— No, she _________. And I can't .
— _______________.
— Yes. They have become close friends now.
I left my hometown of Wilson Greek in 2008. There have been great1. around it during the past ten years. The street near my home looks2from what it was before. Ten years ago, there was a great3with lots of trees and flowers in it. We played football in the park. But now I can't see it any more. What a pity! When I4, there was a small pond on the right. But a big cinema is there now. It looks really5. There is a large green area in front of a library, and it's not the same as6. You can also see lots of stores on both sides of the street. It is great to go7there now.
Many new8open in Wilson Greek. More and more people like eating out today. There is a Japanese restaurant near my home and I am going there this evening.
— Exactly. I don't like them, __________________. I prefer being at home.
— By bus.
When I was in the seventh grade, I was shy and quiet, so I was easily bullied(受欺负) used to get very sad about it.
In an art lesson, just while the teacher was out, a big boy took away my pencil case, threw it across the classroom and sat back down. Later on, he took my schoolbag and pulled it towards him. I pulled back the schoolbag from his hand and for the first time, I pushed him away and hit him on the back. In the rest of the lesson, I did nothing but imagined what would happen next. Then the teacher came to me, "Peter, are you OK?"" Yes," I answered.
"No, you are not. Come to my office after class," he said.
There we had a long talk. He made me smile and I became confident( 自信的) again. He taught me some life lessons, and said, "Get up, and don't be a bully yourself, but remember you are stronger inside, and if the bullies see this, they will stop.”
I remembered these words. From then on, every time I walked to school, I put my head high on the way, and the bullying soon stopped.
