The day came at last! Grandma was moving(搬家)out of her big house.     1     Because I spent lots of happy time with grandma in that house.

I asked where Grandma was moving to. My dad just said,

"She is not going far.    2    "

But I was worried. I spent a lot of time with Grandma. I didn't want to see her less.    3    In fact, I wanted to see her every day.

No one wanted to tell me where Grandma was going because they knew I would be sad, "It must be far away" I thought.

We got all of Grandma's things in the truck(卡车),    4    We talked all the way.

After a while, the truck stopped.    5    

It was our house. Grandma was coming to live with us.

Before the discovery of DNA information in the 1980s, fingerprint (指纹) science was the easiest way to solve serious crimes. It’s believed that each one of us has our own fingerprints. But did you know that our fingerprints could show a lot about us?

According to the expert, fingerprints can show lifestyle and environment, eating habits, possible medical problems and even the job of a person.

So how can we work all this out from just a simple fingerprint? Well, a fingerprint is formed when a finger touches a surface. Most fingerprints can’t be seen to the eye and require a chemical development process in order to make them shown.

Besides, its use could be much wider. For example, it may be helpful in the future to doctors treating their patients. A fingerprint exam may also tell a doctor whether a patient is properly taking medicine. In the treatment of some serious illnesses, talking proper medicine is important.

In the future, fingerprint science can be used by the police and help doctors keep us in the best possible health.

When I walk down the street in Beijing during the summer, I often find it is difficult to move around. Why?     1    

Before I came to China, I’d never seen people carrying(携带) umbrellas(雨伞) on sunny days. But in China, women carry umbrellas when it’s not raining.     2    

There are many reasons(理由) for this. First, it keeps people away from the sun’s rays(光线).     3     So people sometimes carry umbrellas to keep cool.

But if umbrellas can help us stay cool, why don’t I ever see men carrying them? For this, I think carrying umbrellas in the sun can help women’s skin(皮肤) stay paler(更白皙的). In China, people think white skin is more beautiful than tanned(晒成棕褐色的) skin.

    4     They think it is more beautiful. Some people will stay outdoors in the sun for hours to get a tan. But doing this too much can be dangerous, because the sun’s rays are bad for your skin.

Women in China usually carry umbrellas during the summer.     5     So umbrellas aren’t just for rainy days. But for me, I will not take one on sunny days.

【推荐1】If the eyes are the windows of the soul, then the body is the mirror of the feelings. If we are feeling great, we may give out our body signals (信号). If we look at someone else’s body, we can often know how they are feeling by their body signals. So I think reading body language signals is a helpful tool in daily communication. It can help us communicate with others more easily if we use it in the right way.

Here are some numbers for you to know how important it is to read and use body language. 7% of the information we receive is from what people say, and 38% of the information we receive is from the tone (语调) and the speed of their voice; while 55% of the information we receive is from their body language.

These non-verbal (非口头的) signals will help you a lot, but you still need to pay attention to what people are saying. If you pay too much attention on their body language signals, you and the people may feel uncomfortable.

It is useful to learn how to send the right signals and avoid the wrong signals, and it is useful to be able to read people’s body language too. Body language may have some interpretations. Many signals have different meanings. It depends on the person, the situation and the culture. For example, in the US, people wave goodbye with the palm (手掌) facing the person they’re waving to. But in other cultures, people may wave goodbye with the palm up to the sky, and the fingers opening and closing. To people in the US, this might look like a gesture asking someone to come closer. So you have to be sure of the meaning when you are trying to read a body language signal…

【推荐2】People and animals have worked together for thousands of years. Some dogs protect sheep from wolves, while others help cows find their way back home. Elephants are strong enough to help people do hard work. Cats hunt mice, stopping them from eating people’s food. People also train some animals to help in other ways.

	Specially-trained monkeys can help people who can’t use their arms or legs. The monkeys can change CDs, get food and even brush hair for their owners (主人).
	Pigs use their noses to find delicious truffles (松露) that grow as deep as three feet underground. Truffles are one of the most expensive mushrooms in the world.
	Pigeons can usually return to their homes from any places, so people have used them to carry messages for thousands of years.
	You may know that some dogs can help their owners to see. But did you know that hearing dogs can help their owners to hear, making them notice the doorbells and people calling them? Dogs can also help policemen in a manhunt (追捕). Some are trained to find missing people.

【推荐3】Smile Train is a charity (慈善团体) that helps the millions of children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect (缺陷). The defect happens when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth. Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies. The charity provides free operations, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope and a new beginning.

Children with the defect need all the help. Although many sufferers are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned at birth because their parents feel ashamed of them or cannot afford the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and costs the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations.

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, “Each child who has the operation is given a second chance at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I perform hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite surprising.

One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. Luckily for her, she was found and adopted (收养) by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and gave hope to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our skills with local doctors. In this way make sure that these operations will always be available."

I will be ten years old on Friday, 22nd July. To celebrate my birthday, I will invite several friends and I hope that all of you will be able to come to the party on that day.

The second part of the party will be at my house. A bus will take us all from the pool to my house. A singer is coming to my house. He will sing popular songs for us. I am sure you will enjoy them. The home party may last till 5 p.m.Please let me know by Friday, 15th July, whether you will come to my party, so that I will know how much food to prepare.

"My dear dad， where are we going?" This has become the most popular question recently. It's a line from the theme song of Hunan TV station's reality(真人) show Where Are We Going， Dad?

"All of my classmates are big fans，" said NingYun， 14， from Guangxi. "On Fridays， we remind each other： don't forget to watch it tonight! "

In the show， five pairs of fathers and kids go to strange places and finish interesting tasks（任务）. It's all about growing up. Fathers learn to cook and comfort their kids. The kids learn about teamwork and being independent (独立). Yet， growing up needs courage. In the show， 4-year-old Kimi finds it hard to finish his work alone. "When I saw Kimi looking for his dad， I burst into tears，" said Chen Yufang， 13， from Guangxi. "It reminded me of my first night at the school dormitory (宿舍). I really felt the pain of growing up that night. "

When people see the fathers trying to help their kids， it also hits a soft spot in their hearts.

Tian Xiaofeng， 14， from Jiangsu， said his father is like Guo Tao in the program. "He is strict. And I was sad about it，" he said. But now he sees it in a different way. "Guo Tao's son looksstrong-minded. I think his parenting style works. And I guess my father just wants me to be like that，" he said.

On the journey of life， kids learn to grow up and adults learn to be better parents.

Maybe we can plan a trip with our parents. Shall we go?