— Good idea! Do you have ____________ basketball?

—I've no idea. Why not check the ticket?

—______________________.

It was a beautiful morning with a soft wind blowing. Jina the giraffe was walking on the grass. A group of zebras ran 1. Jina looked at them and thought, "Zebras take such 2 leaps. How easily they run! Look at my 3 — it is so strange-looking.

Then she saw an elephant by the lake. "The elephant takes water in her long nose and sprays (喷洒) it everywhere. She has so much fun. 4 I had a long nose, I would become happy like her." Jina thought.

Just then a crow came and sat on Jina's head. "Why are you so5?"

Jina stood there with a sad face and said, "They all look so good, but I am so 6." "Jina, why do you think so? You 7 your own strengths, don't you/' said the crow.

At that moment, a 8 came and said to Jina, "Jina, I need your 9! My kid has climbed up a tree. Will you bring him down?"

"Of course!" Jina stretched her long neck up and 10 brought the young lion down from the tree.

"So much joy in helping! Did you11helping someone, Jina?" asked the crow.

"It really feels very nice. Now I have understood how 12 it is to have legs like long sticks and a long neck. I shouldn't consider them as my weaknesses. Instead I can 13 them into my strengths. "

"Yes, instead of feeling sad by comparing 14 to others, you should make the most of what you have and be happy. In this way, we can 15 a happy and meaningful lift." said the crow.

Jina the giraffe nodded and walked away with the crow happily.

March 2 is Old Stuff Day (旧物日).It is all about old stuff. Things you used have been forgotten for ages in your home. You must have some old stuff around. And today is all about enjoying it. Because what's better than finding something really great from days gone by?

It's so easy to forget things you have. If we don't use them every day, some things can be put away and stay there. And that's not just the things in your home— technology grows so quickly, new toys come out all the time, new books keep coming out. In the age of new information, we can have so many things easily. Today is all about remembering the things we sometimes leave behind.

We've learned to value what age can bring to things. Wines, for example, are more valuable and tastier as they grow older. It's certain that old things still have their uses, value or charm. People today will pay a pretty penny for stamps, toys, video games, board games, books, coins, and clothes of yesterday.

You can really get into the charm of old things by visiting a junk shop (旧货店). Another person's old stuff could be your new stuff! Or maybe now is a good day to clean up? Old stuff could become a great gift for someone else, or you could always send your old things to a charity shop. If you're free, you could turn your old clothes into new ones with just a little change.

Today could be a good day to visit your older families. You could ask your grandparents to tell you stories about family history, their childhood and their youth. Learn about what was going on in the world when they were growing up.

Most of all, remember that today's new stuff will one day be old stuff.

When she was alone, Mary felt lonelier than ever. She went out of the house and ran around the garden ten times. Ben Weatherstaff was working in it.

"Spring is coming," he said to Mary. "I can smell it in the air. Soon there will be spring flowers At this moment, the robin flew toward them and landed at Mary's feet.

"He remembers me," she said.

"He knows everything that happens here," Ben said. "Only he knows what's happening in the garden that has no door into it. No one else has been inside it for ten years. "

Ben walked away to continue his work. Mary bent down and began talking to the robin. She felt happier than she had ever felt.

The robin trusted her and did not fly away. It began pecking at the ground, looking for a worm to eat. Mary looked closely at the ground. She saw something that looked like metal. She picked it up. It was dirty and rusty. She cleaned it and saw that it was a key.

"It's been in the ground for many years," she thought. "I wonder if it is the key to the garden. If it is, then I must find the door. "

Mary skipped around the garden. The robin followed her. Mary stopped skipping and spoke to the robin.

"He showed me where to find the key," she thought. "Can you show me where the door is? "

The robin sat on the top of the garden wall. It began to sing. The wall was covered with ivy. Mary pulled at a piece of the ivy. It came away from the wall. Behind the wall was a door. Mary put the key in the lock of the door and turned it. The door opened. Only seconds later, Mary was inside the secret garden.

Mary thought it was the most beautiful garden she had ever seen.

You might have seen beautiful rainbows in the sky before. They form when sunlight falls on water drops in the air. But in fact, moonlight can also create rainbows in the same way. They are called "moonbows". They are similar to rainbows, but they are created by moonlight instead of direct sunlight.

Moonbows are rarer than rainbows. Different weather and astronomical (天文学的) conditions have to be just right for moonbows to be created.

The moon has to be very low in the sky — only 42 degrees from the horizon (地平线). The moon period has to be a full moon or nearly full. The sky must be very dark for a moonbow to be watched clearly — any bright light can obscure it. Water drops must appear in the air in the opposite direction of the moon.

Moonbows appear on the opposite side of the moon and usually look white to the human eye. This is because their colors are not bright enough to be noticed by the human eye. It is possible, however, to view the colors in a moonbow using long exposure (长时间曝光) photography.

Moonbows more often appear in some locations around the world. Most of these locations usually have waterfalls, which create thin fog in the air. Some of these locations are the Yosemite National Park in California and Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in Kentucky, US; Victoria Falls on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe; and Waimea in Hawaii, US.

Moonbows do really happen. So at a certain time and a certain place, when a moonbow happens to appear, you can't miss it if you're right there.

There are not many nations that can say their national dish has become international. __   Both are famous all over the world, and both have made the history of Italian food. People have been eating pizza, in one form or another, for centuries. They eat it everywhere — at home, in restaurants, or on street comers.

 Long ago, pieces of flatbread, topped with mushrooms and herbs (香料), were a simple and tasty meal. They were mostly for those who didn't have enough money to buy plates, or who were on the go. In the 18th century, Naples, in southern Italy, had become one of the largest cities in Europe, and it was growing fast. Lots of city people were poor and they were always rushing around to look for work.  Pizzas were cut to meet the customers * needs. They were inexpensive, used easy-to-find ingredients (原料), and could be made with plenty of flavor.

It was in America that pizza found its second home.  Soon, pizza spread across the country with the rapid development of the city. It was increasingly considered as a fast, funn food. People might like New York-style thin pizza, or Chicago deep-dish thick pizza. Some want extra cheese on their pizzas while others only like vegetables.

For a lot of people in western countries, when they cannot decide what to eat, they order pizzas.

Paper, zhi, was a Chinese invention. 2,000 years ago, Chinese people i paper­making. This zhi was made o silk and was very expensive. Only the emperor and rich people could a to use it. 1,900 years ago, Cai Lun improved the paper-making process.

He made cheap jinzhi out of tree bark and old cloth. The improvement in paper-making spread zhi far and wide, and many different k of zhi were made by Chinese people. Xuan paper, a type of high quality rice paper, best shows the charm of t Chinese painting and calligraphy (书法). Later, Chinese zhi spread to the West via the Chinese Silk Road.

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