Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun 1 — to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.

    Most of the class considered turkey and other traditional goodies of the season. These, the teacher thought, would be the 2 of most of her students' art. And they were. But in her class there was a different kind of boy, Douglas. He was always unhappy. When other children played together, he was likely to stand close by the teacher's side. The boy drew a hand in his picture. 3 else. Just an empty hand.

    Whose hand 4 it be? His abstract (抽象的) picture made classmates really 5. One child guessed it was the hand of the6, because they raise turkeys. Another suggested police officers, because the police 7 and care for people. Still others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us. And so the discussion went — 8 the teacher almost forgot the young artist himself.

    When the children went on to other projects, she 9 at Douglas' desk, bent down, and asked him 10 hand it was. The little boy looked away and said in a low voice, "It's 11, teacher."

    The teacher recalled the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there, as she had the other students. How often had she said, "12 my hand, Douglas, we'll go outside." Or, "Let me 13 you how to hold your pencil." Or, "Let's do this together." Douglas was most thankful for his teacher's hand.

    Hearing the boy's words, tears ran down the teacher's face. She brushed aside a tear and went on with her work.

    The story speaks of 14 than thankfulness. It says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship. They might not always say 15, but they'll remember the hand that reaches out.

These is a photo of Paul's family. The boy is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Paul. He is America. Now he is in China with {#blank#}2{#/blank#}his parents. His father is a English teacher at a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}school. His mother is a manager. Her works in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a big company (公司) . His elder brother Martin is in the front of them. He is a bus {#blank#}5{#/blank#} drive. He is busy (忙碌的) every day. Paul's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}sister is next at him. She works in a hospital. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}She is a doctor. There is a cat in them family. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}Its name is Kitty but it is very lovely (可爱的) . {#blank#}9{#/blank#}They all love it. Paul's grandparent are in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}America. They have a big farm there. 

①"In this life, what did you miss?"

②The wife asked the husband when she was 25. Despondently (沮丧地), the husband replied, "I missed a new job chance."

③When she was 35, the husband angrily told her that he had just missed the bus.

④At the age of 45, the husband sadly said, "I missed the chance seeing my close relative before his last breath."

⑤At 55, the husband said disappointedly, "I missed a good chance to get more money."

⑥At 65, the husband hurriedly replied, "I missed visiting my dentist."

⑦At75, the wife did not ask the husband any more. She was very sick. Remembering the question the wife used to ask him, this time the husband asked the wife the same question.

⑧The wife with a smile and peaceful look, replied, "In this life, I did not miss having you!"

⑨The husband was full of tears. He always thought they could be together forever. He was always busy with work and other things. He had never thought of his wife. The husband gave a big hug to the wife and said, "Over 50 years, how I had allowed myself to miss your deep love for me!"

⑩Life does not last forever, so always live in the now. Don't miss the loved ones who care for you. Express your thankfulness to your loved ones in words. Show your love with actions. Treat every day as the last day of life. In this way, when you are gone, your loved ones would have nothing to feel sorry about.

My favorite thing from childhood is a doll. I 1 it from my aunt on my 5^th birthday. 2 then it has been always on my bed and I can't go to sleep 3 kissing it at night. When I went to a boarding school, I took it with me. My roommates (室友) used to 4 at me about it, but I still kept it beside my pillow (枕头). 

I love it so5 because it gives me comfort (安慰) whenever I feel bad. 

I'm Linda. In my home, there's a black and white thing. We call it Xiaodu. When you say " Xiaodu, Xiaodu", it says to you,"I'm here!" When you say" Good morning!" it says," Good morning!" to you.

 In the morning, it is my clock. When it's 7:00, it tells me the time.

 For my mom, Xiaodu is a library. It reads books to her every day.

 My brother is 3 years old. He often asks Xiaodu for help," What's a telephone?"" What's a tape player?"… For him, Xiaodu is a dictionary.

 Xiaodu is our good friend. We love it. Oh, where is it? It's on the TV set now.

In some parts of the world, children don't have enough food to eat or enough money to buy clothes or shoes. Every year at Sunshine Middle School, we do something to collect money for these children. This year we will have a Market Day. 

The Market Day will fall on July 8. We are going to make the student center at our school look just like a big shopping center! People can come at any time from 9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. and buy every- thing from clothes to books, cakes and flowers. 

Luckily for us, many volunteers (志愿者) will help prepare for the big event. Last year, Ms. Grant and Ms. Ali made some wonderful cakes for our charity. They will do it again this year. Bill Thomas will visit Bookworm Bookshop and Mel's Music Shop and ask them to give us things that we can sell at the event. Philip White will e- mail all the teachers and ask them to come to our event. Alice Brow n will put a message online telling the public the event is open to everyone. 

However, there is more to do, and we need your help. We want you to give us things that we can sell- books, old clothes, anything that we can sell to collect money for poor children. We also need some student volunteers to sell the things we get on Market Day. 

With your help, we will certainly have a successful Market Day!