John is 70 years old．He likes smoking (抽烟)．He smokes 10 cigars(雪茄烟)a(n)1 ．

    Today，he feels(觉得)bad，So he goes to see a2 ． The doctor looks at him and says."You don't 3medicine(药)．Go to a relaxing place and live there4a month，go to bed early,5a lot and just smoke one cigar a day,and then you will feel better．"

    Soon John goes to a small6and lives there．

    A month later,the doctor sees7and says，"I'm glad to see you．You look very 8"

     "Oh,Doctor,"says John．"I feel healthy now.I'm having a good time．I go to bed 9 ． I walk a lot．10smoking one cigar a day doesn't make feel good．"

    My friend Bill is fourteen years old. He really likes 1very much, In his bedroom there 2 many movie posters(海报) on the wall. His  3 actor is Jackie Chan. He likes Chinese action movies. He thinks they are 4. He also likes 5. He thinks they are scary, but they are6.  7interesting thing: He is American, but he likes 8. He often goes to see Beijing opera 9 his father on weekends. 10father likes it, too!   

    Cindy was just seven years old when she started going on walks. Since then, she has joined a sports club with her 1, Kevin.

    "We started walking around the countryside," 2 Cindy. "There are a lot of paths near our house, and now we go walking all year round, even 3 winter. My first 4 was 2 kilometers away. But we did it little by little over quite a long time. After I 5 the sports club, I became more and more energetic (精力充沛的). Walking has made me much 6. I think it would be a really good idea to 7 other kids of my age to walk because many kids are getting fat nowadays."

    Cindy's father, Kevin is really 8 of his daughter's opinion of walking. "I wish we could get more kids out walking. 9 now lots of children are busy with TV programs and computer games, so it's not 10 for them to go out. But I think I should try my best to help them."

    Once a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument.（One day. a magic man1the king a harp(竖琴).

    The king took it to the palace, but2he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many3people tried it. They agreed that the harp was4and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.

    A poor little girl5found the harp, and even though she didn't know how6it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect,7each time it sounded a little better.

    Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact8magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.

    The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing the harp, he was filled9joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private10, giving her and her family lots of money.

    Have you ever eaten a dandelion(蒲公英)? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, too.

    "Time to pick dandelions, Athena, "Mum opened the car door and I entered with a1. My hometown is in Greece(希腊), where dandelions are 2on the menu. But I didn't eat dandelions. Why did I have to 3them with my family every spring?

    Then I said goodbye to my new friend Brigid, whose family had 4moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was 5Brigid didn't ask where we were going. Nobody in America ate dandelions. I always worried that 6would notice us picking dandelions.

    We 7into a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. "8do we cat dandelions? "I asked. "The best food in the world. "Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. 9we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our 10Greek food.

    The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served 11different. Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions. "Wait! " I said to Brigid. But it was too 12. "You ate the dandelions! "I told her. We both 13, and she ate another bite. "  14, "she said.

Mum was smiling at us. After dinner. Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a 15: to be as open-minded as my family and my new friend.