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    Enjoy family fun time. Mum, Dad and me. We are a family. Mum and Dad are busy. But they always find time towith me. So we have our family fun time.

    We walk our pet dog after supper every day. We do sports together every weekend. We visit my grandparents every month. Weon the same day every year. What do you do for your family fun？

    Cherry picking every year. My name is Tang Yining. I'm 10. Every spring, my family goes to pick cherries. We travel to a village. I carry a basket. I run from one cherry tree to another. My basket gets. Mum teaches mea cherry tree. I hope they grow taller and bigger. Then I can get more and better cherries next year!

    Sports every week. My name is Cao Yiting. I'm 8. I'm always busy and happy on weekends. The best thing on weekends is our family I usually go swimming, or play badminton and ping-pong with my parents.

    Before I started sports with my family, I often caught a cold in summer and winter. But now I'm! Family sports make me stronger and happier.

    Claire always wanted to be a singer.1was the most important thing in her life, but to tell you the truth, she had a terrible2. She took lessons for years, practiced every day, but in spite of (尽管) all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly it didn't get better, and it just got3. Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Claire refused to quit (放弃), and one day she decided to give a4and invited her former teacher to attend.

    The teacher was worried about what to say after the performance. She knew it would be awful and it was. She didn't want to5a lie but she didn't want to hurt Claire's feelings either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her former pupil.

    "Well," said Claire, "what did you think6my performance?"

"My dear," said the teacher, "you'll never be better than you were tonight."