Tom is like any other teenager. He goes to school, does his homework, meets his friends and enjoys doing sports. But between 5:30 and 6:30 from Monday to Friday. Tom does something _________. He cooks dinner for his family.

“I think it’s important for teenagers to learn how to cook. They need some other _________ to help them in today’s world. First I taught Tom how to _________ easy meals like pizza or chips. Then he started using recipes (食谱) in my cooking books. Yesterday he made vegetable soup. It was very good!” Tom’s mum said.

“I love cooking and I think I’m _________ good at it. None of my friends cook. I don’t know _________. It isn’t difficult and it’s great fun!” Tom said.

In the _________, Tom didn’t help out at home and his mum wasn’t very happy with him. Today he cooks and she is very happy.

Children’s cooking makes the whole family happy and there are also other _________ for it.

Cut down on picky (挑剔的) eating. Even the pickiest eaters will come around to trying new foods if they take _________ in cooking them. If you’ve got a picky eater, bring him or her into the kitchen. Be patient—_________ it doesn’t work right away, it will at last! Be creative. Kids love getting to help _________ what’s for dinner, what goes in the fruit salad, or just about any other part of the meal. Older kids can be creative in recipe development and food showing.

Volunteering can be a wonderful experience. You can help out at an organization, and it can benefit （使受益） you too. Four students are talking about their volunteering stories.

Elliott:I began volunteering with Berkeley Animal Shelter at age 12. I helped get cats adopted（收养）, cleaned up after them, fed them, new pet parent.

Elle:I volunteered for the Native Plant Society at age 14. I helped save the local plants. I actively worked on making it happen. Volunteering made me a better person. I realized I could do more than I thought.

Kenny:When I was 15 years old, I volunteered on Earth Day by helping clean up a local beach. We really don’t realize how much rubbish is produced every day. Volunteering on the beach taught me that it was important to keep our beaches clean and helped me learn about different sea animals.

Laura:My dad asked me to volunteer at our local Meal on Wheels when I was 13 years old. We volunteered every Saturday morning by sending hot meals to some old people in our town. They were unable to make their own food. This experience made me think a lot more about other people and their needs.

We do want help our family, friends and classmates when they’re having a hard time. But how can we help our people out in right ways?

Rachel Miller is a writer and she mentions some ways about that in her book How to Be There for Yourself and Your People.

Keep your focus on your friend.

When a friend comes to you, it’s a good idea to help them forget their terrible experience. But if you want to tell them a similar experience, it’s not always welcome.

If you do feel that your experience might be helpful to hear, Miller’s advice is to let your friend know that you went through something similar, but allow them to decide if they want to hear about it at the moment.

Ask how you can best help your friend.

You may not know what kind of help your friend wants. Just ask! Miller advises to try these questions:

“What’s the best way I can help you right now?”

“Do you need someone to talk to?”

“Would you like my advice?”

“How are you feeling about the hard experience you’re going through?”

A heartfelt “I’m sorry” is a great help.

People may shy away from saying “I’m sorry” to the people in trouble, because you cannot feel the same way as them. But Miller says a real, honest “I’m sorry” can help to make your friend feel heard and accepted. “Sometimes there isn’t a perfect way to make people feel better,” she says. “But what you need to do is to say ‘You’re not alone. I’m with you. I’m so sorry it’s happening to you.’”

There is a picture of mine on the desk. Every time I look at it, I realize how fast time     41    (fly). Around     42     (I) in the picture are some toy cars and planes. The picture brings back to me the happy     43     (memory) of my childhood.

When I was a little boy, I was     44     (interest) in studying cars and planes. So to be     45     engineer was my first dream. Later, I wanted to be a fireman,     46     I found I was a little afraid of height. Then when I was in the     47     (six) grade, I wanted to be a teacher, since I liked my English teacher so much.

When I     48     (enter) middle school, my dream was to have a restaurant.I wished to run many restaurants     49     different cities. Now I hope to be a doctor.

My parents say to me, “    50     (what) dreams you have, the most important is to try hard to make them come true”.