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    William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. When he was at school he liked(观看) plays and he(决定) to be an actor. He(结束) school when he was 14 years old. When he was 18 he(结婚) and then(有) three children. When he was 28 he went to London and(加入) a theatre company. He(变成) a successful actor and(开始) to write plays. William Shakespeare(死亡) at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and(成功的).

①When it comes to Chinese students considering studying in foreign countries, many of them usually believe that life will be easy and enjoyable. Unfortunately, it's likely that students with those thought will be disappointed very soon after landing at the airport.

②So, what are the problems you may have and how can you deal with them?

③Teaching and learning styles in America are very different from those in China, requiring more critical thinking (批判性思维) and teamwork. In a normal American classroom, one project might be done by a study group in which every person has their own responsibility.

④So don't worry about your language or any grammar mistakes. Just watch what other students do, and don't be afraid of asking any question. The discussions, sometimes even arguments, that your group members and you hold are likely to be the beginning of a friendship.

⑤Besides schoolwork, another important thing faced by overseas students is homesickness or loneliness. You may miss your parents' cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. Being away from home can create bitter feelings, especially when faced with the challenges of getting used to a new environment.

⑥What I strongly suggest is to try hard to deal with these feelings. Be open to new friendships. Sign up for school activities, and give yourself permission to enjoy life at school, even if you miss home a lot. Be organized and keep a diary to check your progress. Write down three new things that you're grateful for every evening, as well as three things you're looking forward to every morning.

⑦Studying abroad is never simple. In fact, there will be many difficulties every day. But I'm sure you will overcome your difficulties and make your time overseas a success.

People are interested in animal communication and scientists have done lots of researches on this subject.

Most animals always use language to communicate. If cats look and blink （眯眼）at you slowly, which shows their love to you. You can also do this show you love. When they sit with tails around themselves, they're happy. If they feel scared, their tails may look like the end of toilet brushes. When they put ears back, they are a bit mad. Birds can also show feelings through eyes and feathers. If birds make their pupils（瞳孔）large and small from time to time, this can be a sign that they are excited or scared or angry. Birds will ruffle（弄乱） their feathers when they clean themselves. However, if their feathers remain ruffled, it may mean they are ill. You'd better take them to see a veterinarian in an animal hospital.

Some animals communicate by smell. Dogs are famous for this. They can learn about something by smelling. They can find missing people by using their fantastic sense of smell. They have helped the police for a long time. Mice have an excellent sense of smell, too. Scientists   even train them to find landmines（地雷）.It is found that even ants use smell, they use smell to tell other ants where the food is.

Frogs and insects communicate with sounds. Usually the "gentlemen" make sounds to invite the "ladies". Whales and elephants also use sound to communicate, these sounds can travel very far through water or the ground, but it is not possible for humans to hear some of the sounds.

Learn more about the ways of animal communication at // www.animal.com.cn.

From my father I have learned a lot. And I'm very thankful to him. I remember when I was a child, my father always got up very early. He was afraid to wake up others, so he1put on his clothes and went off to work. To arrive in time to open his tiny store at 8:30, he needed to leave our apartment at 6:30. After all, he had to take a bus and then the subway. The last2 was a long walkthrough a neighborhood much of which was full of the smell of rubbish. I learned: it is very important to work. No3.

When I was 12, I would, on Saturdays, go to my father's store to 4. After helping set up the outside clothing display(陈列), for the rest of the day, I'd watch to make sure no one stole anything. When I noticed someone looking 5 or strange, I would look the person in the eye, smile and say, ""May I help you?" Usually that6, but sometimes, someone would run off with something. The first time, I ran after the thief7my father shouted, "Martin, stop! There is no need to do that." It's true that8is more important than money.

After 10 years of hard work, he saved up enough money to buy his first car, a cheap one—he wouldn't buy one9he could afford to pay for it without borrowing money. I learned: buy only what you can afford. Buying10food and clothing won't make us go in debt(债务). The unnecessary things won't give us happiness, which comes from the achievement only.

Lost

    I lost my new watch. It's white. I lost it in the school library. I must find it. Please help me.

My phone number is 290-3641.

Linda

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Lost

    Please call me at 309-7741 if you find my dog Coco. It's brown and small.You can e-mail me at alan2010@qq.com or alan0601@163.com.

Alan

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Name: Sunny

Age: 5

Color: Black

Reward (悬赏金): $100

Please call us if you see Sunny.

This is not a diet(饮食). It's a simple way to lose weight. And you don't even have to give up the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you'll become thin.

