Now, lots of parents take their children from activity to activity. So, many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  are under too much pressure. Teachers also complain about {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  tired kids in the classroom. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  parents are nothing new, but now parents seem to push their children a lot {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. In some families, competition {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  from a very young age. Parents see other children {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  a lot of things, and they feel their own children should do the same. Children say their parents are always comparing {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  with other children. They think parents shouldn't push them so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. They may find it hard {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  for themselves when they are older. So please give children more {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  to relax.

    Do you know the famous movie Happy Feet? It tells a story about penguins(企鹅).

    Penguins are very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} animals. Many people like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} very much. But do you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they live? They live at the South Pole(南极). Why do they live there? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they like the cold weather there. They like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with their family. There {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 20 kinds of penguins in the world. They have beautiful black and white {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Some of them are very big, and they can be one meter {#blank#}8{#/blank#} so they can eat a lot. What do they eat? They usually eat small {#blank#}9{#/blank#} .Many people think penguins are the cutest animals in the world. Do you want to go to the South Pole {#blank#}10{#/blank#} them one day?

   Mrs Wilson, the middle-aged wife of a rich businessman, invited some of herfriends to lunch. She was very anxious to try a new way of cooking a fish dish,and she was very pleased with herself when the dish was ready. As the dish was very1, she put it near the open window to cool it for a few minutes.2,five minutes later, when she came back for it, she was frightened to find her neighbour'scat, Chester, at the dish. Luckily she was3to stop the cat from eatingthe fish. That afternoon was a great success and everyone enjoyed the dish verymuch.

   At the end of the afternoon, while she was4,Mrs Wilson felt tired but happy. She was in an armchair just near the window, whenthrough the window she was surprised to see the neighbour's cat5inthe garden. Why, the fish dish must be poisonous (有毒的). What would happento her friends? She at once phoned the family doctor for advice. The doctor toldher to telephone each of the visitors to meet him at the hospital as soon as possible.Finally, the danger was6. Once again Mrs Wilson was alone in herarmchair in the living room, still tired but7happy.Just then, the phone rang. It was her neighbour. "Oh, Millie, her neighbourcried, "Chester is dead. She was killed by someone in the car and thrown inyour garden. "