What number may you call if you and your friends want to enjoy the sunshine at theseaside? 

David wants to stay in Green Valley with his wife, his five-year-old daughter and his seven-year-old son. How much will it cost?

Malcolm loves sports. He will take his holiday from March 7 to March 15.What activity will he probably take part in?

Vivian is a college student. She is quite interested in science. She wants to know something about the life of plants at night. Which trip will she choose?

Which of the following is RIGHT?

President(总统) Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump arrived in Beijing on November 8^th.Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan welcomed them with an afternoon tea in the Baoyun Building of the Palace Museum. The Baoyun Building is also called the Hall of Embodied Treasures. It is in the southwestern corner of the Forbidden City(紫禁城).

Xi thanked Trump for their kind treat when he visited the United States in April and wished them a happy time in Beijing.

Trump showed Xi and Peng the video of his grandchild on the computer. In the video, Trump’s grandchild, Arabella Kushner, is singing in Chinese and reading Chinese poems.

Xi said Arabella did well and she spoke Chinese so well. “Arabella is already a child star in China”, said Xi. He hoped that she would visit China in the future.

Chinese people built the Baoyun Building in 1915. It is in a Western style. A very long time ago, people used it to keep antiques(古物), but now the hall is a museum to show the history of the Palace Museum.

I went    (1)   a beautiful beach last week   (2)   my friend, Lee.   (3)   was sunny and hot. We had great fun    (4)   in the water. In the afternoon, we went to a zoo. We saw   (5)   animals. The next day, it was   (6)  , so we went to the museum. I didn’t really enjoyed it,   (7)   I don’t like the robots. Lee found a small boy   (8)   in the corner. The boy   (9)   lost. He couldn’t find his mother. We decided to help him.   (10)   last we found the boy’s mother. We were very happy.

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  His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog(沼泽地). He dropped his tools and ran to the bog.

    There, suck in deep mud, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the boy from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

    The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's rare surroundings. An well-dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

    "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life." "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.

    At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family house. "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

    "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

    "I'll make you a deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my son will enjoy. If the boy is anything like his father, he' U no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of."

    And that he did.

    Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, he graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer (发现者) of Penicillin (青霉素).

    Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia (肺炎). What saved his life this time? Penicillin.

    The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

    Someone once said: What goes around comes around. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's heaven on earth.

Are you a positive (积极的) person? If so you are always hopeful and think of good points of a situation instead of bad ones. The power of positive thinking has been widely researched. It’s funny that some of us accept this power quickly while others are doubtful. Do you know the reason? Our opinions about positive thinking might explain its point.

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When facing a problem we weigh success or failure against the problem itself. We might think that positive thinking always leads us to expect success. Actually it’s more important to realize that positive thinking results in acceptance of our situation. If we think positively we may predict success or ways to move on when we are in difficulties. There’s a difference between blind positivity and seeing things in a positive way.

Results from positive thinking

Does research see any real value in positive thinking? Many studies show that a positive attitude leads to less stress and sadness. Physically positive thinking also leads to a longer life and quicker recovery(恢复) from sickness. Positive people with a family history of heart problems are even less likely to experience heart attacks.

Positive VS Negative(消极)

It seems strange to think that a state of mind can have such effects. But there are several reasons why a positive attitude is better than a negative one. Negative feelings are good for making us focus on tasks such as running from danger for example. However positive feelings open us up to a world of kinds of possibilities and bring us helpful ways. The more results of positive thinking naturally last longer as well.

Strategies for positivity

A positive attitude comes easier for some people than others because it’s a born character. Still anyone can try a few things to bring out the positive.

a. Rebuilding: See positives through negatives such as being glad the subway is cheap even when crowded.

b. Distance: When making a big decision act like you’re giving a friend advice.

c. Smile: Real or not smiles are shown to decrease (降低) heart rate and blood pressure.

In the end a positive attitude requires not only positive thinking but also positive action.

He met her at a party. After the party, he invited her for coffee. When they sat in a coffee shop, he didn’t know what to say. Suddenly, he asked the waiter, “ Could you please give me some salt?”

They were surprised and his face turned red. But when the salt came, he put it in his coffee and drank. She asked, “Why put salt in the coffee?” He said, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the seaside ....I could feel its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I think of my childhood and my hometown.”

She was touched(感动) and talked too, about her hometown, her childhood, her family. That was the start to their love story. Thanks to the salty coffee!

Soon they married(结婚) and lived happily together. And every time she made coffee for him, she put in some salt, the way he liked it.

After 40 years, he passed away and left her a letter. It said: My dearest, remember the first time we dated? I wanted to ask for some sugar, but I was too nervous(紧张) and said salt. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went on. Many times, I tried to tell you about it, but I was afraid that it would make everything bad. I don’t really like salty coffee. But I’ve learned to enjoy it. Having you with me was my greatest happiness. If I could live a second time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.

As the father of a student, I have experienced first hand what a great teacher is. My son was in the 4th grade last year, and he had a teacher called Miss Green. I believe that when he is an adult he will surely look back on her as the best teacher he has ever had.

My son has attention deficit disorder(注意力缺损症) that makes it a little more difficult for him to learn. She was able to change her teaching methods for him so that he could keep up with the rest of the class. As a result, he got straight As on many subjects. She regarded her class as a family and they even had their own class song. She would often have them sing it to encourage them and develop a team spirit for them. When she saw that they were no longer listening carefully to what she was teaching, she would have them close their textbooks, stand up all around the room and throw around a small football. This helped them clear their minds and then focus on the lesson again. Besides, she was quick to reply to any phone calls or emails from us and got rid of our worries about children quickly.

When my son went to the 5th grade this year, we happened to pass her classroom. When she saw my son, she smiled, and she came out and hugged him. She generally loves all of the children in her classroom and that love really shows. I can only pray that my son will continue to get teachers just like her for the rest of his school years.

It was the golden season. I could see the yellow leaves    (1)   inthe cool   (2)   . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, listening to the sound of them. Autumn is a   (3)    season and life is uninteresting. The free days always make me   (4)   . But one day, the sound of a violin   (5)    into my ears like a stream flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was    (6)    in playing her violin. I had    (7)   seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn’t realize that I had been   (8)    there for so long but my   (9)    did not seem to disturb(打扰) her. Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building.   (10)    I went downstairs to watch her performance, I was the only audience. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became    (11)   .  (12)    we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also liked me. Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my    (13)   , the girl came over to me.

“You must like violin, ” she said.

“Yes. And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.

Suddenly, a    (14)    expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.

“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that   (15)   me. ” she said.

I think it is safe to say that snakes are not popular among most people. It would be hard to find a person who is neutral(中立的), or simply doesn't care one way or the other. What I wonder is why something even without legs causes such great fear.

   Snakes are quite useful, but that doesn't seem to matter. Snakes help control the population of mice. Without snakes, perhaps we would find mice everywhere. Most of us, however, would rather see a mouse than a snake.

   The poison argument is a strong one. Some snakes are poisonous, and this causes people's death. However, the poisonous snakes are only a small number. We can't say all the snakes are bad just because of a few dangerous ones.

   And what do we do with the people who really like snakes? They like snakes even more strongly than we dislike them. These people learn about them, find them out, and watch them carefully. Why? The only reason I can think of is that these people are open-minded. They are able to put aside differences and welcome the snake as a friend.

   Whatever the reason for our like or dislike, snakes do something good in the circle of life. They would prefer to be left alone, and that is what we should do. If you're lucky, you might not run across more than a few of them in a lifetime. That would be fine with most of us.

The following is an advertisement looking for the teachers for the summer camp in Beijing.