[1] I'm a 34-year-old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra (额外的) help. Still, I suffered the rest of my school days in public schools.

    [2] My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence（自信）came along.

    [3] I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. ⑶I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thing; it needed lots of practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

    [4] Later I decided to learn ⑷①          to read and write. I practiced reading and ⑷②          , which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two years, I was literate(有文化的).

    [5] Through the long process with art, ⑷③             , and reading and writing, now I've got to a point in my life: I am smart enough to dive into (潜入) an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.

    It may be difficult to start high school. Thinking about making new friends might make you feel nervous. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} You are going to school with a group of students of your age. Here are several suggestions for you to follow.

    Forget your fear and just talk to someone.

    It's easier said than done. But try to take a deep breath and find your voice. Don't be afraid to approach (接近) people. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Sit in the middle of the classroom with as many new friends around you as possible.

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    Take part in after-class activities that interest you. Try to make friends in the clubs. If you don't join anything, you will be just going to class and then going home. Being in a club makes you more social.

    Stay clean.

    No one likes a bad smell that could knock someone over. Shower everyday, brush your teeth and wash your hair. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Be respectful (尊重的) of people's differences.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And everyone believes in different things. It is a good thing to have different friends with different opinions because you can each share your own.

    This is a story about a monkey. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}The old man liked the monkey very much. The monkey was very clever. When birds came to the garden, he drove(驱赶) them away. He also helped the old man in many other ways. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}A fly(苍蝇) came and sat on the end of the old man's nose. The monkey drove it away. Soon the fly came back again and sat on the old man's nose again. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Again and again, the monkey became very angry. He jumped up, ran to pick up a large stone. When he came back, the fly was on the old man's nose again. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}The fly fell off, but the old man's nose was broken.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} They do things too quickly but they don't think much before they do. Maybe they sometimes bring us trouble, though they mean to do something good.

   Hi, I'm a girl. My name is Ann. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It is A-N-N, Ann. This is my family photo. Look! This is my grandpa, Bill. It's BAI-L-L, Bill. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} This is my father. His name is David. My father has no brother.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} I call her Aunt Mary. That is my mother and her name is Emma. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} And she has a red jacket. Those are my two brothers. They are Mike and Mark. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Mike has a purple pencil box. Mark's pencil box is blue. Yellow is my favorite color and I have a yellow schoolbag. And I'm 8.

    In many children's stories, a girl meets a prince and falls in love. They get married and live happily ever after. As a child, Meghan Markle may never have imagined marrying a prince. But that is exactly what happened on May 19th!

    Who is this young lady who just married into Britain's royal family (王室)？ Meghan Markle was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. Her mother, Doria, was a doctor, and her father, Tom, was a television lighting director. For 10 years after school each day, young. Meghan spent time at the studio where her father worked. This experience allowed her to become very comfortable with the acting business. For that reason, she knew she wanted to become an actress from a very early age. As a child, she felt strong about something else, too: People should be treated fairly. This passion (热情) to help others is still a big part of her life today.

    Her acting career (生涯) began in 2002 when she made her first appearance on TV. Other small parts on TV and in a few films followed. Nine years later, Markle got her big break. She won a lead role in the popular TV series Suits.