Matt jumped into bed.His father sat down beside him.

"What kind of daydid you have?" he asked.

"It was a bad dayfor me," Matt answered. "I had a fight with Ned. The teacher sent anote home about me. And Mom talked about it with me."

"Yes, part of theday was bad," Mr. Gold said. "But there were good parts, too. Nowit's time to go to sleep. So, tell me about the best thing today."

Matt smiled."After school I went fishing," he said. "No one wanted to gowith me. So I had to go alone. I didn't think I would have any fun. But I did!I caught a fish!"

"I'm glad you hada good time," Mr. Gold said. "Think about it until(直到)you go to sleep. Happy dreams!"

"Good night,Dad," Matt said.

His father kissed(亲吻)him good night.

Every night, Mr. Goldand Matt have a little talk like this.

Every night, Mattanswers the same question. "What was the best thing that happened to you today?"

Every night Matt goesto sleep thinking about the best thing. He has many happy dreams!

Sometimes he has tothink hard to find the best thing. Sometimes it is a very small thing. But he alwaysfinds one good thing to think about.

Matt's father taughthis son a good way to end his day. You may want to try it. If you do, why not beginthis every night?

It was raining heavily as I was walking up the hill towards the station at six o'clock on a Saturday morning. At this early hour there wasn't much traffic and there weren't many people. Just as I was crossing the road near the top of the hill, a car came around the corner. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it hit a lamp post and turned over.

    I ran to the car to help the driver at once. He was badly hurt and there was a lot of blood on his face. A young woman hurried into the station and phoned for an ambulance, while I took care of the driver. Many people came to see what happened. A policeman arrived a few minutes later and asked me a lot of questions about the accident. After a while the ambulance arrived and the driver was sent to the hospital.

    On Monday morning I went to the hospital to see the man. The doctor told me that he was much better, and he would leave the hospital after a few day's rest.

Last summer, President Xi Jinping came to Cuiyun Corridor（翠云廊 ） and personally experienced the unique beauty of the ancient cypresses （柏 树 ）, most of which are more than one thousand years old. Cuiyun corridor is a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(history) path in Jiange County{#blank#}2{#/blank#}is also famous for Jianmen Pass（剑门关 ）. It was built in the Qin and Han dynasties. People planted more trees along the road and repaired it in the following dynasties. This effort is now {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(know) as Cuiyun corridor. 

One of the most impressive historical{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(story）connected with Cuiyun Corridor is the Emperor Liu Bei and his brother Guan Yu from the Three Kingdoms period. It is {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(say) that during their journey to Western Shu, they met enemies while {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cross)

Cuiyun Corridor. However, they managed{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(escape)with their intelligence . According to the legend, during their escape, Liu Bei and Guan Yu used the dense（茂密的） cypress forest on both sides of Cuiyun Corrior to cover their positions from the chasers（追兵）. 

However, many trees are {#blank#}8{#/blank#}danger now because of some reasons. We are sorry to see the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(die) of some trees. President Xi encouraged us {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(take) active actions now to protect our old trees and create a more beautiful living environment. 

Last year in early summer, I was walking up the hill to my house when I saw two birds, each about 60 centimeters tall, standing on the path. They didn't seem to 1 me until I was right in front of them and then they at once moved 2 into the bushes.

I was quite excited by the idea of two birds making a nest (巢) in my front yard, although I didn't really expect it 3 wild birds don't usually nest so close.

A few weeks later, the birds 4 again. I found them crouching (蜷缩) beside a tree off to the side of the path. As I moved nearer to them, I imagined that they would 5 like they did last time. But 6 they stuck out their heads and made a threatening (威胁的) croaking (呱呱叫) sound. It seemed to warn me not to go any 7 .

I didn't know 8 they were croaking at me until a short time later I made an amazing discovery — they had 9 small baby birds. 

As I moved quietly towards the birds, 10 not to make any sudden movements, they started their croaking again. They straightened their necks forward so they seemed 11 and more threatening. The mother carefully crouched down over the two chicks, and 12 them well in her feathers. 

I was watching them with 13 when I suddenly tripped and fell to the ground. The birds took this as a threat and the father raced towards me, 14 his wings to protect the mother and the chicks while making himself appear larger. 

I was 15 to have surprised them and left quickly. I was amazed by their fearless actions. Their parental natural ability kicked in and made them so brave. It is hard not to respect nature. 

I never thought about being a collector.  But a few years ago all my friends had the hobby of 1 something.  Some of them collected stones.  Some collected dolls.  Others collected postcards.  I thought I should collect something too.  I wanted to collect something 2 because I didn't want to follow others.  3 , I decided to collect glasses from different places.  When I went to a new place, I 4 one there.  I thought this would make me think of all the places I visited. 

Soon all my friends heard of my hobby and 5 buying me glasses from all the places they visited.  Therefore, my 6 grew bigger and bigger.  I didn't have enough 7 for them.  It was 8 as I didn't even want glasses from places I had not visited.  Finally I 9 them all to my friend Jenny.  She was just starting a 10 collection. 

From my story, I want to tell you something: Do not collect things that you don't want.