Not only kids of Tiger Moms go to Harvard.

Dawn Loggins of Lawndale, N.C. is on her way to Harvard, one of the eight world-famous universities in the eastern US. Nobody encouraged her to study or paid for her special classes. This girl created her own future.

    The teen was abandoned by her family last summer, when her parents and two sisters moved to Tennessee. She found herself homeless and had to spend the night on friend's sofas.

    The school bus driver learned about Dawn's situation and invited Dawn to move in with her family. Soon, Dawn had a job at Burns High School. She worked from 6 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. before the first school bell rang. she swept floors and picked up trash again in the afternoons, before diving(跳水)into her studies in the evenings.

    Dawn's hard work paid off. she finished school with a 3.9 GPA and scored 2,110 on the SAT.

    "There were times when I felt like it would be easiest if I gave up," the 18-year-old said."But it was never in me to give up, because I realized that I was never going to be successful unless I got an education."

Even before Dawn's family left her, she led a difficult life. Her family was poor and cups of noodles were often the only food. Dawn "studied by candlelight" because her parents couldn't afford to pay the electricity bill(电费).

    Dawn has now reconnected with her family. They are proud of her accomplishments(成就) and are attending her high school graduation.

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Emma is a nice girl. Today is her l lth birthday. She has her birthday party in the park (公园). Emma and her friends all like the park. Emma's mom and sister put(放) some food on the table. Dad puts something for games on it. Emma is in a purple skirt. She likes the color very much. At about 10:00 in the morning, Emma's friends come to the park with gifts(礼物). Emma opens(打开) the gifts and says, "Thank you all! I like all of them. " Emma and her fiends eat the food and play fun games. They have a very good time at the party.

When I was fourteen, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand French. I believed that I wouldn't have any 1 problems when I went to America. So I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday there.

How2 I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to call my friend Danny who had been in America for two years and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking confused and asked if he could 3 me.

"Yes," I said, "I want to give my friend a ring."

"Well, that's nice," he said. "Are you getting married? But aren't you a bit too 4 ?"

"Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me 5 the phone box is?"

"Oh! I see. " he said, "There's a phone downstairs."

When Danny and I met up, she explained the misunderstanding to me. Then I knew "Give somebody a ring" could mean deciding to get engaged or marry someone else. I felt shamed for myself.

"Don't worry," she said to me. "I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from the British. You'll soon 6 all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other!

Unlike many of my classmates, my hero is my dad. 

When I was five, I was seriously {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and needed attention all the time. My dad knew how much my mum loved her job, so he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} working to look after me in hospital. Later he took up a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to work at night so that he would only be out when I was sleeping. He always thought about others {#blank#}4{#/blank#} himself. This made me start to respect him.

When I was seven, I started learning to ride a bike. My dad ran behind me and held the back of the bike so that I would not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I felt so safe because I knew he was near. Soon, I was able to ride by {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

My family is not {#blank#}7{#/blank#}than others, and we do not own a big house or an expensive car. My dad ever said to me, "Family is the only thing {#blank#}8{#/blank#}is the most important in the whole world." {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he is now very busy with his work every day, he always spends time staying with me. He has also taught me that if I really work {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, I can achieve anything.

My dad is my hero because he has shown me the most important thing in life.

I spent ten days on vacation with my parents and it was great.

My parents take part in "Euro bike" activities every day. They often ask me to1 , but I always say no. This year I wanted to make a2 . I was tired of my job and my life. I3 to change my life. So when my parents asked this year, my 4 was " Yes!" Then I went to Paris a week before my 5 arrived, just to visit my favorite city by myself, and then I 6 them in Versailles to start the activity. It was wonderful to7 about a week with my parents.

First of all, they 8 thought I was a little girl. Every night before I left their hotel room and walked to9 , my mom said "good night" and "be careful"10 me, I felt like I was still their little11 .

Second, the vacation was12 .We talked about13 in our lives like music, sports, jobs and so on. They were14 because I took a vacation with them. 

If you have time, I hope you can have a15 with your parents, too. I'm sure it will be very different.