One day, a woman traveled alone in the mountains．When she was walking, she found a precious (珍贵的) stone．She was very happy and put the stone into her bag.

    The next day, the woman met another traveler．The traveler was hungry and the woman opened her bag to s hare her food with him．The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and said, “How beautiful the stone is! Can I have a look?” The woman gave it to the traveler．The traveler looked and looked, and then he asked the woman whether she would like to give it to him．She gave the stone to him without hesitation (犹豫).

    The traveler left．He was very happy because he knew he could get lots of money by selling the stone and he could live a rich life．But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.

    “I know how precious the stone is,” the traveler said． “But I gave it back．I hope that you can give me something even more precious.” “Even more precious? What is that?” the woman asked． “Your beautiful mind is more precious than the stone,” the man said.

    Simon lived in a big house with his family in the southeast of Australia. Their house was 20 kilometers from the town, at a beautiful beach. There were five people in his family. They're his parents, his two younger sisters and him. The house had four bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen and two bathrooms. In front of the house, there were many trees and flowers. They had a very big farm around the house, and thousands of sheep were there. In the morning, Simon took a school bus to his school in the town. And after school, he helped his parents do some farm work. At weekends his school friends often came to visit. They usually travelled there by bus. On the farm they played games, went swimming and had a picnic together. They thought it was a nice place to live in. It was so relaxing, and never dull.

It's Monday afternoon. Amy comes back home from school. Mom asks," How is your day, Amy?"

" It's not 1 , Mom. Math is always difficult for me and math lessons are so 2 ," Amy says.

" Have a rest(休息一下), Amy. We need some 3 for dinner. How about going to Mr. Green's food store 4 me?" Mom says.

"OK," Amy says.

 Then at the 5 store, Mom says," Amy, we need three pounds(磅) of potatoes (土豆) and four pounds of carrots. Can you 6 them?"

" Sure," Amy says and goes to take them.

 Then Amy looks at the 7 of the vegetables and reads," Polatoes are two dollars for one pound and carrots are three dollars for two pounds."

 Mom asks,"8 do we need to pay(支付)?"

" Twelve dollars!" Amy says.

" You' re 9 . Math can be easy, and it's part of our life(我们生活的一部分)," Mom says.

"I see. Thanks, Mom. I take an interesting 10 lesson today," Amy says.

Meiyu, is from Turkey (土耳其). She is the youngest child of her family. After high school, many people decided to learn English or Japanese, but Meiyu decided to learn Chinese in university. She learnt Chinese for four years in Ankara University in Turkey, and got her Chinese name Meiyu there. 

Meiyu fell in love with Chinese after going to university. She became more interested after she knew more about Chinese history. In the beginning, many people did not understand her decision. But they all said Meiyu had made a right choice when she graduated from university. Because at that time, more Chinese have been visiting Turkey. The trade between the two countries also requires Chinese- speaking people. "Being able to speak Chinese means more job opportunities, " said Meiyu. 

And then she worked in Wuhan, China. Besides going on studying Chinese, she showed great interest in Chinese kung fu as well, so she spent her free time on kung fu training with her coaches. Not only could kung fu help improve her health, but its history and culture also attracted(吸引) Meiyu. Meiyu said, "The moreI know about China, the luckier I feel to have been here. But the truth is that fun and pain go together in the process of learning. "

After Meiyu worked in China for two years, her friends wanted her to stay in China, but her parents hoped she could go back home. Meiyu thought it was difficult to decide. "Even if I go back to Turkey, I will choose Chinese language education as my job, " said Meiyu. 

Hello! I'm Peter Brown. I'm a(n) 1 boy. And I'm from London. But now I'm in Changsha, China. And I'm a student in Changsha. Look! This is my ID card. And my student ID card 2 is 240219. I have a good friend here. His name is Teng Fei. 

Please come with me and 3 him. Teng Fei is 12 years old. And he is in my school, too. His father is our Math teacher, Mr. Teng. His aunt Ms. Teng is a teacher, too. She is his father's4 . Teng Fei likes English and Math very much, and is very good at Math. My Math is not good. I always ask him for 5 . He is very nice to me and always 6 me a hand. Teng Fei has a little sister. Her name is Teng Li. She is three years old and her favorite 7 is yellow, so her cup and quilt are yellow. Look! The yellow pencil on the desk is 8 . Teng Li is interested in English and she likes to watch English cartoons on TV. I often play with them. We are good friends now. We are 9 together. Do you want to be my 10 ?