Do you ever watch old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous 1 in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34. In her 2life she made 70 movies!

      Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters: In 1921, she was playing baseball in the 3near her home. A movie director 4her and decided to put her in amovie. She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last silent movies. She acted(表演) so well that she 5 the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to act.

     In 1925, she had an agreement with a 6studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave 7 a new name, and she acted in several films. Then, at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(伤疤) on herface. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not 8. She continued to act.

       It was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a 9. She made many movies for the studio. She also married two of their stars. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months. 10 seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.

    I was feeling a little blue because my mother had lost her job.

    One day, while I was 1 on the street, I heard the piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly to 2 where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

    She was singing songs about love, 3 yourself and keeping on trying. The way she was singing made me a little comfortable. I stood there 4, watching her playing on such a crowded New York square. I thought that she must be 5 enough to perform in front of so many people.  

    She noticed me: I walked over and told her how good her 6 sounded. "Thank you," she said.

    "I have been going through a hard time recently, 7 you've made me hopeful again." I said to her.

    "I'm glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so 8?"

    "Well, my mum has lost her job, and I'm not sure what to do.”

    "Did you notice the 9 you were walking? Your head was down." she said. "Don't be upset, because 10 comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should 11 more and lift your head up. "

    I looked 12 her, amazed at how she was encouraging me. " 13 are you playing the piano here?" I asked her with a smile.

    She 14  that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and she tried to cheer 15 up by playing music.  

    I smiled a little wilder, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

    I was always 1 and had too many things to do. Whenever my daughter caused me to change my plans, I thought to myself, “We don't have time 2 this.” So the two words I always said to her were: 3.

    The other day, the two of us rode to a 4 near our home. After shopping I bought her an ice cream, and she sat down 5 a table happily admiring the ice cream in her hand. Suddenly a 6 look appeared on her face. “Do I have to eat it up in a hurry, Mum?”

    I nearly cried when hearing this—the pains of a hurried life influenced(影响) my poor girl so deeply! As she looked at me waiting to know if she could 7 her time. I knew I had to make a 8. I thought of the times when I rushed (催促) my child through life, I began 9 what really matters in life….

    “You don't have to 10. Just enjoy it.” I said gently. Her whole face brightened and her shoulders 11. We sat side by side talking about things that interested us.

    When she got to the last bite (一口), she held it out to me, “ I 12 the last bite for you, Mum,” she said 13. As the icy taste put out my thirst, I realized I just got the present of a lifetime. I14 my child a little time… and in return, she gave me her last bite and reminded(提醒) me that things taste sweeter and love is easier to get when you stop rushing 15 life.

    Once upon a time,there was a large lion.He felt ashamed because,as1a large lion,he was scared of2.

    Some animals knew the lion was afraid of chickens.They didn't help the lion.They3him,instead.The lion was4when the other animals did that.He knew that an elephant,Ernest,was a wise animal.So he decided to go and have a5with Ernest.He wanted to ask Ernest for advice.

    The lion met the elephant in a big yard.6he was talking to the elephant,

    He found him kept flapping(拍）his great7.

    “What's the matter with you,Ernest?”asked the lion.

    “I'm sorry,”said Ernest.“But I get so worried when some mosquitoes(蚊子）8around my ears.They often bite me.I can't9them because they fly fast.I'm really afraid of them.”

    When the lion knew the elephant were afraid of mosquitoes,he felt much10.

    Because he was not the only large animal that was afraid of small ones.

    I am Frank. In our western countries, there are four seasons or 365 days in a year. Usually, we sleep 8 hours every day. So we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our study or work time is only 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes up about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. But we can't work all the time, so we need holidays. We have to remember that we get 2 days' holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours' lunch every day, and half an hour's coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for study or work every year. What about you in China?