【推荐2】Wang Yueyue works at a supermarket in Yangzhou. The story of her cellphone that ________ from Yangzhou to Shanghai for a day without its owner has brought a smile to lots of Chinese netizens.

Wang Yueyue ________ her cellphone on Monday. After that, she didn’t ________ to see the cellphone again. Wang was packing ________ into boxes to be sent to Shanghai to help with the city’s food supply during the lockdown.

Wearing a sweater with ________ pockets, she had already dropped her phone on the floor three times ________ the phone disappeared. After looking around, Wang couldn’t find her phone. All her ________ didn’t see it, either. She guessed that she ________ it in one of the boxes. Her sister posted on Sina Weibo, “________ in Shanghai who got a cellphone in a delivery box please contact me. My sister was busy packing the supplies and ________ left her phone in one of the boxes.”

The post was quickly ________ online. Wang Yongyong, a supply chain manager in Shanghai’s Hongqiao township, saw the post on ________. She together with some volunteers helped to search the ________. At last, they managed to find the cellphone in a truck.

Many local people in Shanghai said in their WeChat groups that ________ should try to find the cellphone in order not to fail the people who were ________ them.

It was an interesting experience for Wang Yueyue and her cellphone.

I am a reader of your magazine and I need help. I am very ________ these days because I have some problems with my new school.

I am a Grade 8 student. I just moved to Beijing with my parents two months ago. Now, I am ________ at a new secondary school in Sunshine Town. It is bigger than my old school.

I do not know the new school very well ________ I have no friends here. I do not know ________ to talk to my new classmates. ________, I am very nervous and I cannot answer their questions. I feel really uncomfortable when they talk to me. ________ lunchtime, I always sit alone on the playground and ________ books. I hope they will not ________ because I feel so shy when they try to talk to me.

I ________ my old classmates very much, but I really want to make friends with my new classmates. I do not know what to do. I hope you ________ give me some advice.

Cindy

【推荐2】Imagine this: your parents go away _________ business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as _________ as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you? Zheng Chenyu says that she would worry “Where would I find food? How would I cook it?” The 14-year-old girl says that she knows _________ about cooking.

“I can fill an empty stomach _________ tomato and egg soup, but that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn’t know what to do, or how to _________ ourselves,” said Zheng Chenyu. “And I’d forget something important. I’d probably watch television and burn the soup.”

_________ Zheng believes that basic life skills, such as cooking and washing clothes are especially important, she doesn’t think teenagers get enough practice. “As soon as I leave home, I’ll learn to cook. But now parents do almost _________ for us. We’re very lazy.” she said.

Most teenagers have only time for their _________. They don’t learn any life skills _________ they go to college.

However, Li Hua doesn’t think so. “I think I’d be all right. I wouldn’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some simple dishes because my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers _________ too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like “tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly.”

For most teenagers it wouldn’t be a holiday at all.

【推荐3】Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of __________.

They feel stressed because they have __________ homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams __________. And parents usually send them _________ different classes at weekends. As a result, so many of them almost become bookworms(书虫). On holidays, they could hardly have __________ time to do what they are interested in. Now more and more teenagers __________ short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep __________ for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some __________ too much watching TV. __________ serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much junk food, but they take little exercise.

I think teenagers should think of ways on how to __________ the problem. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.

Miss Green teaches in a middle school. She is always _________ to be with her students. And she always _________ them. One day, she sees a girl called Abby is _________. She says to her, “_________ are you so sad?” “I want to buy new shoes, _________ my parents don’t give me any money.” Abby says. Miss Green thinks _________ a minute（分钟）and has a _________ idea. She says, “Today, I have special _________ for you—to count（数）your parents’ shoes and tell me the _________ tomorrow.”

The next day, Miss Green __________ Abby, “Do you count your parents’ shoes?” “Yes, my father has six pairs of shoes and my mother has seven pairs of shoes.” “How many pairs of shoes do you have?” “__________.” Abby’s face turns（变）__________. “Are you still unhappy now?”

“No, I’m not. I know they __________ love me now. I want to save（存）__________ to buy new shoes for my parents! And I will help __________ do some housework, such as putting away my bedroom and doing some cleaning.” says Abby.

【推荐2】Kate came to China with her parents at a young age. Her experience in China was an important influence on her choice to become a ________.

“I have wonderful teachers in China. They open the door for my growth and chances. My parents ________ to China when I was 5 years old. They ________ told me that China was a good place. People came here to chase their ________. At a very young age, I was told that the way to achieve dreams was through a college education. When I first started school in China, I knew very ________ Chinese and had no friends. But with the help of my teachers, I was able to learn and keep up with other students. I wanted to do the same for my country. I thought, through teaching, I could ________ the lives of many students. They experienced ________ problems as I did. I would help them just teachers did in China. ”

At 22, Kate returned to her hometown. She says, “To this day, I know that every student should get a ________ education like any other student in the country. My love for learning and teaching continues to ________ me to become a better teacher and to spread the value of life-long learning in others. ”

Now Kate ________ as the headmistress（女校长）in a primary school. She often helps students practice Chinese so that they’re also able to go to China for education.

【推荐3】A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were ________ and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk. Then, he asked them to ________ the test paper and begin.

Students were confused to see that there was just a black ________ in the center of the page. The professor told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.” The students were ________ confused but got started with the test. ________ the end of the class, the professor collected all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. ________ of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position.

Now, professor began to explain, “Here everyone ________ the black dot and wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper. The same is with our lives. The white paper stands for our whole life and the black dot means problems in our life.

Our life is a ________ given to us with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate. ________, we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships, but we ________ see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our lives.”

We should try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each moment that life gives us. Be happy and live your life positively.