My daughter Eyen is ten years old. She is in Grade Three in a primary school. She is a cute girl though she has some strange ideas sometimes.

    One day she asks me, "Mum, what is your favorite subject?" I think for a while and answer," It is difficult to tell. I love singing, so music is my favorite. And I am good at English. My history teacher also says I am excellent. Well, I can say I don't like Science. But Science is important for us, you know. So you must do well in it. What is your favorite subject, Eyen? Tell me something about your subjects, dear."

    I like Chinese. It is easy. I like English because my English teacher likes me very much. I can't stand Maths. It is serious and sad."

    "Do you mean your Maths teacher is serious and sad?"

    "No, it is Maths, not the Maths teacher."

    "Why do you think so?"

    "Because Maths has so many problems! Isn't it sad all day?"

    How important is your appearance? Although everyone wants to be good-looking, are beautiful people always happier people? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some people may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person.

    Some people think that women who are exceptionally(格外地) pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive(无魅力的) people can be intelligent(智慧的).

    On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn't want to look at; and no one wants to be plain, either--that is, to be neither attractive nor unattractive, and have a face that is easily forgotten. Being attractive is like being rich. It can help you find happiness, but it doesn't always make you happy.

    So maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be an interesting person. For interesting people have interesting faces, and interesting faces are almost always attractive.

A son takes his old father to a restaurant for dinner. They sit down and order a meal（点餐）. The man orders some rice and vegetables with chicken. His father likes jiaozi very much, so he orders some jiaozi for his father. His father is very old and he doesn't look healthy. Some food is on his T-shirt or pants（裤子）after eating. Some people in the restaurant don't look happy about him when they see him eating food. But the son doesn't care (关心) at all.

When the son gives the waiter money, the waiter says, "Oh, the dinner is free."

The son asks, "Why?"

A young man is next to the waiter and says, "Sir, I'm the boss (老板) of this restaurant. I think you're a great man. You love your father very much, right? I learn a lot from you." The son says, "Yes, you are right. But what do you learn from me?" The boss says, "A lesson (课) for every son and hope (希望) for every old father."