【推荐1】Once there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by, found the socks, and decided to try them on. They fitted (适合) him, and he liked them so much that he wouldn’t like to take them off.

All the animals talked about the bear’s new look. Soon, in the forest, there began appearing squirrels (松鼠) in shirts, rabbits in shoes, and even rats wearing hats! The forest doctor shook his head, telling animals, “This can’t be good. Animals don’t need clothes!” But no one listen to him. They said he was just out of fashion (时尚) .

However, it wasn’t long before the first results of fashion fever came. Several times the squirrel caught his shirt on trees, stopping him in mid jump and sending him falling to the ground from a tree. The rat couldn’t go into his hole without taking off his hat first. Even the bear, because of his socks, slipped (滑倒) from the river rock and almost killed himself.

When the animals came to see the doctor, he gave them all the same advice, “Take off those clothes before one day they are going to kill you.” Those who listened to the doctor’s advice stopped having accidents. And the animals realized that they didn’t need clothes at all. Starting to wear them was very dangerous for them, and they did it only to make others admire (羡慕) them and to get attention.

【推荐2】It was a cold, rainy day. My mother and I drove to the mountains. It was dangerous to make the two-hour journey along the highway in such weather. I didn’t want to take the risk. But my mother advised that we go to see something at the top of the mountain.

“How far is it?” I asked. She replied, “About three minutes and I’ll drive you there.”

After ten minutes on the mountain road, I looked at her again. “I thought you said three minutes.” She smiled. “This is a detour（绕行路线）.” After that, we parked the car and got out.

Walking along a path, we turned at a corner. The peace and silence of the place began to fill my mind. From the top of the mountain, I saw several fields full of flowers, shining like a carpet（地毯）before us. It looked as if the sun gold spilled down the mountain.

A lot of questions came to my mind. Who created such beauty? Why? How?   

As we moved on, we saw a sign that read, “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking.”

The first answer was, “One Woman, Two Hands, Two Feet, and Very Little Brain.” The second was, “One at a Time.” The third, “Started in 1971.”

On our way home, I was so shocked by what we had seen. She changed the world. One bulb（一株）at a time. She started almost 50 years ago. It was probably just the beginning of an idea, but she kept at it. I said, “Imagine if I had a dream and worked at it, just a little bit every day, what might I have achieved?”

My mother looked at me, smiling. “Start tomorrow,” she said. “Better yet, start today.”

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【推荐3】One day, Tony walked into a restaurant and asked the waiter to offer him a light meal for dinner. Thirty minutes later, a group of three people came in.

To his surprise, the group took their food first. They laughed at Tony because Tony had to wait so long. Tony was unhappy and decided to leave. He told the waiter he didn’t want his food any more, but the waiter said, “The boss (老板) is preparing something special for you by himself. It’ll take more time.”

In fact, the boss was Tony’s old friend. They had long time no see. The boss wanted to give him a surprise, so the boss changed his light meal to a five-star meal for free. The three people were shocked (震惊的) and felt sorry for what they did before.

Some people may laugh at you and talk about how they’re better than you. Don’t worry! You have to wait patiently (耐心地) because yours must be special.

【推荐1】Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith are our new neighbor. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jim and the girl is Sandy. Jim is 13 years old, and he is one year older than me. Sandy and my sister Nancy are of the same age. They are four years younger than me.

On weekends, Nancy and I like to play with Sandy and Jim. Both Jim and I enjoy playing computer games. Sometimes the girls join us, but the games they enjoy are different from the ones we like.

There is a big park near our house. Sometimes, when the weather is fine, the four of us may go for bike riding there. We often stop on the square of the pars to have fun. Jim and I like to play basketball there, but the girls like to sing and dance.

Our two families often have dinner together. Sometimes they come over to our house and sometimes we go over to theirs. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith cook really well.

Nancy and I are very glad that the Smiths are our neighbors. It’s great to have friends living so near.

【推荐3】What comes to your mind when you hear the word “twins”? Be born(出生)on the same day? Looking almost the same? Or liking the same things? Well, I have a twin brother. He was born on a different day from me. We don’t look the same and we are always interested in different things.

Twelve years ago, my brother, Dennis, was born at 11:58 on the night of May 28. Five minutes later, I was born on May 29. I’m always heavier and stronger than Dennis, so people usually think I’m the older brother.

But Dennis is always smarter than I. He loves reading and learns many things quickly. He knows a lot about animals, although he does not spend much time with our dog and birds. He knows a lot about bikes, but never likes to ride bikes.

Though we are very different, I love my brother very much. I hope both of us can have a happy life in the future.

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That night, Holly puts her glass of water next to her bed, reads for ten minutes, then falls asleep. And she finds herself in a beautiful forest. The trees are tall above her head and they are covered in big, green leaves. Small birds fly between the trees, singing all the time. And as Holly walks through the forest, she sees smiling green frogs and red and purple butterflies. There are no people anywhere. There are no houses or cars or computers. There is only the sound of the moving leaves and birdsong and insects and … something else.

In her dream, Holly stops and listens.

Lap, lap, lap.

What is that noise? It sounds like water. Is it rain? But Holly can see the sky and it is clear and blue. Is it a river? Or a stream?