1 Wake-up

When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend(弯曲) forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories(热量单位：卡路里).

2 Start with soup

When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you'll feel fuller, so you'll eat less when the main food comes.

3 An apple (or more) a day

Apples are full of fiber(纤维) and water, so your stomach will want less food. The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.

4 Stand up and walk around

Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average(平均) two and a half hours more each day than thin people.

This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight lose.

Grimm's Fairy. Tales

·Came out in Germany in 1812.

· Loved around the world by both children and adults The book was written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

· The Grimm brothers did not create these stories—they collected them.

· Some stories came from old books. Most stories came from old storytellers.

·Wilhelm wrote down the stories for the book, and sometimes changed them to make them more exciting or interesting. Grimm; brother

·Jacob Grimm is also famous for his work in German grammar and language.

· Jacob and Wilhelm later worked together to create the largest and best German dictionary ever written.

My name is Kitty. I have a very big and nice room and I have a great school things collection. My brother's room is near my room. He is Mike. And he has a small sports collection. There are twenty erasers, ten pencils, nine rulers and eight pens in my schoolbag. My brother has two baseballs four soccer balls and five basketballs under his bed.

    1is very important. We often hear people say "safety first".2a middle school student, we should learn3ourselves from every possible danger. Here4some things I do. I hope you can follow them.

    5your way to school and home, you should obey the traffic rules. You should walk on the right side of the road. Don't6your bike too fast.

    At school, you can't7each other. Don't play with fire. Don't bring a knife to school. Don't go out of school8your teacher's permission.

    Above all, we should always keep "safety first" in our mind.

Do you have a pet dog? Let me1you something about my little dog Snoopy. Snoopy is an American dog. He looks very lovely. He has small eyes, two big ears, 2 short legs and a short tail. It's great fun playing with him. I often teach him how to3 games. Now, he can play many kinds of games. If I say" Go to 4!", he goes to bed and5down. If I say" Play 6!" he goes to 7a ball and puts it into the basket. If I say" Please dance for us!", then he8to music. "Can he sing a song?" one of my friends asks. "Of course he can, but he doesn't sing 9 English or Chinese. When he sings, nobody understands 10".

Qomolangma is the world's highest mountain. You may have learned from your textbooks that its height is 8,844 meters. But not all sides are in agreement on this. Different researchers have given different results. In addition, the height of the mountain can change over time.

That's why a 30-member Chinese survey team set out to reach the peak (顶峰) of Qomolangma to re-measure its height on May 6. They are equipped with the latest technology, including a global navigation satellite system receiver and a radar (雷达).

It is not an easy task. The average air temperature on the mountain is —29℃—four degrees lower than in Antarctica (南极洲) -and powerful winds blow all the time. In such bad conditions, surveying drones (无人机) cannot work at the peak of the mountain. That's why it's still necessary to send human experts to the peak to get believable results.

But does a difference of a few meters really matter when it comes to a high mountain?

In fact, measuring the height of Qomolangma is about more than just getting one exact number. Mount Qomolangma is at the point where the Eurasian plate meets the Indian plate. It formed 38 million years ago as the two plates hit each other. Changes in the peak's height can show whether the two plates are heading toward or away from each other. This can help us understand the movement of Earth's crust (地壳).

The survey team will also get firsthand information about environmental conditions at the top of the mountain. This will help us understand how climate (气候) change has affected the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau (高原).

Hello, I'm Rick. I'm a student in No. 2 Middle School. Today is Saturday. I can stay in bed late. Usually I get up at six on weekdays, but at eight on weekends. Then I take a shower, brush my teeth and wash my face. At 8:30, I have breakfast. I eat bread and eggs and drink a glass of milk. They are healthy food.

Then, I go to the park and do sports. I play basketball with my brother. He can play it well. After that, I go back home with my brother, and we watch TV together.

I have lunch with my brother in a diner (小餐馆) at half past eleven, because my parents don't come back home from work on weekends. And then I do my homework on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Sometimes I go out with my brother. I like drawing pictures on Sunday afternoon in the open air with my brother. It's good to enjoy the nature (享受大自然).

On Sunday evening, I always ride a bike after supper with my brother. That's very cool. I can see the tall trees, the clear sky and bright lights. I enjoy the beautiful night streets. Finally, I go to bed at around a quarter to ten. What a happy weekend!

Hello, my English name is Lucy. I am a Chinese girl, now I live in New York with my parents. I often ride my bike to school. And it usually takes me about fifteen minutes (get) to school. My house is far my school.

