It is autumn, and the Indians ask their new chief (首领) what the weather is going to be like this winter. The chief looks at the sky and says it's usually cold, and he tells the villagers to collect wood for the winter. As a good chief, he goes to call the weatherman and asks, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"

    "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold," the weatherman answers.

    So the chief goes back to his people and tells them to collect more food. A week later he calls the weatherman again.

    "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

    "Yes," the weatherman answers again. "It's going to be a very cold winter."

    The chief again goes back to his people and tells them to collect every piece of wood they can find. Two weeks later he calls the weatherman again.

    "Are you sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"

    "Yes," the weatherman answers again. "It's going to be very very cold."

    "Why are you so sure?" asks the chief.

    The weatherman answers, "Because the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!"

    Roger, a young man from China, has taught Chinese in a primary school in England for 3 years. A lot of children like his class and he enjoys teaching them very much. All the pupils are quite interested in what Roger teaches them. They learn quickly and do everything carefully.

    One day he said to the children, “People in a lot of Asian countries wear white clothes at funerals (葬礼), but people in America and in Europe wear white in the weddings because white means purity and happiness. What colour does an English woman wear when she gets married?”

    Mary said, “White, sir, because she is happy.” “That is good, Mary,” Roger said. “You are quite right. She wears white because she is happy.”

    But then one boy in the class put up his hand. “Yes, Dick?” Roger said, “Do you have a question?” “Yes,” Dick said. “Why do men wear black in our country when they get married, sir?”

In a village, there lived an old man in his 70s. As he got older, he grew to enjoy going to bed early. One day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} group of boys played games near his house. Their loud shouting made it impossible for him to fall{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (sleep). He felt quite angry.

One evening, the old man invited the boys inside his house. He told them that he loved hearing the sound of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (child) voices. Their laughter and cries made him feel like he had become a young man again. He promised{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) each of them a dollar if they would play there every day.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (excited), the same boys returned and played even more happily and loudly the next day. True to his word, the old man{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pay) them and asked them to do so again the following day.

However, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the next evening, the boys got only 50 cents instead of a dollar.

By the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(three) evening, the old man only gave them 10 cents. He said that he was very sorry{#blank#}9{#/blank#}he didn't have much money left.

"Dear children," he said, "would you please still come back tomorrow? I really enjoy your laughter."

The boys felt so sad that they refused his request. Was it worth{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(play) so hard if they didn't get much in return?

Before Father's Day，I found my father was unhappy because he lost his job. I decided to cheer him up by buying him a special 1 gift. 

One day after school，I 2 to a gift shop. I told the shopkeeper that I was looking for a Father's Day present. 

"Do you think he'd like a 3 ? "she asked. "I think he might，"I told her. She4 a watch and I told her that he would like it. 

"How much money do you have? "she asked. 

"5 dollars，"I replied. 

"You're so lucky!" she told me. "It's only 11. You still have 1 for the6 . " She packed the watch. I paid for it and rode off home with the gift under my arm. 

When my father opened the gift，he asked 7 ，"Where did you get it? "

"I bought it from a gift shop. It cost me ＄11，"I said. My father was surprised. 

Many years later，I did learn that the watch cost several hundred dollars，so I really appreciated（感激）8 was to me. And I always felt 9 because I never had chance to thank her. 

"What really surprised me to this day. . . my daughter，"my father said，"letting you have the watch for 11 dollars was 10 enough. But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch of kindness. I'll never forget it. "

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Friendship is sunshine in my life.