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Dear Alice,

　　I just received your letter．And I was very surprised to know that you decided to drop out of school and wanted to be a model(模特)．

　　Being a model for a living is not easy．In fact, a famous person like me has a lot of problems that you couldn't see．I can't eat what I like, even though I'm very hungry．Keeping thin makes me look more beautiful on the stage because no one would like to see a heavy model．

　　Besides, I have to wear a heavy coat in the hot sun, in a swimming suit in the cold air．And practicing walking nicely every day is tiring for me．

　　You might say I made much money from modeling．Bus my dear niece(侄女), you have to know that money is, nothing, knowledge is everything．School is important and everyone should go to school for a certain period of time．The longer they stay at school, the better they will be．Very often, I hope I can give up my job and continue my studies at school．But it is very difficult for me to go back to school again．I am too old to go back to school now．

　　You are a pretty young girl with a bright future．You only have one year to finish your studies in high school．A year is really short．Please do consider my words carefully before you decide．Of course, there is only one thing I care about, and that is your happiness．

Love,

Emma

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　　When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day．Like many 　　1　　 writers on the Internet, the 　　2　　 woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地)．

　　Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry．Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost 　　3　　 to do for the rest of the year．To fill the time, she started writing 　　4　　 on the Internet．Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 　　5　　 she is familiar with．

　　Amy has been interested in writing 　　6　　 she was a child．At first, she just wanted to share her novels 　　7　　 people she knew．Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 　　8　　 she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权)of one of her novels．She 　　9　　 immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website．She got ＄ 1,500 for that．

　　Now Amy is a full-time 　　10　　．So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them 　　11　　．

　　“The Internet made me famous and brought me 　　12　　,” she said．“I earn much more money now－about ＄60,000 a year．I am 　　13　　 with my career, but there is one problem－that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to 　　14　　 to work in the medical industry．”

　　“Before that day comes, I’ll keep 　　15　　 for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile．

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　　Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China．However, Daisy Raffan, an 　　1　　 girl in Britain, hopes to bring the 　　2　　 to the young people．

　　Daisy has 　　3　　 an online learning website to teach the language to as 　　4　　 people as possible, all over the world．

　　With China's fast development in the world, Daisy thinks 　　5　　 important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．

　　Daisy has been learning Putonghua 　　6　　 the age of five．Two years ago, 　　7　　 she decided to pass on what she had learned, she 　　8　　 the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com．

　　She said：“People are afraid to learn Putonghua．One of the main reasons is that they think it's an 　　9　　 language to learn, but I have had fun 　　10　　 it．And I hope what I have done is easy and fun．”

　　Her 　　11　　 offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture．

　　Daisy's website has 　　12　　 the support of several important persons－the teenager says she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, 　　13　　 is the British Prime Minister(首相)．

　　She said：“I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 　　14　　．He said that what I was doing was a really good idea．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that 　　15　　 was supporting what we're doing．”