Lap, lap, lap.

Holly walks towards the sound.

Lap, lap, lap.

The sound is quite loud now. It seems very close.

Lap, lap, lap.

Holly wakes up and rubs her eyes. She isn't dreaming. But she can still hear the sound.

Lap, lap, lap.

Holly turns on the bedside lamp and sees Eco. He is drinking from her glass of water! He wags his tail, jumps onto the bed and licks her face.

【推荐2】Jason was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got at his family’s small house on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.

On the day before the bass season (鲈鱼季) opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, catching sunfish. Before long, it seems to be something very big on the hook (挂钩). It was the largest fish he had ever seen, but it was a bass.

Jason and his father looked at the handsome fish, the fish jumped up and down in the moonlight. The father looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.—two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You will have to put it back, my son,” he said. “I have never seen such a big fish before,” cried the boy. “There will be other fish,” said his father. Jason looked around the lake. Even though no other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight, the boy could tell by his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the water.

That was 34 years ago. And he has never again caught such a beautiful fish as the one he landed that night long ago. But he does see the fish again and again — every time he comes up against a question of ethics. For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.

【推荐3】Nice to meet you! My name is Robert Green. My mother Emma has two daughters, Maria and Selena, and a son. I’m a middle school student. My mother is a teacher in my school. Her classes are very interesting. And she is nice to her students. So they like her very much.

Here is a schoolbag on the desk. Is this my schoolbag? Yes, it’s mine.

What’s in it? A student card, two English books and a jacket are in it. You can find a hat in it, too. The hat is not mine. It’s Maria’s. Is this yellow pencil box mine? No, it’s Maria’s, too. Whose blue watch is it? Oh, I see a name “ Henry” on it. Henry is my good friend. I’ll tell him about it.

【推荐1】Rubber Fish

My friend and I were sitting on our beach chairs while watching our girls playing in the surf on that summer morning. About 50 yards from us, a man--- maybe in his late 50s—was fishing with big poles(鱼竿）.

After running for a while, the girls reached him and watched him. He smiled at them. They ran back to us—all except my three-year-old Alice. Instead, she sat down next to the man.

“Alice! Come here! Play with your friends!” I said, very worried that my speeches about not talking to strangers weren’t working. Hearing me, Alice ran over to me. Then she looked me in the eye, “I want to be with the man.” She ran back, sat down next to him again, and started digging.

Every few seconds I watched back to Alice to make sure she was safe. Just a man fishing. A little girl sitting.

In the second, Alice had started talking. Her mouth was moving. She was probably telling the man where we lived and how her father was away on business and how her mother sometimes let her ride bikes with her brother in the driveway alone. He nodded, then laughed.

A few seconds later, she ran back to us, waving something very shiny and slimy. “Look, Mommy! A toy fish!” It was a yellow rubber toy fish, which must have been what he was using for bait(鱼饵). And he’d given it to Alice. The three other girls all reached for the fish. Alice looked at me for help, then at the man, then back to me.

“My friend gave me that fish!” She said. Tears were fast falling. Just as I didn’t know how to solve the problem, suddenly, there he was: the man, standing right next to us. He was holding three more rubber fish. He handed them to each of the girls.“ Thank you,” the girls said, with their face shining like the sun. There is evil(罪恶）...but there is also the lesson for mothers to learn that only three-year-old could teach them. The man waved at us and walked back to his poles.

【推荐2】Everyone has a family name in England.But what does it mean(意思是)?Where do family names come from?

First,some family names come from the places of their homes.If a man lives on a hill,his family name may be Hill.In England,people's names may be(可能是)Wood or Lake,because they live near the woods(树林）or a lake.

Second,family names come from a person's(人)job.If a person is a cook(厨师），his last name may be Cook.

Third,many people get their family names from their father's name.If you hear the name Jackson”,you know that he is the son of Jack.

【推荐3】Public schools across the country have been on a health look since 2010. Thanks to a new law, students said goodbye to unhealthy food and hello to better eating habits in school. They also have been exercising more during the school day.

It's up to schools to decide how they follow the law. Many places require schools to provide healthy choices for lunch. In Tennessee, most schools removed（移除）sugary snacks and soft drinks from vending machines（自动贩卖机）. Instead of them, there are more nutritious（有营养的）choices, such as granola bars, nuts, water, and juice.

In Florida, Missouri, and Texas, some schools have rules that ban（禁止）desserts such as cupcakes and lollipops from parties. Instead, school officials encourage teachers and parents to provide more nutritious food.

To get kids to exercise more, the northwestern Minnesota district of Perham Dent added more physical activity to the school day. Many schools also make sure that kids have break every day.

The goals of the law are to improve good health and to reduce obesity（肥胖）. Obesity is the condition of being very overweight. Being obese can lead to serious health problems later in life. Experts say the number of children aged 6-11 years old who were obese more than doubled from 1980 to 2012, and the number of obese young people aged 12-19 years old have increased 4 times in the same time period.

“We know that adults who are very overweight get sick more often and lose time at work.” Julia Lear, the director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, told WR News. “The best thing to do is to get kids in the habit of getting lots of exercise and eating healthy meals.”