A

    Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.

    There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money. Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.

    The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus."

    The ticket lady told him the price.

    The man's wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?"

    The ticket lady again told him the price.

    The man obviously didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?

    Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this."

    The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad's eyes, and in tears replied. "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family."

B

    Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's expensive gold wrapping (包装 ) paper. Money was always not enough, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted ( 贴) the gold paper to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.

    The next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

    As he opened the box, the father was sorry for his earlier behavior.

    But after he opened it, he found it was empty and again he was angry. "Don't you know, young lady," he said, "when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package!"

    The little girl looked up at him with tears running from her eyes and said, "Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."

    When the father heard this, he fell on his knees and put his arm around his dear little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

    An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the year of his life. Whenever he was sad or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

    In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God. This is the most expensive possession (财产) anyone could hold.

C

    "Tom? Are you in bed yet?" called Mrs. White. There was no answer. Mrs. White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room. Tom was sitting in front of a bright computer screen on which a motorbike was running fast.

    "Oh, Tom. You're still playing on that computer game. You must stop now, because it's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow." Said Mrs. White.

    "But I've nearly won the game." Tom said to Mrs. White. She could see the excitement on his face. She sat beside him.

    "You're always playing on the computer. You spend more time on this machine than on your homework."  

    Today more and more families have computers. Parents hope computers can help their children improve their study at school. But many of their children use computers to play games, listen to songs and watch videos instead of studying. We often see that computer net bars are crowded with people, especially young boys. They spend a lot of money competing with the computerized machines. The more they lose, the more they want to win. The result is that they don't want to work or study.

    In some countries, even scientists hate computers. They say computers cause millions of people to lose their jobs or cause them a lot of trouble. Computer game addiction(瘾) is a serious problem in social life. Something should have to be done to solve the problem.

①Betty has a six-year-old daughter. She wants her to be a musician when she grows up, so she is looking for a famous music school for her.       

②Sara's son is 10 years old. He is interested in water sports. He said that he hoped to be a sailor in the future.       

③Alice learned to dance when she was young. Now she is a successful dancer. She wants her little daughter to follow her steps.       

④Mary is always worried about her daughter, who is poor at math and English at school, so she is looking for a training centre to help her daughter.       

⑤Gina has a son who is a football fan. He knows about almost all the well-known football players. He wishes to be a football star.       

A. Aqualility   

     Making water safe and fun. Swimming lessons are for all ages from birth. Small groups are in warm pools in Reigate on Monday & Friday afternoons.

Call 07914 688 826

B. Manor House

     A small and friendly school for girls 2—16 offers a modern and caring environment. Bring your daughter and come and see why our girls are so happy and do so well.

Call 01372 45768

C. Little Kickers

     Why do we get a kick out of every class? It's fun. The children have fun learning new skills. So if you want your kid to be a football star or just to be happier, why not come and have a ball with us?

Call 01753 83109

D. Monkey Music  

     Since 1993 thousands of children across the UK have grown up with Monkey Music. Our wonderful teaching program introduces music to young children in a way they can easily understand and enjoy.

Call 0193 82866

E. Kip McGrath

     Do you want your child to succeed at school? We have very good Math and English teachers. We are for children aged 6—16.

Call 01483 303233

F. Farnham Dance

     New ballet(芭蕾) classes at the St. John's Centre, 19 Tilford Rd, Farnham GU9 8DJ.

Tuesday afternoons, 10 week terms

Call 01252 727347

    There is an old English saying, "Laughter is the best medicine." One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins.

    Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years. He also 1 and spoke about world peace and anti-war issues(反战议题), traveling to many different countries to share his 2.

    In the 1960s, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe. Mr. Cousins got 3. He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones(骨头).

    In less than a week after he got back, he could not 4 it. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to 5 at night. The doctor told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure (治疗)his problem and he might never 6 the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope.

    Mr. Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by 7 thoughts. He did not want to take 8 to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.

    He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of 9 laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.

    Deciding that the 10 could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could 11 his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins 12 in the hotel room watching comedy shows on television, reading amusing books, and sleeping whenever he felt 13. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for 14.

    After a few months, Mr. Cousins was 15 to carry on his work. He had laughed himself back to health.

    Strange things happened in Tangshan.        three days, water in the wells kept        (rise) and falling.        (smell) gas came out from the cracks of wells. Animals became        (nerve). There were other signs of an earthquake but the people thought little of these events. At 3: 42 a. m., everything began to shake. The world seemed        (be) at an end. One-third of the nation felt the        (great) earthquake. In fifteen seconds the city lay ruins. Two-thirds of the people died or        (injure). Thousands of families were killed and many children were left        parents. Then later that afternoon,        big quake shook Tangshan. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.        all hope was not lost. Soldiers came to help the rescue work. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

    As a student, my school life is boring. Every day I have to do the same things, such as having lessons, taking exams and doing exercises. But my hobby is playing basketball and I always play basketball whenever I'm free. I always forget to finish my homework and I am not doing as well as others. My parents are angry with me and I am worried about my study. What can I do? Should I stop playing basketball?

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Hi Allan,

    I know you feel bored with the school life and you spend all your free time playing basketball.……

Yours,

Lin Hai