Today is Sunday. It's Lingling's birthday. She is fourteen years old. She wants to have a birthday party at home.

    She invites(邀请) her friends to the party, and one of them is her best friend, Mary. They come to Lingling's home at 6:00. They have some fruit and drinks at the party. They sing Happy Birthday in English to Lingling. After that, they eat a big birthday cake and play games. All of them are very happy. Lingling's friends go home at half past ten in the evening.

      Why are so many people so afraid to fail? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure (失败) becomes an experience that means growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.

      Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. 60% of the parents choose this way. When a child finishes making a table, the mother describes it as “perfect” even though it doesn't stand still. Another way is to blame (责怪) others. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.

      There's a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time, and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party, who doesn't make the honour list on the baseball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolations (安慰), prize or say, “It doesn't matter.” Because it does. The young should be allowed to experience failure and be helped to come out of it.

     Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both grown-ups and children. But it can be really good to your life when you learn to use it. You must learn to ask “Why did I fail?” Don't blame anyone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them.

    "Mom! Get my annoying(令人讨厌的)brother off me," I shouted. I woke up because of my brother. It happens almost every day. I got out of bed and put on my clothes hurriedly. Then I realized a huge problem—it was the first day of high school! It meant I had to go to the same school as my brother. But I didn't want to go there. At that exact moment, a thought came into my mind. I had never thought of it before.

    I had to go to school in 30 minutes. I had to eat, pack and think of a plan to get my brother embarrassed(尴尬).20 minutes later, I got my bag and slowly walked out of my bedroom. I saw my mom taking the school uniform downstairs and in exactly a second I had a great plan. I quickly ran after my mom and followed her downstairs. Like a cat I hid behind a couch, seeing her put the uniform on the couch and make her way back upstairs. I only had one chance. I quickly wrote something that would make my brother embarrassed on the back of a shirt as my brother ran downstairs. We put on out clothes right away and we wore the same size. It was quite a cold day, so I took a jacket and put it on.

    A couple of minutes later, we were in the car and were almost at school. I was secretly waiting for my great plan to happen. I got out of the car and ran to my classroom. I unpacked and decided to take off my jacket, because the day was heating up. Once I took my jacket off, everyone started laughing. I had no idea why everyone was laughing until suddenly I realized what had happened.

    Children know that summer is probably the most fun of all seasons.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} especially for children aged 14 and under. In the first study of children's safety in the US, the National Safe Kids Campaign(运动) (NSKC) found that nearly half of the injury-related(与受伤相关的) deaths among children happen in summer.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} They always know summer is a dangerous season for children. During the summer, children are out of school and spend more time outdoors.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} "While we encourage children to be active and spend time outdoors, they need to understand the importance of safety, "said Everett Koop, an expert of the NSKC.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the NSKC started a "Make It a Safe Kids Summer" campaign during National Safe Kids Week, from May 5 to May 12. Here are some important summer safety tips from the NSKC:

    Always wear your seat belt.

    Make sure there is an adult around when you decide to go swimming.

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    Obey all traffic laws.

    My mother is a nice woman. She is 37 years old. She is tall with a small mouth. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} She is a good Chinese teacher. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Her students like her very much and they like her clothes, too. Her clothes are always blue. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} She thinks a woman in blue looks young. My mother can speak English very well. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Students like the helpful teacher. She works in Xiamen now but she wants to go to UK. She hopes to be an exchanged (交换) teacher. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}