Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside: “Second-hand (旧的）clothes bought and sold.” He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, “How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said,“Two dollars. ”

  “What?!” said Tom. “I thought they were worth at least five dollars.”

  “No,” said the man “They aren't worth a cent more than two dollars.”

  “Well,” said Toni, taking two dollars out of his pocket. “Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价）of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.”

    Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say.

    In 2001, a l4-year-old boy named William had a little wish. He loved reading. He wanted a light in his room so that he could read after dark. His big idea came while he was reading a book in the library. He saw a picture of a windmill (风车) and decided to make one.

    When he started building the first windmill in 2002, people thought he was crazy. But they all came to see his creation made from broken PVC pipes and old car and bicycle parts. He dreamt of using wind to produce electricity. Later he built two more windmills in his home town, the 60-person village in Malawi. Africa.

    William wants to build windmills across Malawi, and perhaps beyond. Money to help with this project has come from all over the world, including China.

    Lion was the King of the Jungle(灌木丛). One day, Giraffe told Lion, "Rabbit says he is the new King of the Jungle." "What?" Lion was very angry. He went to meet Rabbit. The other animals followed him to see what he would do. "Rabbit," said Lion, "Why do you say that you are the new King of the Jungle?" "Oh, but it's true," said Rabbit. "I'm faster and cleverer than you. We can have a competition（竞赛）.""All right," said Lion.

    Rabbit took Lion to a deep ravine (深谷). He said, "If I fly down to the ravine faster than you, I am faster and cleverer than you. So I go, or you will go first?" "Of course I will go first," said Lion, "I am the King of the Jungle!" He then threw himself into the deep ravine. Rabbit smiled and said to the other animals. "I am your new king now. I am faster and cleverer than Lion." The other animals didn't understand.

    "Lion was stupid! Anyone will die after jumping into the ravine!"

    In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work on Disney's cartoon (动画片) film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said “Stop! That's our duck!”

    The duck was the now famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat (水上住家) and wore his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year, he became a star after an eight­-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was lazy and greedy (贪婪的), and because he lost his temper (发脾气) very quickly. And they loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews (侄子). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-­goody like Mickey.

    In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Then in 1966, Donald Duck and his voice disappeared — there were no more new cartoons.

    Clarence Nash died in February, 1985.But today's children can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous voice.

Hello, everyone! I am a reporter from the local newspaper in my town. I've loved radio ever since I first stepped into a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(录制室;录音室) at 12. When I was in college, I got a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(兼职的) job at a local radio station. I wrote {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(文章;报道) and sometimes I also carried out interviews. One day, when I arrived at the radio station, I found Shirley, our {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (主管), was waiting for me. She told me that David was ill and she wanted me to be a presenter that day.

"I'm afraid I might make a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(凌乱) of the job,"I said.

"Don't worry, Jane. I know you can make it,"Shirley said.

"OK. I'll give it a try,"I could {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(几乎不) believe I said"OK".

"Remember, when the red light is on, it means we're on air. And you must {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(避免) making any noise."

When the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (背景) music was played, I started talking. "It{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(看来;似乎) everything went well," I thought to myself after I finished the programme.

"You did a good job, Jane. You're popular with our {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(听众) from the feedback (反馈的意见) we've already received."

Martin is a boy full of questions. He asks questions all day long and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(hope) to get the answers at once. 

One morning, he looked up at the sky{#blank#}2{#/blank#}asked, "What makes the day? What makes the night? And how?"

"The earth travels around the sun. It turns to face the sun to make the day and turns away from the sun to make the night, "said{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(he) father. "Now please, will you go and play?

But the boy didn't want{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play). He looked up, down, and all around, and said, I can't feel the earth turning. Why?"

"The earth is so big. We're too small to feel it turn. "Dad replied in a much{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(loud)voice. "Now please, will you go and play{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a moment?"

Martin tried. He played with some{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(toy), and then studied the pictures of the sun and the earth, but questions were still everywhere!

At bedtime, while his mother{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tell) him a story, Martin couldn't help asking. "{#blank#}9{#/blank#} can see the sun now?

"People on the other side of the earth, "Mom answered gently. "Hmm, "she thought, "maybe he will become{#blank#}10{#/blank#}great scientist in the future. "

Martin lay in his bed and kept on thinking about the sun, the earth, the moon and the stars.