When I was twelve years old, my family lived next to a forest. Every evening, mockingbirds(知更鸟) would come and rest in the trees and sing. I enjoyed 1singing so much that I decided to catch a young bird. In this way, I 2 hear it sing for me every day.

    I finally managed3 one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was very frightened, so it fluttered(扑腾)in4 new home all the time. Several days later, it was used 5 in this new home.

    The next day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with 6food in her mouth. The baby bird looked very happy and ate everything 7the mother brought to it. I was so happy to see this, for the mother knew how to take care of her baby8than me.

    But9the bird morning, I found it died. I was terribly10and cried at once. I didn't know 11happened.

    Arthur Wayne, my father's friend, was a famous ornithologist(鸟类学家). She 12my father at that time.13she knew the whole thing, she explained to me," If a mother mockingbird finds her baby14in a cage, she will bring it poisonous berries(毒梅).She thinks it's better for her baby to die than to lose freedom."

Since then I 15any living animal in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

    Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and places the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp 1 about it.

    The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom's biscuits behind a tree. He 2  an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him," I know who 3  your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a 4 ?"

   "Well, yes… are you going to punish him, sir?"  Tom asked." No, I am not," the coach explained 5." That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more 6."

    Tom receives another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later." Now," said the coach," go and 7  them with the boy who stole your biscuits." Tom didn't understand the coach's intention(意图), 8  he still followed his advice.

    Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to 9  his toy robot in payment for the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so 10 .

    In some situations, forgiveness(原谅) is better than punishment.

    Homesick is a compound word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means SICK FOR HOME.

    Now think for a minute about SEASICK. If you change the word home in the definition(释义)to the word sea, would the definition fit SEASICK? Seasick means SICK BY THE MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the last place you want to be is at sea.

    Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn't mean that something is wrong with a person's heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.

    But, on the other hand, we have such compound words as handshake, handstand, and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions for them.

    Teenager Jake Deham was skiing(滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn't know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

    Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn't work out the right way to go.

    It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm(镇定). At home, Jake watched a lot of programs about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programs and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous﹣15℃that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

    But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programs always said, "If you are lost, you should find someone else's tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them." "I wanted to live my life." remembers Jake. "So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those." He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

    His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn't even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

    So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!

    Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge(知识) and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.

    Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.

    Don't give your password(密码) to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.

    Check with your parents before giving out a credit(信用) card number.

    Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless(除非) your parents say it's OK.

    Check with your parents before going into a chat(聊天) room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it's a right place for you.

    Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent's permission(允许). Never meet anyone you met online alone.

    Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat (视为)everyone online as if they were strangers.

    If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable(不舒服), leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.

    Treat other people as you'd like to be treated. Never use bad language.

    Remember—not everything you read on the Internet is true.

    Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).

    The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

    Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn't have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let's hope that some of the bigger plants don't get the same idea!

    In China, safety education is becoming more and more important now. The last Monday in March is for students to learn it at school.         What are the accidents at school? Take a look.

    Stampedes(踩踏), earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at school.

    A stampede always happens in crowed places. When students around you begin to push,        If you fall down in the crowd, move to one side and protect your head with you your hands around.

    When earthquakes happen,        It'll protect you from falling things. If you are outdoors, find a place away from buildings, trees, and power lines.

    When there is a fire,        It's better to put something wet over your mouth and nose. In this way, you won't breathe in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke.        That's very dangerous! So when you want to get out, you should make yourself close to the floor. Then you can breathe some fresh air.

If it        tomorrow, we               on a picnic.

This novel is                             that one.

It's impolite                     those people              .

My grandpa                      in the countryside.

              the weather is!

Nowadays, mobile phones               to take photos instead of cameras.

They found out the boy               the window.

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