Mr. Smith gave his wife 10 pounds for her birthday—ten pretty new pound notes. The day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went 1 . She waited for a bus, got on it and sat down next to an old 2. After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it, she3 a roll of pound notes exactly like the ones her husband had given her. She 4 looked into her own bag—the notes were gone! Mrs. Smith was 5 that the old lady had stolen them. She thought she should call the police. But she disliked getting other people into 6, so she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say 7 more about it. She 8 the bus to make sure nobody was watching. Then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's 9 , took the notes, and put them in her own bag.
When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.
“ 10 did you pay for it?” he asked.
“With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course.” she replied.
“Oh? What's that, then?” he asked, as he pointed to a roll of ten pound notes on the table.
I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat down beside us. He called the waiter and ordered, "Two cups of coffee, 1of them there on the wall." We heard this with great 2 and saw that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter3 put a piece of paper on the wall saying "A Cup of Coffee". While we were still there, two other men had two cups of coffee but paid for three. 4 the waiter did the same thing. It seemed that this was usual at this place. However, it was something strange for us. Since we had nothing to do with the5, we finished our coffee, paid and left.
After a few days, we again had a 6to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the 7 of this coffee shop. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall." The waiter served coffee to this man with the same8. The man had his coffee and left without paying. The waiter took off a piece of paper from the 9 and threw it in the dust bin. Now there was no 10 for us. The great kindness for the people in need shown by the people of this town filled up our eyes with tears.
"Don't sleep in class, Jack!" shouted the teacher. "You are 1, sir," Jack stood up and said, "I'm thinking about the question now. I'm not 2."
"I'm sorry," said the teacher. "Would you like 3 my question?" asked the teacher. "Certainly," said Jack. "What is it?" "Why does the moon sometimes look like a(n) 4 and sometimes look like a sickle(镰刀)?" asked the teacher. "Oh, this question is 5," said Jack. " 6 it is full, it looks like a plate. It 7 like a sickle when it is 8, just like my stomach." Jack's answer made the class 9. The teacher was unhappy.
"Why do we have the sun in the 10 and don't have the sun at night?" "This question is easier than that one," said Jack. "When we work in the day, we need the sun. When we go to bed at night, we don't need the sun."
The lion is one of the most fierce (凶猛的) animals in the world. Lions can be 1 in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can live without water for about one month. Lions are also popular animals in the 2 . Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.
It is very 3 for people to tell male and female lions from each other. You can judge (判断) simply by their appearance. A male lion has mane while female lions do not have. Male lion 4 than female lions. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms which is always heavier than a female lion. Both male and female lions have very 5 mouths. They can break the backs of other animals 6. Lions feed on other animals and one lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for 7 .
It's unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions 8 and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British man named P.J. Patterson. This 9 became the subject (主题) of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions are endangered. It's really necessary for us to 10 the animals, or we won't see them again. Animals are our friends. It is our obligation to protect them.
Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to 1 .One day the father 2 to ask some friends to dinner in his house. He 3 his son to buy some meat in town. When the son walked towards the town gate, a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn't 4 enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But neither of 5 would give way to the other. They stood straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn't 6 yet. I can't wait any more.” He wanted to know what was the 7 with his son. So he left his friends at home, and went to town 8 his son. “You may first take the 9 home for my friends .Let me 10 here instead.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.
“How can I learn English well?” “This is a 1 many students may ask. In my opinion, the most effective(有效的) 2 is to learn lessons by heart. If you can recite the text and write it out, you will learn it pretty well. And if you can tell 3 your own words about 4 the lesson says, you are a very successful learner indeed. Your English will be quite perfect.
This is a difficult task. However, if you try to learn by heart only part of each lesson, you'll find it not so hard 5 you might have thought.
Learn this way, and you will 6 fast progress. Of course, writing is also necessary. It helps you a lot on your way to 7 in English studies.
