We often hear stories of animals rescuing people．But now someone has managed to return the favor．

    The event took place one snowy January morning Thomas Smith was walking his dog，Jack，in the park．"As I was walking，I just saw Jack running onto the ice towards the ducks in the middle，and then he fell into the water and couldn't climb out，"said Smith．He realized he had no choice but to try and save his dog．"someone else told me the lake was only one﹣meter deep，but it was at least twice that．I had to break my way through the 6﹣cm ice．Finally，I got Jack by the neck，and pulled him out．I don't think I have ever felt so cold by the time we got back to dry land．And when we got there，everyone was asking if Jack was okay﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣no one was particularly worried，about me!"

    A neighbor，Julie Brown，saw it all happen．"The dog went onto an icy lake．All of a sudden，it started to go under．There were crowds of people around，and they were all shouting and screaming．Before I knew it，the owner Smith was in the water forcing his way through the ice．I can't begin to imagine how cold it was．Everyone was very nervous，but he was as cool as a cucumber﹣﹣﹣﹣﹣he just crawled back out，put the dog on its lead，and went home．"

    Many regard him as a hero，but Mr．Smith is quite laid﹣back about it．"Most dog owners are the same as me．They would do what I did without a second thought．But in the future，I'm going to make sure he's on lead near any ice ponds，Pets are members of our family．Would you do the same for them？

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As Ginni Bazlinton reached Antarctica, she was greeted by a group of little Gentoo penguins (企鹅) who seemed happy to say hello. These lovely penguins welcomed and started a trip that Ginni would never forget. 

Ginni, now 71, has had a deep love for travel when she was young. As a professional dancer she travelled around the UK, but always hoped to find more. When she retired from dancing,  ★ 

After taking a degree at Chichester University in Related Arts, Ginni began to travel around the world and found a job teaching English in Japan and Chile. It was in Chile she discovered she could get a cheap ticket going to Antarctica from the islands off Tierra del Fuego, "I just decided I wanted to go." she says. "I had no idea about what I'd find there and I wasn't nervous. I just wanted to do it. And I wanted to do it alone as I always love it that way."

In March 2008, Ginni boarded a ship to begin the journey to Antarctica with 48 passengers. "From seeing the wildlife to enjoying sunrises, the whole experience was wonderful. Antarctica is better than any other place," Ginni says. "I remember the first time I saw a humpback whale (座头鲸): it just rose out of the water like some prehistoric creature (生物) and I thought it was smiling at us. You could still hear the beautiful sound it was making underwater."

The realization that Antarctica is a valuable and important land which needs to be respected (尊敬) by humans is the biggest thing for Ginni.

Talk about your pet(if you have one) or your favorite animal in 6-7sentences with the help of the following questions.

·What is his/ her name? ·What is your favorite animal?

·How old is he/she? ·Where is he/she from?

·What can he/she do? ·Why do you like him/her?

A woman in New York had two sons. She was very 1 about them, especially the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Other boys in class often 2 jokes on him because he seemed so slow. The mother decided to help her sons 3 herself. She told them to go to the 4 to read books and reports for her twice a month. One day, in Ben's class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 5 someone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher 6 him answer it. All the classmates whispered (耳语). "What could he say? He 7 said anything in class." To their surprise, Ben not only knew all about the rock, but also had a lot to say about it. He even knew where the teacher 8 it. Ben learned it by 9 his reports. Later Ben became the top student of his class. 10 he finished high school, he went to Harvard University. And he became one of the best doctors in the United States.

I love fun jokes. I read a lot of jokes in books and 1 the Internet. But I also like 2 jokes myself. I wanted to find a 3 to show them to my classmates. I found QQ zone（空间）. It is a very nice place. I write many jokes about birds there. My classmates laugh loudly when they see 4 . They also talk with me about my jokes. So I can write more interesting jokes! Well, I also want to try English jokes later. I want my jokes to make 5 people laugh.