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Once there was a rich man named Chulong.

Oneday, he was walking in his garden when he saw a strange 1 with beautiful features(特征) and sweet voice in a tree. Chulong 2 went near the tree and caught the bird, which he thought he could 3and get lots of money.

“Don't think about making money through me!" said the bird, “4 will buy me, because, in imprisonment (监禁), I lose my beauty and sweet voice.”Chulong's hope of making money was shattered. He became angry and wanted to5the bird for the meat.

Then the 6bird suggested, “Well, set me free. In return I shall teach you7simple but useful rules, which can do good to you.”

Chulong didn't believe the bird 8 and he was afraid that the bird would fly away. However, the bird9 it would keep its word(守信). Chulong wanted to take a risk. He set the bird free and it sat on the branch of a tree. It became10 again.

Chulong asked, “Now teach me the rules.”"Certainly,”said the bird.

Then thebird taught Chulong the11 The first rule is Never believe everything others say. The second rule is Never be sad about something you don't have. The third rule is Never throw away what you have in your hand.

“You silly bird,”shouted Chulong, “These rules are known to everyone. You12 me.”

But the bird said, "Today, you had me in your hand, but you threw me away. You believed all that I said. And you are sad about not having me.13the rules are simple, you have never followed them. Now have you got the14of the rules? Just sit down and think for a while.” With these words, the bird 15and disappeared from his sight.

      Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench（凳）．The poor man always 1there, looking at the big   2  in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know 3 you sit here and look at my hotel    4 ”.“Sir ,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.”

      The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will  5  . I will pay for the   6  room in that hotel for you   7  a whole month.”

      A few days later, the rich man  8 the poor man's room to ask him if he was enjoying  9  .To his  10 , he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his   11 .When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “You see,   12    I'm down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there , in that big hotel. It's a    13 dream. But when I was  14  there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream , and I   15  get any sleep at all.”

    I'm David. I 1 from Canada. Now I live in Beijing. I 2 up at 6:30 in the morning. Then I 3 breakfast. I like cereal with milk and sugar 4 it. I 5 some bread. My friend Li Ming likes noodles and eggs 6 breakfast. After breakfast I go to school. I have four classes7 the morning. 8 12:00, I have hamburgers and juice for lunch. Li Ming eats fish and vegetables. I have three classes in the 9. I play games after school. Then I have chicken, fish 10 rice for supper. Li Ming has dumplings.

    Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was an old man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (call) Sthira. He lived by himself. His only son had gone far away to study. Sthira friends {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wonder) whether his son would return, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Sthira always said," Whatever happens, happens for good."

    One day the old man's son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (polite), "Whatever happens, happens for good." However, later Sthira, s son broke his {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) and said," Whatever happens, happens for good." Some of the villagers were surprised {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (hear) this. Why? What was good? His son's leg got badly hurt!

    After a few days, the army came to the village and forced all the young men {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (join) the army. When they found his son had a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (break) leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his {#blank#}10{#/blank#}luck. Like always, the old man was still thankful to them and said, "Whatever happens, happens for good."

    I stood in my grandmother's front yard with my son. He had a bottle of soapy water and a plastic loop (圈). You know the type. You dip (浸) the loop in the bottle, pull it 1 and blow it to make bubbles (气泡).

    My son dipped and dipped and blew and blew, but 2to blow bubbles. He handed me the bottle and loop and asked me, "Daddy, 3 you make bubbles?" I hadn't blown bubbles for years. I am a chemist by education. All my knowledge is 4 when it comes to trying to blow bubbles from a loop filled with soapy water. I had no more success than my son.

    After several tries 5the loop of soapy water, I gently (轻轻地)breathed on it. My son cried with joy as a big beautiful bubble 6 and moved slowly in the air. He grabbed (抓住)the loop, dipped and blew. No bubbles. I7 explained to him, "Son, you can't blow so hard; you must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles." He followed my8 and blew gently. This time he made a big beautiful bubble, then 9…

    There are some things that you can get with force, 10 there are other things that only come with the gentleness of a soft breath. The closer something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles; it can't be forced.