Black or White

    When I was in elementary school, I got into an argument with a boy in my class. The teacher  1 to teach us a very important lesson.

    She brought us up to the front of the 2 and placed him on one side of her desk and 3 on the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could 4 see that it was black. She asked the boy what color the object was. "White," he 5.

    I couldn't 6 he said the object was white, when it was clearly black! Another

    7 started between my classmate and me, this time about the 8 of the object.

    The teacher told me to go 9 where the boy was standing 10 told him to come stand where I had been. We changed 11, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I 12 answer, "White."

    It was an object with two 13 colored sides, and from his viewpoint (视角) it was white. Only from my 14 it was black.

    I have never  15 the lesson I learned that day. Sometimes we need to look at the problem from the other person's viewpoint in order to truly understand his / her view.

    Jim Davis is an American cartoonist. He is1as the creator of the successful comic strip Garfield.

    Jim David was born on July 28, 1945. He grew up on a small farm with his parents, his brother and 25 cats. As a2child. David spent lots of time in bed. With his pencil, paper and imagination，he3pictures. Then he discovered that the pictures were more interesting with words. After college, David4his cartoon career. He noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs, but few about5. though the .world was full of cat lovers. He combined his knowledge with his6of the 25 cats he grew up with , then Garfield was created. The fat lazy cat soon became7as soon as the comic strip were published. It8in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide now.

While devoting his life to taking care of the cat, David took part in many activities for public. He9environmental protection and wild life protection. He also-has lots of10, such as golf, fishing，chess，sandwiches，and spending time with his son, James.

    When I was little, my mother began selling flowers in Camden Market. She couldn't1me at home on my own, 2I had to go to the market with her.

    3, I didn't have to do anything. I just sat there, and my mother told me jokes and stories so I didn't get 4.When I got older, I gave my mother a hand and I really enjoyed it.

    Then one year, my grandma gave me a book for Christmas. It was all about making candles and I loved it. I was 14, and I didn't have to go to the market5because my mother could leave me at home on my own. I6my free time making candles of all shapes and sizes. I made7them.

    One day, my mother was ill, so I had to go to the market on my own. I decided to8some candles with me and see9I could sell them. They10in 20 minutes! The next week, my mother gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candles. They were sold out really quickly, too.

    Ten months later, we decided11flowers. My mother and I couldn't make enough candles during the week, so some of my friends started to help us. I paid them one pound12every candle, and we 13sell them for three or four times. It was fun and my friends worked with me in the market.

    At the age of 22, my uncle14me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello Road. Since then, I've15looked back, even in difficulties. In the first store, we only sold candles, but now we sell everything from the designer, furniture to paintings. Oh, and candles, of course.

    One day, a woman walked into a pet store. She wanted to buy a bird {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her Thanksgiving Day party. The guy said, "We only have one parrot, but it talks…" The woman said happily, "I just want a talking bird. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} great it will be!"

    The lady bought it at a low price. After she went back home, she put the bird on her table and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (walk) out of the room. But as soon as she went into the kitchen, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} bird started to speak dirty words as loudly as it could. The woman walked back into the room and thought {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (careful). "I can't have this parrot at my party!" So she took the bird away and put it in the fridge.

    A few {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hour) later, while the woman was eating cheese, she remembered that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (she) parrot was still in the fridge. Quickly, she opened the door {#blank#}8{#/blank#} found it was shivering (发抖). She said to the bird, "I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (keep) you out of here if you don't use that language again. Do you agree with me?" The bird nodded and asked in a much {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (polite) way than before, "Can I just ask a quick question?" Then the bird pointed at the frozen (冻僵的) turkey behind him and asked. "What did he do?"

    I'd like to tell you something about my trip. First, we landed in Cape Town and took a taxi to our new friend Richard's house. We 1 there for a few nights. We did some cool things. We visited a bird and monkey park and saw many kinds of African 2 there.

    After 3 some time with Richard and his daughter, we left them to go to a place called Grootbos. 4 we were there, we saw my dad's friend Michael and we had supper together. We had fun5 Michael and staying at Grootbos. The food there was great. We really enjoyed 6. The next morning, we went to see whales and we got really 7 because we saw twelve of them. One pair came right up to the boat and rolled over on top of each other.

    From Grootbos we 8 to Cape Town to meet our friends who came to visit us on their vacation. We were both so 9 to have friends from home coming to 10 us in Africa. We spent a few days with them. It was very cool visiting Grootbos with them.

    Now we are going Oil Safari. I'll tell you about that later.

    Everyone has a place which he remembers most from his childhood (童年), and so do I. One of the places I remember from my childhood is a 1 in the country. It belonged to my parents. I spent my summers in that place 2 I was a teenager(青少年), and now I begin to miss the farm again.

    It was lovely to 3 there. There were a lot of lot of 4— cows, sheep, hens, dogs and cats. My sister and I 5 helped to work on the farm. We helped people graze(放牧) sheep or make bread or cheese. I can still remember that on Tuesdays we 6 the bread and on Thursdays, the cheese.

    I love that farm because I 7 to love animals and not to be afraid of them there. We saw a sheep give birth to its baby there, and we enjoyed staying there to see how lovely the 8 sheep was.

    Now my sister and her son are 9 this place. My nephew is 10 with the place. I hope that he has a good time there and when he is older, he will remember the place as I do.