From: sandra@oxmail. com

To: elle@oxmail.com

Subject: Need help

Hi Elle,

I need some help with my problems. I don't know what to do ! You're so confident(自信的) and always know what to do, so I hope you can give me some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

I have very strict parents who won't let me do{#blank#}2{#/blank#} on my own. They've been really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} with me because of my poor school results. I don't know how to let them know that their pressure is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} it hard for me to do well in school.

My friends at school are{#blank#}5{#/blank#} trying to get me to do things I don't like. I want make my own{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. I don't want to do things because of the pressure from my classmates. How do{#blank#}7{#/blank#} deal with them?

I'm always worrying about my looks. I think I'm getting too fat. I have too many pimples (粉刺)on my face, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} .

All these problems are making me feel very stressful and sad. I'm so stressed{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I'm beginning to have sleep problems. I worry so much that I can't{#blank#}10{#/blank#}What can I do ? Please help !

Yours,

Sandra

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Jenny is excited to go to school these days. The 13-year-old girl from South Gate Middle School in Los Angeles, US, is taking care of three green abalones(鲍鱼) at school.

The students of Violeta Llamas' science class, including Jenny, have cared for the sea animals since January. The science class has eight teams. Each team takes turns to care for the abalones. Team Five—Jenny, Alexis, Jennifer and Ricardo—have now got their turn.

The abalones are kept in a box of seawater. Every day, Alexis checks if the water has too much salt. Too much salt is bad for the health of the abalones. Jenny makes fresh seawater. Then the four students work together to clean up the waste in the box and give some food to the abalones.

    "Sea life is like a baby. You have to clean them and care for them. " Jennifer said.

Nancy Cruso, a scientist, leads the project. She said the number of green abalones is going down because people have caught too many of them. She said protecting the sea lives now depends on the young students.

"The students love taking care of the abalones. " said Llamas.

"Taking care of the abalones could open the door for those who want to be a sea life scientist or an environment protector," she said.

The students' time with the abalones will end this school year. Cruso and a team of volunteers will record the abalones and then let them return to the sea.

Diana Armstrong, from the US, has broken the Guinness World Records for the world's longest nails (指甲).

She shared in an interview that she has no1 to cut her nails. That is the last connection she has to her elde daughter. Her elder daughter did her nails the night before she 2 unexpectedly in her sleep at the age of 16.

Diana said, "I have been 3 my nails for 25years. I had a(n) 4 time when my elder daughter left me forever. She was the only one who did my nails,5 I couldn't cut them off after that."

Diana's younger daughter, Raina, also talked about 6 she thought of her mother's nails. She said, "When she told us the back story was because of my sister, it 7 my mind towards it because, just as much as she 8 my sister, I did, too. So if that's her9 of remembering her, then I can accept."

It's quite 10 to keep the maintenance (保养) of the nails. She always has to depend on her children and grandchildren for help and 11 uses her feet when she can. But she has also gotten used to using her hands 12 breaking her nails.

Diana has not been able to live a completely normal life because she is13 that people would judge(评价) her when they see her nails. However, the recognition (认可) from Guinness World Records has made a 14 to her and given her the confidence to share her story.

"These nails are always a part of me just because of my elder daughter. I always keep15 close to me this way," said Diana.

There are a lot of famous cartoon characters. Here is some information about them.