People normally think of dogs as man's best friend, but to Brian Wilson, his two pet parrots are his best friends.

    It all began in 1995, when Brian was still a firefighter. A car accident caused serious damage to his brain. After several months of treatment, Brian's doctors said that he would never talk again and that he would have to spend the rest of his life in a nursing home.

    However, according to Brian, his two pet parrots didn't give up easily. They kept talking to him day and night, until one day, he said one word, then another, and all of a sudden was talking like a normal person again!

    Brian was so thankful that he decided to set up a home for birds which are not wanted by their owners. Now, his house is home to about 80 birds, including a great variety of birds like several macaws, cockatoos and African gray parrots. The birds fly around from room to room, some cackling (咯咯叫), others talking like humans. Though they all have big cages, Brian lets them fly freely inside the house.

    Over the years, Brian has developed a special relationship with birds. The birds that bite other humans, seem to like him and can get along with him well. He is now called a bird whisperer (鸟语者). Brian pays for most of the costs of looking after the birds with his own money, but has recently established a foundation (基金会) to accept donations. He and his birds also earn money by performing at birthday parties, weddings and other social events.

    For people who want to adopt (领养) Brian's birds, they have to volunteer at the foundation for three months before they can take the pet home.

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My Friend

This term is so great. I meet a very good friend.

I used to love games. I would spend hours {#blank#}1{#/blank#} on my phone. I used to love going out partying. It was so much fun and I did it every week. But how could I study the next morning after only four{#blank#}2{#/blank#} sleep? It seemed that I{#blank#}3{#/blank#} could't stay focused(注意力集中的) in class.

 At the age of 21, I started to feel {#blank#}4{#/blank#} because my grades were terrible! I feared to have a future without a good job and without enough money. I realized I had nobody to turn to for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} if I didn't get my degree(学位). So I decided to study hard. Finally, I finished my degree with top {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and new-found confidence(自信). Below is some of what I did.

●I went to bed early, no {#blank#}7{#/blank#} than 10:30 p. m. That helped me remember things well.

●I found three favorite study places. They were comfortable and quiet. Going {#blank#}8{#/blank#} different places made me feel fresh.

●{#blank#}9{#/blank#} studying, I turned my phone off and put it away.

●I made my weekly study plans and stuck to(坚持){#blank#}10{#/blank#}. These plans were achievable and gave me confidence to move on.

Hello, everyone! This is my class. This week we have five English {#blank#}1{#/blank#} , and we learn some new words. We also {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an interesting film in class. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} name is Home Alone. It's so interesting. We like it very much. 

 We like having PE lessons, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Mr White is our PE teacher. He is our {#blank#}5{#/blank#} teacher. We all like to play with him. We like our class very much. 

 Do you know the Silver Flower Silk(银丝花)? It's a1 handmade made work of art which has been passed down for more than 1700 years. The Silver Flower Silk Craft(工艺) is divided into the north style and the south style. Beijing stands for the north style,2 Chengdu stands for the south style. The south style, which still keeps the natural color of silver, was a very popular3 among collectors after the 20th century.

 Dao An is the only inheritor(传承人) who has 4 the full set of the Silver Flower Silk Craft. For more than 40 years, she has made efforts to 5 Chinese culture at home and abroad.

 Born in 1962, Dao An became 6 in drawing from childhood. Since junior high school, she had taken school subjects during the day and studied 7 at a night school. In 1980, she received a job 8 a Silver Flower Silk Craft Company. Because of her excellent painting ability, she began to9 Silver Flower Silk works on her own. However, she was not satisfied with them. In order to make better Silver Flower Silk works, Dao An had been studying hard for more than ten years.10 , she has become one of the very few masters of the Silver Flower Silk Craft in China.

 By the late 1990s, however, influenced by the market, many Silver Flower Silk 11 had been shut down. Dao An didn't want the skill to go away, so she decided to 12 a workroom. She wanted more people to have a(n)13 to own their works of the Silver Flower Silk. "The silver has no temperature, but the Silver Flower Silk Craft makes the metal 14 ." Dao An said. "And 15 is worth being known by more people. We should stick to spreading this craft and have good creativity to develop it better."