Sandy is seventeen year old．And she is very busy．She never

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has enough time for that she wants to do．Like many other girls

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about her age, she spends hours on the telephone, talks to her

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friends．She often goes out on the weekends, and she looks after

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children for other families to get some money．But, of course,

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during the school years she herself has a lot homework to do．

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During the football season, Sandy is more busier than usual．She

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and other pretty girls are cheer leaders．They jump up and down

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together, cheering when the team have played well．When the team

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is not playing so well, the girls try their best encourage the players．

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The cheers are usually not long．But it takes a long time to practise shouting them together．

Li Ming, who has been working as postman for

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two years, always wears a suit of green uniforms．

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He worked with care as well as with effort．He

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serves for the people heart and soul．Every day he

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gets up early to deliver newspapers or magazines．

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He is so careful and he has never been wrong．

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One day he had to send a dead letter and it happened

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to be raining hardly outside．But he set out immediately．

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He had asked nearly everybody in the district after

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he tried to hand the letter to the right person．

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An American and a Frenchman decided to cross the sea

between France and England in the balloon in 1784．

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High over the water, they discover a hole in the balloon．The

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hole became bigger and bigger．The air keeps the

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balloon up was escaping quickly and the balloon was

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coming up．The two men threw all their equipment into

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the water to make the balloon light．It started to rise

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higher again．So it was still too close to the water．

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Finally, the men threw away most of his clothes to

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save themselves．The crowd waiting for to greet them in

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England was very surprised see this when the balloon

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landed in front of them．