Yesterday evening，when l went to town with my  1  ，we met a strange old man．It was raining ham and we had no  2 ．We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us．He was 3  a nice umbrella and he said that he would give it to us for only a pound．He had forgotten his   4 ，he said，needed taxi—fares(出租汽车费)to go back home．My mother didn't believe  5 he had said at first，and asked him a lot of questions．Finally we bought it and he left  6 ．We followed him and found he went into a pub(小酒店)and  7  himself a glass of whiskey(威士忌)with the pound．

8 he drank it，he put 9   his hat and took up one of the many wet umbrellas at the entrance and went off．Soon after that，he sold it again．What a(n) 10  experience I had !

    Two men are walking in the park. One is Mr. Brown, a worker, the other is Mr. Black. Mr. Brown is going to a chair. It is beside the road. Mr. Black is after him. Mr. Brown finds Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk faster (更快), because he wants to get to the chair before Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black begins to walk faster because he also wants to get to the chair first. Then they both run. Mr. Black runs faster than (比) Mr. Brown. So he gets to the chair first and sits down on it. Mr. Brown runs after Mr. Black. When he gets to the chair, he sees Mr. Black sitting on it. He is sorry to show a notice (通知) with the words "Wet Paint (油漆未干)" to Mr. Black. Now Mr. Black knows why Mr. Brown is going to the chair.

China is the hometown of tea.Before the Tang Dynasty，Chinese tea was sold by land and sea，first to Japan and South Korea

It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by Shen Nong.People say that he lived 5，000 years ago.One summer day，while he was visiting a faraway part of his country，so he began to boil（煮沸） water for himself to drink.Some dry leaves from a near plant fell into the water.Shen Nong drank some，Shen Nong was interested in the new drink.And so，tea was created in 2737 BC.

Drinking tea has many advantages（优势）.It makes people feel less tired，drives heat inside the human bodies out and helps people lose weight.As you add a cup of tea to your daily life

•Drink it hot.Tea oxidizes（氧化） quickly，so you had better drink it hot.

• Do not drink too much strong tea.It will probably be bad for your stomach and make you feel sick if you make the tea too strong.

•The best time to drink tea is between meals.It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when your stomach is empty，or cause a stomachache when your stomach is full.

•Do not drink tea with any medicine.It may change the medical result.You can drink tea two hours after you take medicine.

•Green tea is the best choice for office workers.Why？Because green tea can help stop some bad results caused by the computer.

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