Grandma called me, "Would you please go to the store for me? I'm ready to make cakes, but there aren't enough eggs. Take 5 dollars from my little change 1 ." I found Grandma's wallet and put the bank note in my pocket.
I was soon in the little corner store. "Mr. Jenkins." I said, "Grandma needs some eggs." Mr. Jenkins set a dozen of eggs on the counter. His eyes shone, and he 2 at me "And what else do you need?" I knew what he meant. I was always allowed to some candy when I came to the store with grandma. "How much change do I have?" I asked. "3.7 dollars." Mr. Jenkins replied. I thought for a while. I was sure Grandma wouldn't 3 if I spent 50 cents. The 4 I looked at the candy, the more certain I became that I needed the candy as a reward for coming to the store alone. And I did so.
"Thank you." Grandma said when I put the eggs on the table. "Did you put the change back in my wallet?" "Yes. Grandma. " I replied, hurrying out to the yard. "I hadn't really lied to Grandma," I argued with myself. "I did 5 all the change I had."
But I had spent 50 cents without Grandma's permission（允许）. I knew I had lied to Grandma, and I was 6 about it. Grandma loved me so much that I couldn't bear to keep anything from her.
7 Grandma took the hot cakes from the oven, I told her about the candy. She 8 when I finished my story. "I know just 9 you feel," she said. "We all feel like that when we've done 10 cheating. I'm glad you told me about that, and of course I'll forgive you." Suddenly I felt as though a big stone was gone from my stomach.
Few words are spoken more often every day on the streets of Britain than "I'm sorry." This phrase has become such a common response（反应）that it has taken on a lot of meanings.
Saying "Sorry" means to apologize（道歉）. This is simple and easy to understand. We learn it both as a native speaker and as a student of foreign languages.
But in Britain, it takes on another meaning. It is a cultural expression. Imagine this: a man walks down the street, looking down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, towards the man. She sees him, but she can't get out of the way in time. The man knocks into the woman. Who should say sorry? Naturally, the man should say sorry because it was he who wasn't looking where he was going. Yet in Britain, it is common for both to apologize.
It is known that British people, like most people, do not enjoy fight. So to quickly calm the situation, British people will apologize to each other.
Other times it may sound funny to hear "sorry". Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter, "Sorry, but can I order another drink?" It is not to apologize, but just to express that we need the waiter. In Britain, sorry doesn't always mean exactly what you think.
Every night in Jinan University in Guangzhou, a group of students plays diabolo（空竹）as a crowd watches on in amazement.
Chen Zhelun, 25, a Malaysian-Chinese started the diabolo club, which helps to increase the popularity of this traditional Chinese game. He is one of many student： expressing their interest in the country's cultural heritage（遗产）by starting clubs.
The diabolo, which came from China, is popular among Chinese living in Malaysia "We played diabolo from primary school. I thought I could find someone to play with in China, but only a few students knew about it. So I started a club to develop it," says Chen.
To Chen's surprise, the old game has interested a huge crowd—more than 1,000 students have joined the club.
"It keeps your body strong and it's fun," says Chen.
But some prefer quieter activities. Every weekend, one classroom in Shenzhen University is always crowded, but it's unusually silent. The members of Lanting Calligraphy Club are writing Chinese characters（汉字）with traditional brushes.
Fan Dongling, 21, a student in Shenzhen University, says it's a shame that young people no longer enjoy the beauty of Chinese characters.
Although her club is quiet, Fan says it keeps members healthy, mentally（精神上）and physically. "Some students think traditional things are outdated. They like celebrating Western festivals like Christmas or Valentine's Day, but they seldom pay attention to traditional ones," says Kong Yanquan, 21, a student in Guangxi University.
As head of the traditional Chinese local operas club, Kong plans to put something modern into traditional culture to get students to join his club.
"I think it's everyone's duty to save and develop China's traditional culture among young people, he says.
Dear Ms. Roberts,
I am writing to let you know that I ran over your dog on Friday afternoon.
The accident happened at the crossing of Ocean Drive and Bridge Street, directly in front of the RSL Club.
