Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.

When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India,where she began to train to be a teacher. After training,she was sent to Calcutta,where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress.

However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Panta,and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city.Slowly,others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.

Mother Teresa is now a well—known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.

My name is Bill. I’m English. My family are in Shanghai now. My parents are teachers. Kate is my sister and Mike is my brother. Kate and I are in a middle school in Shanghai. Mike is three and he is nice.

My room is nice and tidy. My books and tapes are in the bookcase. But Kate’s books are everywhere in her room. My brown chair is under the desk. My schoolbag is on the sofa. My clock is green. It’s on the desk. My parents say I can always keep my room tidy.

Some students talked about their weekend

It was not bad. I went out with my friends. We went to a cinema and saw an interesting movie. Then we went to a new restaurant and ate a big dinner. The food there was good. We talked about our favorite sports happily.

—David

My weekend was not very exciting. It was rainy and cold, so I didn’t go out. On Sunday morning, I just stayed at home and watched TV. And in the afternoon, I did my homework and read some books.

—Jill

I thought my weekend was terrible. It was my friend Leo’s birthday last Saturday. I forgot it so I didn’t buy him a gift. He called me and invited（邀请）me to his home. When I got there, I found there was a birthday party. All of his friends bought him gifts except me. Leo said it was OK, but I really felt bad.

—Anna

It was great. My friend and I went dancing. I had a lot of fun. I made some new friends. They were very friendly.

   —Mark