In a far-away place, there was a village. The village was1in potatoes than anywhere else in the country. At the end of every growing season,2 potatoes were dug out of the ground, and readied for market. In each home, men and women would 3 divide the potatoes into three groups, large, medium and small.

    One year, there was a young man4 received his share of the potatoes. As the other villagers 5 , he walked around the village laughing and talking. 6 villagers thought he was lazy, and they worried that this man would never get 7 potatoes ready in time. When it was time for the villagers 8 to market, they were greatly surprised to find that the man's potatoes 9 perfectly into three groups.

    After 10 the man how he did it, they understood he was not lazy,  11very clever. He had put all his potatoes in a cart and pulled it along the village's rough dirt road. As the cart moved up and down over the road, the potatoes moved 12. The small potatoes moved to the bottom, the larger potatoes rose to the top and the medium potatoes rested 13 the middle.

    Life 14 like this too. The rough roads we travel along can also 15 us.

     When Rebecca was a middle school student, she was often bullied（欺凌）. At that time, she didn't want to tell others. However, she now thinks people who are bullied should talk about their 1.

    Rebecca says that many people who are bullied 2 in silence. She says that although she 3 heard a lot about bullying when she was in primary school, she never thought it would happen to her.

    Rebecca told us that the bullying began when she went to middle school. People started making fun of her for being a 4 student and knowing all the answers.

    She went on to say that every time she answered a question correctly in class, everyone would start shouting and saying that she was too 5 for them.

    She told us that by the end of the year, she was very 6 about the bullying and became ill. She began to hate school. But 7 she had a friend who could talk to, and they told their head teacher about her problem. She believes that talking to the teacher 8 her a lot. They found ways to deal with the problem, and the bullying finally 9 .

    Her 10 is, don't see yourself as the problem.Nobody should be bullied. But if you don't tell anyone what is going on, nobody will know that you need help.

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    “Save the whales!” That's what the picture on Jake Smith's bedroom wall said. Jake liked having a picture that said something important: that showed he cared. He just never expected to get a chance to save a real whale, one right in his own neighbourhood.

It was a Saturday morning when the newspaper first reported the whales' coming. A group of the animals were swimming close to the beach in Jake's hometown. All the local people rushed out to the beach to see them. They were expecting a beautiful show, better than a movie, but nothing they'd have to do anything about.

    Then one whale swam in the direction, directly towards land. It came in with the waves, and when the waves receded. Its huge body on the sand. Suddenly, Jake and his family and all the others were no longer sightseers. They had to become rescuers. A few people ran towards the animal. They pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water, but it was no use.

    An animal rescue service team soon arrived in a truck with heavy lifting machinery, to help move the animal. Jack and his family couldn't do much on the beach, so they went back to their house and made sandwiches and hot tea for the rescuers. At least, Jake thought, they could help in some way.

    Back at the beach, they offered the food to the rescuers and were happy to see that it was needed. It was getting dark. Some people lined up their cars along the beach and shined the headlights on the sand. The rescuers would not give up. After trying many times they were finally able to lift the whale into the water. Everyone cheered when it headed out to sea. It swam out about a mile and then disappeared for a moment under the sea. Then, in what looked like a jump of joy, it rose high above the water—a thank-you to those who had worked so hard to save his life.

    It may be hard to believe, but the American Revolution(革命)—the war that freed the American states from British control—began over a cup of tea. Tea was not the only thing that caused the war, of course, but it played a very big part.

    The British people's love of tea is well-known. When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s, they brought their tea- drinking habits with them. Tea quickly became the continents most popular drink. As tea could not be grown locally, just as in Britain, it was shipped into the country—mostly from India.

In the early 1700s, the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company, as an English trading company. They agreed that no other company was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain, including America. It was a great deal for the East India Company, since it meant that the company could decide whatever price it wanted for its products. And it always decided on a high price!

In North America, the local people did not like having to pay such high prices. Instead of overpaying for tea from the British, they turned to Dutch traders, who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good—and much less expensive. Although this broke the law, the American people didn't care. They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price.

The East India Company, however, didn't like this at all. By the 1760s, they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders—a huge amount of money in a time when ￡60 a year was considered a good income. Instead of reducing their prices to compete with the Dutch, the company asked the British government for help and the government agreed.

    In 1767, the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America. These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything. The American leaders asked the British government not to do so, but the British refused to listen. These unfair laws increased Americans' anger about British rule and the rest, as they say, is history.

Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.

    Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.

While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun's energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons – the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp's batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt Led light for two hours - enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.

The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity.

Christmas Singing Competition 2016

Entry Form （参赛表）

Competition Rules

Relatives of judges（评委）and organizers are not allowed to take part in the competition.

All singers must be between 13 and 19 years of age

Singers aged 17 or younger need the permission of a parent to take part (See Parent Permission below)

All singers must arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of the competition. Late comers will not be allowed to take part.

Prizes:

1^st Prize-$1000 (one prize only)

2^nd Prize-$250 (3 prizes)

3^rd Prize-$100 (5 prizes)

Winners will be decided according to the following:

Jellyfish and Crocodiles（水母和鳄鱼）

Hi, my name's Ben. My family, that's Mum, Dad and me, live in Broome in Western Australia. Western Australia is about 80 times larger than Italy, but only 1.5 million people live there.        It has a population of about 12,000. It's right on the coast and is known for its famous Cable Beach, which is 20km long.

    We live in the town in a house with a large garden.        We drive to Cable Beach and look for a quiet place to swim or to fish. We don't go swimming from October to March because there may be box jellyfish in the water. The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous jellyfish.        If you are attacked by one, the best thing to do is to pour vinegar（醋）over the area of your body where you are hurt. That's why we always take a bottle of vinegar with us.

            A year ago I went camping in the bush with my friend Bill and his dad. We wanted to do some fishing and set up camp about 20 metres from a river.        Bill's father told us to get up and we quickly got out of the tent and ran to the car, which was only 10 metres away.

    Bill's dad started the car and turned on the head. In the light, we could see a big crocodile pulling the tent into the river!

1）时间：2016年5月4日

2）地点：广东博物馆

3）内容：

七年级学生：当导游，带参观者到不同展馆

八年级学生：表演短剧，介绍广州历史

九年级学生：制作海报，帮助人们了解岭南文化

3）意义（活动对你个人和社会的意义）

注意：1）参考词汇：展馆（display room）、海报（poster）；

          2） 词数：80词左右（日记的开头已给出，不计入词数）；

      3） 不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。