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Do you want to travel by yourself? Being an exchange (交换) student 1． (be) a good way. Exchange students can live in 2． foreign country and learn 3． (it) language and culture. Students go to a high school 4． live with a host family, often for six 5． (month) a year. 6． (this) programmes are very good for students. They can learn a lot about different cultures. It is also good 7． (learn) to be more independent (独立的) and make more friends. Besides (此外), exchange programmes can help them 8． their understanding of the world.

9． (choose) one of the programmes to join!

Dream House in California is not a house for only one 1． two children. It’s a house for many children. It’s a family.

Imagine living in a hospital for many years because 2． illness. Imagine that one 3． (stay) in a cold street because there is no other place to stay. In Dream House every sick and homeless child 4． (have) got a warm bed, delicious food, nice doctors, etc.

Every child should have a happy childhood. Dream House may help make those children’s 5． (life) better than before. It may 6． (complete) change their roads of life.

Brian is a funny student. He loves watching comedies best and hopes to become a comedy actor one day. When he hears about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian ________ to take part in it.

He has never acted in public before, and he is very excited. But some students ________ him. “You are not funny but silly,” Ken, one of his classmates, says. “No one will like what you do,” ________ boy also says to him loudly. Brian can’t understand why they are so unkind to him. He is ________. But he remembers ________ his friends like his jokes, and also his teachers says he is very funny. So he starts to prepare for the show.

Brian does a great ________ at the talent show. Everyone loves his performance (表演), and he wins the first prize!

As the years go on, Brian meets more people like Ken. ________, most people encourage (鼓励) him and some help him to become even funnier. He gets a lot of chances to perform in ________. He is even invited to appear on television.

Now Brian is a famous comedy actor! He is doing what he loves best. He ________ feels worried any more, and he laughs all day long!

Don’t let what others say ________ the joy from you. Be the best and happiest that you can be — that’s where your energy (精力) should go.

Like any family, the Silvas have a television, and everyone likes to watch TV. Mr. and Mrs. Silva love reality shows — they love those about cooking the best. The children like everything and never miss anything! They spend all their time in front of the television, which Mr. and Mrs. Silva don’t like at all.

One day, Mr. Silva is fed up. He puts the television in a closet. “From now on, you only watch TV on weekends,” he says. But on Tuesday, Mr. Silva has to take it to his room for the cooking show. On Thursday, the kids have to watch a very important documentary for their history class.

Mr. Silva is angry! One day, he passes a store and sees a television for sale. He has an idea! In the afternoon, when the children go back home from school, the television is gone. The next day, on the way to school, the children see their dear television in the shop window!

In the following week, the Silvas do everything to forget about the television! Mr. and Mrs. Silva bring lots of interesting books from the library and help the kids clean their rooms.

Until one day, the kids are playing in the attic (阁楼) when suddenly (突然地) … wow! There it is! Their television! Mr. Silva has to tell everything. He never takes it to the store. He just pretends (假装) the one in the shop is theirs. The kids are all surprised!

Mr. Silva brings down the television, but that week, the kids just read the library books and tidy up their rooms. They have a lot of fun, and watch much less TV than before!

Sometimes, we see many pictures of young, tall, and very thin women on TV and in magazines. There are many articles telling people how to lose weight (减肥). It seems like becoming thinner can help people find true happiness.

But looking at those pictures can sometimes make us feel sad or want to eat in a way that’s not good for us. The good news is we don’t have to change how we look to be happy. What matters (要紧) is how we see ourselves and what we think about our own bodies.

Knowing what makes us happy and what we’re good at can make us feel strong and confident (自信的). Doing things like playing outside and eating healthy food, if you really want to, helps a lot too. The key is to feel good about ourselves. If we love ourselves, we’re more likely (可能的) to make friends and be happy.

Sometimes, the pictures we see show (表明) only one idea of what’s beautiful. But there are also companies, like Dove, that want to show real people are beautiful too. They use real women of different body sizes, skin colours and ages in their advertisements to tell us that everyone is beautiful in their own way.

So, remember, you don’t have to be like the people in the pictures to be happy. You’re already amazing just the way you are!