On that Friday, one of my students had suddenly fallen ill. I telephoned her doctor and described the situation, and he suggested that she should be brought to the hospital right away. He believed that the student's leg had been broken and explained to me the seriousness of the situation. I had to get her to the hospital quickly.
During the trip I passed by your house. Suddenly your dog ran out into the road and into the front of my car. I stopped the car and ran around looking for the dog but it had run away. I knocked on your door but I could see that no one was home. I could not see where the dog had gone, and with my student so ill I had no choice but to leave the scene（现场）and drive on.
You must allow me to pay for his medical care. I would be thankful if you could make a list of all costs resulting from this accident. I plan to visit and offer my apologies（歉意）in person.
Again, I truly regret the harm caused by this accident and send my best wishes to little Snowy.
Yours,
Anthony Drake
During the 1980s, artist Wilder created a song in about 30 minutes. That song, Break My Stride, has been played in films and TV shows over the years and turned him into a one-hit wonder.
Now, nearly forty years later, the song is being listened to by people who weren't even born when it was created, thanks to its popularity on the social media（社交媒体）TikTok.
On TikTok, users usually share very short, usually 15-second, videos of themselves dancing, singing or doing something funny, most often set to music. Break My Stride became popular on TikTok earlier this year and has been used in over 800,000 videos. School students have posted videos of themselves dancing to the song. The pop song has the magic to make people feel like dancing. In one TikTok video that was liked 3.5 million times, the creator took a video of his mom sleeping and then photoshopped her into different backgrounds related to the words of the song, such as traveling across the sea to China in the row boat.
"Now with the coming of TikTok, it's like having a hit record all over again with a whole new generation（一代人）," Wilder, 67, told CNN. Break My Stride recently has been on Apple Music's Top 100 songs in over 20 countries.
Break My Stride isn't alone. A number of other artists have seen their songs become popular on TikTok. The success of Lil Nas X's Old Town Road depends heavily on its popularity on TikTok, where the song has been used in 7.5 million videos. The song finished 2019 in the UK as "Song of the Year".
The success of these songs, both old and new, highlights the influence that social media have on arts and culture. TikTok is changing how musicians create and publicize their work.
Rainforests are very large, they can be found close to the equator（赤道）, in South East Asia, West Africa and Central and South America. They have very high temperatures and it rains all year round. In a year it can rain as much as 260 cm!
The rainforest is divided into three layers（层）. The canopy（树冠）is the top layer of the trees where most of the animals live. These trees can be more than 30 meters high and it is the noisiest layer of the rainforest. The middle layer is under the canopy and has some shorter trees. The third layer is the forest floor. It has very little sunlight and is the quietest layer of the rainforest. It can take ten minutes for a falling raindrop to travel from a rainforest's thick canopy to the floor.
Rainforests help to protect the Earth's climate（气候）because they take in CO2, a greenhouse gas from the air, and give out O2. Many things we need such as medicines and food come from the rainforests, too.
Unluckily, these rainforests are disappearing. Every second an area the size of a football field is either cut down for wood, to make furniture（家具）, to build houses or to be cleared for farming animals. Action needs to be taken to protect the rainforests now!
A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her beautiful hair clip（发卡）. When she wore it, she looked much （pretty）than before. She decided to wear it to school.
On her way to school, she found that everyone who （see）her smiled at her. Most of her （schoolmate）said hello to her, and this was the （one）time they did so. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought （she）them.
In the evening she went back home （happy）, her mother asked her, "Did you know you （drop）your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning".
She understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.
It is not important we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think ourselves.
提示：①What should we do at school?
②How to protect ourselves when we surf the Internet?
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要求：①短文须包括提示中的两个要点和一个补充要点，可适当发挥。
②短文中不要出现真实的地名、校名和人名。
③词数80个左右。（开头已给出，不计入总词数）
参考词汇：fight, communicate, information, alone
Protect ourselves, cherish our lives
Life is only once for everybody. It's important to cherish our lives. As students, what should we do?
