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—Once a month.

    A young man was a thief. He stole(盗窃) something valuable1a rich man. Some policemen2him and put him into prison. Before he went into prison, he wanted to have a talk with his3.

    His mother went to the police station to visit her son. He said to his mother, I have something to4you, Mum. Bring your5near me. When she did that, he nearly bit off her ear. The policemen were6and they asked him7he did that.

    "I did that because I wanted to punish her," he said. "When I was young, I began stealing small things. I brought them home to her. She never punished8. She always laughed and said, 'You are so lucky. Nobody9you steal them.' It is because of her that I am here today."

    10are the first teacher for children. They must teach their children how to tell right from wrong.

    Many of us buy things from vending machines(自动售货机). Most machines sell food and drinks. But this one is special. It sells novels.

    You can see the special vending machines in France. You can find them easily in many places such as airports, train stations and shopping malls.

    The vending machines sell lots of novels. The novels are not the same. Some are long and some are short.

    It's easy to get a novel from the vending machines. First, you need to choose your reading time: 1 minute, 3 minutes or 5 minutes. Then, a piece of paper will come out of the vending machines. Finally, take away the paper and it is the novel you want.

    Lots of young people like the special vending machines. They say the novels from the vending machines can help them pass the time. They don't want to use their mobile phones to read novels. They prefer to read novels on paper.

Dear parents,

    The school is planning a school trip for Grade 8 students. We decide to have an exciting activity in the mountains and the village there. Eleven teachers must be there to take care of the children. So don't worry. The kids try to enjoy themselves together. Parents need to pay $15 for the trip. Let us know if you want your children to go before 29th, January.

    Important information: Parents should send and pick up the children at school.

    Date: Sunday, 31st, January.

    Time: 8: 30 am-5: 30 pm

    Lunch: Free.

    Things needed: A water cup and an umbrella.

    Make sure that the children wear comfortable clothes and sports shoes.

    If you have any questions, call us at 210-7528 for more information.

    Children whose diet includes fish at least once a week are found to have better sleep and higher IQ scores, on average than children who seldom or never eat fish.

    Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania did the study on 541 children aged between 9 and 11 years old.

    The children, consisting of 54 percent boys and 46 percent girls, were surveyed about how often they ate fish in the past month, while their parents were asked about the children's sleeping quality during night and day time.

    The boys and girls were also given IQ tests to examine their verbal(口语的) and non-verbal skill such as vocabulary.

    The researchers found that children who ate fish weekly was 4.8 points higher on IQ exams than those who "seldom "or "never" ate fish.

    Moziah Bridges was born in 2002 in the USA. He is very young, but he is a successful businessman. He has a company which sells bow ties(领结).

Moziah Bridges always believes in his born sense of fashion. He has made full use of it—by creating his own bow tie company.

    When he was 9, he and his grandmother started making bow ties for him to wear. Some of his friends liked his bow ties and want to buy them. Later Bridges started to sell them under the name of "Mo's Bows".

    His business got better and better. He also tried some different ways to make his business more successful. For example, he even took part in a reality show to get help.

    Bridges company is now worth about 1.5 million dollars. Several months ago, he signed a deal with the NBA to make bow ties with NBA team logos(标志)on them. "My dream is to be a famous person all over the world," Bridges said.

Do you often see ants? If the weather is warm, you may see them under the stones. If it is cold, many ants will be in their house under the ground.

Most of the ants are workers. They have lots of work to do. They look for food and take care of the young ants. Each family of ants has a queen ant. The queen doesn't work at all. She is important because she lays eggs. These eggs will become new ants.

There are many kinds of ants in America. One kind of these is very strong. They can kill and eat elephants. They move in groups. They eat all the animals they meet while moving on their way. When these ants come near, people leave their homes.

    One day Mozart saw        old blind street performer(卖艺人)       (play)the violin in the street corner with a hat in front of him. He        (find)out the old man was playing one of his compositions(曲目). The old man played for some time but nobody put       (some)money in his hat.

    Mozart asked the old man, "Do you often play compositions of Mozart's?" "Yes," answered the old man, "Now, everybody knows Mozart and likes his music." "Do you make a living by playing the violin?" Mozart asked. The old man said he       (do). And then Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began       (play).

    He played so well that all the passers-by(过路人) stopped       (listen) to the wonderful music. The old man felt very surprised that the man could play so       (good). He asked Mozart, "Who are you, sir?" "Your colleague(同事), a poor       (music )like you." Then Mozart gave the violin        the old man and went away.

Let's do exercise together

    It's very important for us ...