Wang Yongheng is a 56-year-old farmer from Zhuzhou, Hunan Province. His son was saved by people in a swimming pool many years ago. 1 , he started to patrol（巡逻） the Xiangjiang River. He hoped to stop people2 drowning（溺水）.
At the age of 3, Wang' s son3 his flotation ring（游泳圈） while playing in a pool. " Without the ring, my son went underwater. And I didn' t4 him calling for help. 5 , a girl found my son in need. She jumped into the water to save him. With the6 of other people, she was pulled out. If not for those7 people, I might not see my son any more, " Wang said.
Years passed, but Wang8 remembers this clearly. To pass down the good deed（行为）, he volunteered to join the team that patrols the Xiangjiang River in 2012. He is always ready to save anybody in9 . Over the past 10 years, he10 more than 30 people. " Every life means a lot to a family. By saving a life, we save a family, " Wang said.
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The children' s hospital Time:every weekend （9:00—17:00） Things to do:clean up wards（病房） and cheer sick kids up You need to:be at least 14 years old be good with kids be good at telling stories Tel:678—8966 |
The city park Time:Friday（13:30—17:30） Things to do:pick up rubbish and clean the benches（长凳） You need to:wear comfortable clothes bring rubbish bags Tel:678—8689 |
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The food bank Time:Tuesday or Thursday （10:30—14:30） Things to do:collect food from restaurants and give out food to homeless people You need to:be aged between 17 and 50 be healthy and strong wear a mask（口罩） Tel:678—9686 |
The after-school reading program Time:Sunday（14:00—17:00） Things to do:raise storybooks for kids, read books to them and have a good talk with them You need to:be good at teaching be friendly Tel:678—9868 |
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned （禁止） students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Mary Bluett, an official, said mobile phones' use is a distraction to students during school hours and it also give teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school:they were easy to lose and were a distraction for studies. Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents, however, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it' s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don' t worry about it. Here are some suggestions for you to bridge generation gap（代沟）.
Don' t argue with your parents. Your parents probably won' t consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don' t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise（和解）. Perhaps you and your parents disagree（有分歧） on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael' s mother didn' t agree with him about buying a car. They argued over it, but finally they came to a compromise. Michael bought the car, but only drove it on certain days. Of course your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect（尊敬） to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.
Talk about your values. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try.
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" Today I will give you a special test, " said the English teacher with a smile on his face.
All the students sat up straight and waited for the test to begin. The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students. After he finished handing out the test papers, he asked them to begin.
The students were very surprised to see that there was not a question but a black dot（圆点） in the center of the paper. The teacher noticed the students' surprise and said, " I want you to write about what you see there. " At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' answer sheets and read the answers. All of them described the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said, " Here everyone only paid attention to the black dot, but no one wrote about the white paper. " The whole class listened silently, because they were afraid to fail in the exam. Then the teacher said, " Don' t worry about your marks for this test. I just want you to think about our life. The white paper is like our whole life and the black dot in the center of the paper represents （代表） problems in our daily life " .
Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care. However, we just pay attention to the problems like illness and poverty, and never see happy things in our life. So we should try to solve our problems and enjoy each moment life gives us.
What time does your school start? Do you wish you could get up later every morning? You are not alone if your answer is " Yes " . In the US, many middle school students have the same wish.
In America, many schools start before 7:30 a. m. But that may change soon. A new law has been passed in California. According to the law, middle schools should not start before 8:00 a. m. The government hopes school children will have longer time in bed.
Many scientific studies show that teenagers are more active in the afternoon and in the evening. Simply telling them to go to bed earlier doesn' t work well. Most of them don' t get enough sleep because of bad sleeping habits and early school starting time. They need more sleep in the morning. Scientists suggest middle schools should start at 8:00 a. m. or later. Students can get well ready to learn and they won' t fall asleep in class. ▲ The change can help improve students' grades.
While scientists are happy with the new law, many parents disagree with it. They won' t be able to send their children to school before they go to work. They also fear that later school starting time will lead to later ending time. As a result, their children will have less time to take part in after—school activities.
It' s good news that Chinese education experts have noticed the problem and made some rules about that. So what' s your opinion? Do you expect China to pass a similar law?
A:Hello, Robert! The weekend is coming. Do you have any plans for it?
B:Yes. I am going to the bookstore to buy a book for my grandma' s 75th birthday.
A:I' m afraid I can' t. I have to help my grandparents with the housework as usual.
B:Oh, OK.
A:Yes. I went there last Sunday and bought this book.
B:Let me see. What' s this book about?
A:I can read along while listening to it. And what kind of books does your grandma like?
B:Oh, she likes detective（侦探） stories.
A:I see.
B:Yes. She has read them not only in Chinese but also in English.
A:Then I suggest you buy her those books with CDs.
B:. She can read along while listening to the CDs. Thank you.
A:My pleasure.
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A. It' s a detective book. B. That sounds good. C. Has she read Adventure of Sherlock Holmes（福尔摩斯探案集）? D. Have you ever been to the new bookstore? E. It' s a story book, Little Women, with a CD. F. Would you like to join me? G. Do you often help your grandparents with the housework? |
When talking about livestreaming（直播）, you might think of makeup vloggers（美妆博主）and movie stars. But Zeng Qinghuan, from Loudi, Hunan, is really different. She has turned her village into a livestreaming room to help villagers live a better life.
Zeng now has lots of fans online from all over the country. These years, she has posted about 370 short videos showing the life of people in her village. With the help of livestreaming, she has sold lots of delicious food made in her village, like fermented tofu（腐乳）, preserved pork（腊肉） and dried sweet potatoes.
Zeng used to study and work in big cities. After working in big cities for 4 years, she went back to her village to look after her grandmother. Later she found that she could do something to help her villagers. " I am the daughter of the great mountains. I should take part in making my village more beautiful, " she said.
Zeng hopes that her story can encourage（鼓励） more young people to go back and build their villages. She plans to help 100 villages to be quite different in three years, and now two villages have joined her.
The famous Russian writer Lea Tolstoy（托尔斯泰）once said, " Everyoneof changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. "
He was right. We always plan or dream to do something great so that we can change the world. For example, we hate, so we try to find new energy sources（能源）to keep the environment clean. , we still litter on the ground in our lives. Also, we are not satisfied the traffic, so we plan to build more highways to solve it. But in fact, the main reason for it is that many people don' t follow the traffic rules.
Now, lots of students always think their homework is very difficult and find it hard to pass exams. In their eyes, the problems on their papers are too difficult. But actually the real reason is that they don' t study hard. They never think about changing their attitudes（态度）toward study working hard on their lessons.
In my opinion, before we decide to change the world, we should change ourselves first. As common people, it is notfor us to change the world, but we can easily give up our bad habits, such as littering（乱扔）, traffic rules and always complaining（抱怨）about how difficult the exam is. If we can do that, we' ll be strong enough to change the world some day and make .
