Simon was interested in when he was young.

    When you borrow books from a library, you should return them so that others can read them later. However, some libraries allow people not to return anything. Unlike most other libraries, these libraries don't lend books, they lend seeds(种子)!

    In a seed library, people can borrow and donate(捐赠) seeds. It is different from a seed bank that only keeps seeds. It advises people to plant and share seeds. Seeds in a seed library are often kept dry and cool in small bags. People can read the name of the plant on the bag.

    If you want to grow your plants, such as potatoes or tomatoes, you can borrow seeds from a seed library. You can first choose the seeds you'd like to plant. Then, you can "borrow" the seeds and take them home. If you grow strong and healthy plants, you need to return the seeds. Some seed libraries also offer gardening books to teach you how to plant the seeds.

    Now there's only a small group of seed libraries in the world, but the number is growing. People build these seed libraries to protect the plant diversity(多样性), and they want others to know more about plants and planting. They believe that protecting the plant diversity is not only the job of scientists, but all of us.

—I see. It must be Nick.

    Before the day I stepped into junior high school, I had always thought that as long as I could read, speak, and listen well, English will be a "no problem" 1 for me, and that English grammar was a piece of cake. My father 2 to tell me the importance of grammar but I just wouldn't listen. I didn't understand what's so important about the whole "grammar" thing.

    This misunderstanding didn't last long. Something unexpected happened. It was only 3that day, and I would never forget that day. I was just a young and seventh grader when our English teacher 4 to give us a quiz on English grammar. We had to fill in blanks. After I read the sentence in question number one, different kinds of answers which I thought were possible came into my mind. All of them seemed right and made sense to me, but there was only one 5 answer to it, but I didn't know which one exactly. I was shocked, but I said to myself "never mind", and went on to question number two. Unexpectedly, the same trouble that just happened, appeared right in front of me again, and it just kept happening again and again until I heard our teacher say 6"Time's up." I had to turn in my answer sheet 7 so many unsure answers on it.

    I was really sad about the whole thing. And since then, I've 8 that in English, writing grammar is quite different from spoken grammar. My father had been trying to tell me the important role grammar plays in learning English. Well, it's 9 too late to learn anything, including ENGLISH! So, I started to work on my grammar skills, and thanks to that bad 10, I really learned a lot from it! Now, I'm still on my journey of learning grammar, and I am enjoying it.

    I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza. I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza. It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought.

    Many years later I finally saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I then knew that it was Pisa and not pizza. But there was still something special about it for me. The tower got its name because it really did lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it. They are afraid it may fall down and they don't want it to lean over the city.

    I do not think it's a good idea to try to fix it. The tower probably will not fall down. It is 600 years old. Why should anything happen to it now? And, if you ask me, I like what it looks like. Nothing is perfect. It seems to say.

    And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting. Let's take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older, more beautiful towers in Italy. But the Leaning Tower of Pisa is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.

The small town.

Henry always he is a bird.

—Look at the map. It's         the southeast of China.

    I have five children．I'm always busy when they're awake(醒着)．That's why I try to get up before everyone else．I get up at 5：00 am．The house is quiet．I drink a cup of coffee and read books．I love that time because it's mine and I can think without interruptions(打扰)．

    —Anna

    I'm a night person．I love the night．I feel sleepy all day and then at night I wake up(醒来)!I like to dance，watch movies or talk to friends at night.I never go to sleep before 2：00a.m.

    —James

    I'm a morning person．As soon as a little light comes through the window,I wake up and start my day．I try to do important work in the morning because I know that I think best at that time．After 1：00pm，I begin to slowdown!

    —Sandra

    I love tea time．I like to have tea in late afternoon．It's a time to stop the day's activities (活动)for an hour and talk with friends．Sometimes,people visit my home-then．Sometimes，I go to a friend's house for tea．

    —Bob

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Something was crying outside. So I went out to see what was happening. A big cat sat by the door. It must run for a long time as it looked tired and dirty. I let it in my house and took out some food; this poor cat ate all, but still looked starving…, so I got my own cats' fish, and the cat ate that too!

My five-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter were interested in the cat. They bathed (给……洗澡) it and fed it more food. They wanted to           it. But I didn't agree. It was not because I didn't love it. We already had 2 cats and 2 dogs and our house was not big enough to keep more. Another reason was that I thought maybe it got lost. And its owner (主人) must be worried about it. Then I posted notices all over the town in the hope of finding its home. I also bought an ad (广告)time on a radio station. Three weeks passed, but there was no response (答复).

Finally, I decided to keep the cat. Our house was small, but I would take good care of it as possible as I could.

We will go for a picnic it doesn't rain tomorrow.

Jane' s parents gave her anything special on her birthday.

He like computer games .