From: sandra@oxmail. com

To: elle@oxmail.com

Subject: Need help

Hi Elle,

I need some help with my problems. I don't know what to do ! You're so confident(自信的) and always know what to do, so I hope you can give me some{#blank#}1{#/blank#} 

I have very strict parents who won't let me do{#blank#}2{#/blank#} on my own. They've been really{#blank#}3{#/blank#} with me because of my poor school results. I don't know how to let them know that their pressure is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} it hard for me to do well in school.

My friends at school are{#blank#}5{#/blank#} trying to get me to do things I don't like. I want make my own{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. I don't want to do things because of the pressure from my classmates. How do{#blank#}7{#/blank#} deal with them?

I'm always worrying about my looks. I think I'm getting too fat. I have too many pimples (粉刺)on my face, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} .

All these problems are making me feel very stressful and sad. I'm so stressed{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I'm beginning to have sleep problems. I worry so much that I can't{#blank#}10{#/blank#}What can I do ? Please help !

Yours,

Sandra

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    Gao Peng is a nineteen-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he worked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} nine o'clock in the evening. When he got home, he always felt very tired. After a quick supper he went to bed and fell {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .   So he never made any noise and his grandfather was very pleased with him.

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“Have a look at your watch, please, ”said Li Jun, “ What's the time now? ”

    “Sorry, there is something wrong with my watch, ” said Gao Peng. “ Where is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ? ”

    “ I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it at home. ”

    Gao Peng thought for a moment and found a way. He began to jump on the floor.

The sound woke his grandfather up. The old man shouted {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . “ It's twelve o'clock，Gao Peng. Why are you still jumping upstairs？”

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    "I sold meat this morning and got 100 coins (硬币). Then I had a short {#blank#}3{#/blank#}But when I woke up, I couldn't find my money," said the boy.

    Bao Gong looked the boy up and down and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for some time. Then he pointed at a horse and said it was the thief (小偷). He shouted at the horse and asked it to give the boy's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}back.

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    When one man put his into the bowl, Bao Gong said, "This is the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}thief! When he put the coin into the bowl, there was a film of oil (一层油) on the water. All the boy's corns have oil from the meat on{#blank#}10{#/blank#}

    At last the boy got his money back. Everyone said that Bao Gong was a really smart man.