It's very common to meet different people in public places.

    When I was  12 years old, I got a small job in a 1,On my first day at work, I didn't come home for lunch. When I came home at night, Mum asked, “How did you 2 your lunch, dear?" I answered, "I made some new friends in the supermarket, twin brothers, their mom and dad. They were my customers. They invited me 3 lunch."

    Mum was happy that I had made new friends but she wanted to know what kinds of 4they might be.

    Several days later, I asked my friends to come to the supermarket where l worked5let Mum meet them. Mum was very 6 to find out that the twin brothers were joined at the chest（胸部）.She felt very strange because I didn't tell her about that before.

    When Mum asked me about this, I said, "I know that too. But do you know that their mom has to make all clothes because it's 7 difficult to find anything to fit them? They're also good 8  .That day, Joe, the one on the right, made me noodles for lunch."

    When Mum saw the twins, she must have thought how strange they9But to me, what I cared about was that they had difficulty10clothes and they were good cooks.

    Wang Hui and Daming are good 1. Daming is 2 Beijing and Wang Hui 3from Shanghai. 4 are twelve years old. Daming is 5 Class Two. Wang Hui is in6, too. Their English teacher is Miss Li. 7 is a good teacher.

    Daming 8 football and Wang Hui likes basketball. Wang Hui can swim, but Daming 9. Look ! Daming is 10 football. Wang Hui is playing basketball .

A long time ago, there lived an old man. He raised the finest horses in all the land. His family was happy and he was rich in friends, too. 

One night, the man's prized horse, a big black horse, was lost. The old man was sad. Friends came to say how sorry they were. The old man said only, "Why wouldn't this be good luck?"

Months later, the villagers saw the black horse coming back, leading two white horses. The villagers were happy for the return of the old man's horse and the addition (增加) of two more. The old farmer thanked them for their happiness and said quietly for all to hear, "Could this be a disaster (灾祸)?"

The old man's only son loved horses, so it was natural for the old man to give his son the black horse. The old man began to teach his son to ride. Unluckily, the boy fell off the horse and broke his legs. No one knew if he could ever walk again. Everyone was sad, and came to tell the old man how sad they were. The old man just looked at them and said. "Why wouldn't this be a blessing (福气)?"

In a few weeks, the enemies invaded (侵略) the land. The king sent his soldiers to enlist (征募) one young man from each family to fight against the enemies. When they reached the old man's village, they took one son from each home. At the home of the old man, they found the disabled (残疾的) boy, and they did not take him. As a result, the son stayed away from the war and saved his life. 

Mrs Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She1 him very much and as he was not a2 child,she was always3 that he might be ill.4 she used to take him to see the best5 in the town four times a year to be looked over.  During one of these visits, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him," Have you had any6 with your nose or ears recently ?" Mick7 for a second and then answered . " Yes,I8 . " Mrs Ball was very9 . "But I'm sure you have never told me that, Mick !" She said worriedly. " Oh, really ?" said the doctor10 " And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy ?" "Well," answered Mick, "I always have trouble with them when I'm taking my sweater off, because the collar (衣领)is very tight（紧的）. "