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sage you have just heard.Script: Passage Two A Christmas tree is necessary for celebrating the day in your home. Nobody says Christmas likes a sixfoot pine cut down and erected in your living room for your holiday enjoyment. If you choose to buy a real tree and not a plastic one, here are some tips on how to keep it fresh for your party. First, cut off an inch from the bottom of the tree trunk so that it will absorb water better. Then place it in a tree stand that holds at least one gallon of water, and water the tree every day. Second, before any treetrimming takes place, spray the tree with something that will prevent the needles from losing water. You can also prevent the tree needles from browning by keeping decorative lights off during the daytime because the heat from the light dries out the needles. Third, keep the tree away from the fireplace and candles. A tree on fire is not a fresh tree. Then you should decide on whether you want to decorate the tree before your party, or if you want to make treetrimming a party activity. Either way, you have to prepare a box of things to add to the tree. You might also want to decorate your tree with little stockings that have your guests39。s too expensive.D) Because it39。t many people make homemade soup?A) Because it39。s house happened when I was _____.A) 10 years oldB) 11 years oldC) 12 years oldD) 13 years old Script: The story at the Granny39。t seem quite so big anymore. Maybe I too could turn a little trouble into something as special as Granny39。s cooking up in your life. You39。s too much trouble. But I don39。s nothing wrong with a little trouble in your life. It adds character. You know, a lot of people don39。m scared. Granny looked at me and said, Most people are afraid of public speaking. But you could try practicing in front of a mirror. Such words were not very forting, and I went on to plain about schoolwork, friends and family. Granny listened patiently. Then she sat down next to me. I stopped cutting and looked into my grandmother39。s small kitchen. It was there that we had good conversations, and Granny could always tell something meaningful. I remember one Saturday morning when I was about 11 years old. After breakfast I asked Granny, What kind of soup are you making today? Vegetable beef, she answered. And you can help me to prepare. So we got the vegetables from the refrigerator: onions, carrots, potatoes and so on. She gave me a knife and cutting board so I could do my share of the work. As I slowly peeled carrots, I began to plain, I39。ll like our school.B: Then we39。ll show him around the place. I39。t have to worry about that. Most of the teachers here can speak English as well as French, and over half of the kids speak English. What39。s a relief. Changing schools is hard for a boy, you know. Eh ... what about language? My son speaks English