When I was three years old just before my sister was born, my mom asked me what we should name the new baby. I said, “Let’s call ________ Gravy (肉汁)!”

You know, we pour gravy over meat and it tastes good! My parents found my _______ interesting, but named the new baby Caroline, instead.

Having a sister ________ my life. When my sister and I played together, we ________ got into fights and got angry with each other if we did ________ wrong. It sometimes drove our parents mad. ________ at the same time, we learned to share our things and to forgive (原谅) each other ________ we got angry.

In North America, there are many kinds of families, but ________ families have a boy and a girl. Of course, some have three or more. In China, most children _______ have brothers or sisters, and they have to learn those things in other ways, which is more ________.

When I ________ away to university, my sister ________ me she wished I still lived at ________. She wasn’t used to getting all the attention from my parents. But Chinese children get all the attention for all their life!

Some middle school _________ in China wish they had a brother or sister. If you are one of them, I _______ a good idea for you. Treat your friends and classmates as your brothers and sisters!

London used to be “foggy” for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are “foggy” today. In fact, the “fog” was smog, a mixture (混合物) of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London’s smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more “pea-soupers”.

Many Chinese cities now face the same kind of problem of air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive.

However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be.

Finding a proper summer camp for your child is not an easy task. You have to think about too many factors (因素). Remember, you are sending your kid to a summer camp not just to let him enjoy himself but also to help him become confident. So you should try to choose a summer camp for your kid so that after he returns from the camp, the first thing that he asks you is when you will send him again for camping. Let us see how you can pick the best summer camp for your child.

★Search the Internet

If you browse (浏览) the Internet, you will find a number of websites of summer camps where you can find detailed information about the camps. For example, how much the whole camping will cost, where the camps are, what children can do in the camps and what additional facilities (额外的设施) they can provide. Don’t forget to read the comments (评论) of parents who have sent their children to those camps and pay attention to how they find those camps.

★Search for advertisements in newspapers

★Ask for advice from your child’s school teachers

While searching, you will find different types of camps. They are organized according to the nature and interest of children like a music camp, a sports camp, etc. So it is very important to know what your child is interested in before picking a summer camp.