For a period of month some time ago I became a vegetarian(素食者). Some people won't eat meat because they think it is 1to animals, or they care about their health. My reason is a little 2 : it is love.

    I simply wanted to remember my grandmother by not eating meat. My grandmother spent a large part of her life as a vegetarian, and some of my happiest childhood memories in Thailand were about sharing a 3 with her.

    In fact, as a child, I learned how to value food not from dishes my mother often cooked, 4from the simple dinner, my grandmother prepared. Often, dinner with Grandma would come with interesting stories she had known from her childhood.

    Grandma passed away more than ten years ago. Now I am an adult living in San Francisco, and Grandma's vegetarian suppers and 5 have become a past.

    But one morning, I suddenly thought that I could 6 hear the sound of my grandmother's voice because she had left me forever. So I decided to become a vegetarian for a month.

    In a city famous for its dining experience, this was 7. I 8 several dinner panics for fear of offending(冒犯) the hosts. I stopped walking by 9 where the smell of good cooking would be in the air. My best friend wondered if there was something wrong with me.

    Now, I 10 her way. I invited friends who wanted to taste vegetarian food. And as we ate, I told them stories I had known as a child.

    I am Frank. In our western countries, there are four seasons or 365 days in a year. Usually, we sleep 8 hours every day. So we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our study or work time is only 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes up about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. But we can't work all the time, so we need holidays. We have to remember that we get 2 days' holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours' lunch every day, and half an hour's coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for study or work every year. What about you in China?

Alan is a cute boy. He often goes to a park with his dad in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) free time.

There is a swimming pool in the park, and Alan often sees many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (child) there. They swim {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (happy) in summer. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wish) that he can swim in a river or a lake someday. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} he knows that he must learn how to swim in a pool first.

{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the morning of Sunday, while dad is still {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sleep), Alan wakes him up. Then the boy asks Dad {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (take) him to the park.

"Why do you want to go there? It's so hot today," Dad asks.

"I want to learn swimming," says Alan, "And you can teach me there."

"Oh, I'm sorry. But I can't swim," Dad answers.

"You can't swim? Jack's dad swims very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (good). Why can't you swim?" Alan feels quite surprised.

"His dad likes eating fish, so he can swim {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a fish," Dad says.

"Oh, I see," says Alan, "But you like eating chicken very much. Can you lay eggs (下蛋)?"

Are you good at learning English grammar? What do you think about learning grammar when studying a foreign language? 

I was a young English teacher in a middle school. One day, a student asked, "Mr. Lewis, what is the difference between a period（句号） and a comma（逗号）?" I hated these grammar rules and hardly understand them myself. As I looked at the textbook, I knew that even if I told this student all the different rules about commas, he wouldn't remember them. 

I was also in no mood（心情） for a long lesson. My mum had died just a few short weeks ago. I missed her so much. All I wanted to do was stay in bed, but my own young family was living a difficult life and I knew I had to take every day of work I could. 

I looked at the textbook again but couldn't read it because my eyes were so watery. All at once, however, I got an idea. "A period is the end of a sentence or a thought," I said, "A comma, on the other hand, is just a short pause（停顿） before the sentence continues on." When I finished saying this, my heart suddenly felt lighter. I smiled and thought of my mum continuing on in a place much brighter and happier than the one I was in now. 

That little moment of light helped me as I continued to miss my mum over the months and years to come. Recently I remembered it once again when I saw this sentence in a book I was reading: "Death is not a period, only a comma."

Our lives are a sentence and a story that goes on forever. Our time here is only a part of it. 

Scott and his family are in a planting club. Scott plants trees 1 his parents on Earth Day every year. 

This year, Scott wants some of his classmates to 2 his family to plant trees on Earth Day. 3 he tells them about this. Tomorrow is Earth Day. Scott asks his classmates, "4 trees do you want to plant?""Well, all trees. They are good for the 5 , " Lily says. 

Then Jessie has a(n)6 . She says, "We can 7 some nice cards and stick(粘) them on the trees to let people know the importance of environment(环境的重要性). ""Great! Let's 8 it!" Scott's classmates 9 some words on the cards. They are very 10 . Because they can protect the environment by 11 trees. 

On Earth Day, Scott goes to the park with his parents and his 12 . Scott and his parents teach 13 to plant trees. And finally, they stick the 14 on the trees. They want more people to plant trees like them. And they 15 want people to know the importance of environment and protect the environment. What a meaningful activity!

 What do you think of your father? Maybe we have 1 ideas. As for me, my father always 2 me and stands by my side. He is the" VIP" in my life. Now I want to 3 some stories between us. 

 When I was a kid, my father was often 4 . I spent a lot of time 5 my grandmother. At that time I could really be called a naughty (顽皮的) girl and often couldn't control(控制)6 . I didn't know 7 my father couldn't stay at home and play with me like other children's fathers. 

 As time went by, I studied in a boarding (寄宿) school. One day I told my father 8 the phone that I missed my mother's 9 very much. To my surprise, when I was preparing to go to bed, one of my roommates told me that10 was calling me. I ran out and saw that my father was there, outside of the gate of the dormitory, with a 11 box in his hand. I went 12 to him and he gave me that lunch box. He was tired by the long trip. Without 13 anything, he went away. Back to the dormitory I couldn't help14 . 

I just want to tell you that the15 from your father may come in its own way and I really love my father.