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    A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens. The first 6,000 copies of the book were sold out in a week. And the book has inspired many plays and movies. The first play was put on in 1844. The first two movies were silent films made in 1901 and 1908. Since then, the story has been remade more than 60 times for television and cinema. What makes such a tale so attractive? Audiences have always loved a good plot, a villain(反面人物) who harms other people or breaks the law, and the ending of right over wrong. The book offers all three.

    The book tells the story of a man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is mean and cruel to his clerk and turns away（避免）his only living relative. One night, Scrooge is visited by three spirits（幽灵）. The first shows scenes from Scrooge's youth that led to this present state. The second takes him to the homes of his clerk and his nephew. Here Scrooge sees that people can be happy without lots of money. The spirit also shows him the desperate(绝望的） poor people of London. The third spirit shows Scrooge will die alone, and no one will care if he continues to live as he has. At last the message is understood, and Scrooge repents. He becomes generous and caring to all around him, especially to his clerk's sick son, Tiny Tim.

    Every year, thousands of people watch A Christmas Carol. Why? They may be touched by its lessons on the true meanings of wealth and happiness. They may enjoy the special effects and feelings or watching every year may be just a habit. Viewers never seem to grow tired of the old miser(守财奴), Scrooge, and his dramatic message of hope and change.

Facing the Sea with Spring Blossoms

    By Haizi

    From tomorrow on. I will be a happy man

    Grooming, chopping and travelling all over the world.

    From tomorrow on. I will care about food and vegetables.

    Living in a house towards the sea with spring blossoms.

    From tomorrow on. I will write to each of my dear ones.

    Telling them of my happiness, which is the happiest lightening told me.

    I will spread it to each one of them, giving every river and every mountain a warm name.

    Strangers, I will also wish you happy.

    May you have a brilliant future!

    May you lovers eventually become spouses!

    May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!

    I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.

    When you hear people talk about Washington D. C.，you may want to know what the letters“D. C.”mean. They mean“District of Columbia(哥伦比亚区)”. Washington D. C. is the capital of the U. S. It's in the District of Columbia，not in the state of Washington. Washington state is on the northwest coast，far from the capital city.

    Washington D. C. is about 220 miles south of New York City. Americans named the capital city after George Washington to remember the famous president. George Washington's home is not far from the city. His home was a simple white country house and it is kept as it was when he lived there. Every year a lot of Americans from all parts of the country take their children to this famous house where“the father of America” once lived.

Dear James,

    How are you? I want to tell you about the ways (方式) my family go to work or school. My parents are teachers, but they are not in the same school. My father's school is far from our home. It's about five kilometers. He drives his car to school every day. My mother usually walks to her school, because her school is near our home. I have two brothers, John and Peter. John is a high school student (高中生). He likes taking a bus to school. He thinks it is fun, because he can meet his friends and tall with them on the bus. It takes him thirty minutes to get to school. Peter and I are students in a middle school. My mother is in the school, too. I always go to school with Peter. We ride our bikes to school for ten minutes every school day.

    What about you? How do you get to school?

Yours,

Amy

    I am a Chinese middle school student. I am 1 . I am in Class Three Grade Seven. I go to school by 2 every day.

    I live in Beijing. There are four people in my 3 . They are my father, my mother, my 4 and I. My father is a manager and my mother is a secretary in 5 office. My sister and I are 6 school.

    There are some 7 in my city. And there are many trees in front of 8 buildings. There is a garden 9 my house. There are many flowers in it. I like them very much. There is a playground near my home. I often 10 football in it.