In a small room, Jenny was lying in bed waiting for an operation (手术), nervous and worried. To her surprise, a new patient was sent into the room. After a kind greeting (打招呼), they began to talk. The 80-year-old newcomer was named Susan. She had two children. Her son was boss of a big company and her daughter worked in a TV station. As her children were too busy to take care of Susan, she lived in an old people's home. Susan was proud of her children who had wonderful jobs and made a lot of money. Jenny really envied (羡慕)Susan. Compared with Susan, Jenny was nothing but an ordinary (普通的) woman from the countryside. Her children were just ordinary workers.

Soon, it was supper time, Jenny's daughter cooked several dishes which were her favorite. Jenny invited Susan to share her supper, but she did not accept the invitation. Susan was expecting her daughter when she received a call. Unfortunately (不幸), her children couldn't come to visit her. Worse still, Susan had missed the mealtime in the hospital. She lay in bed, disappointed and silent. Jenny's daughter offered to buy her some food but she had no appetite (食欲) at all.

The next day, Jenny and Susan would go through a series of regular medical checks (一连串的常规检查) before the operation. Jenny's daughter took care of her carefully while Susan was still alone. Out of sympathy (出于同情), Jenny's daughter helped to queue up (排队), fill in different forms and register (挂号) for Susan. For several days in hospital, even during her operation, Susan's children didn't come. Susan really envied Jenny as her daughter looked after her all the time until she recovered and moved out of hospital.

Care from the loved ones can really make one happy and encouraged, especially for old parents. So don't forget to look after your parents even while you are busy working.

Lisa works in the dining hall of a primary school．Her job is to serve breakfast and lunch to teachers and 1 ．

Because Lisa has a hearing problem, the students weren't able to2 with her effectively(有效地)．They just pointed to the 3 they wanted． This year, however, things have changed a lot．It all started with Betty, a new teacher at the school．

Betty has learned sign language(手语) 4 three years． One day, she started a conversation in sign language with Lisa in the dining hall．The students there stopped eating and 5 the sign language conversation with interest．

The next day, Betty asked 6 students, "Would you like to learn how to 7 your hands to ‘talk' to Lisa？" Everyone in the class said yes．She then began teaching the students some 8 ways to say hello and how to order food．

The head teacher of the school heard about this．9 he decided that the whole school should learn some sign language．Now, all the people at the school are learning sign language 10 ． And Lisa is feeling so loved at work!

Four must-see places

提示：1.遇到困难时，自我减压（如：相信自己、参加课外活动、读书、听音乐等）；

2.寻求他人（如：父母、老师、朋友等）帮助；

3.你对困难的看法。

参考词汇：overcome 克服 bravely 勇敢地 give in 屈服

要求：1.短文必须包括所给提示中1-3项的内容，可展开思路，适当发挥；

2.短文中不能出现真实姓名、校名和其他真实信息；

3.字数100词左右。

……

Betty has a new jacket. She likes it because there are different letters(有不同的字母) on it and they are in different colors.

The first letter is D. It's blue — the color of the sky(天空). The letter R is yellow. It's a beautiful color — the color of the sunflower(向日葵). The letter E is red. It's the color of the apple. The letter A is purple(紫色的). It's Betty's favorite color. Look! Her cap is purple, too! What color is the letter M? It's green. Betty's sister, Rita, likes the color best.

The new jacket is very beautiful. Betty likes to wear it to school.

1. 表示安慰；

2. 分享你相似的经历；

3. 你解决的方法及结果。

要求：

1. 至少 80词，开头已给出，不计入总词数内；

2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；

3. 可适当增加细节，使条理清楚、行文连贯；

4. 标点正确，书面整洁。

参考词汇: 结果 result 平衡 balance 娱乐 entertainment

Dear David, 

Best wishes, 

 Li Hua