—It was very kind of him．

  —But we were not ready for that at that time．

  —She shouldn't do that so much．

  —But the doctors are very tired．

  —About 7000 yuan．

  —Not yet．What can we do now?

  —We seldom believe him．

  —What a busy girl!

  —I still      my teachers from high school．

  —You d better      your promise．

  —They feel very happy!

  —You should relax yourself．

  —Yeah．You'd better not  ______ your coat when you are in the classroom．

    On Thursday，Richard arrived at school with a big smile on his face．“Why are you so 1 ?”asked David．“Tonight my dad is going to bring home my new dog，”answered Richard．“What are you going to 2 it?”asked David．“I don't know yet，”answered Richard．

    All day long，Richard 3 about dog's names．During the math lesson，he thought about the name  “Zero”．During the English lesson．he thought about the names“Mary” and “Jim”．At the 4 of the day，he still did not know what to name his dog．So he was really 5 ．

    As soon as school was over，Richard ran 6 ．When he opened the door，a little ball came running toward Richard．Richard 7the little dog．He held the dog close to his 8 immediately，Richard sneezed(打喷嚏)，“Ah choo!”And again，he sneezed，“Ah choo!”His nose started to run．

    “Oh no!”said Richard's dad．“You must be allergic(过敏的)to the 9 ． He will have to stay at your uncle's house．”“Ugh!”said Richard 10 ，“I was going to name him Sneezy!”

    China's female swimmer Fu Yuanhui came third in Women's 100 meter backstroke(仰泳) on Monday morning(Beijing time)at Rio(里约)Olympics．China's online community has gone crazy about the 1996一born girl，not because of her performance in the semifinal or her achievement，but because of her cheerful answer to her performance during an interview by CCTV．

Finishing the 100 meter backstroke with 58.95 seconds，Fu，who thought it was 59 seconds，was quite surprised with the result．This was the first moment when she impressed Chinese audience with her surprising look and body language in front of the camera．The second time that the young swimmer amazed the audience was her honest and direct answer to a question raised by the reporter． “We know that your body condition was not that good in the past year and it's not easy to have such a result．Do you think you are now as good as before?”asked the reporter． “It is my best score ever．I have worked for three months on the recovery．Only tile ghost knows what I have come through．”said Fu．“It was so painstaking that sometimes I felt like l was going to die．”

    In the interview, Fu used a phrase ”Hong Huang Zhi Li” to describe the great efforts she has made in preparing for the competition，which soon became a popular word on the Internet．

    You probably know about Single's Day (Nov.11) in China, when people stay up very late at night to shop online in order to save a lot of money. Well, the US has something similar called Black Friday.

    Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year it fell on Nov.27. It's the start of the holiday shopping season and most people don't have to go to work that day. So people start to think about what gifts they want to buy for Christmas.

    The name Black Friday comes from ink. A long time ago, shops used ink for book keeping all their sales. So when there was a lot of black ink on the page that meant the business sold a lot.

While Single's Day is usually for online shopping, a lot of shopping on Black Friday is done at actual stores Shoppers look for deals especially on electronics like televisions, computers and video game systems. These things typically have high prices, but on this day, there are only a few available at the very low sale prices. So people sometimes fight over these things.

    Some people will wait in line for hours before midnight when stores finally open. People camp out in the cold and sometimes get hurt when the doors open and people rush in.

    But lately a few stores have been starting sales even earlier on Thanksgiving Day. Stores do this to hopefully get more shoppers and stay ahead of the competition.

What makes you happy? This is a question that many of us would like to have an answer to. However, it is very difficult, especially when you are between the age of 14 and 24 and there is not a lot of time for self-questioning. But the famous music TV channel MTV organised a survey asking exactly this question, and now we know what 1,280 young people say they think about this.

Is it going out with friends? Is it becoming a star? Is it having enough money to buy clothes and mobile phones? Well no, none of these. What makes teens happy is spending time with their families. Yes, that's right, they say they prefer being with parents and brothers and sisters to spending time with friends. And who are these teenagers' heroes? Film stars? Their favourite rock musicians? Football players? Surprise, surprise! The young people in the survey say that their hero is one of their parents.

    So, what's your opinion? What's your answer to the question? American teenagers also say friendship and spirituality are important, and not material things -mobile phones and mp3 players are not the centre of their lives. This evening, when you have five minutes, make a list of the situations, people and things which give you joy.

    The MTV survey is also very important for parents. It is a big responsibility to be your child's hero. It's no good being the sort of parent who doesn't find time to sit together and have a chat, to ask and answer questions. What young people want is parents that love and understand them, who they can talk to. This evening, when you come back from work, don't just turn on the TV or start cooking. Ask your kids "How's it going?" and stay there to really listen to their answer.

Is there intelligent life on other planets? For years, scientists said "no" or "we don't know." But today this is changing. Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett are astronomers (天文学家). They believe intelligent life exists somewhere in the universe. They also think we will soon contact these beings．

Why do Shostak and Barnett think intelligent life exists on other planets? The first reason is time．Scientists believe the universe is about 12 billion years old．"This is long enough for other planets to have intelligent life， “say Shostak and Barnett．The second reason is size—the universe is huge．“Tools like the Hubble Telescope(哈勃望远镜)have shown that there age at least 100 billion galaxies，”says Shostak．“And our galaxy，the Milky Way，has at least 100 billion stars．Some planets going around these stars might be similar to Earth．”

In the past，it was hard to took for signs of intelligent life in the universe，But now. powerful telescopes(高倍望远镜)allow scientists to discover smaller planets—the size of Mars or Earth—in other solar systems．These planets might have intelligent life．

    Have beings from space already visited Earth?“Probably not．”says Shostak．“It's a long way away．However，intelligent beings may contact us in other way，such as radio signals．In fact，they may be trying to communicate with us now，but we don't have the right tools to receive their messages．However，this is changin9．By 2025，we could make contact with other life forms in our universe and we might help each other．”

    If your birthday is coming，what presents will your parents buy for you? It is not easy for Chinese parents        (choose)a birthday present for their children．Many American parents also have the same problem．But        (luck)，they have got American Girl， — an American company．It is famous        its beautiful girl dolls．        there are many famous dolls in the world，dolls from American Girl are becoming one of the        (popular)birthday gifts for girls．

    What makes the doll from American Girls so popular among girls? The secret is her matching hair，skin，eye color，clothing and so on．That is to say，the dolls' hair，skin and eye color go very well with their clothes．And buyers can buy different         (kind)of dolls．The company hopes their dolls can make girls udder—stand that it is OK to be different         others．

    The company gives each doll         (she) own name and special back— ground．They also invite writers to write books about the dolls．The stories in the books are mainly about different periods of American history． So while the girls        (play)with their dolls，they can get a lot of        (funny)．What's more，they can learn something about history．

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Ladies and Gentlemen，

    It has been a lifestyle for people to go green in communities.

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Yours，

Li Hua