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Hi Simon，

I haven't written till now．I've been busy with the course and making new friends（66）　　I got here．I'm speaking English with my classmates all the time and going out in the evenings with （67）　　（they）．We're a real mix of nationalities：Chinese，Russian，Italian，Spanish…We talk about kinds of things （68）　　English and I'm learning a lot about other languages and countries too．

My host family are very nice．The parents are very（69）　　（friend）and kind．The children are both in primary school （70）　　they are very sweet．But they can be a bit annoying（恼人的）too．If we have to watch the film Frozen together one more time，I'm going crazy!I know all the（71）　　（song）by heart now!

We live near the school．It's a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre．There is（72）　　ancient castle（城堡）and we're going there next week．Yesterday my Italian friend invited me（73）　　（watch）the free street shows．We （74）　　（see）a magician doing card games﹣﹣﹣﹣

it was so much fun!

I（75）　　（send）you some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time．Take care and let me

know how you are doing．

Fran．

Pablo and I were walking home from playing football．On the way，I told him that our school needed （61）　　football team．At once，Pablo suggested，"Why not run for（竞选）class pressident so that you can set one up？"

"Who would want（62）　　（I）？"I asked，surprised at the idea．

Pablo made a list of reasons：I was the（63）　　（good）student of all in sports and lessons；I was（64）　　（friend）to everybody．When I told him running for president would be much work，he（65）　　（promise）that he would help me．

I did run，and Pablo did help me．First，we made posters to hang in the hallway．Next，Pablo helped me（66）　　（write）a speech about why I'd make a good class president．

The big day came．I gave my speech in front of the whole grade，promissing my（67）　　（classmate）that if they chose me，I'd start a football team．

As Pablo and I nervously waited（68）　　the results，I was told that my speech was so successful（69）　　I was the right person to be class president．

Now we went（70）　　（happy）to Coach Simpason and asked how I could start our new football team．

Justin is a 16﹣year﹣old boy．He is thinking about how （1）　　（spend） his money during winter vacation．He（2）　　（save） up about 300 dollars already．He plans to buy （3）　　computer with his money but he also wants to go skating with his friends．He can't do both （4）　　he doesn't have enough money．What should Justin do？

    We are often in these kinds of situations．You want to see a concert （5）　　Saturday，but it is also your mother's birthday and you do not want to let（6）　　（she） down．In this case，you don't have enough time to go to both （7）　　（place）．You must make a decision．You must think about（8）　　should be done first．You must consider the following questions（9）　　（serious）．

    •Which is more important？

    •Which decision needs my attention more？

    •Which choice would satisfy me more？

     After you've answered these questions，it may be much （10）　　（easy） for you to decide what to do．So the next time you must make a decision，remember to prioritize（优先考虑）．

Nathaniel Hawthorne （1）　　（go）home with a broken heart．He told his wife Sophia that he lost his job．（2）　　his surprise，she spoke to him with great joy．

"Now，"she said （3）　　（happy），"you can write your book!When you had your job，you didn't have time to write down （4）　　you were thinking about．Now，you are free．You can do what you like and make your dream （5）　　（come）true!"

"Yes，said the man sadly，"but what shall we live on while I （6）　　（write）it？"

    Then，she took out a small box and opened it．There was a large amount of money．

"I've always believed you are （7）　　talented man，"she told him．"I knew that someday you would write a great book．So every week，out of the money you gave me for everyday use，I saved a little bit．Now this money can help （8）　　（we）through the year．"

    With her trust and confidence，one of the （9）　　（great）novels of American literature，The Scarlet Letter（《红字》），was born．

    Some of the famous （10）　　（story）have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend．

Hitchbot

Have you ever seen a hitchhiker（搭便车的旅行者）standing by the side of a road？Now drivers in Canada might see（51）　　unusual hitchhiker； a hitchhiking robot．

One of its inventors，David Harris Smith，has hitched across Canada three times．Smith and a friend，Frauke Zeller，have built Hitchbot because they wanted（52）　　（see） if people would    stop and give the robot a lift and talk to it．The robot can chat about things it has learned，and about（53）　　（it） trip．You might think it's a joke，（54）　　Smith and Zeller's experiment has a serious point：can robots and people get along？

Hitchbot（55）　　（begin） its journey in Nova Scotia in July．It has already completed a    third of its 6，000﹣mile trip to Victoria．More than 57，000 people are following its journey（56）　　（close） on Facebook and Twitter，and travelers have posted lots of（57）　　（photo） on the websites．Hitchbot has also done some shopping，eaten motor oil，and had fun with travelers．Nobody knows（58）　　it will finish its journey．It might be（59）　　（long） than expected，but Zeller and Smith want Hitch to get（60）　　many rides as it can．It hasn't been in a self﹣driving car yet，but anything is possible!

