A Letter to Justin Bieber
Bella-Class 167
Dear Justin Bieber,
I’m so delighted to write to you, though I know that you may not receive it. My name
is Bella. I’m a 16-year-old girl, and I come from China. You are my favorite singer. I’m a
common girl. I also want to sing on the stage like you. You are really handsome and your
voice is pretty wonderful. You are so lucky to become a singer. I know it isn’t easy for you
to have achieved so much. You have been trained a lot and you sweated. We can’t imagine
how hard it is. But now I’m disappointed in your behavior. Most of your fans can forgive
what you have done. But they will not have much patience to endure you over and over
again. A person’s tolerance is limited. And I enjoy your musical talent so don’t go astray. I
know that you are stressed out. And you are confused now. Perhaps you will lose all that
you have. The majority of your fans are teenagers. You are a role model for them. The most
important thing you should do is to apologize to the people who love and care for you.
In a word, when we are young, we are sure to make mistakes. But that isn’t used as
an excuse to make mistakes. I hope that you can be a warm and perfect boy as usual.
Yours sincerely,
Bella
An English Dictionary
Susanna－Class 94
You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In
fact, an English dictionary you use today wasn’t made until the Qing Dynasty. Three men
did most of the important early work on dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives
trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The
largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary. The idea for this dictionary
came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford
University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in
Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After
Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house built in his garden to do the work. Every
morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and worked in the small house sev