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    Amy is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta early on the morning of March 12, when a man  1 her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side.

    "I started walking to my door, and I feltreally, really  2 ,"she said in a TV interview last week.

The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He killed three people at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were3 him.

    Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but sether free after she begged(恳求) him not to take her 4 again and again. "I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,"she said with tears.

   "I just talked to him and tried to make him believe me,"Smith said.

    She asked Nichols 5 he chose her. "Hesaid he thought I was an angel 6  from God, and God asked him to do so."

Smith even 7  for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was 8 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing the police looking for him. "I cannot believe that's me on the TV!"Nichols told the woman.

    Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he 9 do. She said, "I think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, more people are going to get 10 ."

    Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

    Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna Henry noticed a change in their older son: suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door of his room is always closed,” Joanna noted.

    Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up (蜷伏) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a little girl and sometimes like a young lady. The problem is to find out which time is which.”

Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what's on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, writer of Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. “This completely changes during the teen years.” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers，and their parents last.”

Parents who know what's going on in their teenagers’ lives are in the best position to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental (精神的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager(管理者), with their children is a better way to know them.

    Long ago a kind farmer with the name of Fred lived in a small old house happily together with his gentle wife, Doris, who couldn’t see anything at the age of five.

One cold winter night, the Luck Fairy (仙女) visited them while they were eating some bread in the dim（昏暗的）light. “Fred, you’re so kind. I’d like to give you a wish. It's my pleasure to satisfy you,” said the Luck Fairy. “A wish?” Fred and Doris asked, standing hand in hand and smiling at each other. Then Fred answered, “Thanks, Luck Fairy. We’re living a happy life.” “We are no longer young, but we still work in the field from morning to night every day. We enjoy ourselves,” said Doris. “You work very hard but you make so little money. Would you like some gold coins to buy a comfortable house?” asked the Luck Fairy. “Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy. We love our small old house. We have lived here for a long time,” answered Fred, without a moment's hesitation (犹豫). “We are happy to work and live together all the time. That's enough,” Doris agreed. The couple were quite different from other people the Luck Fairy had ever met. She appreciated(欣赏) them very much. She disappeared, saying, “I wish you a happy life forever.” Many years later, the couple lived happily as usual It seemed to others that they were the happiest in the world. Satisfaction is a kind of feeling that needs to be experienced from inside. It‘s very important to be satisfied with what you’ve got. If you enjoy the pleasure of the simple life, good luck will follow you.

    A long time ago, there was a big apple tree.A little boy liked playing around it every day.

    As the little boy grew up, he no longer played around the tree.One day the boy came back to the tree.He looked sad. “What's troubling you?” asked the tree.The boy answered, “I want my own house. I need money to buy it.”

    “You can pick my apples and sell them. Then you will have money.”

    A few years later, the boy returned. He told the tree that he wanted to go sailing(航海) around the world.

    “Use my branches(树枝) to build your boat. You can sail far and be happy.” So the boy cut the branches to make a boat. He went sailing and didn't return for a long, long time

    Many years later, the boy returned. ”Sorry, but I don't have anything for you anymore,” the tree said, crying.

    “All I need is a place to rest. I am tired after my travels.”

    The tree replied, ”Good ! Old tree roots(根) are the best place to rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad.

    The tree in this story is like your parents. Your parents are reliable and giving, like a tree, and will always love you, no matter where you are.

    Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your school work. It can make you confident(自信的) when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don't know how to take notes.

    Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that's great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus on(关注) lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may say something important again and again.

    Ask. Don't be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you miss. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can't follow what he is saying, you can ask him after class.

    Compare. Comparing your notes with your classmates' can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct(纠正) some mistakes.

    Organize(组织). Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook, so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.

    Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you'll surely have less time to watch TV. But you'll save time in the coming test.

    One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn't able to reach all of his goals.

    1a smile，the wise man listened to Gary's story and told him，"First come to help me boil a kettle（水壶）of water!"

    Gary saw a big kettle2next to small stove（火炉），but he didn't find any wood.He3 up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the kettle was too4 when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out of 5 when he returned, the water had 6 turned cold.“How can I boil the water?”he asked himself. Then he learned his 7 and prepared more wood in advance (提前). This time the water boiled quickly.

    “if there is not enough wood8would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head.

    “Well, just pour out some water!” the wise man said. Jeff nodded9 .

