This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and nobody was hurt. But a huge1 fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.
When the earthquake 2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.
" Well, " they all agreed, " There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5. " At this time a boy of 12 years old said, " I think I can help you to move the rock."
"You？" they shouted, " What are you talking about？" The men all 6 at the boy.
The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, " The rock is 7！" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't 8 near the road.
" It is 9, " they said, " Where did it go？"
The boy stood in the street, 10, " I told you I could move it last night."
The boy walked over to where the 11 had been and uncovered some earth(泥土). " I buried it, " he said.
The people looked 12. "You see, " he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline (斜坡)up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."
The crowds shouted, " What a 14 boy！" And some of them said, " Why haven't we thought of this good15？"
Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life, Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s, Tony met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from England, through Asia, to Australia. On the trip, they visited places like Iran（伊朗）and India.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia, people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions, Wheeler wrote a book called Across Asia on the Cheap. The book told people about different countries' weather, customs（风俗）, and places to see. But unlike other travel books then, Tony Wheeler's book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Tony and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote books for each place they visited. Today, 800 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 books. Tony Wheeler, the great traveler, still writes about travels to many places and will bring us more surprises.
Spring Festival
In China Spring Festival is the most important festival. It comes on the first day of the first lunar month（阴历月）．
Before Spring Festival comes，people go out to buy things，such as meat，chicken，fish，fruit，sweets and new clothes. They clean their houses and decorate them. The Chinese character fu is a must. It is usually stuck（贴）upside down，which means "fu comes".
The celebrations（庆祝）begin on the eve of the lunar New Year. The family get together for a big dinner. If a person is far from home，he will always try to get home for this big dinner. After the dinner，the whole family will sit together, chatting（聊天）and watching TV.
During the holidays，they go to visit relatives（亲戚）and friends and exchange New Year greetings. They sit around talking and eating candies，cakes and all kinds of delicious foods. Every family prepares something special. Each child will get money as a New Year gift. People in the north of China often eat dumplings fir breakfast. People in the south often eat niangao because niangao means "higher and higher one year after another".
The celebrations last（持续）15 days. It will come to an end when the Lantern Festival finishes.
Ashia Hansen is the world indoor triple jump (三级跳)record holder. She has given up getting a place in the Great Britain team for next weekend's European Indoor Championships（锦标赛）. Hansen, whose injured leg almost brought her career（事业） to an end three years ago, won the third prize at the Union Jumps International last Wednesday. “I could look for another competition, but it's pretty pointless（无意义的）. I just have not got enough speed to jump what I want to, ” says Hansen. She still wants to take part in this year's World Championships in Osaka. She says, “I can actually smile now because I know I have not lost anything in jumping ability. It's just that the speed is not there. I've now got three months to find that before the summer season starts. ”
Australia is the largest island in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is in the south of the earth. Australia is big, but its population is small. The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai.
Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution. The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution. The sky is blue and the water is clean. You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers. Plants grow very well.
Last month we visited Perth, the biggest city in Western Australia, and went to a wild flowers' exhibition (展览). There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before. We had a wonderful time. Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers. In spring, every year Perth has the wild flowers' exhibition. After visiting Perth, we spent a day in the countryside. We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill. It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves. Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill. What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could. There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep, sheep, everywhere are sheep.
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Today many trees in forests are cut down. A lot of land has become desert (沙漠). If you read you'll learn that the forests on the .earth are getting smaller all the time. Some scientists that there will not be any great forests in 20 or 30 years.
What will if all forests disappear? A 10t of plants will die and animals will their home. Farmland will soon into desert. There won't enough rain and the weather will be and dry. The life will be for everyone. Our living will become worse and worse. It is our duty to the forests. Everyone should try best to take care of forests. Stop cutting down trees and make the world greener!
In my opinion, a (英雄) is a person who makes you full of strength and you like everything he did.
Dennis Rodman is my hero. Once he was one of the most (著名的)basketball players in NBA.
When he was a child, lots of (孩子) from rich families laughed at him at school because he was a black person. But Dennis was strong and (勇敢的). He liked (打) basketball and played it alone after school every day. When he grew up, he became taller and taller. Later, he went to (大学). He played basketball so (好) that he joined NBA in 1986 and started a wonderful life. He was good at grabbing the rebound (篮球板) and he got "the king of rebound" seven (次) from 1990 to 2000. In 1996, he (加入) Chicago Bulls and became the champion of NBA three times with Michael Jordan.
He has said, "Victory belongs to a person who has preparation." It (鼓励) me to work hard every day. Although he behaves strangely sometimes, he is my hero forever.
Have you read any books by Washington Irving？Now I will tell you a story written by him. The name of the story is Rip Van Winkle, and it is also the name of the hero in this story. There are three characters in this story, Rip Van Winkle and his wife, Dame Van Winkle and their dog, Woof. Dame Van Winkle is a sharp-tongued (说话尖酸的、刻薄的) woman. Both Rip Van Winkle and the dog are terrified of her, even of her voice.
There is a scene that can describe how Rip Van Winkle and his dog feel in front of Dame Van Winkle:
Rip had just one way of replying to his wife's talk: he only put his head back on his shoulders, looked up toward heaven, and said nothing. . . True, in the woods, Woof was as brave as an honorable dog should be， but as soon as Woof entered the house, his head bent low, his tail lay on the ground or curled between his legs. He went around the house with a guilty look, watching Dame Van Winkle out of the corner of his eyes, ready to run from the room at the slightest sign of her displeasure.
This was the time when England ruled America. One day, Rip Van Winkle went into the mountain with his dog for an escape of his wife. He drank something given by some strangers and fell asleep. That was 20 years! His wife died and America got freedom from England, and I think that's what the story wants to tell us: both the poor man's independence and nation's independence.
Why does Irving's story attract people? Because he wrote so vividly（生动地）. That sets me thinking: How he observed things so carefully? If you read through this story, you can't help smiling or laughing from time to time!
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中文提示语： 1.如何保护环境已成为当今世界最大的问题之一。 2.垃圾污染环境、损害健康, 不要到处扔垃圾。 3.废水流到江里、湖里和田地里, 会毒死大量的鱼, 污染农作物。 4.保持环境干净和整洁。我们只有一个地球, 应该保护她, 使我们的家园更加美丽。
所给词语:pollute, harm, throw, rubbish, pour, try one's best Saving the Earth
How to protect the environment has become……
