That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

    To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress.

    I remember very vividly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging, but she also made it fun.

    After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class.

    As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).

    Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed, unable to speak or know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed, and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with—just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU (重症监护室) and finally out of hospital.

    One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, "Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything you've done for me."

    Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths.

Hello, I'm Linda. I'm 12. I have a good friend. 1 name is Cherry. She is 13. Look! This is Cherry's 2 . It's nice and tidy.

A purple bed is in the room. Cherry likes purple. 3 is that on the bed? It's her schoolbag. It's purple, too. A model plane and a pencil box are on the desk. In the pencil box you can see some  4 , pencils and rulers. What 5 is the desk? It's white. Where are her books? They are under the desk. Some CDs and tapes are 6 the desk, too. A chair is next to(紧挨着) the desk. Cherry's 7 is on the chair. It's an English dictionary. Where is Cherry's tablet(平板电脑)? It's in the box under the chair. It's made in China. You can see8 girls in the room. One is Cherry and the other(另一个) is her 9 , Lucy. Lucy is her aunt's daughter. She always comes to Cherry's room. A cat is in the room, too. I 10 her name. It's Mimi. Cherry likes her room.

At present, many foreigners show great interest in learning Chinese idioms (成语). Terry and Kate are among them. Most Chinese idioms have four characters. For example, qingchuyulan (bluer than indigo), and houjibofa (success comes with time and effort). Terry and Kate are now reading stories behind the Chinese idioms they have learnt recently.

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Dear Tom, 

How are you? I'm happy to tell you something about my friend. 

Yours, 

Li Ming

Hi, I'm Tom. Here is a photo of my family. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}My grandpa's name is Harry Brown, and my grandma's name is Jean Brown. Those are my dad Jeff and my mom Lily. They are teachers in Yangguang Middle School. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Oh, she is my sister, and her name is Gina Brown. In the photo, you can see a dog Nemi and a cat Vivi, too. Nemi is yellow and white. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}They are very lovely(可爱的). I like them very much. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Haha! I'm not in the photo.