Like most Chinese, Mr. Zhang has a traditional family. _____ he and his wife are middle school teachers while their _____ son is a pupil. Mr. Zhang’s mother lives with them and helps look _____ the kid. They love one another and live _____ happy life.

Yesterday was Mr. Zhang’s mother’s birthday. The couple wanted to do something _____ their love for her. After a big dinner, Mr. Zhang brought a basin of warm water and asked his mother to sit in front of the basin. He took _____ her shoes and put her feet into the water. After that, he began to wash them _____. His wife helped to comb his mother’s hair slowly. _____ this, the boy followed his mother’s example. He tried to comb his mother’s hair, _____. But he was not tall enough ______ that. So he brought a chair and stood on ______. Everyone could feel the ______ and love in the family.

______ we all know, respecting the old and taking care of the young is a good Chinese tradition. We should try our best to care for our family. We must visit our parents as often as possible, and ______ time with them even though we may work far away. Indeed family is a place for ______.

   Years ago a farmer owned land along the coast. He always needed workers to help him, but most people did not want to work on farms near the sea. They were ______ of the terrible storms that may destroy buildings and crops.

Finally, a short man came to the farmer. “Are you a good worker?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can sleep when the wind blows,” answered the little man. Although surprised by this answer, the farmer, who really needed ______, gave him the job. The little man ______ well around the farm, busy from day to night, and the farmer felt ______ with his work.

Then one night the wind blew loudly in from the sea. Jumping out of bed, the farmer ______ next door to the short man’s room. The farmer shouted “Get up! A ______ is coming! Tie things well before they are blown away!” the little man lay in bed ______ and said, “No sir, I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”

Hearing the words, the farmer got angry but he had to hurry outside to ______ the storm. To his surprise, he found that everything was tied down and nothing could be blown away. The farmer then ______ what the short man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew.

When you’re prepared, you have nothing to fear. Can you ______ when the wind blows through your life?

   Most schools are going to start a programme called BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology). This programme allows students to bring iPads, mobile phones or other things to school for study. One aim for this programme is that the students don’t need to carry textbooks any more. They can download maths, science, social studies, and read textbooks on their iPads. Another one is that they can get free educational subjects to learn in their free time!

Schools have set up a free Wi-Fi system just for the BYOT programme. Thank teachers for all their hard word to set this programme up. I really think this programme will go well in most schools and I also think that learning will be better than ever.

However, some schools will probably not allow this because they think that it will make kids mess around too much and they might break their iPads.

This programme will let students have fun and learn at the same time. If you like your iPads and you like to read, school is getting started with reading with iPads. High schools and middle schools have already started and so have some elementary schools. But most elementary schools are coming along! Let’s tell them: Hurry! Get ready to learn!

   A good night’s sleep can improve your mood and your memory. New data shows that getting enough sleep might also get your cuts to grow back together faster. In fact, sleep was more important than good healthy food in speeding wound growing back together.

This wasn’t what scientists had expected to see.

They had hoped to show that giving people the right type of food for good health and growth would make their skin wounds grow back together faster --- even in people who were prevented from having enough sleep. The scientists thought it should work because good healthy food keeps the body strong, helps repair injuries and guards against infection (感染).

Tracey Smith is a scientist at the U.S. Army Research Institute. She and her team studied three groups of healthy people who came to their lab to take part in tests. They gave each group small skin wounds.

Sleep clearly helped. People who slept normally got well in about 4.2 days. The volunteers without enough sleep took about 5 days. And getting better healthy food offered no clear benefit. What to make of the data

Sleep expert Clete Kushida didn’t find the results all that surprising. He is a doctor at Stanford University Medical Center in California. The idea that lost sleep harms the body is true.

Why didn’t healthy food help healing time? Smith can think of a few possibilities. The healthy drinks may have helped a little --- just not enough to show up clearly in the small numbers of men and women tested here. Different people need different amount of time to become better.

For people who can’t avoid losing sleep, scientists still don’t have a good way to help them. Smith says, “If you want to become better faster, your best bet for now is to get more ‘vitamin Z’.

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Not falling asleep in class is as difficult for some people as saying no to dessert for others. But falling asleep in class too often can have bad effects on your study. 【小题1】 So what should you do to avoid falling asleep in class? Here are some tips for you.

Work early and sleep early. 【小题2】 In this way, you can get ready for bed early and will not have to stay up late for study. Make sure you get as many hours of sleep as your body needs.

【小题3】 It will help give you more energy and stop you from falling asleep in class. Foods that are high in protein (蛋白质) are good choices for you.

Exercise more. You already know that regular exercise is good for your mind and your body. 【小题4】

Stay active in class.【小题5】 It can help you keep your mind on something other than your sleepiness.