It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot, so Mr Hunt was surprised(惊讶) when he saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong black umbrella ( 雨伞) in his hand.

    Mr Hunt said to him, "Do you think it is going to rain today？""No，" said the old man, "I don't think so."

    "Then are you carrying the umbrella to keep the sun off you？"

    "No, the sun is not very hot in spring."

    Mr Hunt looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, "I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong, so I really need a walking stick. But when I carry a walking stick, people will say 'Look at that poor old man. 'and I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say，'Look at that stupid(愚蠢的) man."

    An old man was fishing in the bank of a river. A girl came to see him fishing. The old man was really good at fishing and it didn't take long for him to catch a full basket of fish. The old man saw that the girl was very cute, and he wanted to give her a whole basket of fish. But the girl shook her head. The old man was surprised and asked "Why don't you want the fish?"

    The girl replied, "I want the fishing rod（竿）in your hands.”

    The old man asked, "Why do you want the rod?"

    "It doesn't take long to eat all the fish in a basket. But if I have the fishing rod, I can go fishing by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat."

    I think you will certainly say that the girl is very smart. Wrong! If she doesn't know how to fish, she can not have fish to eat, even though she has the fishing rod. It's useless to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the most important, not the fishing rod.

    Too many people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they will no longer fear the wind and rain. They are just like the girl, who thought that if she had a fishing rod, she would have fish to eat.

    Mr Smith is a teacher of English. He comes from America. He teaches English in China. He speaks Chinese quite well.

    He reads a lot of books and his wife often writes books for the students at home. Mr Smith gets up at five in the morning. He leaves home at ten to six. He begins the first lesson at 8:00. He teaches English every day except Saturday and Sunday. At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons. Ten minutes later he has lunch. In the afternoon, he often plays games with his students. Sometimes he teaches his students in his office. Supper time is at about six. After that, he reads newspapers and watches TV. At about ten to eleven he goes to bed.

Donna Brown, a 14- year- old girl, was very ill. She had a bad heart. "Donna must have a new heart. " Her doctor said, "or she will die soon. " Felipe Green, Donna's good friend, heard the news, he was very worried about (担心) Donna. He didn't want her to die. He decided to give his heart to her because he knew he was going to die. 

Then he talked to his mother about his idea. But his mother didn't pay much attention to him. "Felipe is just playing a joke (玩笑), " his mother thought. In fact, Felipe often had terrible headaches(头疼) and never told his mother about them. 

One morning, he woke up with great pain and he couldn't breathe (呼吸). The Greens hurried to send him to the hospital. The doctors had bad news for the Greens. "Felipe's brain is dead. " The Greens were very sad. But Felipe's mother remembered (记住) his words. She told the doctors to give Felipe's heart to Donna. The doctors did several tests (测试). They said they could give Felipe's heart to Donna. 

Everything was successful. Felipe's heart was beating (跳动) in Donna's chest (胸膛), but Donna didn't know it. The doctors and her parents didn't tell her until (直到) she was stronger. Donna was very thankful to the Greens. Every time the Greens saw Donna, they thought of Felipe. Donna has Felipe's heart in her. That gives them great peace.