Last Monday, a strong man growing a beard(胡须) arrived at Mr. Li's gold shop by taxi. He told the driver to1. He went into the shop and said, “Hand over your money!”

     Mr. Li was busy putting some goods(货物) on the shelf and he didn't hear him clearly. He turned and asked, “2can I do for you, Sir?”

   “I told you to give me your money. I have got a gun in my handbag!”

 Mr. Li gave him all his money. While the strong man was putting the money into his handbag, Mr. Li took out his own gun from behind. Seeing this, the strong man ran out of the shop with Mr. Li 3 him.

    The strong man jumped into the waiting taxi as Mr. Li shouted, “It's a robbery(抢劫)! Stop!" The taxi driver thoug ht Mr. Li wanted to 4 him. So he jumped out of his taxi with his hands5_. Then the strong man 6 with his gun in his hand and pointed it at Mr. Li.  Mr. Li pointed his gun at the strong man, too. For almost a minute, they stood face to face and gun to gun, but 7of them fired, because they had toy guns.

    Suddenly the strong man 8 his gun and ran down the street away. He stopped a passing car and asked for a ride. The two men in the car were9 to take him along. They were policemen. They gave him a ride straight to 10.

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    Bobby likes wearing hats. Hats make him feel cool. Hats1the sun out of his eyes. His favorite hat is a baseball hat.

    Last year, Bobby saved money every month to buy the baseball2 . After a few3 , he had enough money for the new hat. Although it4 him some months to buy one, he was excited.

    Bobby bought a new red hat because his favorite baseball team wore  5  hats. When he put on his new hat, he felt he was a part of the team. When Bobby's father saw the new hat, he was kind of6. He didn't think his son could save so much money.

    One day Bobby's father got two7tickets, so he planned to take his son to watch a baseball game. Bobby was very happy to wear his new red hat to the8. He was very excited to watch his favorite team. He thought he was one of them, 9 all the team wore the same red hats.

    His team won the game, and Bobby was very happy. The new hat was good and it10 his favorite team good luck. And it was really good to spend time with Dad.

    At a gas station, I noticed a woman sitting alone at a picnic table. Though it was1, she was dressed in a winter jacket.

    When I got home, I quickly filled a bag with some2, drinks, a new T-shirt and some new socks. Several minutes later, I returned with the bag. The woman was still sitting there. I asked if I could3 near her. She agreed. I offered her the bag and she accepted it. She then asked me to share a snack from the bag with her as she had4 nothing that that day. Then the woman began to share her sad story.

    She once had a happy family, but a(n)5changed everything five years ago. She was6 and lost her family in that crash（撞车）. She wore this jacket7 it was the last thing she bought with her children. She 8 them and often came here because her children loved this picnic table.

    For an hour, I sat there with her. We shared 9 and tears. I listened to her and comforted her. She also helped me10 that in the blink（眨眼）of an eye, everything might change.

    For Pineda, it was a long way to succeed.

    His story began in El Salvador; where he was born with something wrong with his mouth. He had great 1 in speaking. At age 2, his family's house burned down. Pineda was hurt  2, and his legs needed to be cut. His mother died when he was 8, and he3years on the streets before he was taken in by an orphanage(孤儿院).

    Finally, at the orphanage, Pineda began to receive support and encouragement. He taught himself to play the guitar. He began his4with other musicians. Then the group went to Chicago, where Pineda, then 18, 5the attention of many people, who wondered what they could do to help him.

    A hospital offered him free medical care. A rich man agreed to6for Pineda's tickets to and from El Salvador.

    When he was in the hospital, Pineda began7music, and wondered if he might be able to record his own album(音乐专辑).Soon with the help of a musician, "The Sound of Gratitude(感激)" was born. On October 15^th, Pineda went to a Chicago club to8his new songs to strangers, and to the friends who had helped him come so far,

    It was 9that Pineda had come into such a good luck, after having so many years of hardship(艰难). "We have a 10 in El Salvador, 'Suffer(受难）first, then enjoy.' I guess that's what's happening. " he said.

    Bill is my classmate. He enjoys his school life very much. Every day he gets up at about 6:20 am. He has breakfast at 6:50 am and goes to school at 7:20 am by bike. The classes begin at 8:00 am. He loves Monday very much, because there is a 1 class on Monday morning. He likes listening to music and dancing. There are two English lessons every day from Monday to Friday. He has many friends in his class. He often plays basketball with 2 after school. And after that, he goes home at about 5:00 pm. When he gets home, he usually does his homework first. And then, dinner is often ready at about 7:00 pm. He likes 3 dinner with his parents because he enjoys talking about his school life with them. His parents share his happiness and help him solve his problems at school. After dinner, he sometimes helps his mother do the dishes and some other 4. Then it's his reading time. Every day he spends about an hour reading books, from which he gets knowledge that he doesn't usually get from school. At about 9:30 pm, after he finishes everything and gets ready for the next day, he goes to bed.

    Jack King

    I work in a TV station from Monday to Friday. My house is near a beautiful park and is about thirty kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train. I usually get up at 6:30 a. m. and take the train at 7:00 a. m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. The train is quick and cheap. I am never late for work.

    Peter Green

    I am a student, My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.

    Molly Smith

    I'm a waitress I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus, It is about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me twenty five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.