Once an old man who had four lazy sons fell sick and was counting his last days in bed. He was very worried about his sons' future because they always believed in luck {#blank#}1{#/blank#}of hard work.

    The old man decided to play a trick{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he died to make his sons realize the importance of work. He told them that he would leave them a treasure box {#blank#}3{#/blank#} gold coins and wanted them to share the treasure.

    The young men asked where his father had placed the treasure. The old man replied," I can't exactly remember{#blank#}4{#/blank#}place. However, the treasure is buried in our land."

    After a few days, the old man died. The sons decided to{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the land to find the treasure box. They worked very hard, but they couldn't find the box. They dug even{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, but they still got nothing.

    Later, one of their neighbors {#blank#}7{#/blank#} by and saw the loose (松的) soil. He suggested that the sons should turn it into a farm. Soon, good fruit and vegetables grew out of the land. The four sons sold them at a good{#blank#}8{#/blank#} and made lots of money.

    Then they realized that the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} box their father mentioned was hard work in fact. The father successfully played a trick to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his sons how important it was to work hard. What a clever father!

    Once there was a good vegetable patch (菜地), and there grew avery big tree. Both the vegetables and the tree1 the place wonderful. But no one knew that thevegetables in the patch and the tree couldn't2 each other for a long time. The vegetablesdidn't like the tree's shade (树荫) because it stoppedthem from getting enough3. The tree, on the other hand, hated thevegetables. The4 wasthat the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could get to him,leaving him a little water.

    They kept this situation5 the vegetables got completely bored with thetree one day. Then they decided to use up all the water in the ground so thatthe tree would die.

    What would the tree do? Without question, thetree answered back6 refusing to shade the vegetables from the sun.It was so hot that the vegetables became dry. Before long, all of them7died.

    At that time, thevegetables and the tree realized that it was8to help each other than to fight. Theylearned that they should9 those around them. From then on, they decidedto work together, using both the shade and the water to grow. Before long, theytogether showed10 a beautiful picture.

I'm Michael from America. Now I am in China and celebrating the Spring Festival with Li Lei's family. It's New Year's Eve (除夕). What are we doing?

At 10:00 am

Li Lei's grandfather is making red lanterns. People always hang them at the gate. In China, red means good luck. His parents are getting ready for lunch.

At 5:00 pm

Li Lei's mother and aunt are making jiaozi—a kind of dumplings. His two cousins are playing games, Li Lei is making some New Year cards. I am writing an email to my parents on the Internet. I tell them about the festival.

At 8:00 pm

We are sitting at a big table and having a family dinner. It's really delicious. We are also watching the Spring Festival Gala (春节联欢晚会).

My name is Bill.I took a trip to Ireland last weekend with my family.I didn't enjoy the trip because there were a lot of bad things.First，my brother forgot his passport （护照），and we missed our plane to Dublin in the morning.Mom wasn't very happy and blamed（责备） him.Luckily，there was a plane to Dublin in the afternoon and we got on that one.

When we took our things after getting off the plane，my dad's big bag wasn't there.The airline company （航空公司） said they would try to look for it.Then we took a bus to the camping place.We arrived late on Saturday evening，and we were very tired.We put up our tents in the evening，but in the middle of the night my tent fell down.I had to sleep in my sleeping bag.

The next morning，we went on a boat trip to an island （岛）.The trip took us two hours.When we arrived，it started to rain，so we sat in a small restaurant all morning，and then we took a boat back.It wasn't much fun!

I was very happy to get home.I was tired then.Looking back at our trip，I think we should be more careful and check （检查） if all our things are good next time.What's more，we should check the weather.

On the stage of America's Got Talent, 11-year-old Tyler Butler Figueroa played the violin well. Also, he touched many people's hearts {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his story. Tyler comes from North Carolina {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he was four years old, he had a health problem and started to lose hair. He felt sad. The feeling got even {#blank#}3{#/blank#} when his classmates laughed at his look. And they stayed away from him. One day, Tyler saw a flyer (小传单) for free after-school violin lessons at school. He knew he was not {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in music, but he decided to learn to play the violin. "I practiced {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in my room every day," he said. "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the violin could help me to forget the bad things." Tyler's mother said the violin made him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} again and she felt like she had her son back. Tyler stood strong, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he had to face those bad things. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a book. He wanted to share his story with other kids like {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and told them to be strong.

I'd like to tell you something about Zhang Guimei.She is a teacher and she teaches {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（China） at school.She doesn't have any children，{#blank#}2{#/blank#} over 130 homeless girls call her "mum".

Zhang {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （think） it is really important for girls to get education （教育），so she starts the Huaping High School for girls.The school is free for girls from poor {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （family）.Zhang raises （筹集） money for the school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her free time.

Zhang gives most of her time {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （teach） the girl students.She gets up early in the morning and goes to bed late {#blank#}7{#/blank#} night every day.She also makes many strict school rules （规则）.She asks all the girls to get up at 5：20.And then she turns on （打开） {#blank#}8{#/blank#} lights in the classroom and watches them read.She tells {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （she） students to work hard.And she wants to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （that） girls have good lives because of education.

What a kind teacher she is!