Dear Mary p14I have a problem, and I need your help .I always fhought I was popular at school. But I just found out that my friends were planning a birthday party for my best friend, and they didnt invite me. Everyone else in my class was invited except me, and I dont know why. I cant think what I did wrong. Im very upset and dont know what to do. What do you think? Can you help me?P30 Things are fine here. I finished my end-of-year exams last week and got my report card today. I always get nervous when I see the envelope from school in the mail, but luckily I did OK . this time. I had a really hard time with science this semester, and I wasnt surprised to find that my worst report was from my science teacher. She said I was lazy, which isnt true. Its just that I find science really difficut. Another disappointing result was in history. My history teacher said I could do better. The good news is that my math teacher said I was hard-working. And my Spanish teacher said my listening was goP36 End of Year Party I want you to remember the rules for school parties.Dont wear jeans! If you wear yeans, we wont let you in .Dont bring food to the party. If you do, the feachers will take it away.Dont bring friends from other schools. If you do, the teachers will ask them to leave.Dont leave the gym during the party. If you do, the teachers will call your parents.Dont run or shout at the party, If you do, youll have to leave.Please bring your ID card. If you dont have your ID card, you cant go to the party.P38 If I become an athlete, will I be happy? For many young people, becoming a professional athlete might seem like a dream job. If you become a professional athlete, youll be able to make a living doing something you love. If you become famous, people all over the word will know you. Many athletes give money to schools and charities, and do a lot of work to help people, This is a great chance that many people do not have. However, professional athletes can also have many proplems. If you are famous, people will watch you all the time and follow you everywhere. This can make life difficut. If you play sports for a living, you job will sometimes be very dangerous. Many professional athletes get injured. And if you become rich, you will have a difficult time knowing who your real friends are. In tact, many famous people complain that hey are not happy. They say they were happier before they became rich and famous. P46 Im talking to you from the Hilltop School Skating Marathon. Here, students are skating to raise money for charity. For every hour they skate, each student raises ten yuan for chairty. The skating marathon has been going for five hours now, and several skates are still skating. Alison was the first one to start and has been skating for the whole five hours. Next is Sam, and he has been skating for four hours. Lu Ning has been skating for four hours too, and Li Chen just started am hour ago. P50 When I lived in Australia, I studied history at school but we usually studied in Australian or western history. However, when I heard that I was going to work in China, I started studying Chinese history. Ive been studying for over two years now. My friend in Australia said that Chinese histoy was very hard to understand, but I dont really agree. I think if you study hard, youll be able to understand any culture. For a foreigner like me, the more I learn about Chinses histoy, the more I enjoy living in China.P64 The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. David Smith of North London has a pot-bellied pig named Connie.“Pot-bellied pigs make the best pets,”said David.“She watches TV on the sofa with me every might. Shes my best friend.”However, life with a pig isnt always perfect.“When I got my pig ,she was small,”said David,“but she eats a lot .Now shes too pig to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house. Also, pigs need a lot of love. Sometimes I dont have enough time to spend with her.”P70 Disneyland is an amusement park, but we can also call it a theme park. It has all the normal attractions that you can find at an amusement park, but it also has a theme. The there, of course, is Disney movies and Disney characters. For example, you can find a roller coaster in most amusement parks, but in Disneyland, the theme of the roller coaster is Disney characters. This