Jenny her grandparents this weekend.
An old friend from France was coming to stay with me for a week. He telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the office at that time, but I had got everything ready for him. I told him where my new flat was and that I had left the key under the doormat (擦鞋垫). Because I came home rather late, I told him where I had put the food and drink, and I told him to help himself to them.
Two hours later my friend telephoned me from my flat. He said he was listening to some of my records. He also told me that he had had a good meal and he hoped I would join him soon. When I asked him whether he had got my flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily the window of the sitting room by the apple tree had been open, so he had climbed in. Oh, dear! There was no apple tree in front of my sitting room, but there was one in front of my neighbour's.
One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to town. Suddenly the bag fell from his horse on the road. He didn't know how to do about it because it was too heavy for him to lift it by himself. He only hoped that somebody would soon pass by and help him.
Just at this moment a man riding a horse came up to him. But the farmer was very disappointed when he saw who he was. It was a great man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him.
But to his surprise, the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, "I see you need help, friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time." Then he took one end of the bag, and the farmer took the other. They together lifted the bag and put it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "How can I pay you"
"It's quite easy," the great man answered with a smile. "Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him."
—About two hours.
think our country will be more beautiful in the future?
Mr. Green worked in the city, but he lived in the countryside and came to work by train every day. The station was next to his office, and Mr. Green always walked to his office from the station. He always went along the same street in the evening. Every evening, he passed a poor man with a dog near him. There was a piece of paper round the dog's neck, and the words "I AM BLIND" were on it.
Mr. Green was a good man and he always said a few words to the poor man and gave him a little money.
One day, Mr. Green had a lot of work in his office and was very late. The train would leave in a minute. So he didn't stop in front of the man and his dog. After he had passed, the poor man stood up quickly, ran after him and said, "You haven't given me anything today." Mr. Green stopped and said in surprise, "You are a blind man. How did you know that I passed?" The poor man said, "No, I'm not. My old dog is."
Suggestions:
1）What do you think will happen in your city in the future?
2）Why do you think so?
The City Life in the Future
