Joe wanted a computer. He asked his1for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He2about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbors. But this was not3. He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens4he had no tools (工具) to do the work with. Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering (送)5. I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could even get the computer6. I could spend a little money each week7it. He ran to catch up with Dick. Joe asked him a lot of8. He learned that it was possible9twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took10three hours each night. Dick11him the phone number of the newspaper manager (经理). Joe almost flew12.

After he had told his mother what he thought, she13"I think it is a14idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper…. ""Wait, Mum, "Joe said, "I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman now. "Joe's mother smiled15. After a year, he got his own computer.

Iain, a Welsh singer, is becoming1 in China, after singing "red" songs in a talent show. Iain was2 in singing when he was a student. And he taught3 how to sing songs from CDs. His friends thought he had a special4 for singing and always asked him to perform at their parties. Iain5 to China in 2004. Now he can speak Putonghua as6 as Chinese. He lives in Sanya7 his Chinese wife.

Several months ago, he joined8 talent show in China. "I was very happy to9 to the final round. But the day before the show, I got a phone call.10 told me that I couldn't go on" he said.

    "No one11 me a real reason. Maybe they didn't like a foreigner singing red songs." He said. "There weren't many foreigners in the show so they noticed me12 than the other performers. But when people watch a foreigner13 red songs in Chinese, they always find it very14 .15 , it couldn't stop me."

Students from Leonia High School in New Jersey went to visit Notre-Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院). They talked 1 after the visit. They were glad. However, just 2 after they came out, there was a big fire. They were the last 3 to see the cathedral before it caught fire.

One of the 4teachers with the students, Bertolini, said, "I came here with four other teachers and 26 students. We are in Paris as a part of an 11-day French trip. We 5 about an hour in the cathedral before leaving it to go to dinner."

"We 6 there at about 6:20, and I guess the fire started around then," Bertolini said. "We walked to have dinner and met one teacher's sister at the 7. She was late and said it was because of the fire. People in the city were just afraid."

They 8 the cathedral. The teachers all talked to the students about the 9 fire and the teachers felt happy when they knew no one died in the fire.

Notre-Dame Cathedral is very 10 — about 12 to 13 million people go to visit it a year and it is home to paintings, sculptures (雕像) and other famous works of art.