It's equally(同样地) important to feel the language. You should laugh at English jokes and be 8 at bad news. When using English, try to 9 your mother tongue(母语). 10 helping you, your own language gets in your way. So, never try to learn English through putting every word into Chinese.
1 English traveller found that he had only 2 to buy the ticket to go back home. As he knew that it would 3 him only two days to 4to England, he decided that he could easily do 5. So he bought a ticket and 6 the ship. It was time 7 lunch. He didn't go to have it. In the evening, he said that he didn't feel 8 and went to bed 9, the next day he was 10 hungry that he couldn't stand(忍受) it 11.
“I'm going to eat,” he said. “Even if they throw me 12 the sea.” After he 13 everything the waiter(侍者) put in front of him and he was ready for the coming trouble. “ 14 me the bill(账单)，” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter. “There isn't any bill.” Was the answer. “On the ship 15 are included (包括) in the money for the ticket.”
“You don't understand me!” I shouted. Then I ran out of the door and got on a bus. I didn't know 1 it was going. I just want to get away from home as 2 as I could.I couldn't 3what had just happened to me. My mother, the person I believe in, had just read all of my 4 from my close friends! It shouldn't have happened to me. She read my letters and told me not to write to 5 any more! I couldn't 6 the tears from falling when I thought about this. Later that day, I went to my close 7 house. 8 my friend gave me a cup of water, the phone rang. “It's your mother,” she spoke to me in a low 9. “Tell her that I'm not here!” I answered. However my mother heard it. “Tell her not to leave! I'll be right there!” Then she rang off the phone 10 a goodbye. In fact, I should say that I was a little 11. I couldn't imagine what would happen. But to my 12, when my mother arrived, “sorry” was the first word she 13 to me. Her 14 told me that she had been crying and her voice told me that she was really tired. “will you forgive (原谅) me?” at last she asked. I didn't know what to say. I just15her, and gave her a hug. She held me so tightly. You know, at that time, I felt so warm. I really love you, Mum!
We see many animals, like rabbits, bees, dogs, birds, sheep…，but do you know 1these animals say things? First，let's see a rabbit. When a rabbit sees 2dangerous(危险的)，it runs away at once. When it runs, its tail moves up and 3.When others see this, they run away,4.
Many other animals use this kind of language(语言). When a bee has found some food, it goes back to 5home. It cannot tell6bees where the food is by speaking to them，but it does a little dance in the air. This may tell other bees 7the food is.
Some animals say things by8sounds like a man does. For example，a dog barks when a stranger(陌生人)comes near. Some birds can make several 9sounds, each with its own meaning. In a word, every animal10its own language.
Some students from Thailand write an article on the website(网页). They ask us to save the elephants in Thailand. They tell us that the elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Their first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good 1.
Elephants are 2 animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very 3. People say that “ An elephant never forgets.” Elephants can walk for a long time and 4 get lost. They can also remember places 5 food and water. This helps 6 to live.
But elephants are in great danger. Elephants are losing their homes 7 people cut down many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there 8 only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Don't forget that Thai Elephant Day is 9 March 13th . Let's work together and 10 the elephants!
Hi! My name is Zhang Mingming. My family name is 1. My first name is Mingming. I 2 13. I have(有) a (n)3. It is very nice. The4is 255-4300. I have a pen. What color is it? It's5.
Look! This6is my friend. 7name is Frank. His8name is Miller. He has 9 rulers. One is white, one is red and one is green. 10 he? He is fine.
During the Warring States Period (475-22IBC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road. He picked it up and 1 it home. But his wife was not 2 and said, "I hear that a great man doesn't drink a thief's water or accept alms(施舍物) .What do you think of the action of keeping others' thing for yourself?" Yue Yangzi felt sorry 3 what he had done, so he put the gold back to the place where he found it.
The next year, Yue Yangzi decided to go to a faraway school to improve himself. A year later, he came back home 4. "Why have you returned?" asked his wife in surprise, "You've 5spent one year studying with scholars (学者们)." "I come back because I 6you very much."
Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom(织布机)at which she had worked. 7 the half done cloth, she said, "The cloth is woven from the best silk. Now 8 I cut it ,all my previous（先前的）work will be wasted. It's the same as your 9.You can learn a lot only by working hard. Now, you've stopped half way. Isn't it the same as cutting the cloth on the loom?"
Yue Yangzi was moved by 10she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a learned man.
I'm a fan of pop music. Today I'd like to1a pop singer to you. His name is Mao Buyi. 2you watched the TV show The Coming One，you might know him.
Mao Buyi has been popular since he3The Coming One. At first，Mao didn't4that he would become so popular. He just wanted to know5people would love the songs he wrote. Quickly he knew the6was yes. Lots of people say his songs are great and7stories. They also8if Mao has got lots of unusual experiences. Actually，he hasn't. He lives a9life. "Everyone has troubles and so do I. I just wrote them in my10 ， "he said.
It could be a big11to become famous in a short time，but Mao doesn't seem to be very12. He has never bad professional training before，so he often says that he needs to practice more and13himself.
Many people think his name Buyi means "not easy". 14 ， it means "never change" . Mao hopes he will never15his love of music and that he can be a better singer and write better songs.
My dad had a keen imagination, and would play a little good-night game every day. He would 1 my room to talk to me and listen to the joys and sorrows of my day. As he was leaving, Dad would blow out my light like the birthday candles one, 2.
As he did his little routine, Dad would say, "The light will be dark. As far as you're concerned, it will be dark all over the world because your world is the one you control totally by yourself. The world is yours to see that way. So, keep your light 3.
When I was very young, I used to -4 there in bed after Dad left and try to understand what he meant, It was 5 as I was so young. What Dad was trying to tell me was that when I went to 6 at night, the world came to a stop, When I woke up in the morning I could 7 to see a fresh new world through my own eyes. In other words, if I woke up happy, the world was happy. If I woke up not feeling well, the world felt 8.
My father's guidance about self-aware and about the power of the eye of others was invaluable: "Everything depends on how you9 what happens in life. And what matters greatly is how you take it.”
That good-night game with my father taught me that people's 10 of me aren't important. It's the way I handle them that makes the difference.
I like eating rice, noodles, strawberries, ice cream, hamburgers and so on. But my favorite 1 is dumplings. Every Sunday, my mother 2 many dumplings for me. If she has 3 time, I'll go to the supermarket to 4 some. Dumplings look 5 white boats(船). They are very delicious. 6 my birthday every year, I usually help my mother make a lot of dumplings. Do you know the 7? Because I often ask some friends to 8 them with me. There are different kinds of 9 and meat in them. My friends 10 like to eat them very much.
One afternoon, A boy carefully took his father who can't see anything to a seat in a noodle restaurant. He called 1 for two bowls of beef noodles. When the restaurant owner was about to 2 the food, the boy suddenly stop him with his eyes and said in a low voice, "Only one bowl with beef, 3 without—just plain noodles."
In fact, the boy didn't have much money and couldn't afford two bowls of beef noodles. He called loudly just to let his 4 know.
When the noodles were sent to them, the father wasn't in a hurry. He 5 his chopsticks（筷子）to search in his bowl, trying to a piece of beef. 6 he found one, he picked it up and put it into his son's bowl,.
The boy didn't 7 his father. He accepted silently(默默地)and then quietly put the beef 8 to his father's bowl.
The restaurant owner saw this, he was moved（感动的） 9 what they had done, then he asked a waiter to bring them a dish of sliced beef from the 10. The boy thought it was sent to a 11 table. The boss of the restaurant camp up explaining（解释） with a smile, "Today is 12 restaurant's anniversary(周年庆). The dish is 13. So you needn't pay for it."
After the father and son left, the waiter cleared the bowls. He was 14 to find under the bowl of the boy were some money. They were just the 15 of the sliced beef dish.
