Dear Dale,

    I'm David, and I'm your new penfriend. I'm 12 and I live in Vancouver, a city in Canada. I have short black hair and black eyes.

    My mother and father are from Beijing, China and we speak Chinese and English at home. My father is a doctor and my mother is a teacher. My sister Amy is 22. She doesn't live at home, because she works in New York, USA. She likes yellow. My brother Jack is at university (大学) and he studies computer science. He is 18 and we live in the same room. We like blue, so the walls (墙) of our room are

blue.

    Please write and tell me about you and your family.

    All the best,

David

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    Once upon a time in Greece, there lived a young man called Narcissus. He lived in a small village and was famous on land because he was quite handsome. Villagers would turn up in the street to stare at the beautiful child.

    When he grew up, people always said, "How handsome Narcissus is!”Villagers thought that Narcissus could not be more handsome than he already was. But as years passed, Narcissus became a teenager. His beauty increased and became so great that he was known all over the country.

    As he grew, Narcissus was very proud of his good-looking face.

    "Oh! You are so handsome, Narcissus!" Narcissus said one day as he looked into a pool. "There's nobody more handsome in the whole world! I'd love to kiss you. And that's just what I'll do!”

    He leaned closer to the water. Suddenly he lost his balance and fell into the pool.

    Narcissus tried to reach the bank of the pool, but he could not swim and he drowned.

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The survey was done {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(在……之中) 1,000 British kids from 12 to 16. It found that 50% of them got just 4 to 7 hours' sleep every day. But doctors say they need 8 to 9 hours. Almost 25% of the kids said they often fell asleep while they were {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(看) TV, listening to music or using other electronic products.

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The survey found that quite a few of the kids felt {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(疲倦的) each day, especially girls between 13 and 16 feeling the worst. Junk sleep is the most important {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(原因). Nearly all the teenagers have a phone, MP5 or TV in their bedrooms. And lots of them even have all the three.

Dr. Chris suggested that {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(父母) should help their children keep away from electronic products, and teenagers should spend {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(更少的) time on the electronic products.

"Hey, everyone, listen!" Mr. Lee said with a big smile, but he sounded serious as he started our1 class. "I' ve got a fun job for you. Every class, I' ll hide(隐藏)a 2 . Your job is to find it! Sounds cool, right?"

We were happy to turn geography into a game. Learning about places and maps is 3 , but this made it exciting. 

For weeks, we listened very carefully to every word Mr. Lee said, trying to catch 4 ina lie(谎言). We took notes and studied them with our classmates, 5 clues(线索). 

But Mr. Lee was smart. He made everything sound real, and if we didn't find the lie, he'd just laugh and say, "Keep 6 , everybody! You' ll get it. And I' ll tell you at the end of the term. "

This made us 7 geography even more. We talked about it after class, sharing ideas and thinking about what might be the lie. Everyone enjoyed it. 

Then, the last Monday of the8 came. We were ready to hear Mr. Lee' s lie. After finishing the lesson, he said, "Remember the lie I hid? Well, here's the result: Everything that I taught you is 9 . In fact, there wasn't a lie! But the real lesson is to10 think deeply about what you learn. "

We were11 about the result as we never thought about it. We' d been tricked(戏弄) into learning, but it was the 12 trick ever! We thanked Mr. Lee for making geography lessons so13 and unforgettable. 

14 I don't remember much of the geography now, I still remember the lesson Mr. Lee taught us: always ask questions and think deeply. It's a meaningful 15 that will stay with me. 

 Last year in early summer, I was walking up the hill to my house when I saw two birds, each about 60 centimeters tall, standing on the path. They didn't seem to 1 me until I was right in front of them and then they at once moved 2 into the bushes.

I was quite excited by the idea of two birds making a nest in my front yard, although I didn't really expect it 3 wild birds don't usually nest so close.

A few weeks later, the birds4 again. I found them crouching(蜷缩) beside a tree off to the side of the path. As I moved nearer to them,I imagined that they would 5 like they did last time. But 6 they stuck out their heads and made a threatening(威胁的) croaking(呱呱叫) sound. It seemed to warn me not to go any7 .

I didn't know 8 they were croaking at me until a short time later I made an amazing discovery they had 9 small baby birds.

As I moved quietly towards the birds,10 not to make any sudden movements, they started their croaking again. They straightened their necks forward so 11 seemed longer and more threatening. The mother carefully crouched down over the two chicks, and 12 them well in her feathers.

I was watching them with 13 when I suddenly tripped and fell to the ground. The birds took this as a threat and the father raced towards me, spreading his14 to protect the mother and the chicks while making himself appear larger.

I was15 to have surprised them and left quickly. I was amazed by their fearless actions. Their parental natural ability kicked in and made them so brave. It is hard not to respect nature.