When did you last say “I love you” to your father? If you can't remember, then you can get the chance this Father's Day on June 19.

Generally compared to(与—相比) a mother's gentle love, a father represents qualities such as independence(独立), confidence, courage and adventure(冒险).

    Also, caring fathers help their children get along with others. Fathers can lead their children into their social circle(社交圈). They can al so teach them how to behave and control their feelings.

    For example, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was quiet and didn't like to talk with others when he was a little kid. So his father often held family parties and let Bill play games with family members. “my ability of leading and cooperating(合作) became better through games.” Gates once said in an interview with US Fortune magazine.

    US actor Will Smith said that his father taught him important lessons through small things. His father once planned to tear(拆) down a wall of their shop and rebuild it. But little Will thought it was impossible. After a year and a half, they did it. “You didn't try to build a wall. You are going to lay a brick every day. And soon you have a wall,” he said on TV show.

    “One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters”, British poet George Herbert once said. Do you agree?

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    Charles Lane loves playing all kinds of games．He has loved games all his life．He has always been interested in computers too．Today,his love of games and his interest in computers come together in his work．Charles works for a company that makes video games．

    Charles never dreamed of working is a video game company．"It all started by accident(偶然)"he said．"One of my friends worked for a video game company．He knew how much I loved games，and he told me about a job．It sounded like fun．"It was a job as a video game tester(测试员)．

    When a video game company has a new game，they give it to testers．Testers play the game and look for bugs(程序错误)in it．The company wants to find and fix(修补)all the bugs before they sell the game．

    Video game testers need to have good computer skills.They need to understand how computers work．Charles did not have great computer skills when he went for the job interview(求职面试)，so he was nervous．However,the interviewers said，"That's OK．We can teach someone to use a computer,but we can't teach someone to love games．"

    Charles worked as a video game tester for three years．Now he is a video game producer(制作人)．This means that he works on every part of developing a new game．He really enjoys his work．He says,"It's really a great job．I'm sure it'll give me what I need to live a happy life and have a good future"

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    Mr. Miller comes from America. He has two children, Dave and Anna. They live in Hangzhou now. Mr. Miller can speak Chinese. (1)He can do Chinese kung fu. Mr. Miller can swim and write stories. But Mrs. Miller can draw and play Chinese chess. They go swimming and play chess. On Sunday morning, Mr. Miller does Chinese kung fu. Dave and Anna like playing the guitar. (2)They often play the guitar with their friends.

    Dave's uncle works on a farm near America. He likes swimming, too. He wants to work in Hangzhou. (3)但是他不会说汉语。

    Please look at my family photo.

    Those are my grandparents. These are my parents. My mother is Susan. She likes red. She likes apples for breakfast. And she often plays ping-pong. That is my brother. His name is Jack. He doesn't like red. He just likes white. He often has milk for breakfast and then plays soccer. Now this is me. My name is Tony. I like blue very much. My sweaters, my T-shirts, my pants, my shoes are all blue. For my breakfast, I like eggs. I don't like soccer. It's so boring. I just like tennis. It's so fun. This is my family. I love my family.

    Britons are well known for drinking tea. The average (典型的) person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That's around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all levels of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. Most tea grows in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?

    Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market. However, it was only for the rich people.

    At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount (数量) of tea arriving in Britain increased rapidly. Black tea arrived at this time. At first this tea served exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British colour.

    In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time, they began to have "afternoon tea". They drank tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a still going today but has become less popular in recent times.

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