Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."

    The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.

    After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

    Many years ago, there was an old man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge(判断) things too quickly. So he told them to go and look at a pear tree. It was far away from his home.  The first, son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in autumn.

    When the sons came back, the old man asked them to say what they had seen.

    The first son complained the tree was ugly. The second son said the tree was covered with buds and full of hope. The third son said the tree was full of green leaves. The youngest son said that the tree, bent down with heavy fruits.

    The old man explained that all of his sons were right, but each of them had seen just one season of the tree, He told them that they couldn't judge a tree or a person by only one season. "If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, and the harvest of your autumn." said the old man.

    It is true that we shouldn't let the hard season break the happiness of other seasons. Never give up during the difficult days and better times are sure to come some day.

    Do you know the little boy in the picture? Oh, his family name is Zou. His first name is Mingxuan. You can call him Xuanxuan. He is in Hong Kong with his family now.

    His father's name is Zou Shiming. He is a boxer (拳击运动员). Xuanxuan's mother is Ran Yingying. She is a host (主持人) of CCTV. Xuanxuan has a brother, and his name is Zou Minghao. Xuanxuan was born in 2011. Minghao was born in 2013.

    In 2015, Xuanxuan and his father took part in Where are we going, Dad? in Hunan TV. Many people in China like Xuanxuan very much.

    An eighty-year-old couple were having trouble with their memories. One day, they decided to see a doctor. The doctor told them that there was nothing serious, but he suggested that they should start writing things down to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.

    Later that night while watching TV, the old man got up from his chair and his wife asked, "Where are you going?" "To the kitchen." "Will you get me an ice cream?" asked the wife. "Sure." Then his wife asked him to write it down. "No, I can remember that," replied the husband. "Well, I also want some strawberries and cream on top. You'd better write it down, or you will forget that," said the wife. "No, I can remember that," the husband got a little unhappy and went into the kitchen.

    After about 20 minutes, the husband returned with a plate of fish. The wife laughed, "Haha! Your bad memory! I wanted some bread with cream."

    Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office (办公室). One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, "I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?"

    Mr. Brown says, "Thank you very much. I'd love to, but let me ask my wife first." So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back and looks very worried.

    "What's the matter?" asks Mr. Jones. "Is you wife there at home?"

    "No," answers Mr. Brown." She isn't there." My small son answers the telephone. I say to him, "Is your mother there, David?" and he answers "No, she isn't in the house." "Where is she?" I ask , "She is somewhere outside(在外面). ""What's she doing? ""She is looking for me."

James Dyson is a famous British inventor. One of his well - known inventions is the bagless vacuum cleaner（真空吸尘器）. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (invent ) in 1978. Today, Dyson still remembers that day. " I felt very {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( excite ) at that time because I was the only man in the world with a bagless vacuum cleaner, " he said. 

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Then he set up a company with his partners to make and sell another invention, the Bllbarrow, a kind of vehicle. But later, Dyson left his company {#blank#}7{#/blank#}he didn't agree with his partners. After that, Dyson began to improve on the vacuum cleaner. In 1985, Dyson took his invention to Japan to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}( sell ) it. However, few people paid money for this. And he didn't mike much money. Several years later, Dyson decided to produce and sell the machine by {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( he ). By 2005, Dyson controlled both the European and American markets. Along the way, Dyson discovered the secret to success, "People{#blank#}10{#/blank#}( buy ) your products if they're better. "