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Brian is a funny student. He loves watching comedies best and hopes to become a comedy actor one day. When he hears about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian ________ to take part in it.

He has never acted in public before, and he is very excited. But some students ________ him. “You are not funny but silly,” Ken, one of his classmates, says. “No one will like what you do,” ________ boy also says to him loudly. Brian can’t understand why they are so unkind to him. He is ________. But he remembers ________ his friends like his jokes, and also his teachers says he is very funny. So he starts to prepare for the show.

Brian does a great ________ at the talent show. Everyone loves his performance (表演), and he wins the first prize!

As the years go on, Brian meets more people like Ken. ________, most people encourage (鼓励) him and some help him to become even funnier. He gets a lot of chances to perform in ________. He is even invited to appear on television.

Now Brian is a famous comedy actor! He is doing what he loves best. He ________ feels worried any more, and he laughs all day long!

Don’t let what others say ________ the joy from you. Be the best and happiest that you can be — that’s where your energy (精力) should go.

Like any family, the Silvas have a television, and everyone likes to watch TV. Mr. and Mrs. Silva love reality shows — they love those about cooking the best. The children like everything and never miss anything! They spend all their time in front of the television, which Mr. and Mrs. Silva don’t like at all.

One day, Mr. Silva is fed up. He puts the television in a closet. “From now on, you only watch TV on weekends,” he says. But on Tuesday, Mr. Silva has to take it to his room for the cooking show. On Thursday, the kids have to watch a very important documentary for their history class.

Mr. Silva is angry! One day, he passes a store and sees a television for sale. He has an idea! In the afternoon, when the children go back home from school, the television is gone. The next day, on the way to school, the children see their dear television in the shop window!

In the following week, the Silvas do everything to forget about the television! Mr. and Mrs. Silva bring lots of interesting books from the library and help the kids clean their rooms.

Until one day, the kids are playing in the attic (阁楼) when suddenly (突然地) … wow! There it is! Their television! Mr. Silva has to tell everything. He never takes it to the store. He just pretends (假装) the one in the shop is theirs. The kids are all surprised!

Mr. Silva brings down the television, but that week, the kids just read the library books and tidy up their rooms. They have a lot of fun, and watch much less TV than before!

Sometimes, we see many pictures of young, tall, and very thin women on TV and in magazines. There are many articles telling people how to lose weight (减肥). It seems like becoming thinner can help people find true happiness.

But looking at those pictures can sometimes make us feel sad or want to eat in a way that’s not good for us. The good news is we don’t have to change how we look to be happy. What matters (要紧) is how we see ourselves and what we think about our own bodies.

Knowing what makes us happy and what we’re good at can make us feel strong and confident (自信的). Doing things like playing outside and eating healthy food, if you really want to, helps a lot too. The key is to feel good about ourselves. If we love ourselves, we’re more likely (可能的) to make friends and be happy.

Sometimes, the pictures we see show (表明) only one idea of what’s beautiful. But there are also companies, like Dove, that want to show real people are beautiful too. They use real women of different body sizes, skin colours and ages in their advertisements to tell us that everyone is beautiful in their own way.

So, remember, you don’t have to be like the people in the pictures to be happy. You’re already amazing just the way you are!

A very old Seychelles giant tortoise (塞舌尔巨龟) named Jonathan turned 191 years old on December 4th, 2023! That’s really old — he was born even before people invented (发明) the telephone and photographs. Jonathan has two Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录). He is the oldest living land animal and the oldest known tortoise or turtle.

Jonathan lives on St. Helena, a small island. People think he was born around 1832. They guess this because he was already 50 years old when he came to the island in 1882. Some people even think he might be older than 191 years old!

Everyone on the island knows Jonathan, and he’s quite famous. He’s even on the island’s money. The island’s governor (长官) decided in 2022 that December 4th would be Jonathan’s birthday, and they celebrate (庆祝) it for three whole days!

Tortoises like Jonathan usually live up to 150 years, but Jonathan has lived much longer. He’s still going strong, even though he can’t smell (闻) much and is almost blind (失明的). He still loves to eat! Dr. Hollins from the Guinness World Records said Jonathan is healthy. They hope he might live to be 200 years old, or maybe he’s already that old!