—Maybe he ____ about something else while you were asking.
—No, it all happened so ____.
—_______ask your husband for help?
I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.
One day, while I was 1 in the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to 2 where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady siting at a piano.
She was singing songs about love, 3 yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there 4 , watching her playing on such a crowded square. I thought that she must be 5 enough to perform in front of so many people. She noticed me. I walked over and told her how good her 6 sounded. "Thank you," she said.
"I have been going through a hard time recently, 7 you've made me hopeful again," I said to her.
"I'm glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so 8 ?"
"Well, my mum has lost her job, and I'm not sure what to do…"
"Did you notice the 9 you were walking? Your head was down," she said. "Don't be upset, because 10 comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should 11 more, and lift your head up."
I looked 12 her, amazed at how she was encouraging （鼓励） me. "13 are you playing the piano here?" I asked her with a smile. She 14 that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer 15 up by playing music.
I smiled a little wider, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.
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Carol has been studying hard and hoping to make progress in her math. Every day she listens in class and does math exercises at lunch time. But her grades in the term were disappointing(令人失望的). "I was really sad when I the result. I have spent so much time it, but I don't know," she said. One of the feelings in the world is that you have done something hard but it doesn't work. For middle school students, it may make you helpless if you have studied for months but only take home disappointing grades.
If this to you, you need to ask someone help. Maybe a friend, a classmate, or your teacher. And also you need to patient. Keep and in the end you'll get better grades. Good luck!
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Our clothes can make us feel better about ourselves One way is wearing different colors of clothes.
Normally, when we are sad, we'll wear dark-colored clothes. But when we are happy, we often choose to wear bright-colored clothes. Because what we choose reflects(反映) how we are feeling. It shows that wearing special colors of clothes can change our feelings.
For example, when we are feeling sad, we may feel worse if we wear black. And if we wear green, red or yellow, we may begin to feel better.
It's said that each color has its own healing power(治疗作用). When we are wearing red, we should feel more energetic(充满活力的). When we are wearing green, we should feel more peaceful. When we are wearing black, we should feel safer.
So remember, if you are not feeling at your best, you can try out some different colored clothes. Maybe one color has no effect on your feelings, but another will.
Do you have true friends? Do you want to know better between you and your friends? There are three different kinds of friends: "pest friends", "guest friends", and "best friends".
The first kind of friends is simply acquaintances (熟人), and all you usually know about them is their names. You may meet this kind of friends at school, at work, or on the bus, but you don't miss them when they're not around. When this kind of friends do something bad, you don't tell them. That is why they are called "pest friends".
The second kind of friends could also be called "social partners". They are closer than acquaintances, but not as close as true friends. You know their names, a little about what they like or dislike, and a little about their family histories; you usually have a few things in common, but you don't talk about anything deep, such as your wishes or fears, and they don't open up to you how they really feel.
The last kind of friends, the "best friends", are the people you know the deepest.
You're like family, and know everything about each other. You have no problem staying at each other's houses, and you share your deepest feelings and thoughts. They will correct you when you're wrong, and though they may not be perfect, they at least will always care about you, and never do anything on purpose (故意地) to hurt you.
We all have our pest, guest, and best friends. We should value (重视) all friendship. Remember, all best friends start out as just acquaintances.
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Once upon a time all feelings went to an island for a vacation, and each was having a good time. Suddenly, a warning of a strong storm was announced, so all rushed to their boats. Yet, Love did not wish to run away quickly. There was so much to do. But as the clouds darkened, Love realized it was time to leave. But there were no boats to use. Love looked around with hope.
Just then Richness was passing by Love in a large boat. Love shouted, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity (虚荣) who was also passing by in a beautiful boat for help. But Vanity said with a cold voice, "No, I can't take you with me. My boat will get dirty with your muddy feet."
Sorrow passed by after some time. Again, Love asked for help. But it was useless. "No, I can't take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself."
When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it hardly cared about anyone else.
Love was growing worried and hopeless. Just then somebody called out, "Come, Love, I will take you with me." Love did not know who was being so kind, but jumped onto the boat happily.
After getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Love asked, "Knowledge, do you know who was so kind to give me a lift when no one else wished to help?"
Knowledge smiled, "Oh, that was Time."
"Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is able to understand how valuable (有价值的) Love is."
Sometimes, our stomachs make noises to tell us to feed them. After that, we eat something. However, millions of poor children around the world can't do that.
Most of the time, those children don't get enough to eat. When they do get some food, it's often cheap and has very little nutrition（营养）.
It makes them weak, and they can't fight off disease easily. So, they are easy to get sick. So, some do badly in their classes.
Childhood hunger is a big problem, but we can do some things. They give children meals at break and after school.
For thirty dollars a month, you give them food and meet other important needs. Moreover, you give them a chance of happiness in life.
A. Another way is to give money to a hungry child.
B. It's important to help hungry kids.
C. Going hungry is not good for children.
D. The easiest way is to do something for food programs.
E. Hungry children can't work hard at school.
F. When they are empty we usually feel hungry.
G. Buying enough food isn't easy for them.
A: Hi, Jimmy! What a heavy rain yesterday afternoon!
B: So it was, Mario.
B: I was at school.
A: Er... what were you doing?
B: I was having a P.E. class on the playground. Guess what?
A: I'm sorry to hear that. Then how did you get home from school? By bike?
B: What about you? What were you doing?
A: I was on my way to Rick's birthday party.
B: Really? That was too bad! Were you wearing your raincoat?
A: Of course. I rode quickly but I was still 20 minutes late for the party.
B: How lucky you were!
A. We all got wet.
B. Where were you at that time?
C. No, my father drove me home.
D. I was waiting for the No.15 bus.
E. Oh, I was riding my bike at that time.
F. He was helping his mom in the kitchen.
G. When I got there, they were cutting the birthday cake.
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