Dad's Advice

    When I finished my school education, I began to find a job. I was very happy because it was time to make my dream come true.

    One evening, my father talked to me about what kind of 1I should look for. He wanted me to work for a big company and asked me to take his advice. But I really hoped to be a teacher. It was my dream. I didn't accept his 2. We shouted and didn't talk to each other. Even worse, I found it more and more difficult for us to say sorry as time went by.

A week later, I decided to break the 3 and make the first move. So I dialed (拨打) my father's number and began talking in a low voice, "Dad...I am 4. I shouldn't argue with you that day!"

There was a silence at the other end. After a while, he 5 in a low voice. "Well, that's all right, honey."

I was surprised, and raised my voice a little, "Dad, I understand why you don't want me to be a teacher, but to be a teacher is my dream job. I hope you can also 6 me."

From the other end of the line comes my father's answer, "Sorry, honey. I shouldn't force you to accept my idea. You have your own dream, I should 7 you."

    On hearing this, I was so 8 that my eyes were full of tears (眼泪). I realized that this special moment had taken our father-and-son relationship to a new level.

    A few weeks later, my mother told me that my father had been ill for half a year. He would get an operation (手术). The operation was successful. My father was saved and 9 escaped (逃离，逃脱) death.

    Many times I feel lucky that I 10 the first step to say sorry to my father. I can't imagine how I can live the rest of my life if my father didn't have a successful operation.

    Xian Xinghai was a very famous musician in China. He wrote one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20^th century. In his short life he wrote 1 300 songs and an opera.

    Xian was born in Panyu, Guangdong, China in 1905. Because his father died before he was born, Xian moved from place to place with 2 mother. He began learning to play 3 violin when he was 20 years old. At the beginning, his violin was 4 cheap and badly made that he 5 not play it well. His friends laughed at him. Xian did not stop 6 and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he was one of the first 7 students who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he 8. Xian became the school's best student 9 won several prizes for his talents.

    In 1935, he returned to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan'an 10 music at a college. Although there were no pianos in Yan'an at that time, Xian still wrote some of his most important music there, including The Yellow River Cantata, his most famous work. At last, he died on October 30, 1945, aged only 40. Xian's music, however, lives on in the people's hearts.

    As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 1 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 2 He was an actor. Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 3 18 his books were so good. He gave the public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine in parts. People always wanted. 4 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them were popular. There were films and plays of them 5, Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations became a wonderful 6 Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him to work in a factory when he was 12. He 7 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 8 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 9 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 10 it ended.

A man made his living by collecting coconuts in the countryside.One day，he went to a small village that he had never been before.

Towards the end of the day，his wagon was filled with coconuts.He decided to head home，because it was getting late.He wished to know how long it would take to get back to his village.

He saw an old man along the roadside and stopped to ask for directions.

"Excuse me，" he said， "Could you please tell me how long will it take to get to Carson from this village？When will I get to my home？"

The old man showed him the right direction and said， "If you go slowly，it will take only a short while for you to get home.But if you go quickly

The man could not understand the answer.He didn't believe the old man's suggestion was friendly.He gave the man an angry look and hit his horse to make it hurry.The horse began to run quickly.But soon，coconuts began to fall from the wagon.Each time，the man got off to collect the fallen coconuts and put them back into his wagon.

The faster he went，the more coconuts fell from his wagon，and the more time he had to take to pick them up.So he went home very late at last.However，△ ，and the man would have arrived home much earlier.

And so，as the old man said ，go slowly and it will take only a short while.

Once there were two little ducks, Quick and Quack. They didn't feel lonely, because they were good brothers and they often ate and played together.

One day, they hung out everywhere happily as usual. Soon they came to a big river. To show who swam faster, they decided to have a race. The two ducks swam quickly down to the river. Both of them knew the way very well. But Quack wanted to try a much quicker way. He knew that currents (水流) in the middle of the river were faster and they would help him.

However, their parents had told them never to swim in the middle of a river. Quack thought about it for a moment, but he finally decided to try it. "I'm old enough now to swim there," he thought.

It didn't take Quack much time to be the faster one. Suddenly, Quack was caught by a big whirlpool (漩涡). He wasn't strong enough to get away from it. Luckily, a cow passed by and saved him.

After that, Quack realized he should have followed his parents' advice.

I live in a large neighborhood. I have lived here since I was born. I have a lot of friends here. Mr. Wang is one of them. He is seventy years old. I enjoy visiting Mr. Wang because he tells me exciting stories about Hong Kong in the past. He also shows me old photos. Yesterday, I visited Mr. Wang after school. I asked him how long he had lived here. This is what he told me:

"I have lived in the neighborhood since 1993. Before I moved here, I lived in a small village called Pak Mong on Lantau Island. There were many people living in the village when I was young. These years, there are only a few families left. Most families moved to the city for work. I left the village in 1993, when my son moved to this neighborhood.

Pak Mong is an old village. There are watchtowers (瞭望塔) around the village. In the old days, soldiers used to stand in the watchtowers and keep guard (站岗) . Here is a photo of my school. I went to that school a very long time ago. The school has been closed since 1985.

I enjoy going to the People's Park, because it makes me think of my hometown. I go to that park twice a week. Would you and your family members like to go there with me next weekend?"