Humans can't stop natural disasters because we can't stop the power(力量) of nature.

    For example, a flood comes when there is too much water on the land. Sometimes, it can come after a big rainstorm at sea. Then too much sea water comes onto the land. Fast moving flood can hurt us. It can also hurt our homes. We can't stop the water from coming, but we can try to stop the water by making a wall with sandbags. Sometimes, the sandbags help stop the water. Sometimes they don't.

    An earthquake happens where land moves. The land goes up and down and all around. The land shakes. We may be hurt by things that fall down in an earthquake. Falling things can start fires. We can't stop an earthquake from coming. We can try to make our homes strong in order to prevent them from falling down in an earthquake.

    A tornado(龙卷风) is fast air that goes around and around over the land. A tornado can pick up everything. It can break anything in the way. A typhoon is a big storm with fast moving wind and rain. It begins at sea and can come onto the land. Its fast winds can hurt us and our homes.

    We can't stop the power of nature, but we can go to places where we will feel safe.

    Larry is going to be a pilot. He wants to fly an airplane. But Larry is not a rich man. He doesn't have an airplane. He has only a chair. Larry ties 45 big balloons to his chair and then sits in the chair. The chair goes up.

    For a few minutes, everything is fine. The view from the chair is beautiful. Larry can see houses and trees below him. He is happy. He is flying!

    The chair goes up very high. Larry is afraid. “I don't want to go very high,” Larry thinks. “I want to go down a little.” With a small gun, Larry shoots 10 balloons. Then something terrible happens. Larry drops the gun, and it falls to the ground. Larry can't shoot more balloons. The chair goes up and up.

    Larry is three miles above the ground. Airplanes are flying over him. Larry has a small radio. “Help! Help!” he says into the radio. “I'm flying in a chair, and I want to come down!” People hear Larry, but they can't help him.

    Larry flies in the chair for 45 minutes. Then the balloons begin to lose air, slowly the chair comes down, and Larry is back on the ground. He is not hurt.

    Some students are going to some different places this weekend. Where are they going? Can you find their places they want to go?

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Sally: I have a pen pal in Wenchuan. Some days ago, I got a letter from her. She said she needed some school things. I bought some and I want to post them to her. So this weekend, where will I go? Do you know?

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Ricky: I don't like weekends. For me, I have no weekends. My parents usually ask me to go to evening school to learn English and other subjects. I always feel tired. That's why I don't like weekends.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Barbara: I love weekends. I can do what I want to do. I want to go to a quiet place to study because Mid-term Exam（期中考试）is coming. I want to borrow（借）some books from that place and return（还）some to that place. Do you know where I want to go?

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Angle: This weekend will be an exciting one for me. My parents are going to take me to have something special in the place. It is said that we can try some Indian food. Isn't it interesting?

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Stella: I want to relax myself on weekends. This weekend, I want to do something different. I want to go to this place. There, you can see many kinds of animals there. And children like to go there with their parents.

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You know an apple is healthier than candy. But how do you make changes and eat really healthy food all the time? Start here with these wonderful rules.

You can finish all of the work in less than ten minutes.

Rule 1: Eat two pounds of vegetables. Remember to eat many vegetables every day. One pound is cooked and one pound is raw. They really help you to fight against some discases(疾病) and protect your health.

Rule 2: Put an egg on your meal. The egg is a kind of wonderful food. As long as you have eggs in your fridge, you can make a healthy meal with a fried egg, or add an egg to a bowl of rice.

Rule 3: Eat a little junk food. Junk food is delicious but it is not good for our health. But it's so cheap that you may like eating too often Eating it a little can be possible.

Rule 4: Eat some desserts(甜点) every day, but not too much. Not all desserts can make you fat. Some of them are delicious and healthy. A chocolate is a kind of dessert. And it's good for you to eat a little chocolate. Be smart enough to choose some desserts and try to improve your health.

True friends are hard to find. Often you thought you could believe in someone, but later he or she may let you {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. A true friend is sometimes a person who will always be there for you. Through good times or {#blank#}2{#/blank#} times, they will stand by your side. They will not {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you alone when things get difficult. They will accept you {#blank#}4{#/blank#} trying to change you. A friend will bring new and exciting things into your life and make it richer. True friends will keep your worst secrets as you will keep theirs. They will {#blank#}5{#/blank#} honest and you can always believe in them. If you talk to someone who you believe in, you don't have to worry about what you may say. We can enjoy this freedom only with {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Friendship is a two¬way street. To find a true friend and keep the friendship between you, you must do the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} thing as well. Be there for your friends when {#blank#}8{#/blank#} are in need and share the good times with them. Offer them the same things they give to you. Friendship will break quickly if only one person is giving and putting effort into it. You will find that there is nothing more valuable (有价值的) than having {#blank#}9{#/blank#} true friend by your side to share life with, just {#blank#}10{#/blank#} someone says, "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized (珍惜) than true friendship". 

Do you believe that there are some plants that eat meat? Some of them are big and can eat small animals. The venus flytrap(捕蝇草) is a famous one. 

The venus flytrap is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} very strange plant. It mainly {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(grow) in dry parts of the US. Its {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(leaf) are like the pages of a book. They can open {#blank#}4{#/blank#} close very quickly. There are some small hairs inside the leaves. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf will close {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sudden). Then the fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf will press(压) the fly until it is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(die). Slowly, the plant {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(eat) the fly. 

Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the sun, the air and the ground. In some {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(place), the ground is very poor. It can't provide some important things, especially nitrogen(氮). So some plants in these areas eat meat {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(get) this. This is what they need, too.