Nancy is a funny girl. Her 1  is full of fantastic ideas. Like any other child, she has 2  in her life, but she always solves it in funny ways.

    Nancy's classmate Lionel lost a tooth at school last month. The teacher 3  him a cute tooth necklace (项链). Nancy found it was nice and she wanted one too.

    One morning Nancy found one of her teeth was loose (松动的). "I will get a nice tooth necklace 4  the tooth falls out at school," she thought. Nancy did everything that she could

    5to make sure she lost her tooth at school. However, things didn't always happen as she 6 . The tooth finally 7 out on her way to school. Nancy told her teacher what had happened. She was 8 . She didn't think she could get the special necklace.

    To 9 surprise, the teacher decided to give Nancy the necklace. "Your tooth dropped out close to the school, didn't it?" the teacher said. "And you're really an honest (诚实的) girl." Finally, Nancy's dream came 10  .

    Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day? Each year, millions of people, both 1 , plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make your home a 2 place.

    Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were 3 to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees 4 soon after they were planted because they weren't watered well enough. 5 workers burned them and cleaned the place for 6 trees to be planted this year. 7 a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote,“ I hope this tree will grow up with me to 8 the backbone (栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival(存活) of the trees was really more important than 9 trees were planted.

    Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate (捐赠) some money and let professionals (专业人士) plant and 10 the trees.

    It was Children's Day yesterday, we 1the park. Our teacher was 2us.

    3 many people there. Some Young Pioneers (少先队员)4 near the river.

    5 sang and danced. There were some6 on the river. There was a hill

    7. Some boys8 in the river. We sat under 9 apple tree with our teacher. We 10on Children's Day yesterday.

    At the age of 12, most of the kids like to watch TV or1online games. But the 12-year-old Jaysea is2teaching yoga. She finished 200 hours teacher training and is the youngest yoga3now.

    She teaches kids and teenagers yoga. “I want to do this for a long time4I love so much,” says Jaysea, the girl5long blonde hair and long legs. She seems quieter 6more serious than most other kids.

    She7a twin brother and a 15-year-old brother. Their parents, Rick and Julie said,

    "They only go to school three days a8. We tell them to think about9they want to do and they have10days to do it. And when they finish high school, they will get their favorite11."

    Her father says she still12her best at school. "She finishes all her homework and she 13 wants to miss a class."

    School doesn't14before 9:45 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., so Jaysea has enough time to do practice every15at home for an hour.

    Abing, one of 1 Chinese musicians of the 20th century, was born on August 17, 1893 in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. His official name was Hua Yanjun.

    Abing's father was good at a number of musical 2. He trained Abing in drums from the age of 10. Abing began learning the dizi at age 12, then the erhu. When he was 17, Abing first 3in religious ceremonies, and won acclaim for his musical talent and voice.

    After his father's4 in 1914, Abing along with his cousin took charge of the temple (庙)which supported the family. However, Abing didn't have the5 to run it well. This drove Abing into poverty(贫穷). However, bad luck never came6. At the age of 34, he developed a serious illness and became blind. He became 7and made a living as a street performer.

    In 1939, he married Dong Caidi, a country woman in Jiangyin. After his8Abing performed every afternoon in a public square in Wuxi. He became famous for adding news into his music and songs, 9the war with Japan. After the performance, he would walk through the city streets, playing the erhu. This was a period of many works for Abing, and his most famous composition, Erquan Yingyue, was performed in this period. Till today, it 10as a classic of Chinese erhu and pipa music.