Confucius， a pioneer in the field of （1） （教育）． He was born in the year 551 B． C． He was a great thinker who had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior． His main ideas are about kindness and good manners． He was also a famous philosopher whose wise sayings have （2）i many people in （3）d countries． For example，one of his famous sayings， "He who learns but does not think is lost； he who thinks but does not learn is in （4）d "， tells us the （5） （重要性）of learning and thinking．
Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco． （1） （然而）， his home is in Los Angeles， which is 770（2） （英里） away from his workplace， so he has to take a plane work and back．
Every workday morning， von Badinski gets up at 5 a．m． for the 15﹣minute drive to the airport． After（3） （停放） his car， he goes straight to take the plane． After a 90﹣ minute flight， he（4） （着陆） at Oakland Airport and drives to his company． The（5） （整个的） trip takes him about 3 hours．
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly（6） （自由地） at any time to and from San Francisco．
Flying to work every day is not（7） （容易的） for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night， but he believes（8） （没有什么） could be more important to him than his family． He had thought about several ways to solve the problem， （9） （包括） moving his family to San Francisco， but none of them worked．
"The six﹣hour round trip shows that I have the（10） （能力） to have all the things I want． "he explains．" I am always excited to start a new day．"
Charlie's life dream was to become a soldier， but he would never be able to because of his leg condition ﹣﹣﹣ he couldn't stand on his right leg． He was very （1） （伤心的） about it．
One day， Harris， an army officer， （2） （听说）the story． After communicating with Charlie's parents， Harris started to plan secretly to give the poor boy a big （3） （惊奇，惊喜）．
A month later， one day in （4） （八月） 2016， Harris appeared in Charlie's classroom． In front of his classmates， Harris asked the boy， "Would you （5） （介意） taking a ride with me？"
Charlie was taken to the army Reserve Center， where he （6） （真正的） dreamed to go． Harris said to Charlie， "Today you will become a member of our team．" Charlie was too （7） （激动的） to say a word． Charlie raised his right hand and repeated the oath （8） （大声地） ， "I volunteer to join the army and make all my efforts to protect the people and the （9） （国家）．"
Charlie's parents were so thankful． Harris said that it was simply part of his job， "When I joined the army， I made a （10） （承诺） to protect the people， which also means protecting the dreams of a child．"
While being on my year abroad， I have tried to collect small things such as train tickets， postcards， and I have been taking lots of photographs． Living in（1） （法国）， I take the metro（地铁） every day． I have my own personalized map on which I have（2） （圈出） all of my favorite restaurants， cafes， parks and other places． I have even colored it to say if these places have（3） （免费的） wi﹣fi or lunch deals． What I plan to do with all these things is making a scrap book．
For those of you who have never heard of the word" scrap book"， it's an（4） （空的） book which people usually take away with them on holiday， and fill it with "scraps" of paper， tickets， maps， （5） （邮票）， photographs etc． It is like a memory book． You will always have the memories of your favorite places and why you liked them so much， all in your scrap book! It is really（6） （有价值的） to own it if you ever want to（7） （回到） to that place． My scrap book started in September and after eight months was （8） （几乎） full!
