Good morning, boys and girls. I 1 your English teacher. My name is Alice Brown. Alice is my 2 name, and Brown is3 last name. Look! What's this? Yes, it's a photo of my4. This is my husband. He is a teacher,5. He is6 P.E. Teacher. But he is not in our school. I have a son and a daughter. This is my 7. His name is Jim. And that is my daughter.8name is Gina. They are9the same grade, but in different10 . Jim is in Class 3, and Gina is in Class 7.They like sports very much, and they often do sports 11 their friends after school. Jim likes Yao Ming . So 12 is his favorite（最喜欢的）sport. Look at his T-shirt. Its size（尺码）is 13. If（如果）you want to play and need help, call 14. Gina loves books. She is always in the 15.

    I left school against the advice of my parents and became a worker in a factory. However, I still tried to 1 my studies in literature (文学) at evening classes.

    It was a long walk on cold winter nights and it was 2 to put my heart into Shakespeare with wet shoes and trousers. So I started writing 3 at home.

    By chance, I won some prizes for literature. One day a woman from a TV 4 came and told me I had won a national poetry prize. I looked at her 5 and disbelieved what she said. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems. Literature became more 6 for me and I didn't want to 7 in the factory. So I told my parents l wanted to get back to 8. They were greatly surprised, of course, also 9. They asked me if l was sure. I told them nothing could 10 me. So, again I came back to class.

    When I was a little girl, my grandma told me if I planted something in spring, I would get more in autumn. I1what she said without doubt（怀疑）.

    At the age of six, while I was eating a big apple, 2hard pressed against my tongue（舌头）. I spat（吐）it out. It was a(n)3! I was so scared that I cried and ran into my grandma's room. She looked at the tooth and4, "Don't worry, dear. It's a baby tooth. You will have a new tooth in a few5. "

    "A new tooth? In a few months?" I felt very6.

    "Yes, you will have your new teeth7you get old, and you must protect your new teeth well. When you become an old woman, the teeth will fall again. 8at that time, they won't grow again. So it's not9for old people to eat something hard," my grandma said.

    I went out of my grandma's room and thought,"10should I put the tooth?"

    I thought for minutes, and then I had a good11—why not plant it in the garden? If I took good care of it, day after day, maybe it would become a big tree. When12came, there would be many white and strong teeth on the13. I could pick them and send them to some14people. Then they could eat hard things with these teeth.

    Of course my "tooth tree" couldn't15into a big tree at all, but what my grandma said had been in my mind for years.

    I was in a hurry as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn't be late for! A PhD student without a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers.

    I found myself at a checkout counter 1 an elderly woman who was going to pay for her groceries. The woman stopped emptying her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile-warm and comforting-and I smiled back.

    "It must be a special lady to get those beautiful flowers," she said.

    "Yes, she's special," I said, and then to my surprise, the words kept 2 

    "It's only our second date to meet, but somehow I am just having the feeling she's the one'. " Jokingly, I added, "The only problem is that I can't figure out 3 she'd want to date a guy like me. "

    "Well, I think she's very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is clearly in love with her," the woman said, " My husband used to bring me flowers every week-even when times were 4 and we didn't have much money. Those were unforgettable days; he was very romantic and-of course-I miss him since he's passed away,"

    I paid for my flowers as she was5her groceries. Almost immediately, I walked up to her and said," You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a very special lady. " I handed her the flowers and thanked her for such a nice talk.

    It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just bought. " You have a wonderful evening," I said. I left her with a big smile and my heart6as I saw her smelling at the beautiful flowers.

    I was a it late for my date that night and told my girlfriend the above story. She smiled. Two years later she told me it was that night that I won her heart.