Today is June 4th it's 1 fine day. It is Betty's birthday. She comes 2 and sees a new red box on her bed. She opens 3. There is nothing but a piece of paper 4 it! Betty takes it out and 5: “Dear Betty. I'm your present(礼物). Come and 6 me in the front room.” Betty runs 7 front room. She finds her parents there. They look at her happily. She looks round and sees her present — a nice 8 bike. “Happy birthday. Betty.” Her parents both 9. Betty is very happy and says: “10 very much.”

    Hello! Look here! There's 1 apple tree behind Dick's house. Dick is near the tree. There are some apples 2 the tree. Dick is looking 3the apples. They are big and red. Dick is hungry. He wants to 4 an apple. Dick isn't tall. He is short. He can't reach(够到) the apples. He puts a 5 under the tree. Can he reach the apples on the box now?6, he can't. He is too7. Here comes Paul. He is Dick's brother. “Hello, Dick,8 do you want to do?”

     “Please help9, Paul. I can't 10 the apples.”

     “Here you are, Dick. One is for you, and one is for me!”

     “Thank you, Paul.”

    For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.

    His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great 1 in speaking. At age 2, his family's house burned down. Pineda was hurt  2, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he3years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤儿院).

    Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his4with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18, 5the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.

    A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to6for Pineda's tickets to and from El Salvador.

    When he was in the hospital, Pineda began7music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音乐专辑).Soon with the help of a musician, "The Sound of Gratitude(感激)" was born. On October 15^th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to8his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far,

    It was 9that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艰难). "We have a 10 in El Salvador, 'Suffer(受难）first, then enjoy.' I guess that's what's happening. " he said.

    I like eating rice, noodles, strawberries, ice-cream, hamburgers and so on. But my favorite 1 is dumplings. Every Sunday, my mother 2 many dumplings for me. If she has 3 time, I'll go to the supermarket to 4 some. Dumplings look 5 white boats. They are very delicious. 6 my birthday every year, I usually help my mother make a lot of dumplings. Do you 7 the reason？Because I often ask some friends to 8 them with me. There are different kinds of 9 and meat in them. My friends 10 like to eat them very much. We have a good time on my birthday.