Bill is only fifteen years old, but he is already very rich. Two years ago, Bill began a football website (网站) for young people. “I became interested in computers when I was 8 because my father’s job is with computers. As a little boy, I also loved football.     1    ”

Bill started the “Football OK!” website two years ago, and now more than 20,000 people visit it every day.

    2     He usually gets up at six o’clock and looks at his e-mails. Then he goes to school from nine to four. In the evenings, he always works for about four hours on his website.

    3     “At the moment I am thinking about a new website on American football, maybe for next year.”

And is Bill the same person that he was three years ago?     4     “I have met a lot of interesting people on the website and I have traveled all over the world.” Bill doesn’t know about the future. “Maybe I will sell the website. I really don’t know. I’ll just wait and see.”

When he is 21, Bill will be a millionaire (百万富翁).     5    

【推荐2】In many businesses, computers have largely replaced paperwork, because they are fast, flexible, and do not make mistakes. As one banker said, “Unlike humans ，computers never have a bad day.” And they are honest. Many banks advertise that their transactions are untouched by human hands “and therefore safe from human temptation.” Clearly, computers have no reason to steal money. But they also have noconscience, and the growing number of computer crimes shows they can be used to steal.

Computer criminals don’t use guns. And even if they are caught, it is hard to punish them because there are no witness and often no evidence. A computer cannot remember who used it; it simply does what it is told. The head teller at a New York City bank used a computer to steal more than one and a half billion dollars in just four years. No one noticed this theft because he moved the money from one account to another. Each time a customer he had robbed questioned the balance in his account, the teller claimed a computer error, then replaced the missing money from someone else’s account. This man was caught only because he was a gambler. When the police broke up an illegal gambling operation, his name was in the records.

Some employees use the computer’s power to get revenge on employers they consider unfair. Recently, a large insurance company fired its computer-tape librarian for reasons that involved her personal rather her professional life. She was given thirty day’s notice. In those thirty days, she erased all the company’s computerized records.

Most computer criminals have been minor employees. Now police wonder if this is “the tip of the iceberg.” As one official says, “I have a feeling that there is more crime out there than we are catching. What we are seeing now is also poorly done. I wonder what the real experts are doing---- the one who really knows how a computer works.”

【推荐3】Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything, and mobile apps have been a part of our life. The following apps are some of the most popular apps.

	Ctrip can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at any time.
	Ximalaya Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. What’s special about it is that you can use it to download book recording that can be listened to. It has more than 1 million valuable resources.
	Baby Bus is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak, understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app.
	World Hero may help you learn more English words while you’re playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it!
	World of Tanks Blitz, a free-to-play online game with over 40 million downloads, brings quick-fire tank fights. ‘A lot of tanks, a lot of people and a lot of fun.’ It will be the best choice to kill your time.

【推荐1】Inventions make our lives better, more convenient and a bit more interesting. Here are some nice inventions of 2021. Let’s take a look at them.   

Purrble When you feel angry or sad, what do you do about it? Purrble can help you calm down. That’s why Purrble was invented. As you hold and pat（轻拍）it, its heart beats slowly. And it makes a sound like a cat. It sounds like it really enjoys your touch! When you pat Purrble, its sound will make you calm down slowly, and you’ll feel better soon.

Cascatelli Pasta（意大利面） is a popular food around the world. But sometimes you may find it hard to get pasta onto your fork. It’s also difficult to keep the sauce on your pasta. To deal with these problems, a man created his dream pasta called Cascatelli. Cascatelli is a special pasta with a half-tube shape and big ruffles（褶边）. Bigger ruffles help it catch sauce. And you can easily get it onto your fork because it’s longer than usual pasta.

Paper Shoot Paper shoot is a camera and it’s made mostly out of paper. The camera is about 12 cm thick and 10 cm long. You can take it around easily and catch the fun moments of your life. To get Paper Shoot to work, you only need two batteries. It can store 800 pictures. Be careful when you take photos on rainy days. Don’t get it wet.

【推荐3】Most great inventors often meet with many difficulties in their work before they succeed. They have to solve thousands of problems on their way. The following is one of such examples.

George Stephenson, a famous British inventor, made the first train in 1825, using a steam engine (蒸汽机). When he was experimenting with the engine on the train, he met with difficulties from many people in the country. They said the noise and the smoke would kill cows, horses and sheep, and that the engine would catch fire to their houses.

George Stephenson told the people that the train could go on small rails, could pull carriages full of goods and passengers and that there was no great harm to them. It was very difficult for him to make them believe (相信). However, after some time, he was able to do it, and the first train that was driven by George Stephenson himself showed what he had said. On the train, there was a new steam engine. It was invented by him and was a complete success.

The first day when the train ran on the rails, people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance, and saw it running quickly to them. They thought it was a genie (妖怪). They ran quickly home and closed their doors. They didn’t come out until it went away.

A week later an old woman still said that her hen had been so frightened (受惊吓的) that it hadn't laid any eggs for three days.

【推荐3】Famous Mountains in China