Steve visits the nursing home near his house two afternoons each week. On one of those days, he reads to his friend Martin. On the other afternoon, he plays cards and talks with Mrs. Johnson. Steve enjoys spending his extra time this way. He is a volunteer. A volunteer is a person who helps another person or has a job for which he or she does not get paid. A volunteer donates his or her time for free.

    Everyone else in Steve's family is also a volunteer. Steve's mother Mary volunteers one afternoon each week at the local hospital. She talks to patients, delivers flowers, and helps the nurses with odd jobs. Steve's sister Gina volunteers two afternoons at the museum. She welcomes visitors and answers their questions. Steve's father David also is a volunteer. He is a volunteer fire fighter for the town in which they live.

    Steve's family thinks volunteering is very important. Steve's parents think being a volunteer helps to teach values. Steve and his sister learn how to be kind and respect other people.

    Steve's family does volunteer work to give something back to the community. They want to help people who are not as fortunate as they are.

    A family of volunteers

    Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. ⑴尽管他做得很好，但是拿不到第一名。

    After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got high marks.

   ⑵ 在他20岁的时候，他的身体出毛病了。 He started to knock into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease（运动神经元病）. ⑶The illness would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.

    At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, ⑷I suddenly realized that there were a lot of valuable things I could do.” Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. ⑸He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad their situation is. “Life is not fair.” He once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

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    I live in a large neighborhood. I have lived here since I was born. I have a lot of friends there. Mr. Chan is one of them. He is 85 years old. I enjoy visiting Mr. Chan because he tells me exciting stories about Hong Kong in the past. He also shows me old photos. Yesterday, I visited Mr. Chan after school. I asked him how long he had lived here. This is what he told me:

    "I have lived in the neighborhood since 1993. Before I moved here, I lived in a small village called Pak Mong on Lantau Island. There were many people living in the village when I was young. These years, there are only a few families left. Most families moved to the city for work. I left the village in 1993, when my son moved to the city.

Pak Mong is an old village. There are watchtowers (瞭望塔) around the village. In the old days, soldiers used to stand in the watchtowers and keep guard (站岗). Here is a photo of my school. I went to that school a very long time ago. The school has been closed since 1985.

    I enjoy going to the Kowloon Walled City Park, because it makes me think of my old village. I have visited the park three times since 2004. Would you and your family members like to go to the park with me next weekend?"

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    Hello! Nice to meet you. Now let me introduce myself (自我介绍)to you. My name is Mary. I'm 12 years old. I'm from Canada and I speak English. I'm a tall girl. I have long brown hair and big blue eyes. I like music a lot. I often sing songs with my friends in my free time. I have a happy family. There are four people in my family. They are my mom, my dad, my sister and me. I like China very much and I want to visit Beijing and make some friends there, but I can't speak Chinese at all. I hope(希望)to be your friend, then We can help each other with English and Chinese.

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 Jane's grandparents live on a big farm. Jane often visits {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(they) at weekends. On the farm, there are many {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(kind) of animals, like chickens and ducks. Jane likes playing with them because it is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(real) fun.

 There is a small dog on the farm. It {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(have) no mother. It never plays {#blank#}5{#/blank#} other animals. Jane often gives the poor dog some food to eat.

 Soon they become good {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(frieiïd). Every time, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the dog sees Jane, it runs up to her. Sometimes it runs after Jane to the lake. Jane can {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(count) ducks and the dog can swim in the lake.

 Her grandfather often asks her, "{#blank#}9{#/blank#} does the dog like you so much?""He likes me because I love him," Jane answers. "Yes, animals are our friends, so we should be kind to them," Grandfather says with {#blank#}10{#/blank#} smile.

 Peter Pan is always one of the famous children's books. The British writer James Matthew Barrie wrote this book. James likes writing stories and sharing them with his friends. 

 The book tells the story of Peter Pan and his"mother" Wendy. One night when Mr. and Mrs. Darling go out, Wendy meets Peter Pan, a little boy who never grows up. Peter teaches Wendy and her brothers to fly and takes them away to a place called Neverland. They have a lot of adventures together. Wendy and her brothers have a good time there, but they miss their parents sometimes. So one day, they plan to go back home, but the bad man, Captain Hook, catches them. Peter fights with Hook and saves them at last. After that, the children fly back to their home in London. But Peter Pan doesn't want to grow up and goes back to Neverland. After many years, when Peter visits Wendy again, she is married and has a daughter. Peter takes her daughter to Neverland for a visit. And ten years later he takes her daughter's daughter. 

 Never growing up is many children's dream, but they can't refuse to grow up. What's more, after reading the story, I think it's a pity that we forget something beautiful as we grow up.