Fire can help people in many ways. But it can also be very harmful.
Fire can keep your house 1, give light and cook food. But fire can burn things 2 . Big fire can burn trees, houses, animals and people.
Nobody knows how people began to use fire. But there are 3interesting old stories about how a man or a woman started a fire. One is4 a man. The man 5 a very long time ago. He went up to the Sun and 6 fire down.
Today people know how to make a fire with matches(火柴). Children sometimes 7 to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. One match can burn a piece of paper, and 8 it can burn a house. A small fire can turn into a big fire very quickly. So you 9 be careful with matches.
Be careful with fire, and it will 10 you. But if you aren't careful with fire, it may hurt you.
Dear Alice,
Thank you for your last letter. I enjoyed reading it very much. Thank you for telling me about your best friend. In this letter I will tell you about mine. Her name is Trudy. Trudy has long, dark brown hair and green eyes. She is the same age as me, but a little taller. She is always happy.
We sit together in class, and help each other with our schoolwork. We always go home together after school and play computer games for an hour. Trudy thinks very quickly(很快地) and usually wins(赢).
Trudy is learning to play the piano. I am learning to play the flute(笛子). We practise(练习) together every day. Sometimes Trudy stays in my house for a night, or I stay in her house for a night. We always have a good time. Do you ever stay in your best friend's house for a night?
Write soon.
Love,
Lily
Dear friends,
I am writing this letter to draw your attention to the disasters（灾难）these days. Too much rain destroyed the crops and washed the earth away. Sometimes it was too little and made plants dead. Also there was too much dust in the air. All these did great damage to our life.
However, we made them! So it is time for us to try our best to save the Earth.
The most important thing is to plant trees as many as possible. At the same time, we should stop cutting down trees and protect the forests. And we can save our planet through many other ways, such as saving water and using both sides of paper. Besides, don't keep TVs or computers on when you are not using them. When you leave a room, turn off the lights.
A small action is very helpful to our planet. Please join us in the action of protecting the Earth. Let's start from the little things right around us.
Bruce
Leader of the Students' Union
Radios, telephones and televisions are widely used in the world. When you switch on the radio, you can listen. But when you use the telephone, not only can you listen to others, but also you can chat with them. However, you cannot see anything at all. Television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but they cannot take part in what they see.
Today, some people are using a new type of telephone called vision phone. With it two people who are talking can see each other. Vision phones can be of great use when you have something to show the person whom you are calling. It may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book right over your vision phone. You may be able to do the shopping through it too. Perhaps in the near future, vision phones will come into our everyday life.
Flying kites-a popular hobby
People have been making and flying kites for about 2, 000 years. No one knows for sure who invented the kite. Some historians(历史学家) believe the ancient Chinese might start the kite flying about 2,000 years ago. And now it is still a popular hobby in China, Japan, Korea and other countries of the Far East where beautifully decorated kites appear in different colours. In China, there is even a special Kites Day on which children and adults fly kites. In Japan, families fly fish kites on Children's Day, May 5th.
Simple kites are made by crossing two sticks and covering them with paper or cloth. And then people put a string at the end.
Kites are made in many different sizes, colours and shapes. A flat kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite. It flies because air flows over and under the kite's wings. The pressure under the wings helps the kite lift into the air.
Today most people fly kites as a hobby. Kite festivals are organized in many parts of the world.
Cloudy 12 July
Today is an unlucky day for me. In the morning, my brother and I planned to visit our grandparents. They live in a small village, far away from us. I seldom visit them and I decided to visit them today. Before going out, one classmate of my brother's called and invited him to see a film. My brother is interested in films. So he decided to see the film with his classmate. I still wanted to visit my grandparents, so I took a taxi and asked the driver to take me there. Unluckily the driver lost his way. He drove the car around the village for a long time and then left me near a bus station. At that time I didn't find my wallet and I couldn't pay him. It was terrible. The driver asked me to call my grandparents, but nobody answered the phone. I had to go back home to get some money. What a pity! I paid a lot of money, but I couldn't visit my grandparents. Now I hope they can forgive (原谅) me.
Water is very important to living things. (with)water, there can be no life the Earth. All (plant)and animals need water. Man also needs water. We need water (drink）, to cook food and to clean (us). Water is needed in farms, factories, offices, schools families.
Water is found in seas, rivers and lakes. It can be found everywhere the world, it can also be found in the air. We cannot see or feel the water when it is part of the air. Clouds are also (make)of water. They are little drops of water. When water (freeze), it becomes ice. So ice is also water.
提示：1）西安位于中国的西北部；2）历史悠久，有很多风景名胜，如兵马俑(Terracotta Army)、钟楼(Xi'an Bell Tower)、大雁塔(Great Wild Goose
Pagoda)等；3）有各种各样的美食；4）气候温暖；5）每年来自世界各地的游客前来游览。
Dear Jack,
As the capital of Shaanxi Province, …
Yours,
Liu Wei
