A little girl heard her parents talking about her brother. All she knew was that he was sick and they had no money. Only a very1operation could save him but there was no one to2them the money any more.

    When she heard her daddy saying to her sad mother, "Only a miracle（奇迹）can save him now," the little girl went to her bedroom, took out her money and3it carefully.

    She hurried to a drugstore（药店）with the4in her hand.

    "What do you want?" asked the salesman. "It's for my brother," the girl answered. "He's really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle." "5?" asked the salesman.

    "My brother Andrew has something bad6inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him. So how much is a miracle? ""We don't sell a miracle here, child. I'm very7, "the salesman said with a smile.

    "Listen, if it isn't enough, I can return and get some more. Just tell how much it 8. "

    A well-dressed man heard it and asked," What kind of miracle does your brother 9?"

    "An operation!" she answer Ed with her Eyes full of tears. "But my daddy can't 10it, so I have brought all my money."

    "How much do you have?" asked the gentleman. "$1.11, but I will11to take more," she answered.

    "Well, what a piece of12!" smiled the man. "$1.11, the price of a miracle for your little brother,"

    He took up the girl's hand and said, "Take me to your13. I want to see your brother and your parents. Let's14if I have the kind of miracle your brother needs. "

    That well-dressed man was Carlton Armstrong, a famous15. The operation was successful. And it wasn't long before Andrew was well again.

    Recently I have read another great book by Mark Twain.1name is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

    Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are best friends. They have had so many adventures.2this book tells about Huck and another friend of his, Jim.

    Huck lives with a rich3after he finds a box of gold with Tom Sawyer in a cave.4Huck's real dad comes and takes him away from the family. Huck's life in his dad's cabin(小木屋) is5so he cuts a hole in the cabin. Then he manages to make people6that someone has killed him.

    Huck runs away to a small7. Jim is on that island. He is very sad because he thinks that his owner wants to8him.

    Then they go on adventures together. They9die in the wheels of a huge paddle boat and they live on a raft(木筏) with two frauds(骗子).

    Well, that's 10I want to tell you here. It's really a good book. It has lots of adventures and Tom Sawyer will show up.

Nadia Clarke, Seventeen-year-old,talks about her African experience.

Last summer I got the chance to spend a month helping out in a hospital in Africa. I had one year left at school, and I was interested in studying medicine at university. I thought it was the perfect chance to get some experience and to see if I really wanted to be a doctor.

It was a month that changed my life. I saw a world and it is very different to mine in so many ways. I was surprised at how poor so many of the families were there and how difficult their lives could be. But I was also surprised at how actively people face their everyday lives. The way they came together and helped each other touched me a lot, and I think a lot of us here in the UK have forgotten it. I think many of us don't get to know how lucky we are.

My work in the hospital was hard. I spent a lot of time cleaning floors and taking temperatures, and I also got to spend some time giving medicine. And I got the chance to talk to some doctors and ask them about their work. I saw some truly awful things in the hospital, but none of them changed my mind about being a doctor. In fact, they only made me more certain to do medicine!

When I finish, I know clearly what I'm going to do: I want to work for an international group like the Red Cross and spend my life helping people all over the world. I can't wait to get started.

"Jobie Nymble from Class 3 Grade 9 wins the first prize in the girls' 100-meter hurdles!" crowd cheered.

"Next is the city match. Here we come!" Jobie said to her green training shoes. They looked of dirty but she didn't care. They were her lucky shoes and she treasured them. She expected to take the gold next Saturday with the shoes on. Jobie trained with excitement all week long. At track practice, she jumped over those hurdles faster than she'd ever done before.

The day before the match was her teammate Marisol's birthday at Hidden Park. Jobie put on favorite clothes and her lucky training shoes. The birthday party was crowded and there she saw the BIGGES Tslide (滑梯) she had ever seen. Without thinking twice, Jobie took off her shoes and ran toward the slide. She tried the slide again and again. When it was finally time to go home, she went back to the place where she'd left her shoes. As she eyed the area from a distance, a sense of dread set in. The closer she got, the faster her heart beat. When she reached the place, her heart stopped. Her lucky shoes disappeared. Jobie's teammates helped her search the park. No lucky shoes. "Goodbye, gold," Jobie cried.

The next day, the best teams got together at Hidden Park. Soon it was time for girls' 100-meter hurdles. Jobie's teammates cheered her up as she slowly walked to the starting line, her feet getting wet in her new shoes.

Runners were ready now. Jobie had just raised her eyes and something familiar on the bleacher (看台) caught her eyes. Her shoes! Someone must have found them and put them there.

In a flash, Jobie was off. She set fully focus on her lucky shoes as she cleared hurdle after hurdle. Closer and closer she got. Just one more hurdle and— "Number 52, Jobie Nymble, takes the gold for Riverside School," said the speaker.

Jobie picked up her lucky shoes and rushed to her teammates. Marisol cried out, "Jobie, you broke a record for the hurdles!" Then she added, "Lucky you."

"Lucky me?" Jobie questioned at first. Then, after a minute, she looked down at her feet and smiled. No lucky shoes. Smiling with joy, Jobie said to herself, "Lucky Me."

I'm a foreign student at Ningbo University. Can you guess what I'm majoring in? It's Chinese Language and Literature! When I was young, I found a book in the library, Journey to the West. The story about Tang Monk and his three disciples (徒弟) was so fascinating. After I finished high school, I decided to come to China. But my parents didn't understand me. In their minds, China was still a developing country, and they couldn't see why I would like to go there. This July, China had a 72/144-hour visa-free (免签) policy for foreigners, so I invited my parents to travel in China.

We started our journey from Ningbo where Ningbo University is located. We went to Tianyige Museum, China's oldest private library and the Moon Lake Park, feeling the rich history of China. After that, we flew to Chengdu. We visited cute giant pandas and even had the chance to feed them bamboo. We also tried the delicious and spicy Sichuan hot pot, which was truly a unique experience. Finally, we took the high-speed train to Beijing. The train ride was smooth, quiet, and fast. Both my parents and I enjoyed the ride very much. In Beijing, we visited the Forbidden City and Tian'an men Square. Beijing is a modern city, yet it still has its ancient beauty.

On the way to the airport, my mother left her passport on the subway. Thankfully, the subway staff were very friendly and quickly found the lost passport. They even delivered it to the airport for us. When it came time for our tearful goodbye, my parents said to me, "Now we understand your choice, and we fully support you."