Little Bob was born in a poor family. What's worse is that his father has been ill for a long time and can not do any housework at all. Bob's mother is very busy with the housework besides working in her factory. Bob can understand her mother's hard work and he always does some housework for his mother, though he is only eight years old. Here is what he usually does every day.

    Keep his bedroom clean. Take good care of his things and put them away every day. If he makes them dirty, he will clean them up quickly.

    Ask his mom what he could do. His mother will probably have suggestions for things he could do for her.

    Feed the pets every day. There is a parrot, a cat and a dog in his house. He feeds them and gives them water every day. And after school, he often plays with his dog.

    Wash his own clothes. When his clothes are dirty, he will wash them by himself, he says it's a good thing to make his mother happy.

    Dreams are like stars. You may never catch them, but if you follow them, they will lead you to success. Yan Ning is such a dream follower.

Yan is a rising star in the science world. When Yan Ning was only a little girl, she dreamed of being a great scientist. After years of hard work, in 1996, she went to Tsinghua University to study biology. After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000, she went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007. Then she returned to Tsinghua and set up her own lab. At the age of 30, she became the youngest professor(教授)at Tsinghua.

    Now. Yan, 42, has become a leading biology researcher at Princeton. On April 30, she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates(院士)into the US Natinal Academy of Science(国家料学院)

    However, it was a long and difficult road for her to make such achievements. She said that in order to realize her dream, she experienced a lot of failures and pains. But she never gave up her dream. Instead, she followed her dream and fought for it.

    She usually works at least I4 hours a day. Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works until late night. She never gets tired because she thinks doing research is the most "comfortable" job for her.

In a TV interview, Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams. "All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them."

    Dad was walking around the house seriously. He walked here and there in a hurry. He needed his glasses so he could read the newspaper. He likes reading. But he could not remember where he had put his glasses.

    First, Dad looked in the bedroom. He looked on the bed and under the bed. Next, Dad opened the closet. He looked in the pockets of his brown coat. He even looked inside his winter boots. Then Dad went outside to the car. He looked on the seats of the car. He searched under the car seats, too. Dad came back inside. He walked into the living room and looked around. Then he sighed loudly.

    Mom and Wendy were sitting there, and they heard Dad sigh. "What's wrong?" asked Mom. "I've looked everywhere for my glasses, but I can't find them," he said. Wendy and Mom looked at Dad. Then they smiled at each other. Dad was always losing his glasses, but this time they were not lost. Mom and Wendy knew just where they were. "Maybe Mom and I can help you," said Wendy. "That would be great," said Dad. "I've looked in the bedroom, in the closet, and in the car. I don't know where else to look."

    Now Mom and Wendy started to laugh. Dad looked surprised. "What's so funny?" he asked. When Dad looked in the mirror, he laughed, too. His glasses were on top of his head.

Hi, I'm Liang Xia. I'm a schoolgirl. I'm 13 years old. My {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is on Children's Day, 1st. June. I always have a party on that ' day. I live in Nanning, Guangxi with my parents. I am the only child in my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} go to school {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Monday to Friday. I have many {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at school, such as Chinese, maths and English. My {#blank#}5{#/blank#} subject is English. My teacher Mrs Lin {#blank#}6{#/blank#} me as the English monitor. I often help others learn English after school

At {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, I don't go to school. I stay at home. I do my homework and help my mother do {#blank#}8{#/blank#} at home.... I also read books and watch TV. Sometimes I play computer games. I never play for a long time because it's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} for my eyes. I enjoy {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. I want to be a great dancer in the future.

It's September. Look, students in Class 31 about Teachers' Day in the classroom. It's their first Teachers' Day at junior high. Anna and Bob want to buy some cards 2 their English teacher， Miss Lee. Alice thinks it's a good idea to have a party for 3 .

She asks Anna and Bob to help hold the party this Friday, 4 Anna says Miss Lee is always busy on that day. So they will have the party 5 Saturday. Miss Lee likes eating fruit, so Anna wants to buy some ice creams. One of 6 will have fruit in it. Anna will give the fruit ice cream to Miss Lee. She thinks she will be very happy.

Alice is going to buy a cake with lots of 7 on it. Bob says 8 will buy five apples, ten oranges, one banana and some milk to make fruit salad. They also want9 some cards and say "Happy Teachers' Day" to their teacher. It will be10 fine party. They hope their English teacher will enjoy it.

China keeps the same time over all the seasons in a year. But it's different in many countries, like the UK and Germany. 

These countries have summer time and winter time. In March, they set (设置) their clocks one hour forward (往前), However, in October or November, they set their clocks one hour back. 

In the Northern Hemisphere (北半球), after March 23, days slowly become longer and the sun comes out earlier. During that time, if people wake up earlier, they can use more sunlight (阳光). It saves electricity (电). In the winter, however, they can sleep more in the morning to save electricity. 

People working in cinemas dislike setting the clock. They say that when people get more sunlight, they don't want to go to dark cinemas. But baseball lovers like it. When they are in summer time, they can play for a longer time because there is more sunlight.