From the Other Side

Lara and Tara are twins. They look like each other, but they are very different in everything else. For example, hot food is Lara's favorite, and Tara has a sweet choice.

However, this isn't the problem with the twin girls. They always argues that the opposite one was wrong. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, while Tara thought mornings were fresh and it was difficult to stay up till midnight.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} To put an end to their fights, their parents decided to create a small drama. They wanted the girls to understand that they were both correct from their own point of view. Their parents covered the girl's eyes with black ribbons (带、条), and brought them to the dining room. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Lara was asked to stand on one side of the board and Tara on the other. They couldn't see the other side of it. When the ribbons were taken away, they were surprised to see a huge board between them.

Now, their father asked Lara, "What's the color of the board?" She replied, "It's black!" {#blank#}4{#/blank#} She replied, "It's white!" The two girls began to argue again. While Lara was confident it was black, Tara was sure it was white. Then, they were asked to exchange (交换) their places. They couldn't believe their eyes. Tara, who insisted (坚持) it was a white board, saw a black one. Similarly, Lara, who argued the board was black, was surprised to see a white one. They understood that each of them was right in her own view. Most of us are like Lara and Tara. We are right most times, but insist that others are wrong!

There was a rich man who had many banana trees in a village. After a good harvest (丰收), he decided to give some bananas to the nearest temple (寺庙) as an offering to God (神). He asked one servant (仆人) to take the bananas to the temple.

The servant got very hungry and ate two bananas on the way. When he reached the temple, he gave the remaining bananas to the temple. That night, the rich man had a strange dream. In his dream, God visited him and said, "The two bananas you gave me were very good." The rich man woke up suddenly and was surprised by his dream.

The next morning, he asked the servant whether all the bananas had reached the temple or not. The servant told him he had eaten two bananas. The rich man was disappointed but wasn't angry. Instead, he realized that helping the poor was the only way to reach God.

From that day on, the rich man started helping people in need in the village. He gave away food, clothes and money to the poor, and he even built a school for the children. His kind actions inspired others to do the same. Great changes took place in the whole village soon. Everyone was happy, and there were no more poor people. They learned that the true way to happiness was through kindness.

Jose Naranja likes traveling very much He also likes to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} diaries about his trips in notebooks However, there are some {#blank#}2{#/blank#}between Naranja's notebooks and other people's Naranja not only {#blank#}3{#/blank#} words He also draws a lot of pictures in them There are many photos too Naranja took them {#blank#}4{#/blank#}different places all over the world.

Naranja {#blank#}5{#/blank#}making such notebooks about eighteen years ago Soon he found it was a(n) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}thingand he couldn't stop doing it Now, he has twelve such{#blank#}7{#/blank#} They are so interesting that people never feel bored{#blank#}8{#/blank#} they read them 

To many people's surprise, Naranja didn't take any painting lessons." I learned how to draw all by myself I was just an engineer(工程师) before deciding to spend {#blank#}9{#/blank#}life on travel and art,"Naranja said.

From Naranja's story, we can learn that we shouldn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#}afra id to try something new. It's never too late to start it.

My family went on a trip last Saturday.We didn't spend much money but we really1 a good time.In the morning，my father drove his car2 us to a science center in our city.We didn't spend any money on the tickets because they are free.

There3 a children's area in the science center.My brother and I watched different kinds of animals and did4 .We spent a lot of time5 together in the science center.Then we went to a park near the science center.My parents put up the tent first，and then we had a picnic6 .After7 picnic，my father started to read newspapers and my mother played games with us.8 we got back in the afternoon，I turned on the computer and uploaded（上传）all the photos we took that day.My mother even9 some words for10 trip.She hoped those photos and words could help us remember the happy time.

Jenny is a little girl.She always puts her 1 down because she thinks she is not beautiful （美丽的）.One day she goes to a shop to 2 a red bow （蝴蝶结）.The shopkeeper keeps 3 that she looks very beautiful with it.Jenny is very 4 ，so she heads up and smiles.

It's time for the first class.Jenny meets her teacher when she goes into the5 ， "Jenny，you look really beautiful today，" says the 6 .A lot of classmates say that，too.

That day Jenny hears a lot of things like that 7 many people. "They must see my 8 bow，" Jenny thinks.But at the end of the 9 when she gets home and looks in the mirror （镜子），she can't find her bow on her head.She must （肯定）10 it on her way back to school when she runs into someone else.

Let's be confident （自信的）.Don't care so much about your looks.When you put your heads up，you can be beautiful.

Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in the town of Bunol in the Valencia region in Spain on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place(发生) at the end of long celebration. You're encouraged to throw tomatoes in the fight. There're many stories about how the festival began. One of the stories goes that during the 1940s, some friends started a tomato fight, while another story is about a local band. Anyway, everyone in Bunol seems to have a different story. 

Before the tomato fight, there are parades(游行), musical bands, street parties and so on. On the day of the fight, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors in order to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks(卡车) full of tomatoes arrive. From the back of the large trucks, a great town band start to throw tomatoes at others. Then the crowds fight back. throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice. 

Everyone is supposed to obey a small number of rules. You must squash(压烂) the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes. 

It is usually over in less than half an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clean up. Sounds like fun!