—It might (belong) to Mary.
We were hungry tired.
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Kaitlin Riffle's dream of ending poverty (贫困) started when she was visiting her father, who worked for the homeless.
"I never realized there were people in the world who didn't have a house or food before," said Kaitlin, who is now seventeen. "I knew there was something I had to do about that.
At age eight, she started raising money to build a playground. "It took me two years," Kaitlin said. "We started small. We wanted to do something to make a difference. "
In 2014, when Kaitlin was thirteen, she visited Central America, and saw people going hungry and families living in houses made of cardboard. That year, she set up Kids on a Mission, which has helped hundreds of people there.
"The rooms were smaller than my bedroom, but there would be eight people living in each one," Kaitlin said. "We also got to see the dirty rivers that those people were drinking out of."
Providing clean drinking water, food and clothes for people living in poverty is now an important task for Kids on a Mission. "This young lady is changing the hearts of people, and also changing the world,"" said the headmaster of Kaitlin's school.
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Gina has three brothers. The three boys have different .
James, Gina's first brother, likes collecting things such as coins and notes(纸币).
George, Gina's second brother, is a(n)boy. At school, he is good at all his subjects. Of all his subjects he's best at history. His hobby is collecting ancient things. His dream is to be a . He says, "One day I'll solve the of Stonehenge. I'll find out who built Stonehenge and the of building it."
Ben is Gina's third brother. He has the same hobby as me. He and I like traveling. Because of this, I included him in my of friends. Last weekend Ben and I went camping. On Saturday night we camped by a small lake. During the night, we heard a loud . It woke us up. We thought somebody was moving about. But when we went out of our tent, we didn't see . That made us . That night we didn't sleep well.
—He(can) be running for exercise.
The mystery stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are famous all over the world.
The detective in his stories is called Sherlock Holmes. He solves mysteries in a most surprising way. His assistant, Dr. Watson, watches with admiration and then writes up the story of the mystery afterwards.
This is a useful story writing skill. Because Watson is not very clever, the story remains a mystery until the end. The readers can sometimes pick up some clues before he does! Then, to make Watson understand the mystery, Holmes has to explain it all, step by step. So we, the readers, get to see it step by step too. Watson is almost as good a character in the story as Sherlock Holmes!
The very first time they meet, Holmes greatly surprises Watson. When they are first introduced, Holmes says to Watson, "How do you do? I see you have been to Afghanistan. "
Watson is too amazed by this. Watson has, indeed, been to Afghanistan. Later, he asks Holmes about it. Holmes explains that there is nothing magical about what he does. He gets to know it all by very, very careful observation(观察).
Observation One
Watson was introduced to Holmes as a doctor. Yet Holmes thought that the way he stood and walked made him seem like a soldier. So, this mean the was probably an army doctor.
Observation Two
Watson's face was quite dark-skinned. But his wrists (手腕)were pale. So his dark face was probably sun burnt. This meant that he had been to a hot, sunny country. As he was a working doctor, this was not a holiday. He must have gone with the army.
Observation Three
At the time, the British army had soldiers at bases in many parts of the world. So there were still a lot of places to choose from. However, Holmes saw that Watson looked very tired and he was always holding his left arm, as if it was painful. So, he had probably been with the army to a place where they were fighting. There was only one place where the British army was fighting at that time: Afghanistan.
