Fleet and Elise usually play frisbee chase on Sundays.“I read Frisbee Fun magazine every Friday and I often practice at Jones’s gym,” says Elise, “That’s why I usually win!”“Well, maybe today will be different,” says Fleet. Elise and Fleet both have eight points. It’s Fleet’s turn. He throws the frisbee. Elise jumps out of the way: “Be careful!” The frisbee flies a long way.“I win!” shouts Fleet. Smash! The frisbee breaks a window. “Oh no – that’s Jones’s gym!What can we do?” says Fleet. “Get it!” says Elise. Fleet sneaks into Jones’s gym.He picks up the frisbee. “Elise, I got the frisbee!” Fleet runs out quickly – right into Jones!Jones takes the frisbee and throws it far, far away.“Frisbee time is over!” he says.
Mo is a 12-year-old boy with red hair who lives with his grandpa. He loves hot dogs, board games and going on adventures. One hot summer day, Mo is bored at home. He looks around his grandpa’s study. He finds a big box made of wood which has lots of old books in it. Inside one book there is a map of a forest from 1795. It has a big ‘X’ on it. Mo shows his grandpa, who says it’s a treasure map. Excited, Mo runs to show his best friend, Millie, who has the same birthday. After packing their bags, they go into the big, dark forest to find the treasure. They get lost. To get home, they need to climb Gold Mountain, solve puzzles and run from monsters trying to eat them.
When summer comes, everyone goes down to one of Switzerland’s many lakes to escape the heat and cool off. Swimming is most popular, but many people like to hire a boat and go sailing as well. If you prefer something a little easier or are travelling with small children, there’s often the option of boating instead. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon.Of course, there’s more to Switzerland than just nature. Old towns such as Bern, Lucerne and Lausanne are excellent spots for sightseeing, and there is great food, shopping and museums in the cities of Zurich and Geneva.
Where is my teddy bear?I can’t find it anywhere.In the box?In the box?No, it’s not there…Where is my teddy bear?I can’t find it anywhere.On the table?On the table?No, it’s not there…Where is my teddy bear?I can’t find it anywhere.Under the chair?Under the chair?Oh, yes, it’s there!
Not until you realize that life itself is a beautiful thing will you really start to live. Although living combines tragedy with splendor, life is beautiful and even tragedies reflect something engaging. If you were simply to live, do more than that; live beautifully.只有在你了解了人生的真谛后，才能真正地生活。虽然人生苦忧参半，但依旧美妙，而且即使在悲剧中也藏着迷人之处。如果你只是活着，那就再努力点吧，试着活得精彩。Through the sea of darkness, hope is the light that brings us comfort, faith, and reassurance. It guides our way if we are lost and gives us a foothold on our fears. The moment we lose hope is the moment we surrender our will to live. We live in a world that is disintegrating into a vicious hatred, where hope is needed more than ever but cannot be discerned. Finding that is rare while the world lives in fear, but the belief in something better, something bigger than this, is what keeps life worth living.在潮水般的黑暗之中，希望是光。它带来舒适、信仰和信心。它在我们迷失时给予指引，在我们恐惧时给予支持。而在我们放弃希望的那一刻，也就放弃了生命。我们生活的世界正瓦解成一个充满恶意和仇恨的地方，在这里我们就更需要希望，却又难以寻得。在这充满恐惧的世界里，找到希望谈何容易，但是，对更好、更有意义的人生的信仰才会让生命有意义。Then you hear a baby speaking her first word, you see seniors holding hands, you feel the first spring rain, or smell the pine tree at Christmas, and remember that no matter how awful it is, there is always hope. No matter how weak we are, we will always survive.然后，你听到婴儿说出第一个字、看到老年夫妇挽起对方的手、感受到第一场春雨或是闻到圣诞节松树的味道，你要明白，无论现在多么糟糕，希望永在；无论我们多么脆弱，我们终将是人生的幸存者。
