The Secret Soldier

    A young soldier, Robert Shurtliff, lay dying in a hospital bed. He was too 1to speak or move. Two men stood over him.

    "I think this young man has 2 ," one man said.

    "I'll take his jacket and boots," said the other.

    Robert gathered all of his strength to 3 , "I…I'm alive. "

    The doctor came running over as Robert fell into a coma（昏迷）. "We can 4 him," he said as he examined the young soldier, "Oh, my! He's a 5! "

    It was true. The young soldier, Robert Shurtliff, was really Deborah Sampson. 6who was she？

    Deborah Sampson had grown up in Massachusetts, living as a servant. She 7of having great adventures (冒险). 8 the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, women were not allowed to serve in the army. But Deborah 9 herself as a man and became a solider. She called herself Robert Shurtliff.

    One day, during an attack, Deborah was shot in the neck and10. Another soldier lifted Deborah into his horse and rode her to the 11. A doctor treated the wound on her back and asked if 12 had any other injuries. Deborah lied and said no. She was afraid that if the doctor examined her leg, he would discover her 13. Using a pocket knife, Deborah got the bullet（子弹）out of her own leg. She 14 to fight as a soldier.

    After the war ended, Deborah got married and had children. But she still longed for 15. So she put on her soldier's uniform and travelled around the country telling of her life as young, brave soldier, Robert Shurtliff.

    Mark and Betty are brother and sister. They love to play on the1. They think it's very2to play there. They go to the beach by3every weekend. They live far away from the beach, so their father usually4about two hours driving them there.

    Last Sunday their father was very5and couldn't send them to the beach. Mark and Betty6very bored at home. They thought they must solve (解决) the7quickly.

    Then Mark came up with an idea and said to his father, "I have a good8, Dad. We can live near the beach. Then Betty and I can go there every day, and you don't need to drive us there."

    His father looked at him up and down and smiled, "Sounds really good. But the houses near the beach are very9. I must work hard to buy a10. Then you can go to the beach every day."

A model of the Legoland Shanghai Resort(上海乐高乐园度假区模型) made its first appearance in November 2022. 40 designers and model builders spent  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (一半) a year working on it.

The resort covers an area of more than 318,000 square meters in Jinshan District which is very  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(方便) for visitors to go to. It will be made up of a theme (主题) park and a theme hotel. In the theme park, visitors will find most of the popular rides(游乐设施) of Legoland parks around the world.

The park will  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(包括) 8 areas. One of them is Monkie Kid, which became a new logo theme in 2020. It's based on the Monkey King. It was designed in 2019 to  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(连接) Chinese children with the traditional culture. Also, it will be  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (流行) with the children from other countries.

The construction of Legoland Shanghai Resort began in November 2021. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (所有事物) is now going well with the project. What's more, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (在……旁边) it is a big shopping  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (商场). And there are also some other buildings  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(在附近). The resort will be open to the  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (民众) in 2025. There will be a lot of fun for many families with kids, so it is expected to become a new tourist attraction (旅游景点).

I am a middle school student. I come from Haikou, a beautiful city in the south of China. It is part of an island— Hainan Island. Haikou has a history of more than 1,000 years, and it has a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of about 2.9 million. Apart from (除了) Han population, there are many minorities (少数民族), such as Li, Miao and Hui. As the city has a low latitude (纬度) and is near the sea, it is warm at any time of the year. It is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for its beautiful coastal sights (风景). Every year lots of {#blank#}3{#/blank#} visit the beautiful city,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} in winter. The Holiday Beaches and the Bell Tower are pretty popular for holidays. The Arcade House and Wildlife Park on the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are also famous. Welcome to my home town!

 People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends(传说), Robin was quite smart and had a playful sense of humour. He loved playing jokes and tricks on people.

"Pick a card, any card!"

 The stories say that Robin Hood was a skilled archer(弓箭手) and he always carried a bow and arrow.

"Ha ha, too easy!"

 He wore green clothes and a hat with a green feather. He lived in Sherwood Forest with a group of outlaws(逃犯), known as his‘Happy Men'. The group included Friar Tuck, "Mmm. yummy!" Little John, who was unusually tall, "Little is just my nickname!", and Robin's true love, Maid Marian. "Take that!"

 Sherwood Forest was a royal(皇家的) hunting forest near Nottingham in England. Most people thought that forests were dangerous places to go. People travelling through the forests were often robbed by outlaws.

"Your money, please, my Lord!"

"Oh no, it's Robin Hood!"

 The stories say that Robin Hood only took money from rich people so that he could give it to people who needed it. So he became famous for‘robbing from the rich and giving to the poor'.

"Here you are, my dear."

"Oh, thank you, Robin!"

 The Sheriff(郡长) of Nottingham was Robin's arch-enemy. It was the sheriff's job to keep the woods safe and to make sure that nobody stole the king's deer.

"What's that? Is that Robin Hood?"

 The Sherlff of Nottingham tried to catch Robin Hood, but never succeeded.

"Oh no, not again!"

 Centuries ago people loved to tell each other stories of Robin Hood. Later he became a famous character in books, and nowadays Robin is still a well-loved hero in books, theatre, TV and films.

Today, the teacher took us to the science and technology museum. What impressed me most was the Optical Astronomy Hall. 

After entering the Optical Astronomy Hall, the narrator(讲解员) turned on the light. We looked up and saw millions of lights flashing(闪耀) overhead. They looked like the stars in the sky. Then the narrator told us about constellations(星座). She said that the constellation refers to a group of stars in the sky that we see close to each other. And she told us how the stars and planets change places throughout(贯穿) the night. 

 ▲   The sky was lit up with millions of stars. The narrator pointed to one group of stars called the Big Dipper(北斗七星). The Big Dipper goes around the North Star. The North Star always points to the north if you can find it, you will always know where you are. 

I've learned more about space today.