It was a very hot day in the middle of summer, and there were no trees along the street. Mr. Read closed his shop at half past four. His bike didn't work. So he went out into the street and began walking to the bus stop. He was very fat. The sun was high up in the sky, and soon Mr. Read felt very hot.

    A boy came out of another shop in the street and followed Mr. Read. He stayed very near him all the time, and he kicked Mr. Read's shoes some times. Mr. Read looked at him angrily each time.

    After the fourth time, Mr. Read stopped, turned around and said to the small boy, “What are you doing? Stop following me like that! You're going to hurt my feet.”

    “I'm sorry, but don't stop me, please!” the boy said. “It's very hot today and there aren't any trees in the street!”

    I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was hopeless, I didn't take an interest in anything. I thought that my whole world was dark.

    A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood right before me with his head down and said excitedly, "Look what I found!" in his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and dead. I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play. I didn't want to talk with him at all.

However, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and said in surprise, "It smells sweet and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it. Here, it's for you." The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must accept it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, "This is just what I want, thank you." Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.

    Tears came down my face as I thanked him for picking the best one. "You're welcome." he smiled, and then ran off to play. I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.

    Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been blind. In fact I never found there is always something beautiful around me in life. I decided to see the beauty of life, and enjoy every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

    Do you want to watch a film called The Bear? Please learn more about it and experience some sincere feelings.

    It tells us a story between two bears. A young bear loses his mother in a terrible accident, and he has to live by himself. He meets a lot of problems and lives a hard life.

    Another strong bear is run after by the hunters. They can't catch him but finally hurt him, so he can't move easily. When the young bear meets him, he wants to become his friend. At first, the strong bear doesn't like him but finally he is touched by the young bear's kindness. So he helps the young bear solve many problems like fighting with a cougar(美洲狮).

    There aren't any talking animals, but the film is funny for most kids. However, we wouldn't call it a children's film. From the exciting film about the two bears, a cougar and the hunters, we can know that the true meaning about life is that "The greatest thrill is not to kill but to let live."

    One morning, Emma discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was so excited about it for the first two days that she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement(安排). "Now our class is quieter," said Emma. "What's more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It's a better way to study."

    David liked it, too. "Group members first discuss, "he said, "and then show to the whole class. It encourages us greatly. "This was part of a reform (改革) at David's school. The school made this reform because they wanted to offer students easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. "Our school hopes to improve students' abilities to study by themselves and work in groups." said Linda, an English teacher.

However, the reform has demanded(要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give a lesson that would have been taught in 40 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively(有效地).

    "The reform demands more, but I'm sure it is helpful." added Linda.

Hi, boys and girls! Please look at this 1 . Do you know the 2 in the photo? 3 name is Mary Brown. She is from England. She is 4 English teacher. She likes to help us with 5 . We like her very much.

Miss Brown 6 China is great (伟大的). She likes China very much, 7 she can't speak Chinese. She 8 to study Chinese. She lets us help her and we are very 9 to do that.

What does she look 10 ? She has big eyes and long brown 11 . Look! She is 12 a yellow dress. Her favorite color is yellow. She 13 very nice in yellow. This is a red jacket. It's not 14 . I see it in my class this morning. It is new. Whose is it? Can you help me 15 the owner (主人)?

 On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica(南极洲). However, Byrd would1 to work at the base camp.

"I don't like leaving you here alone, " Pete Demas said. "I' ll be 2 , " Byrd replied. He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was enough food and fuel(燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure 3 would go wrong.

4 , something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for heat but the fumes(有毒气体) were not leaving the house. Slowly he was poisoned (中毒). When he finally came back to life, he made himself into his sleeping bag. Three days later, he 5 it was a Sunday. The men in the main camp would 6 his radio message. Byrd moved hard out of bed and made the call 7 . He didn't want the men to know how 8 he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.

By will-power alone, Byrd managed to stay alive. He was so 9 that he could hardly walk. But he forced himself to do the basics. He 10 food and made myself eat. He took 11 of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men 12 that something. was wrong. Most of the time, Byrd's messages made no sense.

 On August 11, Demas and two others reached the base camp. They could 13 recognize(认出) Byrd. He was very thin and looked terrible. Byrd greeted(问候) them and then 14 to the ground. The men had arrived in time. After two months of care, Byrd's good15 returned. He and his men worked together again.