This boy is Peter Smith. His1 name is Peter. His2 name is Smith. This is3 school. His school4number is 20048567. His teacher is Miss White. Miss White 5a good teacher. Li Min is a Chinese boy. Li Min is his good 6 at school. Look!7 a pencil sharpener. Is the pencil sharpener 8? I9know. Let's10 Li Min at 495-6548.

Comfort Zone

    I would never forget what I learned from the day when I left my junior high school. On the last day our teacher told us something1that I would like to share with you.

    He began by drawing a man standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting, he drew things like a house, a car and a few friends inside the circle.

    He asked, "Can anyone tell me what this is?" In a long silence, one student decided to2his idea," The world?" The teacher said, "That's close. This is your Comfort Zone. Inside your circle you have all the things that are important to you. Your home, your family, your friends and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any3."

    "Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle?" A strong silence came over the room. The same student replied," You are afraid." Another student said, "You may make mistakes." The silence continued and our teacher smiled and asked," When you make mistakes, what can the result be?" The first student said," You4something."

    "Exactly, you are learning." Our teacher turned to the blackboard and drew an arrow（箭头）5from the man to the outside of the circle. He went on saying," When you leave your Comfort Zone, you put yourself out there, in a6that you are not comfortable with, The result is that you learn something that you did not know and you enlarge your knowledge to become a better person." He turned again to the blackboard and drew a bigger circle around the original（原来的）circle, and7a few new things like more friends, a big house, etc.

    A lesson from this story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Zone you will never be able to open your eyes to the outside world and learn, When you step out of your Comfort Zone, you will8make your circle bigger to challenge your mind and grow to be stronger, and all in all be a better person.

    In a1, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy(破产). The husband worked day and night but with no care of2, So she thought," He doesn't love me any more, he just thinks about his work."

One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband3her at the door." Let me take it first OK?" "4let me first?" she asked." I'm5, dear You take it later, OK? "She was very sad.

    On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and6 his computer.7a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears… it was his8:

"Today, I was quite sad, she asked me9I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn't as10as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. But I11that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a12warmer. So I13 rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom14get warmer, at least 1℃ or 2℃. Now I can't give her more. but at least I can give151℃ love."

Mrs. Smith is Philip's mother. She 1 her family very much.

Every morning, she goes to the supermarket to buy some food. And she wants her family to eat 2 , so she doesn't buy hamburgers or ice-creams. She thinks they 3 not good for their health. To be 4 , she always buys vegetables, fruit and milk. She also wants her family 5 sports every day. Philip likes 6 basketball. He usually plays it 7 Saturdays. Mr. Smith likes playing ping-pong. It's easy for8 . He has two ping-pong bats and three ping-pong 9 .

I think Philip has 10 happy family. Do you think so?

Sally was very nervous. It was her first day in the new school, and lunch was only thirty minutes away. At lunch, most students talk with friends, get to know what interesting things everyone is doing, and, of course, 1 . Sally, however, didn't know anyone or anything.

Sally's mother was in the army, so her family moved a lot. She had really liked her old school and 2 leaving her best friends. They still talked to each other through phone calls and emails, but she couldn't see them every day. She didn't know if their 3 would continue. She didn't want to lose them, but she knew it would be 4 for them to stay close.

"I know this is hard on you," her mother said as Sally got ready for school this morning, "and I'm really 5 you have to keep changing schools." Sally's mother had always been ready to protect not only the family but also the 6 . Sally loved her mother so much. She told her mother not to 7 with a big smile. But Sally was still nervous when they moved.

The 8 time came quickly. As Sally was walking ahead, a voice behind her said, "Excuse me." Sally 9 and saw five friendly faces.

"Would you like to join us?" asked one of them.

This invitation was exactly what she needed. Sally nodded yes 10 and joined them. She was sure about her future school life now.

Hello, my name is Li Ming. I am making a birthday chart for my family.

My birthday is in June. My mother's birthday is in June. My grandpa's birthday is in June. My grandpa is in America. He lives with Uncle Bill and Aunt Mary. So I usually send him an e- card on his birthday.

There are two birthdays in November, my father's and Cousin Alice's. Alice likes dolls, so I often send her some beautiful dolls.

My grandma's birthday is in April. It is very warm and nice in April. When her birthday comes, we often go hiking.

This is my chart, I love my family.