My father is a doctor. He (drive) his car to work every day. My mother is a worker. She goes to work subway. My grandmother doesn't live with (we). She lives in a small village. She says she likes the clean air（空气） there. She can (take) a walk after dinner. Now she's sixty-seven (year) old. My parents and I often go to see her. In the village, there's a river. And over the river. there are two old bridges. When we get there, my father likes) (go) fishingwith me by the river. I also like the people there because they are very (friend).

Usually I spend the weekend at home. But this time, I'm going to have a very1weekend. Because I'm going to have a trip with my friends in Qingdao.

On Saturday morning,  I'm going to2some places of interest such as May Fourth Square, Qingdao Catholic Church and Qingdao  Guest  House. I'm quite3having a visit in these places,  because I'm4interested in places with a long history. I'm going to Golden Sand Beach on Saturday afternoon. I'm going to have a5on the beach. I'll cook and have lunch there. It'll be great6for me.

On the morning of the second day, I'm going to watch a basketball match. I will7for my favourite basketball player Li Gen. I'm really a big8of him. On Sunday   afternoon, I'm going to do some shopping and buy some presents for my family. I'm going to enjoy9during the trip. And I'm sure it is going to be a(n)10weekend.  I really can't wait to go there.

Alice in Wonderland is a 3D film. It is an updated version (现代更新版) of the old British children's novel Alice in Wonderland. The film is the work of a Hollywood director(导演). Tim Burton who likes re-imagining old films and stories in his Gothic(哥特式的)style.

Johnny Depp, a famous Hollywood film star, is the main character(主角) of this film as the Mad Hatter. There are also many other celebrities in this film, including Burton's wife and Anne Hathaway. Some British actors supply(提供) the voices for the film's CGI characters(特效角色).

Although the film is a piece of work in the 21st century, it is based on(根据)the works of the 19^th century mathematician Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a Maths teacher at Christ Church College, Oxford.

Carroll is said to have written the book for the children of an Oxford friend. He made up stories during rowing trips around the Oxford area. However, Alice in Wonderland is liked not only by children but also adults.

Alice in Wonderland has become one of the Disney's most money-making movies, second only to the 2006 Pirates of the Carribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest.

Mr. Robin（知更鸟）has his house in a tree.

His four baby robins live in it. They grow very fast. Soon the house is too little for them.

“It is time for you to fly." says Mr. Robin.

"Oh, we cannot fly." say the baby robins.

"You can, if you try." says Mr. Robin.

A robin tries. He flies into a tree.

"Oh, how interesting!" says the little robin. "I like to fly. See me go!"

Then the other robins try.

In a little while they can all fly.

The robins can fly, but they can not sing.

"No, Dad, we cannot sing."

"You can, if you try. Hear the other birds sing. Look at the pretty flowers and the blue sky. Then you will want to sing. Hear me sing to you. Now sing for me."

One little robin sings.

Then they all sing.

A little girl comes by. "Wow, hear the birds sing!" she says. "How happy they are!"

When she was 14 years old, Remya Jose's life was turned upside down by a family crisis (危机).

Remya, who lived in a small village in India, learned that her mother was ill and her father would have to spend his time caring for her. As a result, she and her twin sister had to do most of the housework 一including washing clothes. To make things even more difficult, the Jose family couldn't afford an electric washing machine. Instead, the two girls would have to do the washing all by hand in the local river, and then carefully carry everything back to their home—a task that took several hours.

Being a good student interested in engineering, Remya wanted to make a washing machine which could be used without electricity. She started studying electric washers to learn how they worked. Remya then designed(设计) a machine that used bicycle pedals(踏板) and chain. To find those items, she and her father went to a local auto shop. Workers there not only gave her the parts, they helped her make the machine!

Here's how the machine works: Remya used a cylinder (圆筒) to hold the clothes and put it in a cube (立方体). Next, she connected the bicycle pedals and the chain to the cylinder. As Remya pushed the pedals with her legs, the cylinder cleaned the clothes just like a regular washing machine.

Remya's invention worked! She had created her own human-powered washing machine—and now a task that used to take several hours took only 30 minutes. Remya's washing machine was chosen from among 25 ,000 entries as India's best innovation! She was given India's National Award and honored by the nation's former president.

The story of this young woman's creative invention spread around the world.

"Remya Jose made a difference," said Jeanine Thomas of The Borden Project, "Her invention saves time and money for the world's poor. Her story shows that with creativity, one individual can improve the lives of many."