going , Dad ?”becomes a 1 show on TV these days . This TV show is about dads and their children who are from2 different families . They will complete（完成）some hard 3 without moms in three days and two nights . The five dads have to play the 4 of“dad”and“mom”at the same time . All of the five dads are famous people and they must forget their popularity（知名度）5do as a normal father . The cell phones and toys aren' t allowed 6in the show .

    They have to live in a very tough（艰苦的）environment . At first , all the five children cry . 7 , they are just 4-6 years old . They never experience life in the countryside . But later they are all used to 8 this kind of exciting life with their fathers .

    9 the five star kids , four-year-old Kimi impresses（使……有印象）people most . During the TV show , Kimi Is well-behaved , never shouts at others and always listens to his father , Jimmy .

    “The whole experience teaches him a lot ,”Jimmy says .“He now knows 10 to behave well in public and how to be patient .”

    Jimmy' s soft parenting skills , Kimi' s cute face and their warm interaction（互动）on the show win many viewers' hearts .

    Hello! I'm John Brown. I'm an English 1, my Chinese name is wang Pen.2to meet you. I have a good family. There are five people in my3. My parents are teachers, they work(工作) 4China. My sister is 14, my brother is 15, I'm 13, we5 go to the same school. Look! This is my room. You can6my books and tape player in the bookcase. My schoolbag is on the7, my computer is on the desk, too. Next to the computer is a8. Two boys are in the photo. Do you know9the boys are? Well,10are my cousins, Bob and Tim.

    Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year ago, the 14-year-old girl from Heilongjiang began to keep her diary in English, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can't read English. “It's like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia. “My privacy (隐私)becomes safe and my English improves a lot.

    Jia's mother is not the only mom who reads her child's diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 23,000 parents. The results show that 40% of the parents read their children's secrets. That's why , like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

    Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary , too. But he doesn't write it on paper. He writes online, which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents know nothing about the Internet.

    Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this problem, Liu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.

    “Parents want to know what is going on in their children's lives,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing, “But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, talking to parents is a better solution. If your parents know that you are safe, they'll let you keep your secrets.

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    A small boy was trying to move a big wooden box out of his yard. The box was much 1 than the boy. He tried his best to move it, but the box would not move at all. After 2 for a glass of water, the boy tried to move it once more. This time, he pushed harder, but he still 3 move the box a bit. He was quite tired and lost heart

    The boy's 4 was coming home from work around this time. He stopped to watch his son's fruitless efforts. The father didn't help him, 5 instead asked, "Son, have you tried your best? I mean, are you doing 6 you can?"

    "Yes, I am!" the boy cried.

    "No," his father said calmly, "you're not. You have not asked me to7 you can?"

    Asking for help is not a weakness. Many people need help, and 8 the best of us need help. It is 9 to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it. Never be afraid to ask others for help when you're in 10.