A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.别人都走开的时候，朋友仍与你在一起Sometimes in life, you find a special friend, someone who changes your life just being part of it; Someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop; Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world; Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.有时候在生活中，你会找到一个特别的朋友; 他只是你生活中的一部分内容，却能改变你整个的生活。 他会把你逗得开怀大笑；他会让你相信人间有真情。他会让你确信，真的有一扇不加锁的门，在等待着你去开启。This is forever friendship.这就是永远的友谊。When you’re down, and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full; Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.当你失意， 当世界变得黯淡与空虚， 你真正的朋友会让你振作起来，原本黯淡、空虚的世界顿时变得明亮和充实。你真正的朋友会与你一同度过困难、伤心和烦恼的时刻。If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows; If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on; Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be ok.你转身走开时， 真正的朋友会紧紧相随， 你迷失方向时， 真正的朋友会引导你，鼓励你。真正的朋友会握着你的手，告诉你一切都会好起来的。And if you find such friend, you feel happy and complete, because you need no worry, you have a forever friend for life, and forever has no end.如果你找到了这样的朋友， 你会快乐，觉得人生完整， 因为你无需再忧虑。你拥有了一个真正的朋友，永永远远，永无止境。
I like to eat cakes,And ice-cream and candy.I like to eat cakes,Yummy, yummy, yummy!I like to drink juice,Apple juice, orange juice.I like to drink juice,And milk and tea.
I will persist until I succeed.坚持不懈，直到成功。The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near thebeginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step,yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how closeit lies unless I turn the corner.生命的奖赏远在旅途终点，而非起点附近。我不知道要走多少步才能达到目标。踏上第一千步的时候，仍然可能遭到失败。但成功就藏在拐角后面，除非拐了弯，我永远不知道还有多远。Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another,and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.再前进一步，如果没有用，就再向前一步。事实上，每次进步一点点并不太难。I will persist until I succeed.坚持不懈，直到成功。Henceforth, I will consider each day's effort as but one blow of my blade against a mighty oak. The first blow may cause not a tremor in the wood, nor the second, nor the third. Each blow, of itself, may be trifling, and seem of no consequence. Yet from childish swipes the oak will eventually tumble. So it will be with my efforts of today.从今往后，我把每天的奋斗当做对参天大树的一次砍击，头几刀可能了无痕迹。每一击者似微不足道，然而，累积起来，巨树终会倒下。这恰如我今天的努力。I will be likening to the raindrop which washes away the mountain; the ant who devours a tiger; the star which brightens the earth; the slave who builds a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.就像冲洗高山的雨滴，吞噬猛虎的蚂蚁，照亮大地的星辰，建起金字塔的奴隶，我也要一砖一瓦地建造起自己的城堡，因为我深知水滴石穿的道理，只要持之以恒，什么都可以做到。
It was so farThe wings to show farEven if love is stillStatic and let memory dripYou take up her small bagsYou go into others untouchable in the distanceYou in a draft overlooking the shore lilacYou in the field of ancient pick-up sorrowI know that is the direction of your heartOwns the missThe snow on the ground fireThere will be a merry straySo exactly a rainy seasonI keep the sunlightKeep the wintering cropWill that shiny daysGently performances那天是如此辽远 辽远的展着翅膀即使爱是静止的 静止着让记忆流淌你背起自己小小的行囊你走进别人无法企及的远方你在风口遥望彼岸的紫丁香你在田野捡拾古老的忧伤我知道那是你心的方向拥有这份怀念这雪地上的炉火 就会有一次欢畅的流浪于是整整一个雨季我守着阳光 守着越冬的麦田将那段闪亮的日子 轻轻弹唱
When I was young,my homesickness was a small stamp,I was here,my mother was there.After growing up,my homesickness was a narrow ticket,I was here,my bride was there.Later,my homesickness was a little tomb,I was outside,my mother was inside.And now,my homesickness is a shallow strait,I am here,the mainland is there.小时候，乡愁是一枚小小的邮票，我在这头，母亲在那头。长大后，乡愁是一张窄窄的船票，我在这头，新娘在那头。后来啊，乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓，我在外头，母亲在里头。而现在，乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡，我在这头，大陆在那头。
Buy a ticket.Wait in line.Read the rules on the sign.Leave your bag.Go to the gate.Where you must stand and wait.Keep your arms.Inside the car.Don t let go of the bar.Don’t stand up.Stay in your seat.It’s not safe on your feet.Don’t lean out.Hold on tight.When it stops, exit right.Wear a coat.Don’t forget.On this ride you’ll get wet!
