After breakfast Mrs. Beckman started packing（打包）the bags. She bought the tickets to London. Her husband works there. She and her children are going to fly there to see him. Thomas and Katy can't help her and she told them to play outside.

    "It often rains in London in autumn," the woman said to herself, " I'd better take the umbrellas. So I won't buy any when it rains there."

Suddenly(突然), she heard Thomas crying and ran out at once. She asked, " What's the matter?"

    "Katy pulled(揪)my hair," the boy said in tears(眼泪汪汪地).

    "Don't be angry," said the woman. "She's too young. She doesn't know pulling hair hurts(疼痛)"

    And then she went to the house again. After a short time there was more crying. She had to come out to see what the matter was.

This time Thomas said, "Now she knows."

    Mrs. Smith is Jim's mother. She loves her family very much. She often buys food, fruit and clothes for Jim and his father. Now many clothes are on sale at good prices.

    Mrs. Smith comes to the store and she wants to buy some clothes. It has sweaters in all colors for ￥15 each (每件）and sports shoes for only ￥28. Mrs. Smith likes the red sweater and she buys one for herself. She buys a pair of sports shoes for her son. The T-shirts in the store are just ￥18! She buys a white one for Mr. Smith. And that's not all. The socks, in all colors, are ￥2 each. She buys five pairs.

Li Wen is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}15 -year-old boy from the countryside. When he was a little boy, he seldom cause any problems. However, things began to change a few years ago. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs and his grandparents came to take care of him. But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

Li Wen's unhappiness {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to influence his schoolwork. He became less {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wen's parents made the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to send him to a boarding school. However, Li Wen was shy and not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to make friends quickly. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher {#blank#}6{#/blank#} him and she called his parents to come here." It was exactly what I needed," he said. After that, Li Wen's parents had much more {#blank#}7{#/blank#} with their son than they used to." I'm much {#blank#}8{#/blank#} now and I work even harder than I used to." said Li Wei.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our fashion show (时装秀). I am Millie from Class, Grade 7. Today we are going to show you different styles of clothes. 

Look at me. I am wearing sports clothes and a pair of trainers. Trainers are light and comfortable and are popular among young people. 

Here comes Simon. He is wearing a purple shirt and a pair of gray trousers. His red and gray tie (领带) matches his clothes. He looks smart. 

Now Amy and Daniel are coming. They look cool! Amy is wearing a yellow cotton blouse and a blue scarf. Daniel is wearing a blue T-shirt. Both of them are wearing blue jeans (牛仔裤). Young people really like jeans！

Look! Here comes Sandy. She is wearing a red silk blouse, a black wool skirt and a pair of red boots. She looks modern and beautiful! 

……

That's all for today's show. Thanks for coming.

Do you like walking? Wendy, a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (13 岁的) girl likes walking very much. Why does Wendy like walking? That's because she thinks it is relaxing, and it is also good for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (she) health."It's about 4 {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (千米) from my home to school. So it is not very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (远). I get up at 6:00 every morning. After {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (have) breakfast, I walk to school. I can enjoy the beautiful scenery(风景) on the way. I feel very happy. I can also think about what to do or how to do the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (thing) at school on the way,"says Wendy."My father buys a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (新的) car and he wants to take {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (I) to school every morning.But I want {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (exercise) more and I hope my father can exercise, too. Now he often {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (骑) a bike to work. After dinner, my father, my mother and I often take a walk in the park near our house. I have a happy family.

This is my second day in the new school in the new country. 

There will be no lessons today because we are going to somewhere by train. On the train, the students know each other, but they don't know me and I don't know them. I can't understand them when they speak, and I can't speak to them. I don't know their language at all. 

Suddenly, the girl who sits next to me smiles and points to herself. "Anna, " she says. She points to me, "Farah!"I nod and say, "Farah. " Then I look across the field, aimlessly. 

We stop at a place with many apple trees. I find out we are to pick the fruit. Our teacher tells each student to pick one apple. 

When I am wandering around, I find a tree, shorter than the others. It is small and alone, like me. A few hard green apples in its branches. I twist one off and it fits perfectly in my hand. 

After a while, we all pick our apples and run to a little crooked house at the bottom of the hill. They have a machine that chop(切碎) the apples there. 

One by one we put our apples into the machine. I will be last to put my small green one. Then the students begin to push on the handle. It must be very hard. 

I hang back, not sure if I should be with the others. But I am strong. I can help. So, I take a step towards them. At this time, Ann a waves to me to come beside her. A boy quickly makes a place for me between them. It is hard, but we are working together and we can do it. I am pleased. 

The juice drips down. And we all taste it. I do think I taste my special apple. 

On the way back to school, Ann a sits next to me again on the train. There is a boy on my other side, smiling at me. Jim pats his stomach, and a belch(打嗝声) jumps from his throat. Everyone laughs. I do too. 

Laughs sound the same as at home. So do belches and lots of things. It is the words that are strange. But soon I will know their words. I will blend with the others the way my apple blended with the apple juice. 

I take a deep breath and try to learn their language, saying "App-ell". Anna claps. I smile. It is my first outside-myself word. There will be more.