William is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a1student when he was young.He was often late for2and didn᾽t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn᾽t understand much, 3he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher4the students a question, "When Jack was ten years old, 5 brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and 6 is his brother Bob?" William said, "That᾽s easy. Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty."
Another time, the 7 in a science class asked," When it thunders,8do we always see the light before we9the sound?"
"But,Miss," said William quickly, "don᾽t you10our eyes are in front of our ears?"
I am Matt.I had to keep a secret in my mind for a long time. There are two football teams in our town. My family were all Boxton Town fans, but I liked a different team—Boxton Rovers. It was very hard to be different. I had to be very good at pretending( 假 装 )when the two teams played each other. I couldn᾽t cheer when my team scored. I had to go to the bathroom and celebrated there. I couldn᾽t be sad when the other team scored. I could only have my team᾽s posters on my bedroom wall when I was alone. I had to have a secret wardrobe( 衣 橱 ) too. I hid my favourite team᾽s clothes behind the other team᾽s. Birthdays are terrible, too. I always got football gifts for the wrong team.
But then my life changed.A rich businessman bought both football clubs in my town and made one big team—Boxton United. Now I can relax and enjoy all the matches with my family. I get to the bathroom a lot less now.
