Gemma Burford

    Gemma was born in' 1978 in a quiet (安静的) village in England. Her mother worked in a library and her father worked in a hospital. When she was a student at Oxford University, she travelled to Tanzania and met her husband, Lesikar for the first time. They got married in 2003 and had their daughter, Lucia, two years later. Now Lucia studies in a small primary school, and Gemma and Lesikar also teach her at home.

"Judy Boehmer

    Adam is Judy's first child. She now has four sons, seven daughters and a pet (宠物) dog, Bosco. Judy and her husband, Larry, live in Atlanta, Georgia, but they also have a motorhome (野营车). The Boehmers are a circus (马戏团) family and all the children are performers (演员) at the circus. The- children don't go to school, but study at home. The family travels more than 40.000 kilometres a year for their work The first show of the Boehmers was at a park in Lowa in 1989, and they now perform all over America.

    As a student, I was the most afraid to answer questions in class, and I found that the students around were just like me. At the beginning of each class, when the teacher asked a question, I always lowered my head because I was afraid that the teacher would see me.

    One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson, He wanted us to be active in class. So he asked us some questions, but no one answered. "Let me tell you a story first," he said. "When I went to the

United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing.

    The students around me always took a cardboard folded(折叠的) in half wrote their names in bold with the most eye-catching colour, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speaker needed the answers from the students, he could see and call a listener's name directly.

I couldn't understand that. My classmate told me the speakers were all top people, who meant chances. When your answer was to his surprise, it meant he might give you more chances.

    In fact, I really saw a few students got great chances because of that after listening to the story, I understood that the chance will not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance.

Last month I took my son Tom to see his grandparents in the countryside. As soon as we arrived, Tom followed his grandpa to play in the. yard. I knew he was1 about everything in his grandparents' home.

At lunch table, Tom told me 2 , "Dad, I saw a hen flying."

"Impossible!" I said without 3 . "How can a hen fly?"

 "The dog kept running after the hen in the4 . Finally, the hen found no other way out, she

suddenly5 to the top of the house. The hen ran away successfully. Dad, I didn't know a hen could fly before.  6 can a hen fly?"

I thought for a while and said, "Maybe because of love. The hen loves her own life, 7 she tries her best to fly away from the danger!" Tom nodded. He seemed to have8 .

Last weekend we visited Tom's grandparents again, I was 9 Grandma in the kitchen, when I heard Tom shouting from the yard, "Dad! The dog is10 the hen again! Come to see!"

I ran out of the house quickly. I saw the hen running to a group of chickens, with the dog running after11 . Then the hen stopped suddenly and faced the dog12 , with her two wings (翅膀) opening out to 13 her children. "Dad, why didn't the hen fly away? She knows she14 beat the dog," asked Tom.

I answered after a while, "Maybe because of love. The hen loves her children more than her15 ."Tom thought for a long time and nodded. He seemed to have understood.

Tom is studying in the US. Today he goes to Mr White's house for a party. Now he is in the garden. What 1 Tom doing? He is talking with Mr White.

"2 aren't American，right？" asks Mr White.

"No，I'm not. I'm from England，" says Tom.

"My friend Jack comes from England，too. Do you want to know him? Look，he 3 on the phone there，" says Mr White. "You can talk 4 him later. "

"Great! I want to know him very much 5 I don't have friends here. I hope 6 some friends，" Tom says.

Then Mrs White comes to Tom and says，"Have some cakes. They taste 7 ！"

At that time，they hear some noise. Some of Mr and Mrs White's friends 8 and dancing under the tree not far from them. It's 9 favourite song. He is very happy to hear that. Every one is having a good time at 10  party.