There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a1road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.

Near the farm gate, there was a large 2 in the road. This hole was always full of water.

The drivers of the cars that passed by could not 3 how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow (浅的). Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive4because it was very deep.

The farmer did not spend much time5on his farm. He spent most of time watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor (拖拉机) and demanded a lot of6 for doing this.

One day, a driver of a car said to him: “You must make a lot of money by pulling cars out of this hole7.”

“Oh, no,” the farmer said. “I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.”

High school does not encouragestudents to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it.I myself went through this1process (过程) and found something that haschanged my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American SignLanguage.

I never felt it necessary tolearn any sign language before. All of my family members can hear, and so are allmy friends. The 2 language was enough. Little by little, I discoveredmy 3 for ASL.

The4began during my first week atcollege. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation ofa song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attractedme. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past.This new form of communication just made me want more.

After that, feeling the needto5 further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. Ionly learned how to express my feelings6 my hands about the letters that day. Although myprocess was7, I wasn't disappointed aboutit. I then tried my best to take part in those club's meetings and learned all Icould.

The following term, I decidedto be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't8. I soon realized that silencewas not unpleasant.9, if there had been any talking,it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the10 way of communication.

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Reading is very important in our life. 

Roy is a 12-year-old boy from California, US. He weighs 147 pounds (67kg). But six months ago, he weighed more than 202 pounds (91kg). How did he lose all that weight in only half a year?

"One day, I was surprised to find that I weighed about 200 pounds," Roy says. "I thought I had to do something. " Roy is from a boxing family — his father and two elder brothers are professional boxers. So he decided to start boxing. He began with easy exercise, like sit-ups and push-ups. Then Roy started jogging. "No kids like running," he says. "I don't want to do it, either, but I have no choice but to keep on. "

Months later, Roy joined a boxing club in his city. He is always the first kid at the club to begin exercising, and the last to leave with sweat on his face. Every day he boxes for about three hours. "Roy works very hard," says his  coach, Hector Lopez. "It's surprising to see him lose the pounds so quickly. I've never seen anything like this in my 20 years of coaching. "

Roy is very happy with his weight now. There is a family photo in his room from 18 months ago. "Each time I look at the photo, I laugh at myself. I was so big back then. " Roy says. "I look 100 times thinner and 1,000 times stronger now. "

In her house, Zhang Rong, a mother of a first-year primary school boy, spends hours every day reading many children's books one by one and 1 dividing them into groups. 

2 mother has noticed a great need for used children's books among parents. So, she started her own company3 secondhand books. 

" Children need to read a lot of books, but4 you buy them all it will add up to a large expense (费用). I hope more parents can afford picture books for5 children and the price won't be high, " Zhang said. "A new picture book can cost6 than 100 yuan, while a secondhand one is usually 20 percent of that price. "

She often looks online and in stores for used books to give to her son and his friends, but it is not easy to find high-quality books. She sometimes7 friends in the United States to help buy picture books for children. 

" When I studied in Philadelphia, secondhand bookstores8 everywhere. 

They are now appearing in some9 in China, and people are fond of secondhand books, " she said. 

More and more parents ask her for advice on choosing used picture books, so she knows about their needs. "English-language picture books are very popular10 parents in China because they can help children learn English, " Zhang said. 

There was a man who had four sons.  He hoped that his sons could learn not to judge (评判) things too 1 .  So he sent them to a very far place, asking them to go and look at a pear tree during different seasons. 

The eldest son went out in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the 2 in autumn.  When all of them returned home, the father called them together, and let them 3 what they saw. 

The first son said the tree was ugly and there was 4 there.  The second son said the tree was covered with 5 buds (芽) and was full of hope.  The third son didn't have the same idea 6 his two brothers, saying that it was filled with 7 .  He told them they smelt sweet and looked beautiful.  The last son didn't agree with all of them, saying that there was lots of fruit 8 the tree and the tree was full of life. 

The man told his four sons that they were all right, 9 each of them only saw the tree during one season.  He added, "You cannot judge a tree by one season or a person in one time.  If you give up during the coldness of winter, you will miss the hope of spring, the beauty of summer and the 10 of autumn in your life. "