Every week，our teacher gives us a new topic to discuss in class.Last Monday however he asked us a very interesting question — "Do you think it is d（1）

ifficult

ifficult

to be a parent？" Some of the students said they thought it was easy；as parents never have to do any homework!Our teacher said he wouldn't tell us the a（2）

nswer

nswer

.He said he would let us be "a parent" for a week.He was sure we would find out how a parent will feel by the end of the week.
   Then the teacher asked us to s（3）

pend

pend

the rest of the week in making "flour （面粉） babies".We first took some big bags and filled them with flour in order to make the flour babies as h（4）

eavy

eavy

as real ones.We then tied the bags very tight，so the babies would not fall out.After that，we used cardboard （紙板）to make some arms，legs and a face for our flour babies，and then we d（5）

ressed

ressed

them in old pieces of clothing.My baby looked strange，as I am not good at art，but it was great fun.
   When we finished，our teacher gave us all notebooks to record some funny e（6）

xperiences

xperiences

with the babies for the whole week.We had to carry them with us every day and look after them like real babies.That was really hard work!For example，one of my friends had quite a bad memory，and he l（7）

eft

eft

his flour baby on the bus one morning.We also had to feed the baby and get it for bed in the evening.Every night，I was supposed to get up three t（8）

imes

imes

to feed the flour baby.I was tired and fell a（9）

sleep

sleep

very quickly.Yet it was just a few hours before my alarm clock woke me up again.I got so little sleep that I had black bags under my eyes.
   It was a hard time，but now the project is finished.I feel I have learnt that it is not easy to be a responsible（負責的）parent.I think it also gives me a new perspective （觀點）on w（10）

hat

hat

my parents have done for me.