When I was a little girl, my mum and dad told me that if I planted something in spring, I could get_______in autumn.

At the age of six, when I was eating a big apple, something hard pressed against (挤压) my tongue (舌头). What was it? It was a tooth!

I was afraid. I cried and_______to my grandma’s room. She picked up the tooth and said, “Don’t worry, dear. It’s a baby tooth. You will have a the tooth in a few_______.”

“A new tooth?” I felt very surprised (惊讶的).

“Yes. But when you get_______, your teeth will fall out again, but at that time, they won’t_______again. So it’s not_______for old people to eat something hard, ” my grandma said.

I went out of my grandma’s room and thought, “Where can I_______the dropped (掉落的) tooth?”

Suddenly, a good idea_______into my mind (头脑). “Why not_______it in the ground? If I look after it well, day after day, maybe it will become a big tree. When________comes, there will be many white and strong teeth on the tree. I can give them to the old people then.”

Of course my tooth didn’t grow into a big tree, but I will never forget the beautiful dream in my childhood.

Last summer, Maria and her mother moved from their house in the countryside to a flat building in Chicago. Maria really liked some things about the city, but she missed her house and yard in the countryside.

One day, Maria was in her flat building when she saw her neighbour, Mrs Garcia, carrying a gardening tool and a bag of soil. Maria wondered how Mrs Garcia was able to garden in the city. “My mum grew delicious vegetables, and I know she misses her garden now, but we don’t have a yard,” said Maria. Mrs Garcia laughed. “I’ll show you,” she said.

Maria thought that Mrs Garcia would take her to the park, but she took her to the roof (屋顶). When the door opened, Maria was surprised to see rows of flowers and vegetables on the roof. “What a wonderful garden!” said Maria.

Mrs Garcia told Maria that for a long time the roof was just an empty space. Then some of the people in the building asked the owners to turn it into a community garden. The building owners liked the idea because the plants not only helped to keep the air clean, but they also helped to keep the building cooler during warmer weather.

“I plant flowers in my own place,” Mrs Garcia said. “But you would be surprised by how different the plants are up here. Some people grow vegetables just like your mum. You can do some of the same things in the city as in the countryside. You just have to be creative!”

Sakchai lives in Bangkok, which is the c    57     of Thailand. It’s a big c    58     with lots of new buildings as well as old temples.

Sakchai works in a car repair shop. He doesn’t m    59     a lot of money but he e    60     his life. The streets in Bangkok are usually full of traffic, so Sakchai comes to work on the Sky Train. It’s much faster than a car or a bus.

Sakchai lives with his parents and sister in a new f    61    , quite a long way from the city c    62    .

He s    63     his money on clothes and music. Bangkok is warm all year round, so he doesn’t need thick clothes.

When he has a holiday, he goes to the beach with his friends Thailand has long golden b    64     with palm trees along them. The sea is b    65     and warm. There are beautiful views over the sea. Tourists from all over the world like to v    66     Thailand’s beaches. It’s a good place for a holiday.