Gloria is a famous hostess of a TV station．When she was 15, she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves．Hie man behind the counter, John Smith, asked if she'd like a job．She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes．

　　Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college．During college she would do many other jobs：she served coffee in the student union, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs．

　　One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer．The woman seemed anxious．Gloria showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order．The woman left the store less worried, and Gloria has always remembered the pride(自豪) she felt in having helped her customer(顾客)．

　　Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand．His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time．

　　Gloria persuaded(说服) her boss to agree to let her do the story．After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free．

　　Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you．" What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!

　　At Smith's bookstore, Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store．Today it's the same．The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes, helping them understand the world better．

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I have my dream job．In ten years, I think I'll be a reporter．I'll live 　　1　　 Chengdu because I went to Chengdu last year with my parents and fell in love 　　2　　 it．I think it's really a big and 　　3　　 city．As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of people and I should be friendly to 　　4　　．I think I'll also make many good 　　5　　 and live with them, because I don't like living alone．I 　　6　　 I’ll be even happier if I live with my friends．And I think I 　　7　　 some pets in the future because I am sure our apartment will be 　　8　　 than it is today．I can't have any pets now because my mother hates them, and our apartment is too 　　9　　．So I’m sure I'll have many different pets then．I think 　　10　　 a pet can make me feel more relaxed．I also want 　　11　　 skating and swimming every day because it 　　12　　 make me strong．

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　　Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun．He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木)．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．

　　Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art．He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像)．It took him two days just to build the eyes．

　　Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating．Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．

　　"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan．"To do what you love in life is the most important thing．"

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　　In Singapore, many middle school students spend lots of their time on their studies．Most people think good education is a ticket to success(成功)in their future．So, many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their exams．They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big trouble．Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to after-school classes．

　　Schools run activities outside school hours．The students can join in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and climbing, etc．They are also very interested in community service(社区服务)．

　　In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music． Hollywood blockbusters(大片), Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them．They understand IT very well．Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games．

　　They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookshops．

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