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

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

　　　　5　　 China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks 　　6　　 important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．

　　Daisy has 　　7　　 Putonghua since the age of five．Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager 　　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 have done is easy and fun．”

　　Her 　　11　　 offers a series(系列)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 　　13　　 she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who 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 　　15　　．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing．”