Maria and Brittany are good friends. They play together almost every day. But ________ fact, they are very different.

Maria does ________ in school work than Brittany does. However, Brittany enjoys ________ soccer with other kids. Sometimes they can spend hours together happily, _________ other times they just can’t agree what to do.

Last week, Maria asked Brittany ________ with her. “I don’t want to read now, and I just want to play soccer outdoors,” Brittany answered.

“We always do ________ you want to do. You should at least listen to ________ once,” Maria shouted.

“It’s not true. We just read books yesterday. Now, I’m going to play soccer,” Brittany said. Then they quarreled (争吵).

The next day at school, Mrs. Stone ________ what happened and talked with them. She said, “You don’t have to do ________ same every day to be best friends. Best friends always ________ each other. They can just play together a few times a week, and take turns picking their activities.” After hearing this, Maria and Brittany agreed and became good friends again.

Shawn and his class were asked to write articles. When Shawn first knew about it, he was not _______. Shawn disliked writing articles, because it was always hard for him to write. So he asked Mr. Matthews for help.

Mr. Matthews advised Shawn to begin choosing a _______. The topic should be important to him. Shawn wanted to be on the football team, so he _______ to write a paper about it. Next, Mr. Matthews _______ that Shawn should make a list of the strongest and best reasons. When Shawn had his reasons, he was _______ to start writing.

Shawn began with his main _______—he should be allowed to be on the football team. Then, he showed the _______. After Shawn had his draft (草稿) finished, he wanted to make it better. Shawn read his paper to his parents. They gave him some good ideas to _______ the paper. Then, Shawn looked at the paper again. This time, he _______ a few new ideas himself. To make sure that he had spelled everything ________, Shawn read his paper slowly. He also checked his paper for mistakes in grammar.

The paper was written so well that Mr. Matthews gave him a very good grade. The football coach also agreed to let Shawn work with the team!

Summer is always the best time to play in the water. Swimming, sailing and a lot of other water games are waiting for you. But drowning is a real danger. Once it happens, it will lead to death (死亡). So while having fun, you must learn to protect yourself. Always remember “safety first” !

To help you have an enjoyable holiday, we will invite Brian and David to give you a talk. They are excellent policemen and they will give you advice on summer activities and tell you how to save yourself and help others when an accident happens.

Time: 4: 00 p. m.—5: 30 p. m., Friday

Place: The meeting hall on the third floor of the building

Rules:

*Arrive at least 5 minutes earlier. If you’re late, walk in quietly from the back door.

*Seats on the left are for Class 1 and Class 2. Seats for Class 3 are in the middle. Seats for Class 4 and Class 5 are on the right.

*Don’t bring any food or drinks.