I was 10 the year my cousin Marley's parents gave her a painful Christmas surprise: they were getting a divorce(离婚). My aunt went to California, but my uncle decided to get her back. There was one matter: where to put his young daughter. Luckily, my mother loved Marley, giving her more attention than her family ever did.

    On that Christmas Eve, my cousin arrived on our doorstep carrying an old blue suitcase. Before she stepped inside, Marley said, “It doesn't matter. When my parents come back, we'll have a bigger Christmas than this.”

    Late on the night Marley arrived, my mom came into my room, her arms filled with packages.I knew they were my Christmas presents. “I know how you love surprises but we have to decide which ones to give to Marley.”

    My mother carefully opened the gifts. Wow! I saw ice skates, red leather gloves and a dollhouse. The last present was the music box we'd asked the lady at the local store to take down and play for us over and over again.

    “Which ones?” my mother asked. “She can have the ice skates,” I said reluctantly(勉强地). “That's good,” my mother said. She began to tape the packages up again. Then she stopped and asked, “Are you sure about these?” At that moment, I realized she expected more from me than I had already given. So I gave her the music box, too, and ___________. The next morning, Marley's eyes were resolute(坚定的). She expected nothing and wanted us to know she didn't care. But when she saw her name on the biggest box, she couldn't hide her excitement. I thought my happiness would be cut in half. Instead it was doubled.

    Over the last 40 years, Marley and I have grown apart(分离的). But the love we felt for each other that day still remains. Today Marley says, “They were the best presents I ever got.

    Horatio Spafford, who was born in 1828, was a wealthy Chicago lawyer with a promising career, a beautiful home, a wife, four daughters and a son.

    At the very height of his financial and professional success Horatio and his wife, Anna, suffered the loss of their young son. Shortly thereafter, on October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed most of his real estate(地产) Investment.

    In 1873, Spafford planned a boat trip to Europe in order to give his wife and daughters a much-needed vacation and time to recover from the loss of their young son. Spafford sent his wife and daughters ahead of him while he remained in Chicago to take care of some small business. Several days later he received notice that his family's ship had had a collision (碰撞). All four of his daughters had drowned, only his wife had survived.

    With a heavy heart, Spafford boarded a boat that would take him to his broken-hearted Anna in England. It was on this trip that he wrote those now famous words: When sorrows like sea billows roll, it is well, it is well with my soul.

    Philip Bliss (1838-1876), composer of many songs, including Hold the Fort, Let the Lower Lights be Buming, and Jesus Loves Even Me, was so impressed with Spafford's life and the words of his hymn (赞美) that be composed a beautiful piece of music to accompany the poem. The song was published by Bliss and Sankey in 1876.

    For more than a century, the tragic story of one man has given hope to countless people.

    How do you turn your interests into a business (生意)? Mohammed Ali, 15, a teen gamer from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, UK, is a good example.

    At the age of 12, he learned how to code (编程) by using YouTube and even made his own video game. Users have to pay 5.99 pounds (56 yuan) per month to play the game. He has already made 30,000 pounds. He also makes websites and is working on a finance app (理财应用软件), which will be open to the public in August.

    Ali has saved lots of money for his future university costs and even bought two sofas for his family's living room.

    "When I first started making money, I thought I'd just spend it all. Then I thought, why should I spend it all? I save most of it in the bank, because I want to do more in the future," he told the Daily Mail.

    He became interested in computers when his parents bought him one at the age of 6. He often played video games on his computer. But after playing so many games, he decided to make his own.

    Then, Ali learned how to code using YouTube videos and by reading books on the subject. In 2012，he made his own game called Project 2006 after working on it for seven months. It was a role-playing game and more than 3, 000 people are members. After his game became popular, he started a website-making business.

    In the future, he wants to go to university and study computer science. "I'm looking forward to studying computer science, not business because I've got a lot of experience in business already," he told the Daily Star.

There's a new art club, which started last week in my neighborhood. There are three kinds of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(活动): drawing, singing and dancing. I like them all, but I can't take part in all three at the same time. I have more interest in drawing, but I have never had the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(机会) to learn it. So I made my own decision and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(表达) my strong wish to learn drawing to my parents. My father said he would {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(支持) me whatever my decision was. However, my mother worried that learning to draw would get in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(路) of my study.

Finally my mother said she would agree if I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(遵守) the rules she made for me. The first rule is that I must finish my homework on time every day. The second rule is that I mustn't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(说话) back to my teacher. I have to get along well with my teacher. The third rule is that I can't give up. Because learning to draw is not an easy thing. At first, I felt the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(规矩)were boring. But later I found they were so important. I would follow the rules. I won't {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (后悔) joining the art club, and I will stick to it no matter how {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(疲惫) it is.

My name is Tim and I'm 13 years old. My 1 are great and I love them and I know they love me. However, they never understand my feelings and needs. My parents grew up in a 2 environment, and sometimes I feel like they're trying to raise (抚养) me in that way. They won't allow me to go to a friend's home or hang out with a friend 3 they don't know the person's parents. It's really embarrassing (令人难堪的) when I tell my friends that I can't 4 them. My parents want to know me better, so they read my 5 . They say I shouldn't have any secrets (秘密) in this family.

I try to 6 them, but they usually don't want to listen. When I feel that my parents don't 7 me, I just keep my mouth shut (闭上的). I've also tried to talk with my best friend, but his parents are similar to 8 . He is upset, too. It's 9 to get useful advice from him. And I don't feel comfortable talking to a teacher at school. I really don't know what I could do. I'd like to live my own life 10 a teenager and have fun without my parents treating (对待) me like a little baby.