Calabash brothers（葫芦兄弟） are seven brave brothers. They live in Calabash mountain. They wear different clothes. The red calabash is strong, but he does not have his own ideas. The orange calabash has two bright eyes and ears. He can see far and hear clearly. The yellow calabash has a hard head. The green calabash can swim. The cyanine（青色的） calabash is good at fire and the blue calabash hides himself very well. The purple calabash has a magic gourd（葫芦）.

    One day a pangolin（穿山甲） breaks the cave and two monsters come out. They are Monster Scorpion（蝎子精） and Monster Snake（蛇精）. The seven brothers must fight with them and save the world.

    It's Paul's twelfth birthday today. After breakfast, some of his friends come to see him. They give (给) him many nice gifts. Paul is very happy. At about 9:00 in the morning, they play basketball. They have lunch at McDonald's. In the afternoon, they go to the park (公园).

    At about 5:30 in the afternoon they come back home. Paul's mother buys a big birthday cake (蛋糕) for him. Paul's name and the words "Happy Birthday" are on the cake. Paul gets some nice presents from his family, too—a yellow T-shirt from his mother, a pair of sports shoes from his father, a CD from his sister Lucy, a basketball from his grandpa and a book from his grandma.

    How happy Paul is!

Jane was a young girl. She loved to see the negative side of life.

Once, her father took her to the kitchen. He asked Jane to take a potato, an egg1 two spoons of tea leaves. Jane was 2 , and asked her father, "Do you want me to cook?"

"No," her father said.

He then took three pots and 3 some water into each pot. The pots were placed on the stove. Once the water started to boil, he dropped the potato in a pot, egg in 4 one and the tea leaves in the third one.

"Why are you doing all these things?" Jane felt puzzled and asked.

"You'll get the answer in fifteen minutes" said her father.

The impatient daughter tried her best 5  for around 15 minutes.

Now, he placed the two plates, one with the potato and 6 with the egg, and the cup of tea in front of Jane.

Jane asked, "What does it mean, father? I don't understand!"

"Each object faced similar adversities（不幸）, but reacted（反应）7 . After we put the potato into boiling water, it became very weak. The soft egg became very hard 8 we put it in boiling water. And the tea leaves changed the water itself, giving it a nice smell. 9  fantastic it is!"

Jane understood that we could create 10 new even when we experienced adversities.

So, what are you? A potato, an egg or tea leaves?

Not long ago，I made a d{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and returned happily with several books. But after a few days，I felt impatient. The idea of finishing all of them s{#blank#}2{#/blank#} impossible，because I always found it hard to calm down to read a whole book. I doubted that it was a r{#blank#}3{#/blank#} good idea. 

Then suddenly one day I thought ，"Why not make reading interesting？"It gave me hope again. 

Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book，we are actually talking with the writer. I tried to pay all my attention to his or her books，so I could feel all of his or her happiness and sufferings. Now books have become a part of my life. I am proud that I could {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the problem successfully. 

Someone once said，"A{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the situation is bad，people still have a chance to choose their attitude （态度），"So Try to see things from a different way. This will change the situation and help you a lot. 

Hello! My name is Cindy Green. I am an English girl. I am thirteen years old. My given name is Cindy and Green is my family name. I am in Beijing No.2 Junior High School now. Beijing No.2 Junior High School is a good school. I have good teachers and good friends in the school. I like the school very much.

This is a photo of my desk. You can see a schoolbag, a ruler, a clock, a pen and a pencil on it. My ID card and my mobile phone are on the chair. Where is my pencil- box? It is not on the desk. It is in my bookcase.

Recently we did a survey in our class in order to learn about students' dream jobs. 

I hope everyone can realize their dreams in the future.