My best friend and I are in the same school. Her name is Marcela. She is beautiful with long black hair, round black eyes and a small nose. She is of medium build and medium height. She doesn't like dress up, so she usually wears jeans and a T-shirt or sweater.

Marcela and I are always talking or laughing together. She is a very nice and outgoing girl. She has many friends at school. When I am not happy, I like talking to her. And she always tries her best to make me happy.

We have the same interests. We both enjoy playing the guitar and singing. We like going to the movies. Sometimes in summer, I go with her and her family to their summer house by the lake. We usually spend most of the afternoon swimming, but sometimes we go fishing. In the evenings, we walk into town and see a movie or stay at home and watch TV. It's fun to be with her.

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    Do you like reading stories? Maybe you will answer, "No, I am not a child any more!" Yes, children all over the world always love stories.

    Chinese children are 1 in Monkey King's story. It 2 a popular bedtime story in China for many years. In fact, adults also love the story a lot. For them, Monkey King has become a very 3 part in the memory of their childhood. The clever and humorous monkey 4 the hearts of many Chinese people. British boys and girls all know Alice's Adventures in Wonderland well. As the name 5 , it's a story full of dangerous but exciting trips. Children laugh, cry and even get frightened with Alice together while reading the story. Most American kids have read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by the famous writer,6. Everyone likes the brave boy who also has lots of 7. Some scenes of the story may make your heart go faster, for Tom and his friends meet some very bad men and are usually 8. Of course in the end, they beat the bad ones.

    You may also ask me9 I like stories. Yes, I have liked them since I was very young. At that time, I often 10 all my pocket money on story books. For me, stories are much more delicious than chocolate! They help me learn a lot. So either young or old, let's enjoy stories.

—Wow! He is really a great man, not just an actor.

The problem is hard. I'll try it.

A: Dennis, do you know the famous host He Jiong?

B: Yes.

A: What do you think of his game shows?

B: I love all his TV shows. What about you?

A: No, I don't. And I don't like game shows. But I like his Happy Camp.

B:

A: I love sports shows

B:You know, I don't like playing sports.

A: What do you think of Animal World?

B: I can't stand it. It's for kids. I like CCTV News.

A:I learn a lot from it.
 

    Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称) in the world, Levi Strauss ＆ Co. is the inventor of blue denim jeans. Here's how it happened.

    In the mid-1800s many people went to California to look for gold. A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business. He sold canvas(帆布) to the workers for tents. But the workers said they needed pants more, because their pants were easy to wear out. Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making, he turned them into pants. These kinds of pants were very popular with workers. He was very happy and named the kind of pants "denims". And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co.

    Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets. During the working, Strauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉) in the jeans for strength.

    On May 20, 1873, they received the U. S. Patent No. 139, 121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of"blue jeans".

    Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco, California. Over 11, 000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year.

Tim Jet.

 The room is small me to hold a meeting in it.

    Two brothers workedon the family farm. One was married and had a large family. was single. At the day's end, the brothers shared everything equally (平等地) .

    Then one day, the single brother said to, "It's not right that we should share equally the harvest. I'm alone and my needs are simple." So each night he took a bag of rice from his barn (仓库) and moved across the field between their houses, putting it into hisbarn.

    , the married brother said to himself, "It's not right that we should share everything equally. After all, I'm married and I have my wife and to look after me in years to come. My brother has no one to take care of him in future." So each night he took a bag of rice and put it into his single brother's barn.