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    A young woman was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when she noticed an old man following her around．Thinking nothing of it，she ignored him and went on shopping．After she got what she wanted，she went to checkout line，but the old man got in front of her．

    "Pardon me!" he said，"I'm sorry if my staring（盯）at you has made you feel uncomfortable（不舒服的)，it's just because you look like my granddaughter，who just died recently．And I miss her very much．"

    "I'm very sorry，"said the young woman．"Is there anything I can do for you?"

    "Yes．" the old man said．"As I'm leaving，can you say 'Good-bye，grandpa' to me? It would make me feel so much better．"

    "Sure,"answered the young woman．

    As the old man was leaving，she called out．"Bye-bye，grandpa!"

    When she stepped(迈步) up to the checkout counter（收银台），she saw that her total was $178.50．

    "How can that be?" she asked．"I only bought a few things!"

    "Your grandpa said you would pay for him，" said the clerk.

    Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometre away. So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes (花费) him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there. Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.

    Once upon a time, an old woman had two large water pots. Each hung on the end of a pole (杆子) which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect, From the river to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. And the other pot was always full. The perfect pot took pride in its talent. But the poor cracked pot felt sad for its own disadvantages.

    One day by the river the cracked pot said to the woman, "I feel bad about myself, because the crack in me causes water to come out all the way back to your house."

    The old woman smiled and said, "Why are there flowers on your side of the road, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your crack. So I planted flowers on your side of the road, and every day while we walk back, you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my house. There would not be this beauty without you. Each of us has our own cracks. But the cracks make our lives so interesting and beautiful."

    So, to all the cracked pot friends, have a great day and remember to smell the flowers on your side of the road!

Everyone wants to live longer, so to keep healthy is very important. I have a neighbor. She is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} old lady. She can read newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( anything) new. She often does Tai Chi in the morning and dances in the evening. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she is over 70, she looks young and beautiful . Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed(采访) her and asked her {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( tell) the reason why she kept so young and healthy. She answered with a smile.

"I have a secret of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( stay) young and healthy. It is easy. Keep your mind active, be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( interest) in the world around you, and learn at {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( little) one new thing every day. Don't think you are too old to go back to school. I know two men entered a college of arts when they were 70 years old. They {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( study) there for 6 years and now they are{#blank#}9{#/blank#}( write). Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at playing tennis. He said it's good {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his health. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it."

One day, a boy didn't sell a piece of bread all the morning. He felt tired and sad. Then he said to himself,"I should find a cool place to rest for a while and go on selling the bread. What if good luck happens to me?"

 When he found a cool wall to rest on, an old woman walked over and said," Child, you look very tired but you didn't sell a single bread, right?"

 The boy asked in a low voice," What do you suggest I should do now?"

" Don't sell it any more. Go home quickly, my poor child." The old woman kindly said and then left.

A young man heard their conversation and he walked over. He said to the boy,"I don't agree with her. You should keep waiting. Don't lose your heart." The boy looked up at the young man and his eyes were full of hope again. After a while, the boy walked back to sell his bread.

 Suddenly, a car stopped. A young woman in the car said to the boy," Hey, little boy. It's good to see you here. I want to buy all your bread for the children in our Hope House."