Today, it is a big problem for young graduates to get satisfying jobs. 1 that there are thousands of different kinds of jobs in the world. But choosing the right one itself is not easy.
"Finding a job" is not 2 as "choosing a job". Many young people end up in a job because they are not 3 for it. Sometimes "chance" may 4 a more important part than "decision".
Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs 5 you might enjoy doing after school or university. First, it is important 6 what kind of person you are, which special qualities(品质) 7 you outstanding(出众的) among people and what you are interested in. There is a difference 8 an interest and a skill. If you like 9 and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can 10 a horse that looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a 11.
Then ask yourself a question, "In the following three areas -- skills with people, skills with information and skills with things, which are your 12 skills?"
After 13 your skills, the next step is research. To 14 as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends 15 the work they do.
Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life, just find the job you really enjoy doing.
Lucy was a single mother. She lived with her little son. She lost her1two years ago and they had a very hard life. Being2was terrible. Her heart was broken every time her son asked," Can I have some more 3 please, mom?"
One day, when her son asked the same question again, she decided to prepare a big meal for him 4 the only 6 dollars in her hand. She went to the supermarket, 5some food and cooked at home. Lucy was a shy mother, 6 she was strong-minded. "It's time to make a change," she thought. She once loved writing. To make some money, she7to write for magazines day and night.
Things went 8.The local food bank started to provide Lucy with some free vegetables every month. Her son 9had enough food to eat. Once he told Lucy that the dishes she made were 10. Then, an idea came to Lucy's mind: Why not 11my recipes on the Internet?" She did. Many people liked her recipes and she became 12.
Soon after that, some reporters interviewed her and asked her to write a book on 13. When Lucy got the money for the 14she wrote, she was very happy. Now Lucy has a well-paid job and a beautiful home, but she'll 15th e days when she worked hard for a good life forever.
I had always cared about sick children and tried to help them. But when my little grandson received third degree burns, I learned first-hand how 1 a loving adult feels when his/her child is suffering and he/she can't take the pain away. This experience 2 me to feel sorry for parents with sick children.
One mom told me that she 3 like running into the street and screaming, "My child is sick. Would somebody please help us?" It breaks my 4 that these parents are so anxiously(忧虑地) searching for someone to care and help them 5 the hard times of watching their helpless child suffer. So I decided to do something to help them.
Two years ago, I almost lost my eyesight. Luckily, I regained(恢复) some eyesight, but I was no longer able to work. 6 I had a lot of time. At first, I thought that my life was 7 because I couldn't do any of the things I used to do. I believed that my life had no purpose and I was no 8 to anybody anymore. I began to be interested in surfing the Internet for information.
One day I received several emails asking for help for sick children. I decided to post their stories and pictures on a webpage. What began as a 9 has grown into a fulltime job I enjoy doing every day. Since my website was built, I've received tens of emails from worried parents asking me to put their child's story online. And over 325 volunteers have 10 me to send children "happy mail" without being paid.
If you have no mobile phone, no computer, and no Internet with you, what will you do with your free time? Will you go 1?
Harley, a 15-year-old girl from California, US stayed calm. She did something different. Her mobile phone didn't work one day, so she decided to try and live 2 it. She took a six-week summer travel with some friends.
Harley and other ten teenagers rode their bikes 3,000 miles across the States. With two college students as guides, they started from a beach in Georgia on June 23. They travelled through small towns in the south, and they3 in the mountains. It's not easy to find a comfortable place to sleep. “It was too hot in the south, and super wet, too.” Harley said. And mosquitoes were around them all the time when sleeping outside.
Although, there were 4, no one left the team. “Everyone was hard-working and did everything for the group,” Harley said. “We learned how to live with other people and look after each other.”
From these things, they not only 5 themselves, but also opened their eyes. “Southern people are really nice,” Harley said. “Small communities were just like that. It's a nice change of what most of us are used to. It's how the rest of the country lives. It's a whole new world.”
