Eighth-grader Victoria Bills is talking about money with her classmates. She is worried that a company’s stock (股票) price could fall. It may be an unusual topic of conversation for a 13-year-old. But at Bills’ school in Chicago, US, you hear it all the time.
The Chicago school’s 420 students learn about economic(经济学). They also get a chance to make money. Each 1^st grade and 5^th grade, students learn the basics of economics and investing(投资).
Then in 6^th grade, they put what they’ve learned to work. Students join a junior group that manages the $20,000. The group, made up of 12 to 14 students, decides which stocks to buy.
After graduating, students pass on $20,000 to the next 1^st grade class. They keep half of the rest of the money; the other half goes toward improving the school. They can choose to put their money in a college-savings program or take the cash.
In 2007, Bills suggested that her class buy the stock of the Apple computer company. This was just before the iPhone came out. “We bought stock just at the right time,” she says. The kids bought Google stock as it reached $400 a share. It is now worth over $500. “It was a good buy,” says Myles Gate, 13. He hopes to be a banker one day.
The school’s two graduating classes of 2005 and 2006 have each earned about $10,000 in profits(利润).
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Some students dreams of being  1.(科学家) , some want to be teachers, and others may want to be doctors. Different people have different kinds of dream jobs. What’s your dream job? Do you want to be an island caretakers? If your answer is yes, here’s a dream job for you. In Scottish, there is an island  2.(叫做) Inchcolm. The island is in 3. (需要)of manager. The Scottish  4.(政府)advertises for the job. It offers more than 20,000 for the future manager every year.

There aren’t any people  5.(居住)on the beautiful island. But you won’t feel   6.(孤独的)when you stay here. Around ￡20,000 people visit the island every year. There are also many seals which live on the island. The new manager will live and work on the island eight months a year with   7.(另一个)member of staff.

“You have the whole island. In the evenings you can enjoy beautiful views and the peaceful island. You will feel  8.(放松的) when you stay here. I promise that you will fall in love with the beautiful island, said the spokesperson from the Scottish government. “Living on the island  9.(主动提供)an adventure and the  10. (机会) to experience new things,” the spokesperson added.

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今年春季，我国西南大部分地区因为干旱严重缺水，2000多万人遇到饮水难题。学校要求每位学生，伸出援助之手帮助他们。现在请你以班长的名义写一份倡议书，内容要点如下：