Mr. Brown got up late this morning. He was going to be late for work. It was raining hard and the streets were wet. He drove so fast that he didn't see the red lights. He couldn't stop his car and hit a car. An old man got out of the car and called out angrily, "What are you doing? How can you drive so fast? "

    "I'm sorry, sir," said Mr. Brown, "l didn't see the lights turn red." Then he brought out a bottle of wine and gave it to the old man.

    "It's cold today, sir," said Mr. Brown. "Please drink a little, and then you'll get warm. "

    The old man drank some wine and became happy. He asked, "I'm feeling much better now.

    Why don't you drink any? "

    "I can't drink anything now, sir," answered Mr. Brown, "I'm waiting for the policeman. Only drunkards（酒鬼）make accidents（交通事故）, you know! "

    Chinese people have never liked a Japanese sports star before as they have loved Japanese ping-pong player Ai Fukuhara.

    But now they may feel sad, as the 29-year-old said on Oct.21,2018 that she would be retiring(退役)from the sport, "As a ping-pong player, I'm drawing the line here."

    Fukuhara has had a talent for playing ping-pong since 3 years old. When she was 12 years old, she came to China to learn ping-pong as well as Chinese Now she speaks Chinese very well.

    That's one reason why Chinese fans love her so much. Another reason is that she always shows her real feeling to others. Fukuhara often cries when she loses the games especially against Chinese ping—pong players so Chinese fans call her "Crybaby."

    Although Fukuhara is not always the winner, she is trying her best when playing her favorite sport all the time. When talking about why she planned to stop playing ping—pong, she said Japanese players are playing ping—pong better and better with her help and that it's OK for her to retire as for her future plans, Fukuhara wrote that she would like to help more people around the world get to know the beauty of the sport.

    A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He threw(扔) it too hard and it broke the window of a house and fell(掉) inside. A woman came to the window and shouted(大喊) at the boy. The boy was afraid and ran away. But he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes later, the boy came back and knocked(敲) at the door and said, "My father is going to come and repair(修理) your window soon."

    After a while, a man came to the door with tools(工具) in his hand, so the woman let the boy take his ball away. When the man finish repairing the window, he said to the woman, "Please pay ten dollars."

    "But aren't you the father of the boy?" the woman asked, looking surprised (惊奇).

    "No," he answered, looking more surprised, "Aren't you his mother?"