Why not create a scrap book of your time while traveling？ Isn't it nice to be able to open a book of your life and time（9） （作为） a traveler？ You can't imagine how happy you can be by just looking at an old ticket with a special （10） （日期） on， or a napkin from your favorite restaurant． It's the little things that can make you．
Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco． （1） （然而）， his home is in Los Angeles， which is 770（2） （英里） away from his workplace， so he has to take a plane work and back．
Every workday morning， von Badinski gets up at 5 a．m． for the 15﹣minute drive to the airport． After（3） （停放） his car， he goes straight to take the plane． After a 90﹣ minute flight， he（4） （着陆） at Oakland Airport and drives to his company． The（5） （整个的） trip takes him about 3 hours．
Von Badinski pays the airline 2,300 dollars monthly so that he can fly（6） （自由地） at any time to and from San Francisco．
Flying to work every day is not（7） （容易的） for von Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night， but he believes（8） （没有什么） could be more important to him than his family． He had thought about several ways to solve the problem， （9） （包括） moving his family to San Francisco， but none of them worked．
"The six﹣hour round trip shows that I have the（10） （能力） to have all the things I want． "he explains．" I am always excited to start a new day．"
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Deer Future Self，
This is you from ten years ago， the same girl that you used to be．I am sitting in my grade seven
classroom， staring outside． Now， trees with green leaves seem so tall and （1） （笔直的）． Do you still find them large？ Or perhaps they seem small to you now？
Do you still find the squirrels cute？ Do you still have a strong love for（2） （动画片）？ Or perhaps are all of these childish for you？I （3） （想知道） if my friends now are still friends with you， ten years later？Are you still in touch with them？
Can you tell me how my high school graduation went？ Did you like sitting and（4） （听）to the headmaster and teachers speak？ And can you tell me what I will become in the future． Am I a doctor？ Am I a teacher，engineer，officer，（5） （科学家）， or writer？I' m not sure what I want to be but I'm sure that you have （6） （已经） known． That reminds me， did I do well on my math test （7） （昨天）？
Oh， I've always wanted to travel around the world! Did you visit Japan， （8） （加拿大）， Italy，the United States or Chins yet？ Or did you visit Russia， South Korea or Australia instead？
Life will always （9） （继续）． Please remember all the happy times and all the terrible times．Please remember me， the you who（10） （生活） ten years ago．
Yours，
Ten Years Past Self
A marathon（马拉松） is a long﹣distance running race．Now it is not only a competition，but some people organize marathons for charity（慈善）．Runners get friends，families and other people to（51） （支持） them．They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race．For example，if the runner runs one（52） （千米），the providers each give the runner ＄1 for the charity．A（53） （充足） of money can be raised this way．However，not everyone can run，so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money，using the idea of a marathon．
Walk﹣a﹣thons A walk﹣a﹣thon is（54） （相似的） to a marathon，but people walk（55） （代替） of running．This is a common way for people to raise money．
Read﹣a﹣thons Many schools organize read﹣a﹣thons to raise money．Students can get money（56） （简单地） for the number of books they read．They might be given a certain （57） （阶段） of time to read．Little kids can （58） （进入） the reading competition according to the number of pages they read．The read﹣a﹣thons are （59） （举行） not only to raise money，but also to encourage teenagers to read．
Bowl﹣a﹣thons Bowling is a（60） （受欢迎的） sport in the USA．In a bowl﹣a﹣thon，people raise money for every point they get in the game．The higher the score is，the more money they make for the charity．
Daniel Kristiansea is a 14﹣year﹣old schoolboy from Denmark．Recently，while doing his history homework about World WarⅡ，he had a surprising discovery（51） （在…后面）his family's home．He found the remains of a（52） （德国的）World WarⅡplane．
After telling his father about his history homework，Daniel was encouraged to go out onto their farm．He and his father hoped they might find some old（53） （瓶子）or something to show at school．Much to their surprise，on the（54） （第四）day，they found some broken plane pieces．So they（55） （借）a special machine from a neighbour．When then（56） （挖） down seven meters，they suddenly came across pieces of（57） （灰色的）clothes．They reported what they found to the government（58） （立刻），and the news was widely heard across Danmark．Each day their house was（59） （拥挤的）with news reporters．
Daniel's father，Klaus，remembered being told by his（60） （爷爷） that a plane had hit their farm during World WarⅡ．But Klaus thought it was just a good story．Now it turns out to be true．
Alison Lapper，a very unusual painter，paints pictures for a living．She doesn't use her （51） （手） when she paints．She uses her mouth! Alison was born （52） （没有） any arms．Her physical problem caused her to spend the first （53） （十七） years of her life in a hospital．But this didn't stop her from making her dreams in life come true．She （54） （认识到） that even though she was disabled，she could express herself as freely as （55） （正常的） people．This was what got her to start drawing paintings．
Although Alison lives （56） （十分） a different life from others，she believes that she can （57） （成功） as others．Her paintings are excellent and they do not look like they were drawn by （58） （某人） who used her mouth．Alison has become a symbol of （59） （勇气）．Her active way of living has encouraged many disabled people around the （60） （世界） and will continue to do so in the future．
A golden envelope（信封）fell through the letter box．On the front，there was no（57） （地址） or name of the person who sent it，it only said，"You've won．"
Mum opened it and was very glad to tell them that the family had won a（58） （免费的） holiday．They were so excited and started to（59） （讨论） the holiday plan．
Laura said she wanted to go to the coast and swim in the sea．Ted hoped to go（60） （某处） and eat lots of nice food．Mom preferred to go shopping in big cities while Dad just wanted to leave his（61） （生意） alone and have a good rest．
They couldn't decide until it was（62） （几乎） dark．Then the phone began to （63） （响铃）．Ted answered it．
"Hello! This is Lucy Holidays．You've won a holiday to sunny Alexandria．"
"That's where my grandma lives．"
"This is Grandma!"
