A man feared his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need some hearing aid (助听). Not quite sure how to 1 her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there was a simple test the husband could do to give the doctor a better 2 of her hearing loss.

    "Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a 3 conversational speaking tone (音调) see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then20 feet, and so on 4 you get a reply."

    That evening, the wife was in the 5, and he was in the yard. He said to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, and let me see what will happen." Then in a usual tone he asked, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

    No 6.

    So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and asked, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

    7 no reply.

    Next he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and 8, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

    Again he got no reply. He walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for dinner?" Again there was no reply.

    So he 9 right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"

    "Chicken! James, for the 10 time I've said that."

注意：（1）选择一门课程，并给出至少两点理由；（2）文中不得出现真实的姓名、校名等；（3）词数80左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

In order to make our school life colorful, the school has set up different kinds of courses.

 I left my hometown in London last year and now I have enjoyed working in this small city in China.Learning a foreign language opens your eyes to the culture and history of a country.So in order to know more about China，l started to learn Chinese.

But at times，I found myself in funny situations.When I greeted strangers in China，they began to talk a lot and very fast.They asked me questions about everything.But all I could do was to look at them with a blank face.I had no idea what they were talking about.Were they just being kind

However，the more Chinese I learn，the more similarities I find it has with English.In English， "thickskinned" is to describe a person who doesn't care about criticism （批评）.I was surprised to find that "houlianpi" in Chinese means the same.And both languages share some common idioms （习语）， "look on with folded arms" means "xiushoupangguan"，and "burn the boats" is similar to "pofuchenzhou".

I'm still on my journey to Chinese learning.I believe that sometimes you have the most fun on a journey.

" Wake up, everybody." Robin shouted." It is time for us to find another rich guest to pay for our feast." Little John woke up slowly.

" You go west, and I go east. We try to find the richest man and bring him here!"

 Robin walked for miles and saw many people but none of them were rich. But when he was eating, he saw a knight.

 Robin said hello to him. The knight stopped, but said nothing. His face was full of sadness." You need a good feast to cheer you up!" said Robin."I have no reason to be happy," said the knight" My name is Robin Hood. Who are you?" For a moment, the knight's eyes grew wide. He knew all about Robin Hood's feasts."I am Sir Richard Lea," he said," but I have no money to give you for your feast." Robin asked," You are a knight, and knights are rich men."

 Sir Richard sighed." My son killed another knight by accident and I had to pay a huge fine. To get the money, I had to borrow from the Priory of Emmet. Now I must return that money to the Priory or lose my land and my castle." Robin felt sorry for the knight." Come with me and perhaps I can help you." he said. Sir Richard agreed and followed Robin back to Sherwood Forest.

 When they arrived at the camp, Robin told him to enjoy himself. Then Robin asked Little John." Did you find a rich guest?" Little John laughed." Yes, I did." and brought forward his guest and Robin recognized(认出) him at once. It was" The Bishop of Hereford!" Robin said." We meet again. Welcome to our feast." The bishop was furious(愤怒的), but he didn't say anything. He was too afraid of Robin.

 Just then Robin saw there was a box tightly held in his hands.

 Robin shot the box with his sword. The box hit the ground and thousands of gold coins fell out of it. Sir Richard came forward and Robin pointed to him," Do you know this man?" Robin asked the bishop" Yes," replied the bishop." Does he owe you money?"" He owes money to the Priory of Emmet and I am the bishop for the Priory."

 Robin said," Many people say you are the richest bishop in England." Robin started to count the coins and said,"I think you have plenty of money and you want to help Sir Richard." When there were five hundred gold coins in Robin's hands, he gave them to Sir Richard." Take this," he said," and pay your fine."

 Soon, Sir Richard left with the five hundred gold coins. He thanked Robin Hood and said," One day, I hope I can repay your great favour."

 After that, Robin freed the bishop. The bishop left the camp quietly without all his money but when he was far away and no one could hear him, he said:" One day, I am going to make Robin Hood very, very sorry for stealing all my money. Wait and see."