【推荐1】I have a special job. I help a boy, Sam.

Every day I take Sam to school. I stay with Sam at school all day. In P.E. class, I always walk and run next to Sam. I don’t want Sam to fall down! I like Sam’s music class a lot. All the children sing, so I sing with them. Everyone thinks I am very funny. They like making friends with me.

After school, I take Sam to buy an ice-cream. He always gives me some of his ice-cream. I love ice-cream! Then we sometimes walk home together or take the bus. The people on the bus always smile and tell me, “Good boy!”

In the evening, I relax next to Sam’s chair. He eats dinner and then he does his homework. At night, Sam sleeps in his bed. I sleep on the floor next to him. I don’t want to leave him! It’s my job to take care of him.

【推荐2】Greg Mortenson hates to be called a hero, but in the mountains of Pakistan and Afghanistan, that is what people call him. That’s because he has helped them to build more than sixty schools, most for girls. But what first brought a white American man to this remote part of the world where tourists rarely go?

Greg Mortenson was born is the United States, but grew up in Africa. His hobby was mountain climbing. When his younger sister died suddenly, he decided to climb Pakistan’s K2 in memory of her. K2 is the second highest mountain in the world. He didn’t reach the top of K2 and after seventy-eight days at high altitude (海拔), he was very tired. On his way back he got lost and finally, unable to walk properly, he sturnbled into the tiny village of Korphe.

The villagers looked after him and nursed him back to health. He soon realized how poor these people were. So, he promised to return and build a school for them.

Back in America he started a program called Pennies for Pakistan. School children asked their friends and families to donate pennies and the pennies became dollars. After three years of money-raising (筹款), he went back to Korphe.

The villagers were amazed when he kept his promise and built Kprphe School for Girls. Most of the girls who go to the school will be the first literate women in their families. Their mothers never had the chance to learn to read and write. Greg Mortenson likes to use an African proverb: “If you educate a boy, you educate an individual. But if you educate a girl, you educate a community.”

【推荐3】My name is Peter. I’m nine. I have two cousins. They are Mary and Bob. We are in China now. Mary is my uncle’s daughter. She is a nice girl. She is 11. She is in Maple Middle School. She is in Class Five. She has four good friends in the school. Her favorite color is yellow. She is always in a yellow jacket. She has a yellow schoolbag. And her pens, pencils and erasers are yellow, too. Her telephone number is 693-8749 and you can e-mail her at mary019@126.com.

Bob is my aunt’s son. He is 12. He is in Maple Middle School, too. He is in Class Four. He is welcomed (受欢迎的) in the school and he has many friends. He has an English pen friend, Tom. Bob’s favorite color is black. His hat and schoolbag are black. His telephone number is 687-3694 and you can e-mail him at bob003@126.com