    “At first, you set too many goals,”said the wise man, “it's like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood10 you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”

    More and more middle school students in Beijing are getting shorter sleeping time. Most students sleep fewer than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do.

    Some homework is given by school teachers, and some by parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not careful enough while doing their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or bike. It can be a long way from home to school.

    Schools and parents should cut down some of homework so that the children can enjoy not less than nine hours of sleep every night for their health.

    In today's world, understanding how to analyze big data is a significant tool for students, scientists, and citizens alike-and a key topic during both speeches at the 2019 Research Teachers Conference.

    During their speeches, Lisa Purcell, Senior Scientist at Regeneron and Ruth Krumhansl, founder of the Oceans of Data Institute, both offered recommendations(推荐信) to more than 200 teachers at the conference on how to effectively use big data in the classroom.

    "Having a lot of data is worthless unless you can make sense of it," Ruth said. "We have a responsibility to help our students make wise decisions in a very complex world. " Ruth explained that she is always seeking to increase data literacy(数据素养能力)and transform science education using big data. With these resources, students can conduct a variety of big data research projects -all from the classroom. Moreover, even students interested in non-STEM(科学、技术、工程、数学)careers like consulting or business analytics can benefit from understanding how to analyze and understand data sets.

    Lisa stressed that teachers have the power to change the world by providing the next generation with the correct analytical tools and approaches to handle such large quantities of information. "You can train the next generation with them to do whatever, whether it's dealing with climate change, creating a vaccine (疫苗) for Ebola, or becoming the next President of the U. S. or Prime Minister of Canada," Lisa said.

    Understanding big data is critical to students' success in school and their future careers. According to Ruth, students should begin working with data from a young age. This will enable students to practice analytical thinking as early as possible, and to begin asking important questions about what is going on in our world. And big data can help answer questions that students have. "Students are interested in what is known, but they get more excited about what is not known," she said.

    When you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak. When you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory （记忆）works in the same way.

    When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

    If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault （过错）.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed （责备）, and few of us know that it is just his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have, better memories? This is because they cannot read or write but they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.

    So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.

    We all know that "Practice makes perfect." is a very popular saying both in Chinese and English .It means that if you want to learn1 , you have to practise it many times, and then you may remember2. Also we can say the more you know something, 3you can do it. No matter(无论) 4 we do , those words are very5 to us.

    We can take English study6 an example. If we want7some new words by heart, we must learn them and read them again and again 8 we can remember them. Sometimes it will9 a lot of time for us to remember , but once we remember , we can use them freely. If we10 our best , we will do it very well .When you take an English exam and meet some meanings and usages (用法) you don't remember, how will you feel at that time? You must feel11. So English study means that you12practise more and more.

    We can look at13 example in learning. When we read the same story for many times, we can remember it14 well that we can tell it to others. At the same time, we can also15some stories from what we have heard. So in our study and life, we should keep the sentence "Practice makes perfect." in our mind . In this way, we can study well and live a better life.

    When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.

Good reading tips:

    Try to read at the right level. Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.

    Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you don't have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read, and mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.

    Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.

    Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. So, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. For example, 21st Century Teens. It is easy enough for you to understand it. There is something interesting in it.

    Special homework was given to the students in Grade Four at a primary school in Foshan, Guangdong this April, that is to say the children must11100 million grains(颗粒) of rice. A maths teacher Miss Chang asked her students to2the homework in two days. If some .students3to finish in time, they would go on counting the, rice at the weekend. Some parents thought: that if it took a4to count .three grains, if would fake more than a year to count 100 million grains of rice.

    5, others thought it was a good idea. A parent surnamed, (姓) Lin said it could,6 students to use their brains. “I will7my daughter to count 100 or 1,000 grains of rice first, and then8them and multiply (乘以) the figure to, reach 100 million grains of rice, So she will have a clear9of the number 100 million," she said. "The special homework could10help develop children's patience," Lin added.

    Some Internet users also praised the special: homework for encouraging children to11 new ways to do their homework.

    Miss Chang said earlier this week that she hoped the, students could learn knowledge12practical activities. She said she was13 that 10 of her more than 40 students had finished the special homework by using cups or other14to count the rice. The homework helps students develop their abilities to15problems. It's good for them.

American school begin in September after a long summer holiday. The first term(学期) is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish middle school. Middle school students study only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day. After class they do many interesting things. After middle school , many students go to college (上大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

A. They usually have to give a lot of money.

B. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old.

