It's December 28th. New Year's Day is 1. Ma Li is in a 2 shop. She wants to buy a blouse 3 her mother. She is happy because she 4 a blue blouse. It looks pretty. She thinks it 5 her mother's trousers well, so she asks the shopkeeper what the 6 is. “198 yuan,” says the shopkeeper. Ma Li is surprised (吃惊的), “Too 7! What's it made of?” The shopkeeper tells her the blouse is made of silk. “Good things always 8 much,” he says.

  “But I have only 190 yuan. Can it be cheaper (更便宜)? I buy it for my mother. ”

  “9. 198 yuan is the last price. But I will lend you 8 yuan.”

“10? We don't know each other.”

  “Because I love my mother, too,” says the shopkeeper with a smile (微笑).

    A doctor entered the hospital in a hurry after being called in for an urgent 1. He answered the call as soon as possible, changed his clothes and went directly to the operation block.

    He found the boy's father 2 in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad shouted, "Why did you take all the 3 to come? Don't you know that my son's life is in danger? Don't you have any sense of responsibility?"

    The doctor smiled and said, "I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I 4 as fast as I could after receiving the call……And now, I wish you'd calm down 5 I can do my work."

    "Calm down? What if your son is in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son is 6 now, what will you do?" said the father 7.

    The doctor smiled again and replied," I will say what Job said in the Bible 'From dust we came and to dust we return, blessed by the name of God'. 8 cannot extend (延伸) lives. Go and pray for your son. We will do our best by God's grace."

    "Giving advice when we're not concerned is so easy." murmured the father. The operation took some hours 9 the doctor went out happily.

    "Thank goodness! Your son is saved!" And without waiting for the father's reply, he carried on his 10 running. "If you have any question, ask the nurse!"

    "Why is he so 11? He couldn't wait some minutes so that I could ask about my son's 12?" commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left. The nurse answered, 13 coming down her face, "His son died yesterday in a road accident. He was in the funeral (葬礼) when we called him for your son's operation. 14 now that he saved your son's life, he left running to finish his son's funeral."

    Never 15 anyone easily because you never know how their life is and what they're experiencing.

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The summer vacation is important to everyone. I'll never forget this year's summer vacation. At first I thought the 1 would be boring, because I was going to the sea (大海). I didn't think there was anything 2 on the beach. I wanted to come back home on the 3 day, but I wasn't right.

I went with my family to Whitby on July 15th. We 4 three weeks there! We stayed at a nice hotel. The rooms were all large and 5 . The hotel was near the sea. We often went back late at night.

Then I 6 lots of interesting people during(在……期间) those three weeks. I stayed with them most of the time. Soon we became 7 . We built a few sandcastles (沙堡), swam and visited many fun places.

The 8 was quite wonderful. Every morning when I woke up, I could see the sun was shining(照耀) and the sky was blue. It rained 9 once, but the sun came out soon. I 10 this vacation and I will never forget it. It's the best time in my life.

The policeman slowly walked along the street. It was about ten o'clock at night. The wind and light rain had kept most people at home. 

Halfway down the street, the policeman saw a man leaning against(斜靠着) a door, with an unlighted cigar(雪茄) in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him, the man spoke quickly. "It's all right, officer, " he said. "I'm just waiting here for an old friend. It's an appointment（约会） that was made twenty years ago. You think it funny to plan a meeting like this, don't you?"

The man lit (点燃) his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes. He was very well-dressed. 

"Twenty years ago tonight, " the man went on, "I had dinner at a restaurant nearby with my friend Jimmy Wells. I was going to the West to try my luck, but Jimmy wanted to stay. We agreed to meet here again exactly twenty years for that date and time. That's why I'm here. "

"What happened to your friend?" asked the policeman. 

"I'm not sure, " said the man. "We wrote to each other for a while and then stopped. But I'm sure if he is alive, he will keep his promise. We said we would meet at ten o'clock. "

"OK, I'll be on my way. Good night. " The policeman continued on his way, Bob waited about twenty minutes. Then, a tall man went straight to the waiting man. 

"Is that you, Bob?" asked the newcomer. "Is that you, Jimmy?" cried the man in the door. "You've grown so tall. Let me have a good look at you. You don't look anything like Jimmy. " "You're right, " said the tall man. "I'm a police officer. You are wanted by the New York police. But, before we go to the police station, here's a note from your friend Jimmy Wells. "

Bob opened the small piece of paper. His hands shook as he read. 

"Bob, 

I was on my way to meet you as we had planned. However, when you lit your cigar, I saw it was the face of a man that is wanted by the police. Somehow, I couldn't do it myself. So I sent another police officer to do the job. 

Jimmy"

Ruth Wakefield was a cook. In the 1930s, she and her husband had the famous Toll House restaurant in Massachusetts. People loved the restaurant because of the delicious food, especially Ruth's desserts(甜点). 

Ruth was good at cooking. She could taste a dish and make it without a recipe(配方). She loved trying new things and often traveled to different countries to taste new foods. After travelling, she wanted to create(创造) a new kind of cookie. 

One day, Ruth had an idea to use chocolate in a different way. She decided to break it into pieces and mix it into cookie dough(面团). After many tries, she finally created the chocolate chip cookie, which sold well at the restaurant. People loved it very much and they asked for the recipe to make it at home. 

     ▲      . People had to break chocolate bars into small pieces, and it took a lot of time. Ruth's daughter remembered her mother's hands turning red from cutting chocolate when making cookies for the restaurant. But her mother still enjoyed doing it. 

Ruth's cookie became famous, so a radio show invited her to talk about it. And later the recipe was even in the newspaper. Because of Ruth, chocolate chip cookies became a popular snack for many people. Some companies started making their own chocolate chips and cookies and put the Toll House name and Ruth's recipe on bags of chocolate chips and cookies. The next time you enjoy a chocolate chip cookie, remember Ruth Wakefield and her love for cooking and creating with new tastes.