WhatdoIwanttobe?Iwanttobeanactor.BecauseIthinkit'svery

　　interesting.Ilikesinginganddancing.Ialsolikeplayingguitaranddrum.Icandothemwell.IthinkIcanbeagoodactor.IfIbeanactor,myfutureisveryexciting.

　　JoeandIdecidedtotakethelongtripwe'dalwayswantedacrossthecountry.Wewerelikeyoungkidsbuyingourcamperandstockingitwithallthenecessitiesoflife.Bellabakesthebestrhubarbpie.WestartedoutinearlyspringfromMinneapolisandheadedwestacrossthenorthernpartofthecountry.Webothenjoyedthosepeoplewemetatthetrailerpark.Joereceivedawatchathisretirementdinner.Tooursurprise,wefoundthatwelikedthewarmsouthernregionsverymuch,andsowedecidedtostayhereinNewMexico.

　　Howtolookupadictionary

　　FristlookupthemeaningofanEnglishwordyouseeorhear.AndfindtheEnglishtranslationofawordinyourlanguage.Thencheckthespellingofaword.Andcheckthepluralofanounorpasttenseofaverb.findoutothergrammaticalinformationaboutaword

　　.findthesynonymorantonymofaword.Afterlookupthecollocationsofaword.Andcheckthepartofspeechofaword

　　.Thenfindouthowtosayaword.findoutabouttheregisterofaword.Finallyfindexamplesoftheuseofawordinnaturallanguage.

　　That'salookupadictionaryidea.

　　Ifyouworkasasodajerker,youwill,ofcourse,notneedmuchskillinexpressingyourselftobeeffective.Ifyouworkonamachine,yourabilitytoexpressyourselfwillbeoflittleimportance.Butassoonasyoumoveonestepupfromthebottom,youreffectivenessdependsonyourabilitytoreachothersthroughthespokenorthewrittenword.Andthefurtherawayyourjobisfrommanualwork,thelargertheorganizationofwhichyouareanemployee,themoreimportantitwillbethatyouknowhowtoconveyyourthoughtsinwritingorspeaking.Intheverylargebusinessorganization,whetheritisthegovernment,thelargecorporation,ortheArmy,thisabilitytoexpressoneselfisperhapsthemostimportantofalltheskillsamancanpossess.

　　Myteacher

　　Ihaveagoodteacher.SheiaanEnglishteacher.Sheisverykindtome.Shewearsapairofglassesoverhernose.SheteachesEnglishverywell.SheoftenhelpsmetostudyEnglish.Shelikesplayingbasketball.Sometimessheplaysbasketballwithusafterclass.Welovehersomuch.Sheloveusverymuch,too.Sheisnotonly(不但）ourteacherbutalso(而且）ourfriend.

　　It'simportantforustobehealthyallourlife.Wecan'tstudyorworkwellwithouthealthybody.

　　There'remanywaystokeephealthy.Firstofall,weshouldkeeptakingexerciseseveryday.Wecanwalktoschoolinsteadoftakingabus.Afterschool,wecanspendanhourplayingballgames.Ifweliveinahigh-rise,wecanwalkupstairsordownstairs.Second,weshouldhaveabalanceddiet.Finally,wemustremember:"Earlytobed,earlytoriseisthewaytokeephealthy,wealthyandwise."

　　Today,Istillwenttomymother’soffice.Mymotherwasverybusy,sowasmyfather.TheyalwaysliveinBeijing.Theymustgetupearly.Becausetheywillmanagethefactory.SoIknowtheyareverylaborious.SoIshouldsavemymoney.AlsoIshouldhelpthem.AlthoughIcan’tdosomethinguseful,butIthinkIshouldsharetheworkwiththem.Iamoneofmyfamilymember.Inthefuture,Iwilltakeajobandwork.It’timeformeto

　　begintolearnhowtowork.

　　TodayIhavereceivedthehigh