One day a red rose blossomed (开花) in a forest. A pine tree(松树) not far away said, “You're so beautiful! I wish I could be lovely like you. ”

    The rose said, “I am the most beautiful plant in the forest.” Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌) and said, “Look at that ugly plant. It is full of thorns (刺)!”Sometimes, the red rose would look at the cactus and say, “This plant is useless. I'm sorry I am his neighbor. ”

    Summer came and the plants and animals needed water, but no rain fell. One day the rose saw some birds stick their beaks(鸟喙) into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus. The pine tree told the red rose, “You can also drink from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help. ”

    The red rose felt ashamed, but she still asked the cactus for help. The cactus agreed kindly and the birds filled their beaks with water for the rose's roots. Later on, the rose never gave her opinion about anyone by look again.

    Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don't look at him. They don't ask him to sit at the table.

    Mr. King goes home and puts on his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up and smiles at him. They give him very good food to eat.

    Mr. King takes off his coat, and puts it in the food and says, "Eat, coat!"

    The other people ask, "What are you doing?"

    He answers, "I'm asking my coat to eat the food. When I wear my old clothes, you don't look at me or ask me to sit down. But now you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!"

    One Sunday morning, Ben went to a barber's(理发师)shop and had his hair cut. When he came out, he was not happy with the result. In the evening, he met his friend Bob. He laughed and asked. "What happened to your hair, Ben?"

    Ben agreed, "Yes, I think you're right, Ben. Mind you! Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time. What you need to do first is to look at all the barbers' hair, find out whose hair looks the worst, and then go straight to him."

    "Why shall I go to him?" Ben asked in amazement, "But that would be foolish(愚蠢的)!"

    "Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think about it. He couldn't cut himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it.       "

It was a Sunday morning. Helen and Jim were taking a walk on a beach. It was a quiet beach and there were no other people. They felt very relaxed and happy, walking in the sunshine.

Then Jim saw a bottle (瓶子) on the beach. He picked it up and found something in it. He took it out. Helen ran to look and said, "Wow! A treasure (宝藏) map! Let's follow it." 

"OK. We are here and the treasure is here. Let's go! I'll read," said Jim.

"Walk north 100 meters. Stop at a big tree. Turn right and then go straight. Stop when you get to the river. Cross the bridge. Turn left and walk along the river. Stop in front of a big rock (岩石). The treasure is behind the big rock."

"Here!" Jim said excitedly.

"There is a box!" said Helen. In the box was a very old note (便条).

Dear finder,

Sorry. Ihad totake mytreasure away, becauseI needed to buy a new boat.

Bye,

Owner (主人) of thetreasure

Jim and Helen were disappointed and had to go back.

The London Eye is a tourist attraction in London. There you can get into a capsule(密封舱) to experience a great view of the city. 

I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(visit) the London Eye last summer with a friend. My friend didn't know where we were going. I just told him we would go somewhere very special. As we arrived {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Waterloo Station, he worked out where we were going. He smiled {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(happy). When we reached the London Eye, there was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} very long waiting line. In order to save time, he stayed in the line while I went to buy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(ticket). 

The capsule doesn't completely stop when people get on, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you have to get into it quickly. Then the door of the capsule shuts. Wow, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} wonderful the view was! We took many photos of the view and of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(we). It took about half an hour for the capsule to go around. 

If you are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(interest) in going there, I'd like to give you some advice. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(enjoy) the view, go in the daytime. There are night rides, but you won't see a lot. Sometimes at the top of the wheel it can be quite cool even though it's sunny. So ladies, don't forget to take a scarf.