【推荐2】In America and England, if you go to a birthday party, you’ll have a good meal and a lot of drinks. After that, you will play different kinds of games. The children between the age of 10—14 will have a “sleep­over” party. Usually this kind of party is on a Friday or a Saturday night when the children do not have lessons the next morning. For this kind of party, the birthday person invites about 5—6 close friends over for dinner. After dinner, the children will eat cakes and ice­cream, and the birthday person will open his or her gifts. During the evening, the children may go ice ­skating, go to watch basketball or soccer games or something else. Also, the children will eat pancakes at midnight and then go on talking and playing games, such as card games or computer games. In the next morning, the mother will make a big breakfast of some nice food such as cakes, bread with meat or eggs. Then their parents will pick up the children at about nine o’clock the next morning.

How are you? Are you still coming to my birthday party in July? My family, friends and my classmates are all coming. The party is on Saturday, July 2nd at around 6: 30 p. m. It’s at Uncle Bill’s restaurant in the city. First, we eat and talk from 6: 30 p. m. to 7: 45 p. m. After that, we can go to a concert(音乐会) at 8: 00 p. m. I hope you can come. You can meet my other friends and sisters, too.

Please write to me soon.

Yours,

Emily

【推荐2】The Sound of Music is one of the most popular American movies. And the song Do Re Mi in the movie is also popular in the world.

The movie tells a story about a tutor (家庭教师), Maria. She is a young and outgoing woman. She goes to look after a family with seven children. Their family name is Von Trapp. Mr. Von Trapp is a captain (上尉). He and his family live in Australia.

The family are very sad and tired after the children’s mother, Mrs. Von Trapp died. Nobody takes care of the children. They cry and shout every day. The lonely father often becomes angry because of the noisy children.

Maria often teaches them to sing lively songs and perform short, funny plays. At first the father is almost mad (很生气) but the children’s smiling faces makes him happy again. Then Mr. Von Trapp falls in love with Maria. At last they got married.

【推荐3】Think of life as a game in which you are playing with five balls in the air. You name them work,   family, health,   friends and spirit and you keep all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber (橡胶) ball. If you drop it, it will bounce (弹跳) back.

But the other four balls, family, health, friends and spirit, are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be broken. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try to balance (平衡) them. So please treat your life in a right way. But how?

Don’t look down on your worth (价值) by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special.

Don’t let other people set goals (目标) for you. Only you know what is best for yourself.

Don’t give up easily. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. If you insist (坚持), you’ll have hope of success.

Don’t be afraid of difficulties. Be brave!

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time carelessly. You can’t get them back. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery (秘密), and today is a gift. Life is not a competition, but a trip, step by step.