It's Friday today and we have an art class. But we don't have it at school. Where do we have it? Do you know? We have the class in the1It is our first time to have a class outside, so we are very2

    In the morning, our art teacher, Mrs. Wang3the classroom and says, "Boys and girls, today we'll have a class in the zoo. You can see your favorite animals and draw pictures of4there."

    Then we take a bus to the zoo. After we5there, we see so many animals. Some6eat bamboo (竹子). They are so cute. Tom7a picture of them. Jenny's favorite animals are monkeys (猴子). She wants to see them first.8those monkeys are in the trees. They don't come9, so Jenny can't see them. She doesn't know what to do. Peter is very10.He asks Jenny to give (给) these monkeys some bananas. Then all the monkeys come to them. All of us are happy to have the class in the zoo.

    Nadia Comaneci, a famous gymnast (体操运动员) , was born in Romania in 1961.

    When she was doing cartwheels (侧手翻) on the playground at the age of 6, a PE teacher saw her. He told her family that she was very good and advised Nadia to train in the capital of Romania. Although it was a long way from her home, Nadia went because she loved gymnastics (体操).

    After that, she trained hard and took part in lots of competitions. In 1975, she was named as one of the Athletes of the 20th Century.

    In 1976, Nadia went to the Olympics in Canada. She was so fantastic in the competition that everyone waited for the score, a high score. But the scoreboard showed 1.00!

    Everyone was surprised. There wasn't a sound for a moment. Then a voice came, "Ladies and gentlemen, Nadia Comaneci…10!"

    The audience (观众) cheered very loudly. So what happened? Well, when the scoreboard was built, no one thought a score of 10. 00 was possible. The decimal point (小数点) was in the wrong place! In fact, the scoreboard only had three digits (数位) to show scores, such as 9. 50 or 9. 85 at that time.

    In the 1976 Summer Olympics, Nadia Comaneci scored a perfect 10, which was thought impossible before. From then on, she was looked as a hero. In 1984, she got retired (退休的).

The 24-year-old girlErkhya Dolkhay comes from a small village in Xinjiang. Now she works on thetrain. In 2010, many girls of her age in her village {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (want) to get a jobto make money for the family, but Erkhya still decided {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (stay) in school. "Myfather told me that going to school was the only way to see the outside world, "shesaid.

In 2013, she travelled350 km {#blank#}3{#/blank#} busto go to high school in Kashgar. She saw trains therefor {#blank#}4{#/blank#} first time. In fact, shefirst thought of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(work) at the railway station at that time. After graduating (毕业) from university in Urumqi, Erkhya {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (get) her dream jobin the railway company {#blank#}7{#/blank#}she did a great job in the interview (面试) .

"It's not easyfor people living in the mountains to go outside. I think I'm really {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (luck). I will sharemy story with other {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(girl) in my village. I hope that they will make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) dreams cometrue, "she said.

A poor farmer had a friend. He was famous (有名的) for the wonderful apple trees he grew.

One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was happy with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.

He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, someone would steal (偷) the fruit. If he planted he tree in one of his fields, his neighbours (邻居) would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. At last, he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil (土壤), the tree died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he planted the tree in such a poor place. "What is the difference?" the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.

"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now no one can enjoy the fruit. And the apple tree is dead.

Tony and George were painting freely. Each of them had a bottle of blue paint(油漆) and a bottle of yellow paint. 

Suddenly George said, " Look, Tony, I made green!"

" How did you do it?" asked Tony. 

"I put yellow paint on top of my blue paint- yellow and blue put together make green!" shouted George. Other children came around to watch and wanted to do it themselves. 

This is an example of discovery learning or hands- on learning. 

People remember things better when they learn them by doing. Here is an example. How will you learn to play football?

Buy a book and read about how to play football or buy a video about football? Or go to the playground and ask a person to teach you?

Which way will help you learn the game best? Learning on the playground is the best way for most people because they try the game and learn the rules as they play. They learn in a hands- on way. 

Hands- on learning is good for children. The learner takes an active part in it instead of just sitting and listening. This is the way that we want our children to learn. In order to learn best, children must take an active part in hands- on activities every day. Some good examples of hands- on activities are working puzzles, painting, playing simple board games together and so on. 

To personal trainer Sammy Callari, 13-year-old Parker Seward is more than a client (客户). He's his "little brother. Over the past year, the pair have developed a close 1 . They play basketball together, share meals and dance to hip-hop like no one's watching. 

Last spring the trainer was asked to work with Parker, who had Down syndrome (唐氏综合症), 2 his co-worker (was out of town. Callari had never worked with someone with a (n) 3 by himself before. He was stressed the first day he met Parker, but Parker's wide smile and cheerful introduction made him 4 at once. 

Parker reminded Callari of himself when he was a (n) 5 . As a high schooler, Callari described himself as a weak, thin kid. When it came to sports, he always 6 to be noticed. His dream of playing basketball in college quickly died. He then turned to another new7 . His younger brother trained him to become a Kung fu artist. Callari took part in five matches. Out of those fights he was considered to be the 8 , but he won three times. 

 "Society tells you ‘you can't do this', or ‘you can't do that', "says Callari. When it comes to Parker, Callari 9 to accept the word "can't". 

The friends meet twice a week to train. They train together with biking and boxing. Parker has a short 10 span (持续时间), so it's Callari's job to keep him focused. Callari 11 videos of himself and Parker's exercising online-12 , with the agreement from Parker's mom. 

 "It's clear that it is Parker who 13 me," Callari says. "He's made me a better trainer, and he's also made me a better person," Callari adds. "A lot of people see him as different, but I've 14 looked at him like that. If anyone is 15 , it's me."