In August 2016， China National Women's Volleyball Team beat Serbia（塞尔维亚） 3﹣1in the final at the Rio Olympics and won the gold medal． They brought great joy （61）　

　 the whole country． Chairman Xi Jinping called on（号召） all the Chinese to （62）　

　 their spirit of perseverance（不屈不挠的精神） and never giving up．

Could you imagine （63）　　 difficult their road to success was？ During the match against the Brazil team in the Rio Olympic Games， the hope of winning was very little （64）　because　 the China team only won one match in the past 18games between them． Almost all the audience thought the Brazil team would be the （65）　　， but our girls didn't give up． They kept （66）　　 fighting till the last second． To everyone's （67）　surprise　， they were so brave that they finally won the match． All the girls rushed to Lang Ping， their head coach， and hugged each （68）　　 excitedly and happily． Zhu Ting was honored with the most valuable （69）　　 （MVP）because of her wonderful performance．

Today， everybody is （70）　　 of women's volleyball team． Their spirit inspires（鼓舞） every Chinese．

Nowadays we can see more and more electric bikes in the street．Electric bikes （56）　　 （be） easy to ride．They run fast and make no （57）　　 （pollute）．They become very popular，（58）　　 the electric bikes also cause more traffic accidents．So China plans 59．　　 （make） a new rule for the electric bike riders．If an electric bike is （60）　　 （heavy） than 40 kilos and can go faster than 20 kilometers an hour，its rider must get a license．It means rider have to pass driving tests before they ride

（61）　　 （them） electric bikes on the road．

People have different ideas after （62）　　 （hear） the plan．Some welcome the plan．A bus driver said happily，"（63）　　 a good plan! I think it will make the street much safer．：some are not happy with the new rules at all．One rider said （64）　　 （sad），"I don't want to get a license．"That's not convenient （65）　　 me to get one．"Some don't care about it．A young rider said calmly，"I prefer to use shared bikes which are popular in many big cities of China now．I hope they can come to Loudi earlier．"

I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English． So（56）　　， I have already made a few friends and had some English food there． But after（57）　　（have） three days of hamburgers， sandwiches and（58）　　（potato）， I thought none could be（59）　　delicious than Chinese food， especially my favorite﹣huo guo， When I knew there was going to（60）　　a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students， I was so excited（61）　　 I went to the canteen quickly．

To（62）　　surprise， when I stepped into the room， I didn't see any sign of huo guo． After I talked with an English girl， I got to know that Chinese huo guo is（63）　　（complete） different from hotpot． Chinese huo guo is（64）　　（write） in two words﹣hot pot；and hotpot， one word， is a（65）　　（tradition） English dish．

if nobody they in save fast later friend younger kitchen

When I was young，I liked to play jokes on others，especially on my parents and   （66）　　．One day my mother was cooling while I was playing with my （67）　　 brother Tony．Suddenly I ran to my mother and said，"Tony fell off the open window!"She quickly rushed out of the（68）　　Then I said，"Don't worry，I'm just joking．"My mother shouted at me，"I'll punish you （69）　　 you do it again．"

Another day，I went swimming with my friends in the sea．I wanted to play a joke on （70）　　In front of my friends I swam （71）　　Suddenly，I called out"help!"All my friends came to help me．However，they found that I was joking．But half an hour   （72）　　I wasn't joking．I was so fast，soon I got tired and couldn't swim on in water．I tried my best to call my friends for help，but this time （73）　　 came to help me．

（74）　　the end，they found I was telling the truth．They took me to the hospital and （75）　　 my life．This is the best lesson in my life．From then on I haven't joked on anyone．

My dear son，

I think my life has been long enough now．And I won't be able to visit you any（56）　　，but would it be too much to ask（57）　　（是否）you could come and visit me once in a while？I miss you so much．I am so glad when I hear you are coming to the school for a meeting．But I have （58）d　　 not to go to the school because I am seriously（59）　　．

I'm sorry that I only have one eye，and I have been an embarrassment for you．But before I leave this world，I have to tell you one thing that has been hidden in my（60）h　　 for over twenty years．When you were very little，you got into an accident，and（61）l　　 your eye．As a mother，I couldn't stand watching you having to（62）g　　 up with only one eye．So I gave you （63）　　（我的）．I was so proud you could see a whole new world for me．（64）I was　　（从不）angry with you for anything you did．Sometimes when you were upset with me，I thought to myself，"It's because you love me．"I miss the time when you were still young around me．

I miss you so much．I love you．You（65）　　the world to me．Wish you a safe trip．

Your mum．

Life will be peaceful if you always do kind things．I teach my daughters to d（76）　　a habit of helping others．