I really like drawing,Because it’s lots of fun.I can go and sit outside,And draw things in the sun.I don’t like origami –I’m bad at folding things.When I made a paper crane,It had such tiny wings!I also don’t like knitting,Because it’s just too hard.But I’m good at drawing pictures,So I like making cards.
King Scissors jumps up and down.He’s chasing Tom all over town.There are many places in Puzzle Springs,Where a hero can hide from kings.He sees Elise – she’s out horse-riding.He asks her where Tom might be hiding.She saw Tom buying something sweet.There’s a candy store on Sunset Street.
Why are you buying that book?Because I’m a terrible cook!I can’t make a snack.I turn everything black.And my food tastes worse than it looks.Why are you buying that whale?Because they’re having a sale!I will call him Stink.He’ll swim in my sink,And he can be friends with my snail.
In the beginning I was a shy fairy,I lived in a tree and my name was Mary.I ate a bad apple, it was old and hairy,My face went green and I became scary.Next in the story things got so bad,I scared a silly princess and made her sad.She said my teeth were dirty and my eyes were mad,So I pulled her hair and she told her dad.
This watch really makes me sad,It looks too old, it looks so bad!I can’t stand the color gray,I’d like to throw this watch away.This button really makes me frown,It looks like something for a clown.Sparkly things make my eyes hurt,I want to take it off my shirt.This chain could be good enough,It goes well with all my stuff.I like shiny, colored things,I could buy some matching rings!
Two thousand years ago, Rome was the biggest city in the world. Life in Ancient Rome was different from Rome today. But was the food different too?Roman FoodRomans usually ate bread, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruit and nuts. They also ate meat, like chicken and fish, but not very much. They used lots of honey and vinegar when cooking because they liked sweet and sour foods. Most food was boiled or fried, but sometimes they grilled sausages. So ancient Romans ate similar things to modern Romans. However, they didn’t have tomatoes or ice cream, and they often ate with their fingers. Also, carrots weren’t orange in Ancient Rome; they were purple!
A villain called Zoot is taking children’s pets in London. Everyone is sad. But Wing Man is here! Wing Man is a hero whose real name is Dwayne. In the day, Dwayne is a math teacher at a high school called Skye High. At night, he puts on a green costume and goes out to fight bad people. He flies faster than a plane and is really strong – he can pick up a house with one arm! Zoot takes the Queen’s dogs – Fluffy and Pillow. Wing Man has a big problem: there are two dogs, but he only has time to save one! Can he stop Zoot before it’s too late? Can he save the animals?
Once upon a time in old London, there was a missing egg. The egg was very important because it belonged to the Queen. It was made from gold and was very expensive. A villain named Bubba took the egg. Nobody knew why or what he looked like. The Queen didn’t care – she just wanted the egg back! First the Queen paid two detectives to find the missing egg. The fox, called Freddy, was a tall, slim, talkative fox with wavy hair. His partner, Chris the chicken, was very different; he was short and very shy. They both worked together to solve mysteries. Freddy and Chris went to try to find the egg. They looked for it all over London but couldn’t find it! Then they started to ask people if they’d seen the egg. Only one small dog saw who took the egg. The dog saw a big man take the egg and go down the river in a boat.
