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    I have tried to write a ghost story that won't make you unhappy with yourselves, with each other, with the seasons, or with me. I hope it haunts your houses pleasantly.

Charles Dickens

    One Christmas Eve, old Scrooge and Bob were working busily in his office. It was a cold, foggy day. The fog was so thick that the houses opposite were like ghosts. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, but it was already quite dark.

    "Merry Christmas, Uncle! God bless you!" cried a happy voice. It was Scrooge's nephew.

    "Bah!" said Scrooge "Humbug(骗人的话)!"

    "Christmas is a humbug! Surely you don't mean that, Uncle." Said his nephew.

    "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What reason have you got to be merry? You're poor."

    "OK, then," replied the nephew cheerfully. "What reason have you got to be sad? You are rich. Don't be angry, Uncle!" said his nephew.

    "What else can I be?" answered the uncle, "I live in a world of fools! Merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you? It's a time for paying bills without money, It's a time for finding yourself a year older, but not richer. Everyone who goes around saying "Merry Christmas" should have his tongue cut out. Yes, he should!"

    "Uncle! Please don't say that!" said the nephew. "I've always thought of Christmas time as a good time, a kind, and a charitable, happy time. And so, Uncle, Christmas has never put any gold or silver in my pocket, but I think it has done me good. And it will do me good. And I say, God bless it!"

    Bob, standing in the corner of the room, applauded(鼓掌).He realized his mistake very soon, and went quickly bake to his work, but Scrooge had heard him.

    "One more sound from you, Bob Cratchit," said Scrooge, "and you'll celebrate Christmas by losing your job!"

    "Don't be angry with him, Uncle. Come and have dinner with us tomorrow."

    "No." said Scrooge.

    "I'm sorry you don't want to celebrate Christmas. But I do. So a Merry Christmas, Uncle!"

     "Good afternoon!" said Scrooge.

     "And a Happy New Year!" said his nephew.

     "Good afternoon!" said Scrooge again.

    His nephew left the room. He stopped to wish Bob a Merry Christmas. And Bob replied, "A

    Merry Christmas to you, too."

    John and Ann are from Dublin，Ireland．They've been friends since they were children．They lived in the same neighbourhood(社区)when they were young and they went to the same university．

    Today John is a 34-year-old policeman．He works in the heart of Dublin．He is very busy and doesn't have much free time．He found a maid(女佣)to clean his house on Saturdays，but during the week he has to make the bed and tidy up his room．He must also wash the dishes．Sometimes he cooks a meal，but most of the time he stops at a restaurant near his home and buys a meal for dinner．He often arrives home very late．Luckily．his maid is quite professional and takes good care of the house．In just 6 hours，the house becomes clean，with a flesh look and clean air．

    Ann is 35 years old．She lives in a small village in Dublin．She works as a doctor at the village's health centre．She starts working at 9 a.m and finishes at 4 p.m．There is a half-hour lunch break at 12：30 pm．After work，Ann has to pick up her two daughters from school．After they arrive home ，the children do their homework while Ann prepares dinner．Her husband usually does part of the housework when he gets home．First he prepares the…children's bath and then he washes clothes．Before dinner,he hangs(挂)up the clothes and then the children help him to lay the table(摆放餐具)and…it's dinner time!After dinner,Ann's husband usually does the dishes while she tidies up the kitchen．When there is too much rubbish，she takes it out．

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    Walt Disney began to make cartoon films when he was a young man. But he didn't have much money then. One day a mouse ran near his desk while he was working in his small office.

    "Would you like to be my pet?" Disney decided to make a cartoon about it.

    "I am making a cartoon about a mouse named Mortimer," he told his wife.

    "Mortimer Mouse? I think Mickey Mouse would be a better name," she said.

    "You are right," Disney agreed and made many Mickey Mouse cartoons.

    People all over the world saw Mickey and loved it. Mickey Mouse made Disney famous. Then came Donald Duck, and Goofy Dog and others. Disney began to make long cartoons. Then he made cartoon films for television.

    In 1955, Disney opened a wonderful amusement park in California. Real boats, castles, trains, mountains, rivers, all are in one beautiful park. Millions of people came to Disneyland.

    He died in 1966, but the world will not forget him. Mickey Mouse and all his cartoons will help us to remember him.

Today is my birthday. I'm 16 years old. I'm not a little boy running in the hallways(走廊) at school. I wanted to know who would 1 my birthday. I really wanted to have a birthday cake because I wanted to 2 .But I got up and found my 3 didn't do anything. My father was 4 a newspaper on the sofa. My mother went out to buy some things for lunch. I5 my computer and went online. There were just some people online. No one said 6 about my birthday. After thirty7 , my mum came back. She went into the8 and cooked. It seemed that the world forgot me and I wasn't9 at all. I said to myself, "You are 16 now. You're not a child. Forget your birthday."

But when I was doing my maths homework, my 10 came to me and asked, "What kind of cake do you want?"11 a surprise(惊喜)! At that time, I didn't know12 to say. I chose a chocolate cake in the end. I knew that the whole world may forget me,13 my mum wouldn't.

Also, when I went online in the evening, I talked to my friends. Many of them said happy birthday to14 . And my phone was full of text messages(短信)saying"Happy birthday".

It was a(n) 15 day after all!

John was riding his new bike. When he got to the end of the road, he turned around. He 1 the bike in front of Mom.

"See? I'm good at doing it. Can I ride to the 2 on my own(独自) now?"

Usually, when John rode a bike to the park, Mom or Dad came along 3 him. But this time, he was sure he could do it on his own.

Mom looked at John and said "Okay. But be careful about the cars and bikes 4 when you ride. And remember to come home 5 . Now, have fun on your own!"

John felt excited to hear(听到) this. The park was not far from home. John looked both 6 when he rode into the street and he 7 his mom's words. At the end of the street, John had to turn right to get to the park. He used his arm to make the signal(信号) so cars would know 8 he was going.

When John got to the park he slowed down(减速). He parked his 9 and ran to find his friends.

"You know what? I rode my bike here all by myself!" John sad. "Do you think it's very 10 to do it on my own?"