We live in a rural（乡村） area．Most of what we see is beautiful nature．One of the exceptions （例外） to the beauty is the rubbish that some people throw out of their car windows．And there are no necessary public s（77）　　．Such as rubbish collection．

A helping behavior（行为） that I often p（78）　　with my daughters is picking up rubbish in our neighborhood．My daughters often have a m（79）　　to see who can collect the most rubbish．They will often say to me in an excited voice，"There's some rubbish，﹣Daddy，stop the car!"Without t（80）　　more，we will often get out of the our car and pick it up．Though it may seem s（81）　　，we do it．In fact，we enjoy it．We pick it up rubbish in parks，on sidewalks，almost a（82）　　．

One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road．I stopped．He r（83）　　his head and said to me with a smile，"I saw you doing this with your family．It's a good idea to protect our natural world．"

There are many other ways to p（84）　　kindness for others．You may share a dinner with a beggar（乞丐），visit lonely old people in the nursing home，or help the blind cross the street．You can think of something that can be finished e（85）　　but helpful．It is fun，self﹣satisfying，and what's more，it can set a good example．Helping others is helping yourself．

There was once a wise old woman who lived in the hills．All the children nearby always went to

ask her all kinds of questions．Even the most difficult questions，the old woman was （56）　　

to answer them．It was easy for her（57）　　（answer）the children's all strange questions．

There was a naughty （淘气） little boy among the children．One day he caught a tiny （58）　　and held it in his cupped hands．Then he gathered his friends around．He said，"Let's trick the old woman．I（59）　　 （ask） her what I'm holding in my hands．Of course，she'll answer that I have a bird．Then I will ask her if the bird is living or （60）　　．If she says the bird is dead，I'll open my hands and let the bird fly away．If she says the bird is alive，I'll quickly crush it and show her the dead bird．Either way，she'll be （61）　　"

All the children enjoyed （62）　　（have） such a good idea．Up the hill they went to the old woman's hut（小屋）．"Granny，you are （63）　　clever that we all believe you，now we have a question for you，

they said with a smile．"What's in my hands？"asked the little boy．"Well，it must be a bird，"

（64）　　 （reply）the old woman．"But is it living or dead？"The old woman thought for a moment

and then answered，"it is as you will，my child．

All the children looked at each other in surprise．But the old woman smiled and added，"I （65）　　（tell） you the right answer already．"Then the old woman disappeared in the hills．

Dear Auntie Em，

Great news! Mrs Mumford just told me I had been chosen as one of the school （61）　　 （student） to visit the University of Cape Town in South Africa this summer! She said the program （62）　　 （design） for some of the brighter teenagers to experience a different culture．（63）　　 a good chance!

The only problem is：mom and dad （64）　　 （simple） won't let me go．They said it was dangerous for me，a girl，（65）　　 （travel） alone．But my guess is that they think it too expensive．I kept telling （66）　　（they） I had been on a plane alone to visit you in Texas before．They needn't worry about me（67）　　 this trip would be almost the same as that one．（68）　　．They just won't listen!

Will you help，Auntie Em？It will be （69）　　 very important experience to my personal growth．

Love，（and love you even （70）　　 （much） if you manage to make mom & dad agree with me．）

School was over．Usually David's mother would take him home from school but today she was not here．David decided to go home alone（61）　　foot，and it took him about half （62）　　 hour．

When he got home，he couldn't get in （63）　　he did not bring his keys．He knocked on the door，but no one answered．David thought his mother （64）　　（be） in the toilet，so he waited patiently for her．After a few （65）　　（minute），David knocked again，but still no one answered．"What is happening？Is there anything wrong with my mother？"he thought to （66）　　（he） and got worried．Just at that moment，he heard the（67）　　（friend） voice of his neighbor，John．David told him that no one was home，and John asked him （68）　　（stay） in his house．Two hours later，when David's mother got back，he（69）　　（play） games with John．（70）　　happy he was to see his mother!

The whole school was talking about the winter camp．And everyone was looking forward（61）　　 it except me because I thought l would get homesick．But it was the way we grew up．

When arriving at the camp，we （62）　　 （ask） to ski（滑雪）down to field by the coach．I skied （63）　　 （careful），but I still hit a piece of ice and fell down．

Ha!Ha!"Behind me，somebody started laughing．I looked back to see （64）　　was laughing at me．To my surprise，I saw （65）　　 girl in the same embarrassing position l was in．"I thought I'd be bad at this．but it seems （66）　　 （difficult） than I expected!"she said suddenly，I started laughing，too．Afer being so afraid of （67）　　 （fall），it was a comfort not to fear it anymore．

The next day，（68）　　 I didn't want to go ski jumping，1was chosen to do that first．But when my（69）　　 （foot）left the ground，I felt l was flying and it was wonderful．

Just do your best （70）　　（meet） every challenge．You'll never imagine how much you will get．