I know you are busy working these days and nearly have no time to relax. I am writing to tell you a good way to relax yourself. That’s developing a hobby.

Hobby is an activity. A hobby is a strong interest in doing something. It fills us with great energy. A hobby can’t solve a problem we are worried about but can surely alleviate(减轻) it. It gives us a new way to look at the problem and solve some difficult situations easily. Every one of us should have at least one hobby.

Then, I’d like to tell you the way to develop a hobby. As a person, we always have our own interests. We can try a lot of things first and then hold on to one or two that turns out to be the best for us. Hobbies like reading books, writing, cooking are great for us students.

Hobbies help us to enjoy our life and discover what we really want in our daily life. It’s great if you have one hobby. If you don’t have one, follow the advice and develop your own hobby right now.

Yours,

Edwin

There was always music in our home. I     51     remember my mother used to listen to music while cooking. Once she stopped what she was doing and started dancing with me. We all enjoyed     52    .

By the time I was twelve, I used to stand in front of my bedroom mirror, and I     53     that I was playing the guitar. One day my father came in, seeing me and laughing. I felt embarrassed. A few     54     later, my father gave me a gift. “It’s a special present for your thirteenth birthday, Tommy.” he said. I took it out of the box carefully with a big     55     on my face.

By the time I was sixteen, I was playing in a rock band. After graduating     56     school, I worked at a dance club for two years. I was writing my     57     songs then, but no one was paying any attention to them. I didn’t     58     but kept on singing songs. One night, I gave a tape of my     59     songs to a famous musician. He liked it and encouraged me     60     writing songs. He played my songs. After a while, my music began to touch people’s hearts, and they asked him to play more. Gradually, I became popular, and more and people liked my songs.

The First Lesson is a great public welfare (公益的) program for primary and middle school students across the country. It’s shown at 8 p.m. on September 1st every year.

This year’s First Lesson takes “ Struggling (奋斗) to achieve dreams “ as the theme, and it is divided into three parts: working hard, keeping going and fighting together. (1) The program invited some special guest. Winners of “the August 1st Medal “, Role Model of the Times, scientific and technological workers, Olympic players and volunteers shared a lively and interesting “first lesson” with students in China.

This year’s program moved the classroom to the Wentian space lab. The astronauts of the Shenzhou XIV who were on business in space also joined in the program through the connection. (2) Wang Yaping, China’s first female astronaut to walk in space . . .

Besides, this year’s class also moved the classroom into Saihanba mechanical (机械的) forest farm and Xihuangbanna Asian elephant saving and breeding (繁殖) center. Students felt the beautiful and amazing land of China. All of them developed their sense of national pride after having this class.

(3) Only if the young are strong can our country be powerful enough. All the students developed the sense of national pride after watching the First Lesson. The First Lesson encourages teenagers to struggle in the new era and start a new journey with lively and exciting stories. As a teenager in the new time, we should think about the purpose of the story characters, regard them as our own example, learn their spirit. In the future, we should become more serious towards study and become a useful person to work hard!