Ringstone is a world far away. It’s a pretty place, with high mountains and big forests, where strange but beautiful animals live. Barry, the King of Ringstone, is popular with his people. They live long and happy lives, singing, dancing and eating. But there is a danger: Barry’s brother, Paul, wants to be the king. He builds an army of scary and ugly monsters to fight Barry and take the king’s ring. When the monsters come, Ringstone becomes cold and dark. The people are scared, but Barry asks them to follow him. Together they fight back against the monsters. The fight lasts a long time. Can they win?
Sometimes, when Mo is cooking, he thinks about the jobs he did before. And sometimes, Mo thinks about the day when he was a hairdresser. That day, everything went wrong.The first customer was a man. He was very tired, and fell asleep while Mo was cutting his hair. Suddenly, the phone rang. Mo started talking on the phone, but didn’t stop cutting the man’s hair … When Mo finished talking, he looked at the man’s head – all his hair was gone Mo quickly found a wig and put it on the man’s head. The man woke up and looked in the mirror. He loved his new haircut.Then the wind blew the wig away!After that, a woman came in and asked Mo to wash her hair. She sat down, and he started working. There was a cooking show on TV. It was really interesting, and Mo didn’t look at what he was doing. He picked up hair dye, not shampoo.
Blackteeth the Pirate is on his ship in Whisper Bay. He’s looking for the Cupcake Tree.“How do we get to the Cupcake Tree?” asks Squawk, his parrot.“It’s in The Cursed Cave behind Thunder Falls,” says Blackteeth. “We need to get there before Pinkbeard!”The parrot reads the compass: “We need to go north … No, south …”“The compass is broken,” says Blackteeth.“I’ll get us there,” says the parrot.They go to Port Longboard to the east of Lookout Mountain.Pinkbeard isn’t far behind them.”I see the cave!” shouts the parrot.”I see Pinkbeard. We have to beat him!” says Blackteeth.
Last year, my school held a talent show in the hall. We all had to give a performance, like singing, dancing or playing music. I’m not very good at those, so I decided to perform some magic. I’m very interested in magic and I know some cool tricks, like pulling a rabbit from a hat, guessing a mystery card and so on. I really wanted to learn a new trick – making somebody disappear. It’s a difficult trick, but I was determined to try. I failed so many times that I got frustrated, but I didn’t give up. “I will learn this trick!” I said. I became exhausted from practising so much, but I did it.
This year, the Puzzle Springs Cook-Off at Mo’s Diner was really exciting. Each person had only twenty minutes to make one dish, and Jones decided the winner. Before the cooking started, everyone talked about what they were going to make. Clarence said, “I’m going to bake banana bread in the oven. I need bananas, sugar, eggs and flour.”“I’m going to fry some fish,” said Elise. “You sprinkle on some salt and pepper, then add some lemon juice.” Tom said, “Cheesy chicken! It’s just cheese on top of chicken. You grill it on the barbecue.”“I’m going to make a vegetable curry,” said Clora. “I’ll use lots ofchili peppers to make it spicy.”
It is the pang of separation that spreads throughoutThe world and gives birth to shapes innumetableIn the infinite sky.It is this sorrow of separation that gazesIn silence all nights from star to star，And becomes lyric among rustling leavesIn rainy darkness of July.It is this overspreading pain thatDeepens into loves and desires,Into sufferings and joy in human homes;And this it is that ever melts andFlows in songs through my poet’s heart.离别的创痛笼罩了整个世界，无边的天宇变得姿态万千。正是这离愁，夜夜默望着星辰，并在七月雨夜的萧萧叶片间化做抒情诗。正是这弥漫的离恨，深化为爱和欲，成为人间的苦乐。正是它通过我诗人的心灵，融化成曲，喷薄而出。
There’s a small, yellow alienFlying through space.He has big, round earsAnd a funny, long face.He’s from a blue planetWith a little, gray moon,Where it’s sunny at midnightAnd dark at noon.There’s a short, fat alienLiving far away,On a wet, white planetWhere it’s cold every day.
