On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far, he has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

 Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US,  Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.

    Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels? The answers will probably be "Yes". Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we can't live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接)the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.

    A rich, powerful organization(组织) in the USA called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) has decided to change the age of online computing (计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on Earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit(轨道).

    This is because they have made a survey(调查) and found that only 60% of the world's population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries are unable to offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施)to access the web.

    We can hope to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.

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    Today more and more students like going shopping on the Internet. Do you have any ideas about it? Here are four girls' ideas.

    Sandy, twelve

    I like new skirts and jeans. At the weekend I usually go to the shops on the Internet. When I see my favourite things, I can pay for them with my credit card (信用卡).

    Kitty, thirteen

    I think it is very easy and cheap to buy things on the Internet. I only need to stay at home and choose the things I like. I can get them quickly without going out. It doesn't take too much time.

    Wendy, eleven

    I'm not good at computers. I never go shopping on the Internet. I don't think it is interesting. When I want something, I ask my parents to buy it for me in the shopping mall.

    Shirley, twelve

    Shopping on the Internet is not good. I can only see some pictures about the things. I don't believe the notes near the pictures.

Dear Gina,

    How is everything with you？I miss you very much. I arrived in Xi'an three months ago. At first I felt very sad. I had no friends. I could speak little Chinese, and I didn't know what to do. I felt very lonely at that time. But my Chinese teacher helped me. He is very nice and friendly. He not only gave me many suggestions about how to learn Chinese, but also helped me a lot in my life. Now, I live happily. On weekends, I often go to some villages with my classmates to do some farm work. Sometimes we help the poor students there. We give them books and play with them. Now I'm so happy. As my teacher says, “Happiness is in your heart, but you need to find it.”

    Please give my best wishes to your parents!

Yours,

Mona

Information Card(信息卡)

My 9-year-old daughter and I were flying from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, to spend a week with my

husband Mike in Miami, Florida. 1 had been working in Florida for five months. Kallie       2 her dad terribly. 

The plane was full. I had3 a group of Boy Scouts(童子军) at the gate and said to my daughter that 4

anything happened, we would be OK with all those scouts on our5 !

Because we did not get our boarding passes until we6 the gate, Kallie and I could not get seats together. That wasn't such a big deal, except that Kallie had counted on me reading to her the whole way. 

When the 7 in my row boarded the plane, I asked if they would change places with Kallie or me. They 8 , saying they wanted to stay in their own seats. 

At the same time, a mother and her two children several rows ahead of us also met the same 9 . The mother could hold her baby, but her 6-year-old son had to sit with strangers.  10 nobody offered to help her. 

Suddenly, the scout leader stood up and said: "Ma'am, I think we can help you. " He then 11 five minutes

rearranging his group so there was space available for the family. And then the mother was much more12 . 

Amazingly, the man sitting next to the scout leader, turned to me and asked: "Would you and your daughter like our13 ?" We changed seats and continued on our trip, very happy to be together. 

Would that man have 14 us his seat if the scouts hadn'tdone so for the mom and her children? I don't know. But

I do know that 15 is good, and good deeds cause more good deeds! Being kind is important and can be an example for everyone around you. One act of kindness can in turn cause many more kind acts.