— Pretty good. I travelled to Hainan and ______________ the beautiful scenery.

    John had a(n)1weekend. On Saturday morning, he2to the library. He3maths.4Saturday afternoon, he went to the park. He played basketball5his friend, Tom. His sister Lisa was busy on Saturday, too. She6her room in the morning. In the afternoon, she7her friend, Kim. They played football.

    On Sunday morning John and Lisa played8tennis. They had fun. In the afternoon Lisa was busy. She studied maths and science in the library. But John washed clothes at home.

    When I was a boy, I was a football fan. I always played football with some other boys in the backyard(后院). My mum was worried that I would get ill in the hot summer.

    One day, my brother gave me a new football. I came into the yard and played it excitedly. But suddenly, the ball flew through the window and nearly hit my dad. Dad said nothing. He took my football and cut it in half.

    I didn't cry because I knew how terrible my mistake was. I didn't expect to get another football. But to my surprise, Dad bought me another one the next month and told me to be more careful. I was really thankful for my father's forgiveness(宽恕). He showed me that even when I made a mistake, he still loved me and gave me another chance.

    Parents always give us their unconditional(无条件的) love and forgiveness. We should always give our love and forgiveness to them, too.

    Annie lived alone in Chicago. One day, she fell down in her bedroom and broke her leg. So she tried to call her friend Lisa. But she dialled(拨) a wrong number. The call reached Taylor, an 18-year-old girl. She was a college student and she lived hundreds of miles away from Chicago.

    At that time Taylor was reading in bed. She thought it was somebody playing a joke. When she was going to hang up the phone, she heard a woman saying "Help! Help!" From it Taylor thought something bad must have happened to the woman. After she got the woman's name and address, Taylor called 911 at once. Then she tried to make Annie feel comfortable. She spoke to Annie on the phone till the doctors arrived at Annie's house. At last Annie was taken to the hospital in time.

    As soon as Annie felt better, she wrote a letter to Taylor to thank her.