Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used a lot in everyday life. Maybe we won't have to go shopping because we will be able to buy most things on the Internet.There will be fewer books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games and see films. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.

    Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating(交流). Others do not think that computers will replace（代替）our old ways.

    Let's take books for example. Some people think that one day we won't read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books by using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time. We won't need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized books（电子图书）will be used more and more.

    Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is pleasant to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also impossible that many people will want to read large texts on our computers. Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.

    Han Hong is a singing star. She is famous all over China. She is a little bit short and she is a little bit heavy, and she has short curly hair.

    Liu Xiang is a great Chinese runner. He is tall. He has short black hair. In 2004 Olympic Games, he made history. He is called fly man.

    Luo Jing is tall and thin. He is of medium build. His hair is short and black. He has big eyes. He is a host of CCTV News. He works very hard. But he died on 5th June, 2009 in Beijing.

    Lu Xun is a well-known writer. He has black straight hair and he has black beard. He was born(出生)in Zhejiang in 1881. He died in Shanghai on October 19th, 1936.

    Michael Jackson is a famous singer in the USA. He is of medium build. His hair is curly. He is of medium height. He is famous for his dance. It looks like walking in the space(太空).

    Mickey Mouse and his good friends Donald Duck and Goofy are big fans of kung fu. They come to the Shaolin Temple in China to learn kung fu.

    Bat King is a bad guy. He has super kung fu skills. But he always makes trouble for Shaolin Temple. In Shaolin Temple, the master (师父) is very strict. The training is very hard. Donald can't put up with (忍受) it. He leaves the temple secretly. Goofy always does things in the wrong way.

    At the same time, Bat King has a plan. He wants to beat the people of Shaolin Temple. Mickey and his friends decide to save the temple. They study kung fu hard. They also have lots of adventures. In these adventures, they make much progress in kung fu.

    What adventures do they have? How will they be safe? Will they beat the Bat King and save Shaolin Temple? Find out in the storybook Kung Fu Mickey Mouse (《功夫米老鼠》).

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So where do you like to live, in big cities or in the countryside?

One day，a student asked his teacher，"What is greed（贪婪）1 ，but asked the student to walk through the chocolate2 next to their school and pick out（选出）the3 chocolate bar he could find. But there was a rule：as he passed through the factory，he could not turn back. 

The student went to the chocolate factory. 4 he walked，he saw a large chocolate bar. He liked it but thought he might be able to find an even bigger one if he kept going. He kept walking and saw5 chocolate bar. This one was a little bigger. But again，he thought he could find an even bigger one if he kept going. As he neared the end of the factory，he saw fewer chocolate bars6 of them were as large as the earlier ones. He started to7 his decision to keep going. Finally，he gave up. He went back to his teacher empty—handed and8 what had happened. The teacher told him，"You liked the9 chocolate bar，but you kept looking for a bigger one. And later，you realized that you had given up the best chocolate bar because you thought you could do better. That is called10 . "

Sometimes，we let go of（舍弃）good things in our life because we think we can find something even better. We should learn to make our choices wisely. 

A man was walking in the countryside. When he saw some elephants, he stopped. He wondered how the trainer(训练员) could hold these 1 animals only by a small rope(绳子). The elephants could 2 the rope anytime they wanted, but they did not.

He 3 the trainer why the animals didn't try to run away. The trainer said," When they were very 4 and smaller, we used the same rope to 5 them from running away. At that age, it can keep the elephants staying in the same place. When they grow 6 , they slowly believe that they can't break the rope, so they7 try to run away again."

The man was 8 . These animals could break the rope anytime they wanted,9 because they thought they couldn't , they just stayed quietly.

How many of us are like these elephants— thinking we can't do 10 just because we met failures(失败) once before?

Failure is a part of 11 . If we failed once, it doesn't 12 we can never be successful(成功的). We should never 13 trying when we meet failures in life. We should always tell14 : just like the elephants can break free if they 15 , we can also reach our goals one day.