"On，Grandma! You played a joke on us!"
"You're all invited to spend your summer holidays with me．
"They spent（64） （十四） fun days at Grandma's．They were so happy and（65） （放松的）! Everyone got what he wanted．
Trees play an important role in our environment.For a start，they make air（1） （更干净的）for us to breathe.The older a tree is，the more important it is to us.Why not look at ancient trees（2） （仔 细地）around you and find out more？
For the past （3） （十五）years，a charity called the Woodland Trust has been recording ancient trees in the country.It has created a database （数据库）about these tree.
Since the database was set up，the Woodland Trust has（4） （添加）over 180，000 trees，but it believes there are many more to be found.It's hoped that all（5） （成员）of the public will help to locate them ﹣ including you.
You can take an（6） （积极 的）part in the Woodland Trust's project.Perhaps when you next go for a walk with your family，you can examine the trees you pass to see
（7） （它的）age.If you find one that you think could be very old，record（8） （确切地）where it is using an online map.If you want to record the tree，you should take a photo.Don't（9） （忘记）to make sure you are allowed to examine it closely if the tree isn't on public land.
"Ancient trees are as much a part of our heritage （遗产）as works of（10） （艺术），"explains Jeremy Evans of the Woodland Trust. "But they don't get the same protection.The good news is，you don't have to be a tree expert to take part".
Thailand Literacy Program
Omkoi is one of the mountainous areas in Thailand.It is an area of （1） （北 方的）Thailand.There are neither schools（2） （也没有）libraries there and people cannot read or write.The government of Thailand hopes to change that with a program.It
（3） （包括）bringing books to the villages.
A number of these villages can be reached only on foot，and there is always a very long rainy （4） （季节）in Thailand.So how do the villagers get books that they need most，especially （5） （ 在...期间）the rainy days？Of course，teams of （6） （大象） !
Now there are several teams carrying books in Omkoi.They spend almost a month covering （7） （ 七）or eight villages.These special teams make it possible to provide education for almost two thousand people in Omkoi.
In Bangkok，the capital of Thailand，there's a program called "Train Library for Young People"，The train serves the homeless children on the （8） （街道）.Years ago，the railway police of Bangkok realized that those children（9） （真正地）needed a good place for learning and they began to act immediately.Now they have cleaned up and
（10） （修理）some old railway cars.These cars are turned into libraries for the children.
Things Spotter
If you often lose things，you'll be happy with a new（1） （发明）called Things Spotter.It'll look like a small key tag that can be put on your objects.The tag will（2） （连接）to your mobile phone through BlueTooth technology.When you find something missing，don't（3） （担心）!Just press a button on your mobile phone and a map on your screen will tell you where to look.
Fire Recharger
It's really fun to（4） （扎营）in the wild!But what can you do if the batteries（电池）on your mobile phone are empty？Some（5） （工程师）are working on a Fire Recharger.It（6） （生产）electricity from the heat of fire.This means you can use a small fire to charge（充电）your mobile phone.It is very useful and will be（7） （广泛地）used in the future.
DigGoggles
Those lively underwater photos are so beautiful，but not easy to take.Besides，underwater cameras are not（8） （便宜的）enough.But soon you will have the（9） （机会）to buy a pair of DigGoggles.That's the name of a（10） （特殊的）diving mask that can take photos.Open and close your eyes twice and your camera will go 'click'!
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