Once upon a time, two young men were spending some time in the country. One day, while taking a walk together, they crossed a large field.

    "Look out!" one of the young men shouted, because a bull(公牛)suddenly appeared(出现)and began to chase(追赶)them. They were very frightened. They ran as fast as they could, but the bull kept chasing them.

    Finally, one of the men climbed up a tree. The other one jumped into a hole, but soon he came out of it. Immediately the bull chased him back into the hole.

    "Stay there!" his friend shouted, but soon the man came out again, and again the bull chased him right back. This went on five or six more times.

    At last, the man in the tree got angry and shouted to his friend in the hole, "You fool! Stay in that hole for a while; otherwise, this bull will keep us here all day! "

    "I want to, "the man shouted back, "but there's a bear in it!"

    There was a boy and his family was very rich. One day his father took him on a trip to a place. He wanted to show his son how poor people were there. They spent several days on a farm. There were many poor families living on the farm.

    On their way home, the father asked the son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad," the son answered. "Did you notice how poor people were there?" asked his father. "Oh, yes," said the son. "So, tell me," said his father. The son said, "Well, we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool in our garden, while they have a river that has no end. We have expensive lanterns(灯), but they have stars above their heads at night. We have only a small place of land to live on, while they have the endless fields。We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have high walls around our houses to protect us, but they don't need walls, because their friends will protect them."

    The father had nothing to say. Then the boy added, "Thank you, Dad, for letting me see how poor we are."

I'm Mrs Green. This summer holiday, I went to London with my husband and our son Sam. We first spent four days visiting some famous places, such as the London Eye and Buckingham Palace. On the fifth day, I was a bit tired and just wanted to stay at the hotel. But Sam didn't want to. He would like to visit the HMS Belfast, a famous warship(战舰)that joined the Second World War(战争). It is on the River Thames as a museum for people to visit now. It is very famous and Sam read about it in a magazine. Well, boys always love these things, so I promised to go with him. 

We took the underground and it took us about twenty minutes to get to the River Thames from our hotel. After walking another ten minutes we finally saw the HMS Belfast. An adult ticket was £ 24. 5 and my husband bought two. Sam was only 13 years old, so his ticket was half price. The HMS Belfast was really large. Sam was interested in everything on it and took lots of photos. He said it was his favourite place on his trip to London. 

Chinese writer Hai Ya's The Space-Time Painter won the Hugo Award(雨果奖)for Best Novelette(中短篇小说)on Oct. 21st. He became the third Chinese writer to win a Hugo Award after Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang. 

When creating The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya drew his idea from a famous painting, A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). It was created by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty. Based on Wang, Hai created a painter named Zhao Ximeng. After many hard times, Zhao's mind leaves his body and enters a space where a modern policeman is trying to solve a case(案件)about an ancient painting. 

Hai Ya's story with science fiction began in his childhood. "When I was a child. the bookstore in my hometown helped create a beautiful garden in my mind that belonged to me only. In it, science fiction offered the most beautiful'flowers';it opened a new world for me as a kid, "Hai Ya told Beijing Youth Daily. 

Hai Ya's works feature a mix of history and science fiction. These two styles seem opposite:One looks back at the past, and the other faces the future. However, in Hai Ya's works, they find a perfeet balance. 

"If we can only imagine the future and things in space like rockets, it will only limit our imagination, "Hai Ya told Shenchen Special Zone Daily. "I don't think history is something completely in the past. It is flowing(流动的), and we can make predictions about the future by looking back at history.  ▲ , "he added. 

More Chinese writers today are trying to mix traditional culture with modern stories. Hai Ya believes that it is not a choice but a natural process. "Our history and culture have universal values(普世价值)that can touch everyone, "he said to Xinhua. 

It's a fine Saturday. Emily and her mother want to go to the Great Wall. They are taking the 1 to get there now. An old man is on the bus. He has no seat (座位) to sit in. Emily asks him to sit in her seat. The old man 2 Emily very much. There are two foreigners (外国人) on the bus. They want to go to the Great Wall, too. But they can't 3 Chinese. So Emily talks with them in English. She says that Beijing is a big city 4 a long history. Emily also tells some stories about the Great Wall to them. They think these stories are so 5 that they want to visit other places of interest in China. 

Gina is a new teacher in a middle school. She lives in San Diego, just fifteen minutes' walk from the beach. So she always 1 along the beach after work. 

Last week was busy but happy for Gina. She. had a lot of work from Monday to Friday. When the weekend came, she decided 2 a good rest. Her weekend began when she met her friends at Sam's Chinese Restaurant on Friday night. "My friends and I all like Chinese food, so we often eat together at that restaurant, " said Gina 3 . 

On Saturday morning, Gina helped a friend move to a new house. In the afternoon, she went to her tennis class. 4 she was new to the sport, she played well. After dinner, Gina went to the Red Onion and danced there until 10:00 p. m. She really enjoyed 5 . 

On Sunday, Gina got up at 8:00 a. m. and she went to 6 small restaurant near her home for breakfast. She thought the food there was delicious. Then she spent the whole morning reading books. In the afternoon, she went swimming 7 her cousin. For lunch, they had 8 fast food together. In the evening, she went to the San Diego Folk Festival. It was 9 . Gina had great fun there. 

10 busy but wonderful weekend Gina had!