C. American students like studying Chinese very much.

D. And they have homework for every class.

E. There are two terms in a school year.

   It's still the holiday season and students in the UK are1 their winter break(休假).

    Tiffany in Guangdong asks us about2British students spend their winter break.

      For some, it's a time to study 3they have exams next term. Some might have to study. They4 read some books. They use ~he winter break to catch up with(赶上) their reading. 5 some students can let their hair down and celebrate Christmas and New Year with a few drinks.

    This holiday is also an important time to chat6the family and maybe get some sleep too. Some lucky students are going away on holiday but it won't be   7 .

Are you learning English and do you need help with grammar? Do you want to learn new vocabulary or slang (俚语)? Well, you can find help online with these top 5 free English as a Second Language websites.

Dave's ESL Café

This is a complete website that can help you learn and practice English. You can read many stories and do a lot of exercises to test yourself. You can also post questions and answers onto the help center.

About.com

You can get free English courses from About.com and you'll get regular e-mails that will help you learn English.

The Classroom by Voice of America

You can watch videos and listen to news stories to improve your listening and vocabulary skills. You can also hear English words and their meanings.

Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary of American English

Do you need to find the definition of a word? Use this online dictionary to find simple and clear definitions, as well as example sentences and idioms (习语). You can also find different cultural facts.

Personal English Portal (门户网站) on YouTube

You can watch this series of videos on YouTube to develop your listening skills. You can also do a search for "learn English" on YouTube to find other videos. This is a good way to practice English and have fun.

    I'm confused (困惑的) these days. We are taught at home and at school that using violence (暴力) is the least civilized (文明的) way to solve problems. For example, last week I thought about hitting my friend for winning a beautiful shell while we were playing at the beach. But I talked with him instead and we came to an agreement. If two adults had a disagreement, and if they used violence towards each other in order to win, is it all right?

    When two countries disagree, they often fight a war. Why is using violence not okay at home, at school, or in your country but okay between countries? Many people have been killed because of wars, not only soldiers but ordinary people, even small children and babies. And refugees (难民) exist, too.

    A war is a great violence, like two people fighting over a shell, just much bigger. Adults say they are fighting wars in order to solve problems and make peace. But can you really "make peace" by killing so many people? I don't think bombs can reach people's hearts and change them. Bombs can't create love and caring, and that's what we need in the world. Why do adults use violence so quickly? Why can't they use their wisdom and talk it over?

    Adults might say that things are not that easy. But they are the ones that teach us to be kind, not to hurt people, and not to kill. Why don't they act as what they say?

A page from a 12-year-old boy, Joshua's diary

Hello, everyone. My name is Li Ping. I'm in a middle school. I like our school very much. 

Today is Monday, November 26^th. This is a busy day. In the morning, at 8:00 I have Chinese. The Chinese lesson is interesting. Our Chinese teacher, Mr. Wang, is really fun. All the students in our class like him. Then at 9:00, we have math. I don't like math, because it's difficult. Next, at 10:00, I have English. I like English very much. And at 11:10, I have P. E. That's my favorite subject. I have lunch at school at 12:00. In the afternoon, I have two lessons. At 14:00, I have science. It's difficult, but interesting. After that, I have music. Music is relaxing. I like my music teacher, Miss Tao, too. She is young and beautiful. Then we can play sports for an hour. 

Failure(失败) may be a bad thing to everyone. But it happens quite often. How to overcome(克服) failure?

Here are some good ways to help us to make it.

Expect mistakes( 错误) We can't make sure that everything will go well. We should try to think of mistakes before doing something. Learn to accept(接受) mistakes in your life. Mistakes make us understand our life better and help us grow healthily. Mistake is not failure but the path to success(成功).

Keep cool Don't get angry but keep cool when you have a failure. If you're really angry, try to start again. Don't be angry with other people. Go for a run or a swim to give you enough time to think. Just do something to make yourself out of the strong feelings until you cool down.

Stop worrying Your failure will soon be yesterday's news. Don't be afraid that others will laugh at you. In fact, they are busy worrying about their own failures too. After all, everyone is going to fail from time to time. Pay no attention to what others think.

Remember to laugh The sun will come up again tomorrow. Things might be bad for a short time but how will worry help? Think back to a happy time when you feel down. So remember to laugh when you have a failure.