Hello, boys and girls. My name is Wang Xiao and my English name is Alice. I am a student in Hangzhou No.1 Middle School. Now I am in Class 2. I like drawing very much. Look, this famous (著名的) picture Journey to the West《西游记》is one of my works (作品). My good friend Mary is also in this school. She’s in Class 4. Wang Jing and Liu Hua are her classmates.

Today, I have two new classmates. They are Lucy and Lily. They are twins (双胞胎). They look the same. They are English. They are twelve. But they also have something different. For Example, Lucy likes playing computer games, but Lily doesn’t like it. Lucy likes wearing a blue jacket, but Lily likes red. Lucy likes reading, but Lily likes playing sports.

Mary is reading something about how to keep healthy on the Internet.

Good sleep is important for your health. You need about eight hours’ sleep. Don’t eat or read in bed. A cup of milk before sleeping can help you get a good sleep. Go to bed at the same time before midnight and get up at the same time every morning. For more information, please visit www.sleeping.com.

How often do you exercise（锻炼）? __________, you must exercise for 30 minutes a day, three times a week. For more information, please call Health Line at 180-2000.

Studies（研究）show that the cold or flu virus（流感病毒）can live on our hands for long. So you should wash your hands often with soap and water. If you want to know more, please call Health Line at 180-1313.

There are four friends at a restaurant. They’re waiting for a fifth friend who is already 20 minutes late. They want to know if（是否）he will say “sorry” for being late. After another five minutes, he finally arrives.

However, he doesn’t say “sorry” when he arrives. To their surprise, he simply says, “Hey, thanks for waiting.” The others say “You are welcome” and then they open their menus and start to order food. Life goes on and all is fine.

Canadian sociologist（社会学家）Maja Jovanovic tells this story in a TED speech.

In her speech, Jovanovic says that sometimes we should say “thank you” instead of “sorry”. For example, you are feeling sad about something, and you’re talking about it with a friend for long. You might say “Thank you for listening” but not “Sorry for talking too much”. Sometimes, “Thank you” can sound better than “sorry”.

Nick is a very clever (聪明的) boy and he can learn everything very quickly. He doesn’t think what the teacher teaches in class is useful. It is a Monday morning. When the teacher, Mr. Brown, walks into the classroom with books in his hands, he hears a low (低的) voice (声音) , “Here’s the teacher. I’m sure this boring man is going to talk about how to use commas (逗号). I know how to use them.”

It’s a boy’s voice and the teacher knows who he is. But the teacher doesn’t get angry. He says nothing about it and begins to talk about how to use commas. The students listen very carefully (认真地). Then he writes a sentence (句子) on the blackboard, “Nick says the teacher is a boring man.”

The class laugh (笑) and Nick’s face turns (变) red.

“Now,” says the teacher, “I’ll tell you the importance (重要性) of commas.” He puts two commas in the sentence, and then reads, “Nick, says the teacher, is a boring man.” All the students laugh again. Nick feels very embarrassed (尴尬的) first, and later his face turns much redder (更红). He laughs with the other students, too. From then on, Nick begins to study carefully.

One day, three turtles (海龟) wanted to have a party. So _______ went into a café and ordered (点餐) three cups _______ coffee (咖啡).

However, the _______ weather (天气) suddenly turned into heavy rain. The oldest turtle said to the youngest one, “Go home and get the _______.”

“I will, if you don’t drink my _______,” the _______ answered.

“ _______! We won’t drink your coffee!” the other _______ turtles said.

The youngest turtle then went to the _______ to leave.

Time went by quickly ________ two years passed (过去). The two turtles were still（仍然）at the table ________. The oldest turtle said to the other one, “Well, I think he isn’t coming back, ________ we can drink his coffee.”

At ________ time, a voice came from outside the door. ________ was from the youngest turtle. “Oh, no! If you drink ________ coffee, I won’t go,” he said.