“I’m going shopping in the village, ”George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning.“So be a good boy and don’t get into trouble. And don’t forget   (1)   good care of Grandma.”Then out she went.

 Grandma  (2)   in the chair by the window when she opened one lit tle eye and said , “Now

you heard  (3)  your mother said, George.”

“Yes, Grandma,” George said.

     George was bored to tears. He didn’t have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer, and   (4)  farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere,   (5)  there were never any children

to play with. He was tired of staring at   (6)  pigs , hens, cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the house with his grandma. Looking after her all by himself was hardly   (7)  way to spend a Saturday morning.

“Go and make me a cup of tea for a start,   (8)  sugar and milk.” Grandma said.Most grandmothers are lovely , kind, helpful old ladies, but not this one. George’s grandma was a woman   (9)  was always complaining about something or other. She spent all day  (10)  on her chair by the window. George  (11)  that Grandma used to be a gentle lady, but as she grew older, she was not able to look after herself and even worse, she was easy to get angry.

“We  (12)  _be nice to the old, George,” His mother always told him.

Thinking of this, George  (13)  into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar and  (14)  _ milk in it. He stirred the tea well and carried it into the living room_  (15)  .

Tom and Jack are good friends. Once, they were walking through the desert. During the journey they had a (n)   (1)  . They didn't agree with each other. Tom was so  (2)  that he hit Jack in the face badly. Jack was hurt, but he didn't say anything. After a while, he wrote some words in the sand," Today my best   (3)  hit me in the face."

They kept on   (4)   until they found an oasis ( 绿洲 ), where they decided to get some water. Suddenly Jack   (5)   into the deep mud and started to sink(下沉). Luckily, Tom  (6)   caught his hand and saved him. After Jack was saved, he wrote on a stone,"Today my best friend saved my  (7)  ."

After Jack finished his writing, Tom was very  (8)   and asked him,"After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, why?" Jack replied with a smile." When someone   (9)  us, we should write it down in the sand where wind of forgiveness( 原谅 ) can carry it away. But when someone does something  (10)   for us, we must write it on a stone where no wind can move it."

Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and write benefits on a stone.

Once upon a time，there lived a good woodcutter. He was a man who cared for his parents with all of his heart. But he was poor. He used to go to the forest to cut down trees.

One day, while he was looking for a tree to cut down, he decided to cut down a tree that was near a lake. While he was cutting down a tree, his old axe(斧头) fell into the lake by mistake. He said to himself, “Oh my God. If I donˈt have my axe, I canˈt cut down trees and then I will not be able to make any money. How will I take care of my parents?”  He felt very sad because he lost his only axe.

At that time, the god of the mountains appeared from the Lake and asked "Why are you sad?”    “I am a woodcutter, and when I was cutting down the tree, my axe fell into the lake. If I donˈt have my axe, I won’t be able to make any money” he answered.

"I am willing to bring you your axe.” said the god of the mountains. The god of the mountains disappeared. The god soon appeared with a gold axe. He asked,  “Is this gold axe yours?” “No it isnˈt.” he answered.

The god disappeared again. He came back with a silver(银色的）axe.

He asked, “Is this silver axe yours?”

The woodcutter answered, “No it isnˈt.”

He asked, “Then is this old metal(金属） axe yours?”

The woodcutter answered, ”Yes. Itˈs mine.”

The God of the mountains said with a smile, “ I can see that you are telling the truth. Iˈll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides your own one. The God gave him all three axes. The woodcutter and his parents lived happily ever after.

Peter was an English boy. His hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries. Peter’s favorite stamp came from France. He had every French edition (版本) from 1960 to 2004 except a 1974 special edition stamp. It was very hard to find. He looked for it everywhere even in stores, at street markets and on the Internet. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Peter very sad.

“Don’t worry. Please have patience (耐心),” his father said to him. “You’ll find it someday.”

“I hope so,” Peter said.

Peter also liked making friends. He had a pen friend named Victor who was in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor knew Peter liked collecting stamps. One day Victor’s mother Laura gave him an old French stamp. It was a big, green one. He used it to post a letter to Peter.

As soon as Peter received the letter, he looked carefully at the stamp. He was very amazed to see that it was the 1974 special edition stamp.

Peter was too happy! He told the good news to his sister and his parents.

“You see,” his father said, “you did find your stamp in the end. So you know, it’s good to have two things in life.”

“What are they?” Peter asked.

“Friends and patience,” his father answered.

Jack Green is 75 years old. He is not in a good condition. “I think I’m ill,”he tells his wife, “I feel bad. I’ve got a headache(头疼) and I don’t feel like eating.”

“You’ve put on a lot of weight recently. You should see the doctor,”his wife says, “ask him how to lose weight. It’s not good for your breath(呼吸).”

“OK.”says Jack. He goes to see a doctor.

The doctor checks his heart and weighs him. Then he says, “You are too heavy. You need to do some exercise to lose about 30 kilograms. Run two miles a day for the next 100 days. Then call and tell me your weight.”

A week later, the doctor receives a call from Jack. “Doctor, I ran two miles every day and I feel much better. But I have a new problem.”

“What’s the matter?” asks the doctor.

“I’m 14 miles away from home, and I can’t find my way home.”

One night a young American doctor was sleeping at home when his doorbell began to ring. When he opened  the door he saw a man   (1)  outside.

“Excuse me, Doctor,”said the man. “Can you come at once to a place out of town. It’s quite far but you have a car and I can  _(2)_  you the way”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m ready. I’ll come soon.”  __(3)   a few minutes, the car came. The man got into the car and they  _(4)_ .

They drove for a    (2)   time, and then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and  you can go  _(6)_  to town.”
   “But I must   (3)  the patient,” the doctor said. “Where’s the patient?” “There’s __ (8)__ patient,”answered the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and I must  __(9)_home from the town.There are no taxis at this time of the night. Here’s the money for you. Thank you, doctor. Good    (4)   !

Mary is from the U.S.A. She is a thirteen-year-old girl student. She is in a middle school. She likes playing ping-pong best. Li Xiaoxia is her favorite Chinese player. Mary plays ping-pong for one and a half hours every day. She usually watches ping-pong games on weekends. And she plays ping-pong very well. She is on the school ping-pong team . She can play the guitar, too. But she doesn't want to join the music club. She wants to join the sports club.

   Jim is an English boy. He is 1.80 m. He is fourteen years old. He is good at playing basketball. He likes Yi Jianlian very much and he has many pictures of him. Jim can speak good Chinese. He likes to make friends with Chinese students. He wants to join the Chinese club. And he always tells us some interesting stories. I think he can join the story telling club, too. But he can’t be in the music club, because he can’t play any instruments .

For ten weeks , in a great house on the island of St Thomas , Dr John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English . Margaret Howe , an experiment（实验）helper , would live day and night with Peter , a dolphin . And they would eat , bathe , sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday , so Margaret can only rest on Saturdays . She lived her life in swimming clothes – with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily .

After a few days , Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions . He threw a ball against Margaret to get her to play . As time went by , he only wanted to play balls with her and not on his own .

The problem was that , just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well as two best friends , the experiment ended and the lab（实验室）was closed . After a few weeks , Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe , and sinking to the bottom of his pool .

Dolphins may not speak English --- but , just like humans , they know all about broken hearts .