Lily is a little girl at school. She doesn’t have many friends because she is ________ and quiet. Lily likes playing soccer and she wants to be a great soccer player when she grows up. ________ some of her classmates always laugh at her. “Soccer is for boys! You girls can’t make it!” they ________.

Lily never wants to stop. Every day, it often ________ her half an hour to be back from school. As soon as she ________ home, Lily quickly finishes her homework and goes out to practice soccer. Sometimes she feels ________ tired. ________, her mother knows her love for the sport and is always there to help her.

There is a soccer ________ at school this week. Lily takes part in it. She tries her best to score three goals（进球）. All students are surprised（吃惊的）to see ________ well Lily plays. With her hard work, the team wins the game in the end.

Lily shows herself to others. If you’re strong and hard-working ________ her, your dream can come true one day.

Jeff lives in Queensland with his parents. His mother Irene gets up at six o’clock and tries to do all the housework by eight. His father Ken makes breakfast.

At half past seven, Ken goes to work. Then Irene cleans the house. At ten o’clock, Irene teaches Jeff math and English. Irene makes lunch and she eats with Jeff at twelve. In the afternoon, she usually reads to Jeff. There is no school in Queenland, so Irene has to teach Jeff by herself. In the evening, Irene plays games with Ken and Jeff. Usually Ken loses. They don’t have a TV.

The nearest town Tibooburra is about 100 miles away. Every Saturday evening, Irene drives to Tibooburra to see her mother. The nearest neighbor Johnny lives 35 miles away. She asks him to have dinner every Sunday.

Irene likes living in Queensland, and Ken loves Queensland too. They wish to live there all the time. But Jeff isn’t sure, he thinks Queensland is too quiet and he wants to study at school. And Jeff also wants to have more friends.

Boys and girls, I know you may be sad now. Yeah, we lose the game. I’m sorry to hear that. Well, if you love to watch sports games, you’ll see it happen—tennis players jump over the net to shake hands after a hard match; football players exchange（交换）ball uniforms after 90 minutes of knocking each other around; even boxers（拳击运动员）touch gloves at the beginning of the game. Players in every event act in this way. What’s that? It’s all parts of sportsmanship（体育精神）.

Everyone feels great when they win. They may sing or dance excitedly on the ground. However, it’s always hard for people to say in public（在公众场合）that they made a bad play. Good sportsmanship is what we really need.

Good sportsmanship means that you play by the rules, talk politely to everyone during games and stay cool even when you lose the game. I do think every one of you tried your best. And at the school sports meeting, it’s more important for you to know how to work as part of a team and cheer your team on. Just like in life, you may not always win, but believe me, sportsmanship will help you out. After all, there is always the next match, right? So enjoy your day and stay cool! You can make it!