Dear Kangkang,

      Can you help me? I have too many rules! I have to get up at five thirty every morning. My mom goes to work at 6:30 a. m, so I have to cook breakfast! After breakfast, I run to school because I can't be late. At school I have more rules. Don't be noisy and don't talk in class, and so on.

      After school, Dad says I can't go out with my friends. I can only go out with them on weekends. I can't have a rest after school. Why? Because it's a rule again—do my homework after dinner. I also have rules for sleeping! I have to go to bed before half past nine. Rules, rules, rules!

      I can't stand（忍受）them any more. What can I do?

      Write to me soon!

Yours,

Li Lei   

    14-year-old Brooke Eriekson likes to sleep．  1 on weekends．she wants to sleep late(睡懒觉)．But Brooke's mom thinks that Brooke should get up at，the same time every day,So she'll get used to(习惯于)getting up early．

    Both(两个)Brooke and her mom are right．Sleeping late in the moming makes it more difficult to sleep at night．  2  Then it gets more difficult to get up the next morning．Getting up and going to bed at the same times every day helps the body to get enough rest(足够的休息)．

    3  They need 8 to 9 hours of sleep each night，rbut many of them can only get 6 to 7 hours of sleep on school nights．If someone doesn't have enough sleep for a long time，he may feel tired and not happy，and be easier to get ill．Being tired makes it more difficult to remember things，to do well in school and to do well in sports and other activities．

My dad bought me a new Jeep when I was 17，but the real gift was what he taught me about life through this car. very month, on the first day, he asked me to pay him $150 if I wanted to continue driving my Jeep. If I didn't pay， I couldn't drive my car（or "his car"，as he often reminded me（所有权））.My dad was（and still is）a successful businessman，＄150 was more than I usually made every month.I had to work harder. Although I was unhappy about my father's request，I always made sure to give him ＄150 on the first day of each month.

The day I graduated from high school，my dad pulled me into his office at our house for a talk.

"Kevin，"he gave me a white box and said，"here is your graduation present. To be honest，this is actually a present you gave yourself."I opened the box carefully，and almost started crying when I realized he just gave me ＄3，600! It was 24 car payments that he had saved for the last two years.Every payment I gave him went straight into this box.By asking me to pay him every month，how to use my money and how to be responsible.My dad is and will forever be the best man I have ever known.

Four years later he gave me the title to the Jeep，as my college graduation gift.

 In a small village, there is a girl named Lena. She is afraid of 1 in front of people. When she speaks, she is2 and her face turns red.

 One day, the water of 3 village dries up"One of us should go to the nearest town for help." a villager says.4 no one answers(回复) . Right at the moment, Lena 5 . She knows it is not just for herself, but for the village.

 Lena 6 to the town. When Lena gets there and faces the 7 , she feels nervous. She takes a deep breath(深呼吸) and 8 to tell the story of her village. Everyone in the 9 is moved (感动的) . At last, they decide to help the village. When Lena comes back with the10 news, all the villagers thank her again and again.

 Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is to face it.