Bruce and Bruno looked worried those days. Their father went to a town far away. Before leaving, he said he would write to them as soon {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he found a job there. But two months {#blank#}2{#/blank#}/pɑ:st/, they did not hear from him. Now they had nothing except the old house and they had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} /nəʊ/ money to buy any food. They thought for a long time. Then they decided to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (seller) the house and look for their father. So one day the two brothers said goodbye to their friends and started to go. They arrived {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the station and bought two tickets.

     They were{#blank#}6{#/blank#} /əˈfreid/that they would be hungry in the train, so they went to the market to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}something to eat. They saw bananas for the first time. The seller told them the bananas were delicious, so they {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(buy) five kilos and got on the train with them. After a while Bruce brought out a banana and bit(咬) a little. Just {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that moment the train went into a tunnel(隧道) and it was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} /dɑ:k/in the train. He was afraid and called out, “Have you taken a bite of your bananas, Bruno?”

   “Not yet.”

   “That's good.” Bruce said, crying, “I did and went blind!”

    Do you believe that a woman can have 384 babies? Saalumarada Thimmakka is such a great woman.

    Saalumarada Thimmakka is an Indian woman, who is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (著名的) for her work in planting and taking care of 384 banyan trees in the countryside. She is great not because she is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (已经) over 100 years old but because she has planted so many trees.

    When she was young, she never had a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (机会) to go to school. She could not read or write. At the age of 20, she married to a farmer. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (然而, 但是), they could not have children. One day, she came up with an idea of planting trees and looking after them just like raising her own children. She {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (希望) to live in peace with me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (大自然) and then started her lifetime's work.

    At the beginning, the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (形势，情况) is difficult. They had to carry water from a place far away to water the small trees they planted. And they had to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (保护) the small trees from bad weather and animals until they grew well. They worked day and night to grow as many trees as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (可能的).

    Unluckily, her husband died in l990, but Thimmakka continued her work. Thanks to her, the 384 banyan trees have grown into a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (森林). Now she is no longer alone, because the trees are just like her babies. 

—I'm living in an{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(公寓) with my parents.