Tambun Gediu, now badly hurt and staying in hospital, says it was his wife that saved his life from the mouth of a tiger.

    "I was 1 a rabbit in the forest not far from my home and was ready to catch it when I saw the 2. That's when I realized that I was being followed," said Mr. Gediu. The tiger jumped at Mr Gediu at once.  He stood there with great 3 so that he did not know what to do for a moment, and then he tried 4 a tree to keep away from the animal, 5 he was pulled down by the tiger.

    His wife, 55-year-old Han Besau, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise, realizing it was coming from the 6 where her husband was looking for rabbits and she 7 the nearest "weapon (武器)" -a wooden ladle(长柄勺)-rushed out of the 8 and into the nearby forest. Seeing her husband 9 hard to stop the tiger tearing（撕裂）him into pieces, she ran 10 to the animal, shouting at the top of her voice and hitting its head with the ladle until it ran off.

    Tambun had to wait more than 3 hours before he could be taken to hospital in the nearest town, Gerik, because his village was very far.

    It was the first time that a tiger had attacked someone in the village.

    Steve found a job on a farm. He's the strongest and youngest. He ate most, sleeps most, but worked 1.  He hated to use his 2 and knew little. He had to do some unskilled(无技巧的)  work. He always said he's tired and hoped to have a 3 rest. So he 4 less money than his workmates.

    Winter came. The workers were told to get ready 5 the next year. Only Steve did 6. The farmer told him to cut down some trees in the forest. The young man went there with a chair. He felt lonely in the forest and was afraid of the 7. During his work, he looked around and sang 8, and nobody knew what he was singing.

    Three days passed. Steve didn't cut down any trees. The farmer felt strange. He decided 9 to find out how the young man was doing there. To his surprise, Steve was cutting a tree, sitting on a chair.

    "Why are you 10 here to cut the tree?" asked the farmer angrily.

    "Because I can't work if lying down sir!"

⒈Have you read any Chinese classic stories? What are they?

⒉Which Chinese stories do you like best? Why?

The journey of my daughter's swimming experience is long but beautiful.Cathy had some terrible 1 in her early childhood.After years of treatment，she finally became healthy.Two years ago，while Cathy was watching the Olympics，a dream 2 her head—to be a swimmer.Last summer，she wanted to join our local swim team.She practiced hard and 3 made it.However，the team practice was a hard start.She coughed seriously and could hardly survive （生存） her first few weeks.Hearing her coughing one night，I 4 to stop her from swimming.I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing，but she refused to 5 and continued swimming.

From that day on，Cathy kept swimming and she didn't 6 a single practice.She had a strong will （意志） within herself.My daughter was growing and changing right before my eyes.There were moments of difficulty of course：often she would be the last swimmer in the race.It was7 for Cathy to accept that she wasn't a winner.But she never gave up!Then came the final awards （颁奖典礼） at the end of the year.Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to cheer on her friends.As the ceremony was coming to an end，I suddenly heard the coach 8 ， "The highest honor goes to Cathy!" I Looking around，he continued， "Cathy has encouraged us with her 9 .Although skills and talents bring great success，the most10 thing one can hold is the heart that never gives up." This was the greatest moment in my daughter's life.