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    Chores weren't popular at my house. My children didn't like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me do them.

    A year ago, I made a game called "The Endless Chore Game". It's really great. Here's how the game works.  

I make a card with forty squares（方框）, and I write a different chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert. Then my family roll the dice（骰子） to decide what chores we have to do. The card also has a few squares with fun things, like watching TV and singing. If you're lucky, you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.

    My son likes the game very much. He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game. It's really a good way to make my children do chores. You can have a try if you have the same problem as me.

—Come and have a try. It's fish. Your favorite.

    In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run (管理) by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the powerful (猛烈的) earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications (资历), but they love to work hard to help.

    One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families.

    Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on-the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life.

    All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages, Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.

    Beatrice Biira is from Uganda, Africa. To get a good education is (important) goal a person can have. Even when she was only little girl, she saw how important it was to get a good education. A sheep named Mugsia helped her achieve, or reach that goal.

    After (accept) Mugisa from a charity group, Beatrice's family took care of the sheep and its kids. the money they made from selling milk and one of the kids, the family were able to buy (thing) they needed. But Beatrice wanted more. She (real) wanted to go to school.

     ten-year-old Beatrice had to start first grade with much younger students, she worked much harder. Soon she (catch) up with her friends. Beatrice's good grades made possible for her to go to school in the United States. Even though it was hard for Beatrice (live) so far away from her family, it has been making a big difference to her life to get a good education.

    The USA is a very big country to visit, so choose carefully the places to see and the time to go. Bring a good map because you may want to travel around.

    New York and Washington D.C. are good places to visit in May or October. It's not too hot then. In winter there's a lot of snow.

    The best plan is to arrive in New England in September. The weather starts to get cooler and the trees start to change color. It's a good idea to bring your camera because you may want to take photos of the autumn leaves.

    4,000 kilometers away in Los Angeles, California, the weather is fine all year round. It's nice to see the sun in December! Bring your swimsuit because you might want to swim in the sea.

    In Seattle, in the northwest, it isn't very cold, but there's a lot of rain, so bring an umbrella. It's pleasant to visit Alaska in July and August but it might be cool in the evening. So remember to wear some warm clothes. But don't come in winter. It'll be dark all day and freezing cold.

    In Texas and the southeast, there are storms from time to time in summer and fall. It's usually very hot and sunny compared to many other places.

    So when's the best time to visit the USA, do you know?

Have you ever worked as a volunteer? If not, you should get a chance to be a volunteer. Being a volunteer can you not only some working experience but also happiness. the same time, you can let other people feel warm.

Old People's Home and Children's Home are the most popular for students to volunteer because people there usually need more help.

Peter is a volunteer in Taikang Old People's Home. He often helps the old people to do some or cleaning. Sometimes he reads new is papers for who cannot read by ."When I help the old people, I feel very ," he said.

In a word, volunteering can help us to learn something and practice the skills. It is meaningful to a volunteer. If you have time, take part in some volunteer to make the world a better place.

Mr. Li often tells me late for school.

—I can't see anything.

(不久前，最近), a report showed that young people and their parents often argue with each other about some small problems. We think it's of great (重要性) for both young people and their parents to(理解) each other.

For example, young people always feel (焦虑的) when they and their parents have different ideas about something. Also they think their parents are too strict with them because their parents always don't (允许) them to do this or that and make their own (决定). They may feel (寂寞的) when they are at home. As a result, some children often argue with their parents. And parents find it difficult to earn their children's trust. So (沟通) becomes so necessary and it is a useful skill．

One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more way for her to solve my strange problem—inability to read.

In the library, I found my way into the “Children's Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf without any plan. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal companion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.

There on the book's cover was a beagle which looked similar to my dog. I ran my fingers over the picture of the dog on the cover. My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library for the summer.

Under the shade of a bush, I started to read about Amos. I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and who finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion, on and on, until my own lost dog and I were, in my mind, running together.

My mother's call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book. Everyone knew I could not read. But I had read it. Books could be really wonderful and I was going to read them.

I never told my mother about my unexpected experience that summer, but she saw a slow but surprising improvement in my classroom performance during the next year. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was presented a PhD in the literature, and wrote his own books, articles, poetry and fiction. The power of the words has held.

History is one of my favorite. I learn history in different ways. The history class in the United States is different from that in China.

Atmiddle schools, our history textbook is thin. It has only about 100 pages. We listen to the teacher, take notes and do exercises after school. In short, we learn mostly by listening in class.

However, in the US, I have a heavy, thick textbook. It has more than 1,000 pages. We have reading tasks before each class. Weto answer a few questions after. In class, we discuss a lot. The ideas not only come from the teacher, but also the students. Sometimes, we have more activities like debates. They are very. They encourage us to have independent thinking.

In fact, both ways work well. Which do you like?

“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, ”said Dr. Johnson. You can never be bored in London, because there is so much to do.