Dorothy lived with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em on a small farm in Kansas. The house had only one room for everything. There was a cellar (地下室) under the house. It was a cyclone (飓风) shelter. Life was difficult on the farm. Uncle Henry and Aunt Em were not old, but they looked old because the sun and wind made their skin dry. The hard work took away their happiness, and they never laughed or even smiled. Dorothy didn’t often laugh, either. She often played with her little dog, Toto. She loved him very much.

On this day, she was not playing with him. Instead, she was standing at the door of the house, looking at the sky. It was very dark and there was a whistling sound in the air. Uncle Henry said, “There’s a cyclone coming. I will put the animals in the shed.” He ran out of the house to the shed. Aunt Em came to the door and looked at the sky. “Quickly, Dorothy,” she shouted. “Go to the cellar.” Dorothy picked up Toto and ran to the cellar door.

Before she could climb down the ladder (梯子) into the cellar, a wind took the house. It turned it round and round and then carried it high into the sky. When she woke up—she did not know how much later—the house was on the ground. It was in a field full of flowers, and there were hundreds of colourful birds flying about and singing.

【推荐2】Who is Li Ziqi? The 29-year-old vlogger's videos about her countryside life become so hot these days. Her fans call her "the goddess of nature".

What makes her so popular? Cooking, painting, designing, farming… It seems that she lives a quiet but colorful life. In her videos, Li wears Hanfu that she made herself. She also rears silkworms (养蚕) to sew (缝制) quilts. She even makes lipstick (口红) with roses she grows. She also uses fruits picked from her own garden to make wine.

Li grew up in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work. But she soon went back to the countryside so that she could take care of her sick grandmother.

To make a living, Li started an online store. At first, she just used her videos to show her products. But her simple lifestyle quickly won many fans for her. People think watching her videos is the best way of relaxing now.

For her fans who are from foreign countries, they feel more interested in Li's deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. "I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I didn't know I could cook meat like that until I finished watching her video," one foreign fan wrote on YouTube excitedly.

As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people enjoy life, love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she really makes the world learn more about Chinese culture. She also advises foreign friends to come to China and enjoy good food.

She did not praise China with a single word, but she did a good job showing real beautiful life in China.

Some people do not have hands, arms or legs, but they can do lots of things.

Liu Wei is one of them. He can swim and sing. He can write and he can play the piano. Liu Wei is from Beijing. He has no arms. He plays the piano well with his feet. He is the winner of “China’s Got Talent 2010”.

Alexey Romanov is from Russia. He likes music very much. He has no hands. But he wants to be a pianist. He practises it hard. He has music lessons every Tuesday and Thursday. He often plays the piano in class. And he joins the piano match (比赛) of his school. He can play the piano well, too.

His music teacher and classmates help him with the lessons. He makes many friends there and joins the school music club now. He thanks them and his parents.

You’re going to be a senior high school student, aren’t you? Maybe you are a common student. You probably think you will never be a top student. But anyone can be a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s some advice on how to be a good student.

Manage your time carefully. It’s good to keep a habit of planning your time every day. It’s very useful to know what you will do. We plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. Then you should make a schedule（行程安排）of your time for eating, sleeping, studying and even amusements.

Make use of your time. Listen to everything the teacher says in class. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Don’t forget to take notes. It will help you remember what the teacher says. Be sure to put your heart into the book, and you will get more from it. If you read absentmindedly（心不在焉）, you get nothing from the book.

Develop good attitudes. You should build up friendship. Try to make more friends. And you can meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. You never know what will happen in the future. Have a healthy eating habit. Try different kinds of food and get enough fruit and vegetables. If not, you won’t get the nutrients（营养）you need to grow each day.

【推荐1】In 2011, when British photographer David J. Slater was visiting a park in Indonesia, his camera was taken away by a group of black monkeys. The result was hundreds of monkey selfies(自拍照). The best ones show a monkey smiling toothily for the camera. Slater then sold the photos and they became popular on the Internet.

Nobody knew they would create a copyright (版权) battle three years later.

Last month, a website put the monkey selfies online under a collection free photos without Slater’s permission (允许). Slater asked the website to take them down since he owns the copyright.

However, the website refused to do so. They said that according to US copyright law, whoever pushes the button on the camera owns the copyright to the photo. It was the monkeys but not Slater that pushed the button.

They said, “US copyright law says that works that come from a non-human source can’t ask for copyright. That means monkeys don't own copyright.”

Slater argues that the pictures belong to him as they were taken from his camera. He said he bought the cameras; he spent a lot of money traveling to Indonesia, and it was his carelessness that allowed the monkeys to take his cameras away.   All these have made him own the pictures, no matter who pushed the button. In a sense, the monkeys helped him take the photos, Slater said.

Till now, there has been no result in the Monkey Selfie case.

Who do you think will win this interesting battle?

［1］In the Middle Eastern country of Syria(叙利亚), there are over 4 million refugees(难民). Youssef was 10 years old when a local Syrian musician discovered his talent: a deep, powerful voice. However, Syria’s civil war(内战) took place. He and his family lost their home.

［2］When the Action for Hope Music School announced that it was looking for talented children to train, his family encouraged him to attend the school. A year and half later, the now 14-year-old, Youssef, with another 11 children, was chosen to take part in a concert.

［3］Youssef, a shy boy, was a lead singer in the concert. He gave a confident performance of traditional Syrian songs. “We only heard the sound of a mortar(迫击炮). It fell near us. Many buildings fell down. That is all I remember”, said Youssef. “Music makes me forget everything. Music is the __①__ important thing.”

［4］Basma, director of Action for Hope, said the music school offers strength to the children who suffer from the war. They can find a good way to ② themselves and stop thinking of themselves as refugees.

［5］“Art gives strength. It comes __③__ the ability to create”, Basma said. “People who are in difficult conditions need this strength much more than the rich.”