John worked in an office in a small town. One day his boss1him, "John, I want you to go to London, and to2Mr. Black. Here's the address. His office is near the station. "
John went to London3train. He left the station and thought, "The office isn't 4the station. I'll find it5. "
But after an hour he was still looking for it, so he stopped and asked an old woman. She said, "Just go along this street, and turn left6the end, and it's the 7building on the right. " John went and found it.
8days later, John went to the same city,9again he couldn't find the office, so he asked someone the way. It was10old woman! She was very surprised and said, "Are you still looking for that place?"
Davy wants to join the pet (宠物) club of his school, but he doesn't have a pet. What can he take to the club? It isn't easy for him to find a pet. One day, he sees a caterpillar (毛毛虫) in front of the classroom. It's small and green. Davy loves the caterpillar very much. "I will call you Caty，" says Davy. Davy takes his caterpillar to the pet club. Some children are talking about their pets.
"My dog can swim," says Bob.
"My cat can dance," says Jane.
"My bird (鸟) can sing with me," says Ray.
"My caterpillar can walk," says Davy.
But he can't find Caty. He looks for it everywhere. Where does Caty go? Davy doesn't look very happy. One day, he plays with his friends in the school. A butterfly (蝴蝶) stands on his head. Oh, it is Caty and it is back. It's now a butterfly.
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Do you have healthy habits？ |
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Mary White |
Yeah! I think my habits are very healthy. Every day, I get up early and go to bed early. Every morning I eat breakfast and eat well. I eat fruit and vegetables every day. And every day I play tennis for two hours with my friends. |
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Alan Green |
No, I don't. I get up late so I have no time to eat breakfast. For lunch, I usually eat lots of hamburgers. I know they are not good for me but I like them. I never play sports. In the evening, after I finish my homework, I usually play computer games. I go to bed late, at about eleven o'clock. |
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Helen Brown |
Yes. My habits are very good. I never eat unhealthy (不健康的) food. Ice cream tastes good but I never eat it. Every day I get up at six o'clock and go to bed at eight thirty. I eat well and play sports every day. I run with my father in the morning. So I'm very healthy. |
Do you know the Chinese papercut (剪纸)? Many people are interested in it. Here I'm glad to tell you something about it.
The Chinese papercut has a long history of around 2，000 years. You can see it in many places of China. Many people like it. People in the north of China are very good at making papercuts. They make them in different shapes, like birds, animals and flowers.
Chinese papercuts are very beautiful. People usually put them on doors and windows when they celebrate festivals like the Spring Festival (春节). More and more young people like making papercuts now. They hope they can do better than their parents or grandparents.
Ma Wanqing, 13, is a Junior I at Chengdu No.3 Middle School. By looking at this kid, you would never think he's a scientist.
He got patents（专利）this month for two inventions（发明）：a feet-washing machine and an easy trash can（垃圾桶）.
The feet-washing machine looks like a toy, but it really works." Just hit the button, and that's all it takes: the machine washes and dries your feet for you," said Wu Di at Chengdu Zhongya Patent Office.
It's something his mum makes him do every day.
He drew many pictures, and he made many changes to his first ideas. After lots of thinking and hard work, he is finally finished.
"It's all because I'm too lazy, "he tells them.
But his mother, Wang Xiao lin, thinks differently." He's hard-working. "
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A. It took Ma a year to make the machine. B. Ma invented the machine because he hates washing his feet. C. Now, lots of other kids want to know how Ma gets such great ideas. D. It's very easy to use the trash can. E. When he gets an idea, he works very carefully and doesn't give up. F. But in fact Ma is a young scientist. |
How can we lessen(减少) traffic accidents? All of us m obey(遵守) the traffic rules. For the d , they shouldn't drive too fast. If they drive too fast, it will be very d to stop the cars in a very short time. For the pedestrians(行人), it's very important to be careful when they are w on the road. Therefore, when we walk a the road, we must try to walk along the pavements. We must stop and look both ways b crossing the road. Look left first, next look right, then look left again. O when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The r way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It's not safe to run. If people run across the road, they may fall down. We teens should try to h children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and n play in the street.
