Margaret always (give) her friends cards on Christmas Day. She thinks it is a great way to tell each other how much she values their (friend).

Last week, Margaret went to several different (store) looking for special cards for her friends. Margaret likes all the friends equally. She wanted to find a card for each friend that was personal, and she wanted the cards to also look sort of same. Margaret spent over an hour looking at cards, but she could not find the cards were right.

    Margaret had a great idea. She would make cards for each of her friends. But she wasn't sure how to make cards. She remembered (hear) somewhere about Christmas cards that (make) by hand over a hundred years ago. She used the Internet to find out (many) about these cards. She made notes for all the materials she would need and went back to the store to get them.

Margaret spent several hours working on the Christmas cards (careful). That night at dinner, Margaret showed her family the cards she had made for her friends. Even her brother thought they were great, and he almost never thinks Margaret's ideas are great. Margaret (decide) to make each of her parents a Christmas card and one for her brother, too.

    One weekend, Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents. She asked her parents to buy a toy she wanted. Instead of giving her money to buy the toy, Taylor's father encouraged her to make money by herself. ＂How can I make money?＂Taylor thought for a while and had an idea, ＂Why not make cakes and sell them at church to raise money to buy the toy?＂

    The next day, Taylor started her plan. She first needed some money for tools and materials. So she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised to pay it back. Then she began to make cakes by herself. To her parents' surprise, she made $175 by selling the cakes that Sunday.

    Everyone thought Taylor would buy the toy she wanted. She certainly had made enough money for it, but she didn't. Instead, Taylor decided to buy business cards and had her father's phone number on them. Then she began handing the cards out. More people knew Taylor and came to buy her cakes. Even large companies began to try buying her delicious cakes.

    Though Taylor has made a lot of money, she still works hard at school. She also likes to take part in other activities. So Taylor must carefully manage her time. For example, instead of watching TV after school, Taylor might have to bake(烘焙) a lot of cakes for customers. When she has dance lessons on some days, she needs to get her baking done on time so she isn't late for class.

    Making cakes may take time and be hard work, but Taylor sees the fun in it. ＂I think making cakes is mostly my hobby.＂ she says. She also decorates(装饰) the boxes that are used to pack the cakes. Taylor uses all kinds of decorations to make sure each box looks special for her customers. People love the extra feeling Taylor gives them by decorating the boxes, so more and more people come for her cakes.

    Taylor's cakes are becoming very popular. She achieves a sweet success.

    Do you know that the "Happy Birthday to You" song is the first song sung in outer space? Apollo IX astronauts 1 it on March 8. 1969. It is one of the most popular English songs of all time. Here's the story behind it.

    The song was written by two sisters from Kentucky, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. It was first published under the 2 of "Good Morning to All"in 1893. It was used as a classroom 3. Teachers sang it each day to welcome their students to the classroom.

    The composer, Mildred Hill, was a concert pianist. Her sister Patty Smith Hill wrote the original（最初的） lyrics（（歌词） for the song while she was a teacher in a kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky, where Mildred also 4.

    The Hill sisters copyrighted (取得版权) their song on October 16, 1893. However, it appeared 5 their agreement in Robert H. Colemans songbook on March 4, 1924. Coleman changed prat of the lyrics to say, "Happy Birthday to You", 6 the song still had its original title. The song was then published several times over the next ten years, often with small 7 in the lyrics. In 1934, when the song was sung every night in a Broadway Musical, another Hill sister, Jessica, went to cour（法院） over the copyright problem of the song. She was 8 about the theft of the song and the failure to pay to her sisters. She 9 her case. The Hill family owned the rights to the melody and had to be 10 every time the song was part of a commercial（商业的） production.

    The Hill sisters, who devoted their lives to educating children, could never imagine that the simple little song would continue to earn about $2 million every year.

—You're right. We should ask her first.

—No, I don't. Let's ask our teacher for help.

    Tina graduated from college. Several days later, she got a new job. She would work in the biggest company(公司) in her city. Her friends admired her very much.

    On her first workday, Tina arrived at 8:45 a.m. She took the lift to the 11th floor(楼层), and a clerk showed her where her desk was. As a green hand, she didn't know what to do, so she tried to talk to the girls who sat near her in the office. However, they were not friendly to her. After a while, a young boss came in. Tina was surprised that the boss was not the old man who interviewed her several days ago. The boss gave her a lot of reports to write. But when she began to write, she found that she had much trouble understanding the reports. She spent almost the whole day trying to do the work. At 5:30p.m. it was time to go home. Although most of the reports weren't finished, she got into the lift. On the 10th floor. she was greeted by John, the old man who interviewed her several days ago. "Tina!" he said, "Why didn't you work with us today? All of a sudden,Tina realized she mistook the 11th floor for the 10th floor. "Oh, my God! she answered. After hearing this, John couldn't help laughing.

—Six years ago. My father taught me.

—Let's do something to cheer her up.

—It's hard for us. However, we have to try our best to finish it.

We can't remember clearly since we started to take our mobiles to dinner table. This happens a lot, (especial) when we eat out. Once a dish comes, of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobiles and click. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or Wechat, waiting to be ＂liked.＂ Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get ＂liked＂ not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for simply a meal.

    Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If , how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?

A recent study suggests that what we are used to (do) is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were (ask) to take photos before they could enjoy food. As a , it showed that the (many) photos they took, the less delicious the food to them. So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not (take) photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.