1.The Importance of Water___________(众所周知)，plants and animals need water. So do the people's life and pr oduction, t,ife couldn't go on ____________(没有水)________________________(随着…的发展)of agriculture and industry, ______________ __(越来越多) water is needed. ____________(因此), water is becoming scarce in many pl aces. ______________(其次), a lot of rivers and lakes are beginning polluted by the waste watcr from factories. Fish can't live in them any longer. ___________(同时), thc waste water __________(对…有害处) people's health._________(为了) make rivers and lakes clean and ____ water _______(阻止) being po lluted,we must do something to stop all sorts of pollution.2. A Letter of ThanksHow are things going with you in Beijing?I am writing to _________________________(为了表达我对你的谢意). You tutored m e in my spoken English before you went to Beijing. _______________(在你的帮助下) I _ ________________(我取得了很大的进步) that I won the first place in the Spoken English Competition of the city. My achievement is owed to your help. Thank you very much.I have heard that you and your wife will ______________（参观）my school. I am very glad at the news._____________(在那种情况下) we can see each other again. I am ____________________(期待)your coming. I am sending you a telescope as a small gift. I hope you will like it.All the best.Yours,Liu JietelevisionsNow more and more people ________(拥有)televisions，which present a very vivid world to us. ____________( 通过电视)，we can watch exciting matches，see most of the plac es of interests without going there ourselves. From TV，We learn many things _______ (发生) in the world.Television also ____________________(起着一种教育的作用) in our daily life. Childr en enjoy learning much interesting knowledge from TV. By providing various TV universi ty courses，television offers _________(多种多样的) educational programs for different vi ewers._________(然而)，television can also be harmful. It hurts our eyes. Watching TV___ __________(太多) influences our sleep and work. Now many students ________ too much time ________(花费) TV，which reduces their study time and does great harm to their health. ____________(简而言之)，we should_________ television ______(把…当做)our as sistant，not our master.My English TeacherOur English teacher, Mr. Wang, is a strongly built thirty-year-old man, who is often si mply dressed. He has been teaching us English ever since he ________(毕业) the English Department, Beijing Normal University in 1993. He _______ all his time and energy ___ __(奉献) teaching, often working late into the night preparing his lessons. He is capable o f making his lessons _______________(生动而有趣)。

and all of us like his lessons. He i s very ________(严格) us but he shows us great concern. He offers us help _________ (无论何时) we need it. We all consider him_________ as our good teacher ________(不但而且) as our close friend. We all respect and love him.A Happy FamilyI have a happy family. Though there is only a little furniture in my home and everyth ing in the rooms seems rather disorderly, I love my home very much.My father is an engineer, nearly fifty years old. As a Party member, quite often he w orks late into the night. He even forgets himself when he is reading. Once when having s upper, I found that the soup tasted watery. It soon became clear that my father, deep in his reading, had forgotten to put salt in the soup.I have a kind mother. She is a primary school teacher. She loves her pupils and her j ob very much and puts all her heart into her work. All our clothes are made by tailors, f or she is too busy to sew for us. As a housewife, she has to do almost all the housewor k. So she is the busiest one in our family.We all keep a lot of books and we love reading. During our leisure time, reading is our main hobby. Evening is the happiest hour in our family. We usually sit in my parent s room, reading and discussing everything we're interested in.I love my family. It not only gives me much happiness and warmth but also teaches me how to be a real man.ComputerAs we all know, the computer is a marvelous machine. It has all kinds of types. Now adays most computers have a memory processor in which information can be stored and be taken out at any time.The oldest kind of computer is the abacus. It was used in China long agoi The first modern computer was very large and expensive, but now scientists already have been mak ing computers smaller and cheaper, at the same time easier to use and work faster and fa ster now.Computers can be used a great deal in many ways. It can do many kinds of work. T hey can be used in doing business and science research work, in some large factories, an d our daily life. We even use it to play computer games at home. Today a lot of people buy computers. Computers is becoming more and more popular indeed.Ways of Preventing Obesity （减肥的方法）A healthy diet and regular exercise may help to prevent obesity among children.Take Li Ming for example.Li Ming used to be a heahhv boy, but over a year ago, he got into the habit of eati ng a lot of junk food and snacks. Besides, he spent a lot of time lying on the sofa, watc hing TV, and did little exercise. As a result, he put on so much weight that he found it difficult to chimb stairs.So Li Ming decided to change the unhealthy life style, ftc began to have balanced, h ealthy diet. Itc also took part in various sports activities such as swimming, skating, runni ng and playing baskellball. Months later, Li Ming became as fit as beforeDear Dick,How time flies! I'm very glad to hear from you again. You want to know what is goi ng on in schools in China. In a word, everything has changed. Every school takes part in the campaign of reducing learning load. In the past, I used to study until 11,30 at week ends. But now I can arrange things' on my own, such as reading books, visiting museums, or taking computer lessons in my weekend days. In the evenihg I can watch news on T V, orread newspapers. What's more, my parents support me. They said although I was a s tudent, I didn't have to work all day long. I think the idea of reducing learning load is w ell accepted by everyone.Best wishes.Smoking and HealthToday cigarette smoking is a widespread habit all over the world. It was reported recently tha t smokers make up one quarter of the world population， while in China， 33.9 precent above the age of 15 are smokers. It’s a very serious problem because not only the old， the youth， but also m iddle school students and girls have been engaged in smoking.Many heavy smokers say they cannot leave off， although they know smoking is harmful to t heir health and they have tried again and again to stop.Scientific research shows that smoking is not only harmful to smokers themselves， but als o a threat to public health， especially to women and children. The poisonous gas from smoking i s one of the majorcauses of many kinds of diseases. Therefore， many countries have worked out laws forbidding s mokers to smoke in public places such as cinemas， hospitals and stations.1998 National English Summer Camp for Middle School StudentsAs a lucky student, I attended the 1998 NESCMSS held in the beautiful seaside city of Yantai from July 25 to 30, which was sponsored by the English Coaching Paper Office. Over 100 students all over the country and 30 English teaching experts from home and a broad took part in the activity. All the campers were required to speak English. During th e four days, a series of English activities were held including the Second National English Debate for Middle School Students and the Third National English Speech Competition f or Middle School Students. We also visited some places of interest. A colourful English e vening was held on July 29. The camp provided us with a valuable opportunity to speak English, make friends and exchange learning experience. I found my English much improv ed at the end of the camp. Never in my life shall I forget the impressive days in Yanta。