A farmer had a cow. He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was very worried. He telephoned the vet.（兽医）

  “What's the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived.

  “My cow's ill” the farmer said. “I don't know what the matter with her is. She's lying down and won't eat. She's making a strange noise.”

The vet looked over the cow. "She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine."

    He took a bottle（瓶子） out of his box, put two pills（药丸） into his hand and said, "Give her these. The pills should make her better” How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked.

    The vet gave him a tube (管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow. That will make it."

    The next day the farmer sat outside his house and looked more worried.

   “How's your cow?” the vet asked.” No change,” the farmer said, “and I am feeling very strange myself. I did what you said, I put the tube(管子) in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it.” And?” the vet asked.” The cow blew first, and blew the pills to my mouth.” the farmer said.

    In the Kingdom of Arendelle, Princess Elsa has the power of freezing and creating ice and snow, and her younger sister Anna loves to play with her. When Elsa accidentally hits Anna on the head with her gift and almost kills her, their parents bring them to trolls that save Anna's life and make her forget the ability of her sister. Elsa returns to the castle and maintain herself recluse in her room with fear of hurting Anna with her increasing power. Their parents die when their ship sinks in the ocean and three years later, the coronation(加冕) of Elsa forces her to open the gates of her castle to celebrate with the people. Anna meets Prince Hans in the party and she immediately falls in love with him and decides to marry him.  But Elsa does not accept the marriage and loses control of her powers freezing Arendelle. Elsa flees to the mountain.

    Anna, the sister of the queen Elsa, sets off on a dangerous and mysterious journey to bring back Elsa, who has run away because of causing an endless winter upon her home town. Anna teams up with the peasant Kristoff and his reindeer Sven and with the snowman Olaf to seek out Eisa. Anna must get through challenges and meet new friends, such as Olaf, a lovely talking snowman, and face her charming boyfriend to save the kingdom 'not only from Hans, but from forever winter. They find Elsa in her icy castle and she accidentally hits Anna in the heart; now only true love can save her sister from death.

    Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional(专业的) training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics(天体物理学博士学位) after several years' hard work.

    In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate(操作) special machines.

    Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012.

    There are four people in Simon's family. They have different habits.

    ◆ Simon's father is a doctor. He works in a hospital. He likes reading books very much. There are many books in his bedroom. He doesn't like going to the cinema.

    ◆ Simon's mother is a music teacher. She likes listening to music, but she has no time to go to concerts.

    ◆ Simon's brother is seven years old. He likes watching cartoons. He usually watches cartoons when his parents aren't at home.

    ◆ Simon is a middle school student. He likes playing football. He often plays football with his friends after school. He likes playing computer games at home. But he doesn't like watching TV.

    One day, an 11-year-old girl asked her dad, "What are you going to get me for my 15th birthday?" The father replied, "Don't worry about that we still have plenty of time."

    But on a day after her 14th birthday, she passed out (昏倒)and was rushed to the hospital. The family learned that the girl had a serious heart disease and that she might die. At night, she asked her dad, "Daddy, have they told you that I am going to die?" The father replied, "No, you will live as long as anyone else." She wondered and asked, "How can you be sure?" He smiled to her and said, "I just know it."

    After the girl turned 15, she had a heart transplant(心脏移植手术). After she came back from the hospital, she found a letter on her bed. It said, "My dearest daughter, one day you asked me what I would give you for your 15th birthday. I wasn't sure then. But now you know that my present to you is my heart." The father had given his heart to his daughter.

    Parents are selfless(无私的). They even make great sacrifices to make their children grow up happily. Keep this in mind when you feel angry toward your parents. Always, they're just doing what they think best for you.