Mr. and Mrs Jones seldom(很少) go out in the evening , but last Sunday Mrs Jones said to her husband , “ There is a good film at the cinema this evening . Can we go to see it ? ”

    Mr. Jones was quite happy about it . So they went there and they enjoyed the film . They came out of the cinema at 11 o'clock , going into the car and began to drive home . It was quite dark . Then Mrs Jones said , “ Bill , look , a woman is running along the road very fast and a man is running after her . Can we help her ? ''

    Mr. Jones said , “ Yes , I can .''  He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her , “ Can we help you ? ” “ No , thank you , ” the woman said , but she didn't stop running . “ My husband and I run home after the film , and the last one will wash the dishes at home .”

    When I was a little child, my mom sometimes liked to make breakfast food for dinner. And I remember one night she made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.

    That evening, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and burned cookies in front of my dad. I remembered waiting to see if anyone would say anything. Yet all my dad did was to reach for his cookie, smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him eat every bite of that cookie!

    When I got up from the table that evening, I remembered hearing my mom say sorry to my dad for burning the cookies. And I'll never forget what he said, "Dear, I love burned cookies."

    Later that night, I went to kiss Dad goodnight, and I asked him if he did really like his burned cookies. He kissed me and said, "Your mom had a hard day at work today, and she's very tired.  Besides, a little burned cookie never hurt anyone!"

    Life is full of imperfect(完美)things and imperfect people. We need to learn to accept each other's faults and differences.

When I was a small boy, I used to ask my mum for help when I met 1 .

But she always said, "Do it yourself, dear."I would get so angry. I thought she was the 2 mother in the world!

One noon, a friend of mine phoned me, "Tom and I will 3 you this afternoon." I was worried a lot. My bedroom was a mess. So I asked my mother to help me clean it. But she said 4 , "Don't you remember I have told you many times to do your things all by yourself?" I had no choice (选择) but to clean my bedroom by myself 5 my friends would come soon. I tried my best to make my bedroom 6 . It was really hard to do everything all by myself, but I learned a lot. As time went by, I began to 7 my mother. Now I have realized that I shouldn't always 8 her. It is her "laziness" that has made me diligent(勤奋的).Just as my mum 9 says, "Work can make you clever and sunny!"

Thanks to my mother, I have learned to do many things all by myself. I will 10 the four words "Do it yourself, dear." forever. What a great mother I have!

Time for School

Most people have a favorite color，but how people feel about colors depends on their culture. This can be very important to people in business that sell products all over the world. They might choose a color because they think it is exciting or attractive，but in another country that same color could be used to give a sad message. Look at these examples: 

If you ask someone in Britain what the right color is for a bride（新娘） to wear，the answer will be white In China and other eastern countries，happiness and prosperity（繁荣）. ▲In Britain，red is used as a sign of danger. Road signs and warning labels（标签） are often in red. In eastern cultures

In Egypt，yellow is the color linked to death. In Britain and other western cultures，death and funerals（葬礼），but in many eastern countries white is the color most people connect with death and funerals. 

Many people like the color orange because it is bright and exciting. Some advertisers will not use orange in their advertisements because they believe it suggests that the products are cheap and perhaps not of good quality. 

In a word，colors have different meanings in different cultures. We should learn to choose the proper color in some special situation.