A man had a little dog, and he liked it a lot. He would pat (拍) its head, put it on his knee and talk to it. Then he would give it some food from his own plate.

    A donkey (驴子) looked in through the window and saw the man and the dog.

    " Why doesn't he choose me as his pet?" said the donkey. "It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only shakes its tail, barks and jumps onto the master's (主人) knee. It is not fair. "

    Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, the master may choose me as

his pet. "

    So the donkey ran into the room. He brayed (嘶叫) at the top of his voice. He shook his tail so hard that he knocked over a jar on the table. Then he tried to jump onto the master's knee.

    The master thought the donkey was maniacal , and he shouted, "Help ! Help ! "

    Some men came running in with sticks in their hands and they beat the donkey until he ran out of the house.

"I only did what the dog did, " said the donkey, "and yet they still regard the dog as their pet and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair. "

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A Meaningful Gift

    Emily was an eight grader. To pass her Civics course（公民课程）,she had to do some volunteer service in a nursing home for a week.

    One Monday, Emily went to the nursing home after school. When she arrived, she was told she would1an hour every weekday with an elderly lady, Mrs. Blair. She was then led into a room, where an old lady in a flowery dress was sitting on a sofa.

    Emily2awkwardly（别扭地） in front of the lady. She cleared her throat and said,“Good afternoon. I'm Emily.”

    “Good afternoon, Emily. Take a seat,please,”Mrs. Blair replied.

    Then,3filled the space between them. Emily wondered what to say.

    “Tell me about yourself,Emily,”Mrs. Blair said suddenly.

    “Well,” Emily started, “I don't have any grandparents, so I can't relate to elderly people much. I love the performing arts. I'm here mainly because I have to 4here to get a good grade for my Civics class.”Mrs. Blair didn't seem to5.Many people, especially teens, don't seem to care about old people like me. Now you're here, and I'm going to change that about you. Ask me anything.”

    Emily thought for a moment, and finally decided, “What was your job?”

    “I was a Broadway star in the 1950s,”Mrs. Blair answered.

    “Cool! Can you tell me about it?” Emily asked, amazed.

    Mrs. Blair smiled. “Back then, only the lead actress had the honor to wear a 6bracelet. I was the lead in almost all of the plays, so I always wore the bracelet. Till this day, I still have it.”

    Emily smiled along with Mrs. Blair and listened to the other stories, attentively. She had become so interested in Mrs. Blair's7that she decided to come earlier the next day.

    Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed by quickly. Then came Friday. As she was leaving, Emily was really8to say goodbye.

    “Don't be sad. You can still visit me,” Mrs. Blair comforted her. She then handed a small box to Emily, “It's my gift to you.”

    Emily9opened the box and was surprised to see what was inside. “It's the bracelet that you wore. Thank you!” Emily said, with tears in her eyes. “I'm sure to visit you whenever I'm free.”

    On her way home, Emily thought of her own love for the performing arts. She touched the bracelet and made a10that she would keep her word to Mrs. Blair.

    One day a young man Gary asked his father why he wasn't able to reach all of his goals. With a smile，his father listened1Gary's story and told him，"Come to help me boil a kettle（水壶）of water!"

    Gary saw a big kettle2 next to small stove（火炉）. He3the kettle with water and started with a fire. the kettle was too4when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out to get5wood.

    When he returned, the water had6turned cold." How can I boil the water? "He asked himself. Then he learned his7 and prepared more wood in advance. Then the water boiled quickly.

    "If there is not enough wood, 8 would you boil the water?" his father asked. Gary thought for a moment but shook his head.

    "Well, then just pour out some water!" his father said. Gary9thoughtfully.

    "At first, you set too many goals," said his father. "It's just like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood，10 you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil，then you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!"

We were tired from all the work. We took turns to sleep.1  of us had to be awake (醒着) all the time. There was so much work to do.

Finally, we reached the space station. There, we would do more work, 2 we would have less pressure (压力). We had so much to do every day in our spaceship. Now there would be more people to help us. We would be able to 3 the work.

When we moved 4 the space station, I felt great. There was so much more space. We would have real 5  to sleep on. We would have better food. They had a 6  in the space station. They grew vegetables.

The six astronauts in the space station were 7  to see us. They said, "We have been8  you."We were also glad to see them. We heard that one of them was sick(生病的). We went to visit her together."9  are you feeling now?"we asked her. She said she was 10 . We also felt less worried.

The first night in the space station was great. We had a good dinner. Then we were going to 11 . I had been working for hours. But one of the astronauts said, "We need to give you a 12  . Each person has to take turns to stay awake. Here is the schedule(日程安排)."I saw I was the 13  . I would have to stay awake tonight. 14  I was really tired. But I knew it was my job so I 15 .

I became an astronaut so that I could travel in space. Now I'm here. It is hard work, but it's exciting.

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Last Friday, a club festival was held in our school

I was on a train in Switzerland. The train came to a stop and a man said something, but I didn't know the language. Everyone started to get out of the train. An old woman saw me still sitting there. She could speak a little English and told me what the man said. She asked me where I was going. Then she talked with some other people, then came back, and told me that we had to take other trains to get there.

I was really lucky to meet the old woman. because I knew I couldn't take the right train by myself. Then we went from one train station to the next. The old woman was really kind. When we got to the last station, we left and said goodbye. Luckily, I got on my train to Rome in time. The old woman told me she also had to catch another train. I found that she needed to spend two hours going back home.

I was moved(感动) that day. An old woman spent so much time on trains just to help out a stranger.