I started playing the piano when I was about eight or nine. But when I got to university, I stopped playing it. I just didn't have enough time and there were so many other things to do.

—Eliza

    When I was little, I thought I should play the guitar like my dad. But later I decided to try something else. I chose the violin. I want to be a musician when I grow up, but my dad says it's difficult to make a living from music. But I don't want to be a doctor like him. It's so boring.

—Robin

    Nobody likes living near someone like me because when I practice, I make a lot of noise! I''m sorry for that but I have to keep practicing. I have drum lessons every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, and I practice the drums every evening. I love playing them and now I play in a fantastic band.

—Lisa

    I''ve played the guitar as long as I can remember. I used to play in a subway station to make some money. Now I keep on playing it when I'm free, but I work as a cook in a restaurant to make a living.

—Carmen

   Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle trip. White had two reasons for making thisepic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. He raised £70,000 for the British charity, Oxfam. White's second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. He is still waiting to find out whether he has broken the record or not.

   White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June, 2004 and was back 299 days later. He spent more than 1,300 hours in the saddle (车座) and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. He had the adventure of his life crossing Europe first, and then the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and finally the Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food, water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.

   The journey was lonely and desperate at times. He also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. He cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. There were other dangers along the road. In Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to get away with the little money he had. The worst thing that had happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of Australia. For 1,000 kilometers he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of the trip was slow, hard and depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr. White is back and wants to write a book about his adventures.

Surrounded(环绕) by mountains and snow, Chinese pianist Lang Lang played "Loving Dream", "Jasmine Flower" and "Goldberg Variations" at the highest railway station in central Switzerland. The show was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (warm) welcomed by the audience(观众). What he did helped with the cultural exchanges between China and Europe by means of music.

Lang Lang is one of the leading {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (musician) in the classical music world. Though he put on thousands of shows worldwide, it was his first time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (play) the piano at the top of a snowy mountain. The low temperature {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) it quite challenging for him. However, playing in a "fairytale-like" environment was a very special experience, according to Lang Lang.

"The piece ‘Jasmine Flower' {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) specially for this show," Lang Lang said, "I played this {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (beauty) piece from my own culture. And I hope to make the audience interested {#blank#}7{#/blank#} learning more about China through the beauty of Chinese music."

Before Lang Lang played {#blank#}8{#/blank#} third piece, his fingers became a little cold, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he showed no fear of the heavy snow and the thin air. "This show means a lot to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (I). I hope we will do more cultural exchanges in the future so as to understand each other better and build a closer relationship between the two countries than before," added Lang Lang.

It was an unusual(不寻常) day for the Jacksons. The children usually go to school by car1 today they walked to school.2 mother , Mrs Jackson, usually cooks a meal at home in the morning, but this morning she 3 lots of things in the supermarket.What about Mr.Jackson？He usually drinks tea and reads 4 interesting book in the afternoon, but this afternoon he made some 5 for the whole family. They were delicious. The children usually do their homework 6 6 in the evening but this evening they had a party in the garden.The Grandpa sang songs 7 children. He sang very 8 .The children met new friends,9 games and had 10 presents.They had a nice party and enjoy themselves.

Some problems are difficult to solve in our life. However, there are a lot of number expressions (表达) that can help. Today, I will talk about expressions about numbers.

Sometimes we can "kill two birds with one stone". That is to say, we can complete two goals with only one effort or action. But we must remember that "two wrongs don't make a right". If someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him.

When I was a young child in school, I liked learning Maths. My teacher used to "give me three cheers" when I did well in Maths, praising (赞扬) my hard work and good grades.

When I was in high school, some of my friends once had trouble doing their schoolwork. In fact, they did not care if they could finish high school. But it seemed that they really got a surprise when they completed their studies and graduated from high school. They were on cloud nine.

Nine times out of ten, students who do well in school often find good jobs. Some people work in an office doing the same things every day at nine-to-five jobs. However, it's good to know happiness at work isn't just about money.

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