—________ my wife. I did something wrong yesterday. She is still angry with me

It was the final game for my eight-year-old son’s soccer team. Near the end of the match, the score was two to one, my son's team being ahead. Parents surrounded the playground, offering   _________.

There were less than ten seconds_________and the ball stopped in front of my son's teammate, Mickey. With cheering shouts_________the field, Mickey went back a little and kick the ball with everything he had. All around me the crowd became crazy and _______.Mickey had___________

Then there was a complete_________.Mickey had scored, but in the wrong gate, the_________went into the gate of my son’s team, ending the game in a draw(平局). You see, Mickey has a serious_________in his head, which makes his IQ lower than that of normal children of the same age. And for him, he didn’t understand what a wrong goal was. All goals were_________by a happy hug from Mickey. He had been known to hug the players whom he was fighting against when they scored.

The silence was__________broken when Mickey, his face________with joy, caught my son, hugged him and shouted,“I scored! I scored. Everybody won! Everybody won!”For a moment I held my breath, not sure how my son would do or say. In fact, I didn’t __________to worry at that time. I watched through tears. When I found my son raised his hand and started call out__________,“Well done, Mickey!” Soon, members from both teams got around Mickey, __________him on his goal．

Later that night, when my daughter asked __________ had won, “Everybody won”. I smiled and replied.

Have you ever been on a student exchange program? How useful was it? We asked three people for their opinions.

I spent 8 days in Germany when I was studying for my Level A. I went to school every day, and spent the evenings with a family. It was great because I had to speak German all the time. However, the most useful thing was that I was paying more attention to communicating in the language, instead of speaking perfectly correct German. I was really glad that people could understand what I was saying. I’d certainly introduce it to other students studying languages.

I went on an exchange with my class for a week in Japan. Before the exchange, I thought my understanding of grammar was pretty good, but I had much trouble listening and speaking. So, what I thought most meaningful was that I had no choice but to use everyday language skills, rather than the language from books. If I had the opportunity, I’d certainly take part in another language exchange.

I took part in a French exchange. It lasted two weeks and I stayed with my exchange family in a small town just outside Paris. I’m quite a shy person, so in the first few days, I was kind of nervous, but then it was fine. I love French and my French has always been good. But the exchange really helped develop my speaking skills, and made me a much more confident person. It felt great to be able to talk with French people. I also found that everyone who took part in the exchange did a lot better in their end-of-year exams.

How much sleep is enough?

To stay in good health, some expert in the US say, adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep. Teenager need nine to ten hours. And pre-school children need more than 10 hours of sleep a night.

Experts say the quality(质量) of our sleep becomes poor as we grow older. This happens because the brain unit that controls sleep begins to weaken slowly as we age.

Experts say the change starts in our 30s. By the time we reach our 50s, a person may have lost 50 percent of their ability to have a restful sleep.

These people have trouble failing and staying asleep through the night. From middle age on, these problems only get worse, and they can have a bad effect on their health.

Signs that show you may not be getting enough sleep:

You’re always hungry or you’ve got unwanted weight. If you are in short of sleep, certain chemicals in your body will not work well and tell your brain in time that you have eaten enough.

You have trouble making decisions. Not having enough sleep may make your brain work slower in problem solving.

You have trouble remembering things. Sleep helps prepare the brain for new memories.

Your feeling changes unreasonably. People who don’t sleep well may feel unable to control their feelings.

You are having trouble seeing. If there is a shortage of sleep, you may not be able to see thing as clearly as usual.

How to improve your sleep? Here are a few things people can do to get better sleep.

Health experts say that exercise and avoiding work on computers make people go to sleep more easily. A cool room is also a good choice for sleeping well.

We are looking for people to work as voluntary work for the local community.

There are many ways in which you can do voluntary work. You can volunteer to go shopping for old people or help organize a recycling project. Or you can become a member of a team. It might be about providing support to someone who has lost a family member, or who can’t deal with a change in their lifestyle. Or, it might be about looking after someone. Melissa has been helping the old people, “I didn’t think I’d have enough time at first, but when I saw how much difference I could make to people’s life, I managed to find the time to do that,” she says.

If you are interested in gardening or animals, then you might want to join in our new project to change waste gardens into places for growing fruit and vegetables, or care for local animals and wildlife. Jack is a volunteer at the Dogs and Cats Home.”I started volunteering when I was out of a job. It was a bad time for me. Then I found looking after the animals did a lot of good to me: for example, I began to feel light-hearted,” he says.

We also need volunteers to work at local hospital. Don’t worry-you don’t need any medical skills. Volunteer work might ask you to work with hospital staff, or spend time with parents. And there are also possibilities of being a police support volunteer.

If you are interested in volunteering, then get in touch with us. By spending just a few hours of your time each week, you can make a real difference to your local area. Write and tell us about your interest and how you think you can do something for the community.

I grew up poor-living in a big family with six brothers, three sisters, my father and a wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was very happy and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.

My dream was sports. By the time I was sixteen, I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball and hit anything that moved on the field. I was also lucky: my high school coach was Ollie Jarvis who not only believed in me, but also taught me how to believe in myself. One special incident（事件）with him changed my life forever.

It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and I was offered a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for dates with girls, money for a new bike, new clothes, and I could begin to save money for a house for my mother.

Then I realized, to do that work, I would have to give up summer baseball training. When I told coach Jarvis, he was as angry as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work." he said, "Your time for playing isn`t long. You can't afford to waste it”.

I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment in me.

"How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he asked.

"Three point five an hour." I replied.

"Well," he asked, "is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?"

That simple question made me understand the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal for the future. I practiced hard that summer, and within the year I was chosen by a famous team to play baseball, and was offered $ 20,000 a year.

Later, I was given a baseball scholarship to the University of Arizona, which led me to an education. In 1984, I began to play the Denver Bronces for $ 1.7 million a year, And Certainly, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

Dick was a smart young man whose parents were not rich.He had to work in his     56    time.

He managed to go to university,but it was so expensive to study there     57    he found it necessary to get     58    (至少) two part-time jobs at the same time so as to     59    (确保) that he could get enough money for his studies.

One summer he got a job in a shop which sold meat     60     the day-time and another job in a hospital at    61    .On the one hand,in the shop,he learned to    62    (切碎)meat quite nicely,so the    63     /bɒs/of the shop often let Dick do all the business while he was out.In the hospital,    64     (另一方面),he was,of course,only allowed to do some simple work,such     65     helping to lift people and to carry them from one part of the hospital to another.Both in the shop     66     at the hospital,Dick had to     67    white clothes.

One evening at the hospital,Dick was asked to look after a woman.When he     68     the room,the woman was surprised.“I wonder how you could find me here,” the woman said.“I forgot to pay     69     the meat I bought yesterday and went home direct,but I     70    (not do) that on purpose(故意地).”

71. 假设你是李华，你班同学决定进行一次野餐，请你用英语给外教Jack 写封邮件，邀请他参加。内容包括：

1.时间：本周日上午9:00到下午15:00

2.地点：劳动公园（the Laodong Park）

3.活动：做游戏、喝歌、吃午饭……

4.要求：上午8:00校门口集合、自带食品、……

How is it going?

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I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua