A 13-year-old American has made a cheap machine that can help blind people read.

 The blind can read by using Braille – a system of small bumps (隆起物) that the blind touch to read the letters. The machine that makes these small bumps usually costs at least $2,000. It is called Braille writer. The American schoolboy, Shubham Banerjee, made a new Braille writer from a Lego tool that lets people create robots. Banerjee has called his new machine the Braigo – a combination (组合) of the words  Braille and Lego. It costs just $ 350. It works by changing electronic text into Braille and then printing it using a computer or mobile machine.

 Banerjee designed (设计) his Braigo last year for a school science exhibition. Since then, he has caught the interest of Silicon Valley in the USA. The big technology company Intel spent money on Banerjee's machine last November, but they did not say how much money they put in. Banerjee also got $35, 000 from his father to help him start the project. His father works as a computer engineer (工程师) at Intel.  He spoke about why he gave so much money to his son, saying:”We as parents started to be interested more, thinking that he's on to something and this invention has to continue.”Banerjee told the AP News: “My dream would probably be having most of the blind people…using my Braigo.”

    An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing them.

    One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 1. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can't see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”

    The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four 2. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,   3 I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can 4 the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's 5.”

    “Me? But you don't know me,” said the young man.

    “Yeah, it's true that I don't know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody 6. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The blind man's work opened our eyes and 7 our hearts, which also made his life 8. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn't 9 his wonderful music, but his music has 10 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness?

    Jeff is fifteen now, but he's still in Grade One. He likes playing1, he often plays it with his friends, but he does not like to use his head. He does not listen to his2in class, so he can not do his homework. His teachers don't like him. They tell his parents3it, and they do not know what to do.

    It's Sunday today. Jeff gets up4in the morning. After breakfast, his mother tells him to do his homework. He goes to his bedroom.5his mother is busy with her housework, Jeff goes out with a ball. Now it's time for lunch, but she can't 6Jeff.

    Later he comes back. His parents look very angry, but say7. After lunch, Jeff wants to go out again. His father stops him and8, “Is your homework over?''

    “No,” answers the boy, “I can't do it.” His father pulls(拉、拽)him by the9and says, “Where is your ear?” “Oh，dear!" Jeff calls out, “It's in your10.”

    Hello! My name is Wang Min. Wang is my 1 name. I'm in Class One. I found a box 2 the classroom. It is a black box. A blue schoolbag, a red notebook and a baseball 3 in the box. The schoolbag is Frank's. 4 is an ice bag. A pencil box, some books 5 a key are in it. Is the 6 Maria's? Yes, it is. Red is her favorite 7 . Whose baseball is it? We don't know Mr. Li 8 it in the library. Is it 9 ? You can ask Mr. Li 10 help. His telephone number is 376—8959.

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When he woke up, he couldn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his camera. He was really worried. He told a policeman about it. The policeman told Harry that three people lost {#blank#}5{#/blank#} cameras in the park that week.

Harry put an ad in the newspaper. It said, "Bring me your cameras. I will buy them at a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}price. Come to my house at No.14 Lincoln Road every Sunday {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 9:00a.m. to 6:00 p. m.

One Sunday morning, Harry was drinking tea at home. At about 10 o' clock, a man came with some {#blank#}8{#/blank#} for sale. Harry chose an old black camera and looked at the number on it very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} It was his! He caught the man {#blank#}10{#/blank#} called the police at once.

Once there was a village. The people there only cared about themselves. One day, a traveler arrived. Hungry and tired, he wished to find something to eat. Then he stopped at a house and knocked at the door. A woman opened the door. The traveler asked, "May I have something to eat?" The woman shook her head and closed the door without thinking. 

Then the traveler picked up a stone and knocked at the door again. 

"Perhaps you would be interested in my special stone soup!" the traveler said with a smile. The woman was surprised by this unusual suggestion. "Stone soup?" she doubted, wondering what that would be. 

"Yes. I just need to borrow a pot of hot water, please, " the traveler added. Though she didn't want to, the woman still gave him some water. Then the traveler put his stone in it. "It already tastes good, " he said. "But if you had a little salt and butter, the soup would taste a lot better!"

The woman brought him what he asked for, but she was not patient. Soon the word spread through the village and many people came, wanting to see what this stranger would do. "It's almost finished, " the traveler said. "But it would be even nicer if there were some carrots and potatoes. "

"I have potatoes, " said an old lady. 

"I have some carrots, " a young man answered. 

A few minutes later, these were added in. Soon, the air was filled with the nice smell. "Is it ready?" the first woman asked. "Yes, but if we can add some meat to the stone soup, it will taste more delicious, " he replied. "I have beef, " shouted a man who was watching from a window. 

Having everything he wanted in the pot, the traveler tasted a spoon of the soup. "Perfect!" he laughed. Then, he gave everyone a bowl of his special stone soup. "It's delicious!" said the villagers happily. At that moment, all of them finally realized the importance of sharing and supporting each other.