Victor's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right-stamps.

    Victor's favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.

    He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

    "Don't worry. Never give up," his father said to him. If you have enough patience, you'll find it one day.

    "I hope so," Victor said

    Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor's penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip's mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. "You see," his father said. "You did find your stamp. So it's good to have two things in life."

    "What are they?" Victor asked.

    "Friends and patience," he answered.

Mom and dad are two of the most important people in your life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. If your mom loves to read，you may like to take a book wherever you go，just like she does.

But many kids can't get on well with their parents. The kids don't think that their parents can understand them. Some kids always say their parents are too strict with them. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}? Here are some tips.

Spend more time together. Don't spend so much time playing computer games or watching TV. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Go out to do something，try some new games，or just read a book together.

Share your feelings and ask for help. Many kids want their parents to help them when they feel upset，but your mom and dad may not know that you are having a problem. Tell them what's the matter with you and they will be glad to help you.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. You don't have to be perfect(完美的)，but if you do your best，you'll make your parents happy.

I arrived home from work, but my mind was still busy. I was going to perform a very important experiment, but I had spent the whole day worrying about it. And I wanted to shake off my worries very much. So after dinner, I made a cup of hot chocolate, sat on my sofa, and opened a page. Almost at once, my mind left behind the experiment and went into a wonderful world different from my daily life. It was exactly what I needed.

 Growing up, I was actually never a big fan of novels. My classmates would be crazy about the latest novel, while my copy sat collecting dust on a bookcase. Instead, I would choose to read through the books about school lessons. After I started graduate school, extra reading didn't interest me at all, but I spent most of my time at school working on research papers and my mind couldn't process nonfiction(非小说类纪实作品) books at home. So I knew that I needed to find a way to enjoy reading again.

 To help me stick to it. I made a New Year's resolution: I would read two fiction books per month. The result was that I loved fiction almost at once, along with many unexpected results including ones that are good for my schoolwork.

★some of the best books I read were historical fiction books. I learned life in different countries, as well as challenges which people there faced during difficult periods in their histories. The books have helped me build sympathy and understanding, with an unexpected advantage: I' ve started to think more deeply about the different types of the scientific problems in my study and could se rve them with all my heart.

Dear Lisa, 

Today is a big day. We have a new family member. 59. 她的名字叫Amy。 She is my little sister. She looks very cute. My parents Shelly and Robert are very happy. My dad says I am a big brother now. But what is a big brother?

I ask my mum about it. She says, "A big brother is like a good friend. You talk and play with her. In summer, you can go swimming with her. In winter, you play with her in the snow. You look after her. " I think it is interesting. And I am very happy to have a sister. I want to be a good big brother! And now you have two cousins. 60. Do you want to come and see my sister?

Love, 

Joseph

"Dear stranger, I'm inviting you to hear my goals I've never shared with anyone before. I would like to be active. I want to achieve ..."

This message {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(write) on a sanitary bag of a high-speed train by a college girl. The next day, a passenger in the same seat discovered the message. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} passenger posted it online with a reply, "How {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(luck) we are to meet across time and space! I hope you can do well in the interview (面试). I wish you all the best." This communication {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (catch) people's attention and touched their hearts. 

Under the post, people shared their views, and many college students also expressed their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (feel) about school interviews. Later, the college girl {#blank#}6{#/blank#} left the message on the sanitary bag read the post and shared why she did it. She wrote her thoughts on the bag {#blank#}7{#/blank#} she was nervous on her way to an important school interview. The good thing is that she has been admitted (录取) to her dream school. And she thanked the stranger for his encouragement {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(polite) and hoped other students could go to their dream schools, too. "If the sanitary bags {#blank#}9{#/blank#} messages are intact (完好无损的) and clean, we won't replace them." said one of the staff, "We hope these special notes on sanitary bags can brighten {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (passenger) journeys."

So what do you do with the sanitary bag when you take the high-speed train? Have you ever had any special communication with strangers?