Tom and Jerry

    Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse are two of the most popular cartoon characters in the world. In the short cartoons, Tom is always trying to catch Jerry, but he never has any success. Almost every cartoon ends with Tom in trouble and Jerry laughing at him. The stories are full of fun and have a long history.

    William Hanna and Joseph Barbera both worked for MGM in the late 1930s. Their boss told them to make funny cartoons. Together they thought of the idea of a cat and a mouse. They thought it would be funny if the mouse was clever and always got the cat into trouble.

    The first Tom and Jerry cartoon was shown in cinemas in 1940. It was a great success. Over the next 17 years, they made many Tom and Jerry cartoons. Most of them are around seven minutes long.

    In total, Hanna and Barbera made 114 Tom and Jerry cartoons. The cartoons were so good that they won a number of awards. The famous cat and mouse remain popular today, as the cartoons are still shown on television around the world.

David was a truck driver. Recently he was thought to be a great man.

Last Monday, he was driving along the road with his son and his friend. Suddenly he saw a car hit another truck (卡车) and catch fire. The accident was just in front of his truck. Without thinking, he stopped his truck, found a fire extinguish er (灭火器) and ran towards the broken car. But other car drivers still sat in their cars. David began to fight the fire. His action encouraged his friend. He also came and gave David a hand. Later, David's son and four other men came to help. Another five men pulled the car driver and her granddaughter, a three-year-old girl, out of the car successfully. They were all safe except that the driver's leg was hurt.

When people talked about David's brave action, David said, " I didn't think too much then. I just did what other people would do in that situation. When I first got out of the truck,I wished they wouldn't be dead. When I saw they were alive, it was really great!"

As a child，I was a quite active boy. I was running around and getting hurt almost every day. My mom was worried. A neighbor advised me to learn to fish. I liked the idea，but my mom said no. A few years ago，I was kept away from any body of water!

At last，my mom wanted me to read books. Every day，she made me sit on a chair and read for an hour. As a boy，my uncle，a teacher，just put it down and pick another one，" he said. 

I started off with The Enormous Crocodile（《巨大的鳄鱼》）. After twenty pages. I was lying on the floor and laughing. This crocodile wants to eat children for a change，so he makes himself lock like a seesaw（跷跷板），I read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Both stories were exciting and easy to understand. 

As time went on，I started reading longer and more serious books. I was in the middle of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when my mom said I should spend more time playing outside. But the book was too interesting to put down. To this day，I make time to read every day. 

If you haven't yet experienced the fun of reading，take my uncle's advice and find the "Right" books. They'll give you enjoyment，teach you something new, and even change your life.

One sunny morning，a crow （乌鸦） flies to a wood （树林）.There，he sees a peacock （孔雀） sitting1 a tree.

"Hello，Peacock! It's nice to meet you，" the crow. says. "Can we be2 ? "

The peacock sees the crow and says， "3 ，my friends are all beautiful birds like me. We have nice feathers（羽毛） of different colors. But look at4 !The feathers are all black."

"My feathers may not be beautiful. But they5 me to fly far away，" the crow says.

"I can fly too，" the peacock says and then flies to the tree.

"Well，you are6 .But think about one thing﹣in7 ，what can you do with your beautiful feathers? Can you stay outside all the time when the8 is cold? What about me? My black feathers keep me9 .So I can10 fly around all winter. For me，friendship （友谊） isn't about what we look like，" the crow says and then flies away.