I used to be an active girl. But two years ago, an English speaking competition held in my school changed me a lot.

      I stood on the stage(讲台) for the first time. I was so nervous that my brain(大脑) suddenly became empty. Not long after I began my speech, the hall turned noisy. It seemed that they were laughing at me. I knew I failed.

      From then on, I became quiet and always stayed alone. I didn't want to express my ideas in public, even in class. Every time I wanted to say something, I thought people would laugh at me. My friends couldn't understand me, and they left me, one by one.

One day, my science teacher asked us why trees in forests were much taller than those in the wild. "Ha, what a silly question!" I thought.

"There's not enough space in the woods for trees to expand their branches. Of course they have to grow taller than others. The trees in the wild needn't do that since there's enough space. " I said in a low voice.

To my surprise, the teacher said, "Yes, you're right. It is a competition. " My face turned red right now. I hadn't spoken for a long time, especially in public.

Then the teacher explained how tree s in forests had to grow taller to receive more sunlight. If not, they would die. This also happened in our society.

      What's more, the tree that doesn't live in a crowd is just like a person who has no friends in life.

      I raised my head slowly and found the teacher was looking at me. His eyes were as warm as sunshine. I realized that I must stand up and face the truth.

    It was Tom's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of presents from his family. His grandpa gave him a beautiful big drum(鼓). Of all the presents, Tom liked his drum best. He made terrible noise with it, but his mother didn't mind. His father was working in the daytime and Tom was in bed when he got home in the evening. So he didn't hear the noise. But one of his neighbors didn't like the noise. So one morning she took a knife and went to Tom's house when he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Tom, do you know there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it.”

Have you ever read the book，Dopey and Grumpy（《没头脑和不高兴》）？It tells the story of two kids. One often{#blank#}1{#/blank#}this and that，and the other often gets unhappy. They make many{#blank#}2{#/blank#}，and finally learn a lesson from them Ren Rongrong wrote the story in 1956. Later people made it into a cartoon film and it became{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Children liked talking about it in their free time. 

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Ren was"Dopey"in life，{#blank#}7{#/blank#}he was not"Grumpy"for work. He not only wrote stories，but also translated（翻译）children's books. He{#blank#}8{#/blank#}to work on children's literature（文学）. "This job is so fun. I am{#blank#}9{#/blank#}stories with children to make them interested in reading. If I have the chance to live again，I{#blank#}10{#/blank#}want to do it，" Ren said. "I hope Chinese children can read great works，just like other children around the world. "

Hello! I am Bob. I know Alice and Frank. They(他们) are my friends. I say good morning to them(他们). Alice has(有) a ruler. It's good. What color is it? It's white. Alice says to me, "Can you spell ‘white'?" I say, "Yes, W-H-I-T-E." Frank has a key. It is brown. Frank can say it in English. This is my pen and this is my ruler. My pen is blue and yellow. Oh! What color is my ruler? It's red. I can spell "red".

Albert Einstein is known as a great scientist. Many people c{#blank#}1{#/blank#} him a genius. But actually he is also a person with a great s{#blank#}2{#/blank#} of humor. He often made people laugh. He received many invitations to explain his theories. One day, he was invited to give a lecture at a university. However, he was so tired that he wanted to a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} doing that. But he didn't want to let his audience down. His driver, Hans, said he had learned the lecture by h{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Einstein trusted him and let him give the lecture i{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. It wasn't difficult for Hans to do it. He felt relaxed and gave the lecture successfully. In the end, they left the university pleasantly.