Time is very important in our lives. It organizes(规划) our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father. The watch organized my life and made me more responsible(有责任感的).

I received this gift on a cloudy day. On that day, I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but at that time he   had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. on the same day. Seeing my father's angry face, I felt sorry at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and he handed me this watch.

Then he said, “Lisa, did you have fun with your friends today?”

I answered, “Yes, father, and I'm sorry about not picking up Uncle Harry.”

He said, “What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions.”

I was ashamed and said, “Father, I'll never do it again.I promise.”

He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒) for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

The watch taught me to respect time and never be late. That’s why it is important to me.

【推荐2】Did your friends give you a nickname(绰号)? How do you feel about it? What does it mean to give someone a nickname?

A student put a note on his classmate’s back while they had a break at school one day. The note said “I’m a Pig”. He asked other classmates not to tell the boy. The other students started laughing at the boy, but wouldn’t say why.

Soon, it was time for their afternoon math class. Their teacher wrote a difficult problem on the blackboard. Only the boy with the note on his back was able to solve it.

Ignoring(忽略) the laughter, he walked to the blackboard and solved the problem. The teacher asked the class to clap(鼓掌) for him and took the note off his back. She told him, “It seems that you didn’t know about the note on your back, but you didn’t seem to care anyway.”

Then the teacher looked at the other students and said, “Let me tell you two things. First all of you will be put on notes by other people who don’t want you to be successful. All you have to do is to ignore these notes. You have to take every chance to learn, grow and improve.”

“And it seems that none of you are friends with this boy, and none of you were kind enough to tell him about the note. If that’s true, then you’d better hope that you have some good friends yourself and they will tell you if you meet this situation someday.” After hearing this, they all bowed their heads in shame.

【推荐3】There is a fairy tale as follows:

An unhappy horse went to see the God. “My God! Thanks for making me but I want to be more beautiful.” The God was very surprised. “You are already beautiful.”

“No, I am not beautiful enough,” the horse lowered her head. “I don’t know how to make you more beautiful,” the God wondered. “Tell me what you want to be like.”

The horse raised her voice, “If you can make my neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”

Then the God made a camel appear in place of the horse. “Oh, God. I want to become more beautiful. Am I more beautiful now?” asked the horse anxiously.

The God got angry, “This is what you asked for. You have become a camel.”

The horse cried, “Oh, no, I don’t want to be a camel.”

The God said, “Never try to get more than I have given you. If you want more and more, you won’t know what the result will be.”

【推荐1】I live in Porto. It is a city in the north of Portugal (葡萄牙). It’s the second biggest city in Portugal.

It’s a beautiful city，and it’s great for walking around. There are lots of narrow streets，and it has many churches，museums，and markets. There’s a place called Foz. There are a lot of outdoor restaurants in Foz—people go there at the weekend to sit in the sun，drink coffee，and watch the Atlantic (大西洋).

The weather is very different from the south of Portugal. The winter can be very wet，and it sometimes rains for days. The summer is wonderful—it’ s sunny but not usually too hot，and it’s great for going to the mountains or the beach.

Porto is famous for port wine. The biggest interesting place in Porto is probably the river because there are some beautiful bridges. One of the bridges is designed by Eiffel，and lots of people go on boat trips on the rivers. There’s a festival in the sixth month called Sao Joao every year. Everybody have fun on this day.

The people here are friendly. It’s a working city and it has a real sense of history，and that’s the main reason why I like living here so much.

【推荐2】Everyone wants to be healthy. Do you know how to be healthy? You know food and vegetables are very important. There are lots of healthy food and many green vegetables around us. You can eat more apples, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, chicken and eggs. Fruits and vegetables are good for our health. But don’t eat too much chocolate. It’s not good healthy food. Too much chocolate can make you fatter and fatter. Healthy food can make you grow and make you strong and happy. Remember there is a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Sports can also keep you healthy. Get up early and do some sports every day. Don’t be lazy! You will be healthy and happy.

【推荐3】We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among the students. The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.