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My favorite book  My favorite book is “the Great Gatsby”. The story’s contention was set in the prosperous 1922’s Long Island in the United States, during that time, America was in their Jazz Age which the most significant thing for people in that time is the money and the position.  When I first saw the title, I did not know why the book is called “the Great Gatsby”, and I thought  that many this book is a outstanding person's memoir. However, after I finished reading this book, I understand the intention of the author of using this name--When the entire society are engaged in having fun, Gatsby did not follow the mainstream, he uses all his time to pursue his “American Dream” and even though the book said nothing about the greatness of Gatsby, but with the development of the story, I understand that.   Of the whole book, all of the plots are  telling stories between different  couples, Quite the opposite,  there's no true love between them...

Volleyball Team During my first year abroad. I consider about how to make more American friends and how to join their group all the time, as a result, I made a big decision--join the volleyball team. Although I have never played volleyball before, I am good at badminton and I believe their are many similarities between badminton and volleyball. So I told the coach that I have played a little bit before. After that, he let me join the volleyball practice to see if I could be a member of the volleyball team.  During the practice time, I was so nervous for I have never played before. However, I followed other players and did what they did. First, passed the ball to the coach. When he popped the ball back and set it for me, then I need to hit it to the other side of the net. Even though I missed some of the balls, I still did a good job in that. Finally, the coach told me,"You must be in this team!". I am so excited.After the first practice, the coach told me that ther...