There was a tree in my garden. One day，two birds came to the tree and built（搭建）a house for their 1 newborn（新生的） babies.
One morning，I was getting up when I2 the sound of the little birds. I ran out of my bedroom and found two babies eating food on the ground in the 3 . I thought they dropped off their house，4 I decided to help them get back to their house. At that time，the father bird and the mother bird came back. They brought some food for the bird 5 . They put it on the ground stay away from their third baby. To get the food，she had to fly to it. Although（虽然） she was 6 ，she was afraid of getting out of the house to eat it. To my surprise（惊讶），her parents just stood there and did 7 .
After about ten 8 ，the third baby bird didn't have any other choice. She slowly went to the border（边缘） of the house and began to 9 . She flew down from the house. 10 ，she landed safely on the ground and found the food.
These birds taught us a lesson：if we want our food，we will have to learn to fly by ourselves.
Mascots （吉祥物） of Hangzhou Asian Games
Three lovely friends come to Hangzhou Asian Games. Do you want to make friends with them？Let's know more about them.
The mascot Chenchen is blue in color. It stands for the Beijing—Hangzhou Grand Canal （京杭大运河）. Its color is a symbol of science and technology （科技）. Its name is from the Gongchen Bridge. It is good at ball games.
Congcong stands for Liangzhu City. Its name comes from jade cong （玉琮）. Its yellow color is the color of earth and harvests （丰收）. It is good at power projects （项目）.
Lianlian is green，the color of life and nature. During the Games，Lianlian will take us around West Lake，because it stands for West Lake. Its name comes from the lotus leaf （莲叶）. It does well in water sports.
| Hi，I'm Bob. I like listening to music when I'm free. My favorite song is Another World. I also like reading books and one of my favorites is Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling. I love going skating with my sister and sometimes I play tennis，too. |
| Hello，my name is Helen. In my free time，I draw and paint. Painting is a good way to show myself. Oil painting （油画） is my favorite. I paint flowers，trees and animals a lot. I want to be an oil painting artist when I'm older. |
| Hello，my name is Ben. Free time？I do a lot of activities and I like sports best. For example，I ride bicycle，play tennis with my brother and run around the park. Sometimes，I go swimming. I love reading，too. I usually read storybooks. |
| Hi，I'm Sally. My favorite activity is riding bikes. I moved to Cambridge a year ago. A lot of people ride bikes here. At first，I just rode around the city by myself. Then I found there was a good biking club. I joined it and ride with people in the club on Saturdays. |
Yan Mingyou is 94 years old，but he still works as a music teacher in Anhui Province.
Yan is from a small town of Anhui. He worked there as a rural （乡村的） music teacher for about 40 years. In 1990，he retired. But after he learned some rural schools were short of music teachers，he decided to go on teaching. To make his lessons more interesting，Yan started to learn to play the piano in 2006 when he was 77 years old. At the age of 80，Yan felt that he was too old to teach music. But the children wanted him to stay. "Students wanted me to teach music. So I decided to go on teaching. " Yan said.
He doesn't stop there. Yan also uses some of his money to help students in need. Liu Dandan is one of the students he helped. About ten years ago，Liu，then a student in Grade 5，had to stop schooling because her family didn't have enough money. When Yan heard about that he helped the girl. "I try my best to help children in need，" the old man said.
"I feel happy to teach music，" Yan said. "For children in rural schools，music is a way to help them make their dreams come true. "
You must hear about a typhoon，but how much do you know about it？
A typhoon is one of the worst rainstorms. Most happen in July，August and September.
How does a typhoon happen？When the sea water gets hot in the summer sun，it goes into the air. When the air gets warm enough，it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then cooler air around it goes in. After the air gets warmer，it starts to move quickly，making wind. The wind goes in circles and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets，the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second，a typhoon begins.
What to do when a typhoon hits？
•Stay indoors. Close all the windows and stay away from them.
•Try to bring all of your things indoors. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
•Listen to the radio or watch TV for important news.
a. The air gets warmer.
b. The sun makes sea water hot.
c. The wind moves fast enough，a typhoon starts.
d. The air moves quickly，making wind.
We have to study and work every day，so if we don't have a strong body，we will do badly in them. Some people don't know how to keep healthy.
First，eat healthily. We must eat enough food and the food must be clean. Don't eat too much or too little and eat different kinds of food，such as bread，meat，fish，eggs，milk，fruit and vegetables. Meat，fish，eggs and milk help our bones（骨头） grow. Fruit and vegetables give us vitamins（维生素）.
Second，do more exercise. And it is easy to get sick if we are too fat. Doing sports every day can help build ourselves up.
Last， Never feel sad or worry about anything. And remember that keeping a good mood（情绪） is a good way to keep healthy，too.
A. eat less junk food.
B. keep happy all the time.
C. Here is some helpful advice.
D. So don't just eat your favorite food.
E. Bread helps us work and gives us energy.
F. We must stay away from smoking and drinking.
G. If we eat much food but do little sports，we will become fat.
