Every boy wants to find treasure．And Tom was no different.  One summer day Tom told Huck about his idea．

    "Where can we look for treasure？"asked Huck．

    "It's hidden on islands，under dead trees，but mostly under the floors in haunted（闹鬼的） houses．"

    So，one Saturday afternoon Tom and his friend went to look for treasure as the haunted house on Cardiff Hill．It was a quiet and lonely which made the boys feel very frightened．They entered quietly，and explored downstairs．Everything was old，broken and dirty．They threw their tools in a corner and walked upstairs，but there was nothing there．They were just about to go downstairs and start digging when Tom stopped．

    "What is it？"whispered Huck，going white with fright．

    "Keep quiet! There's someone downstairs．"

    The boys lay down，looking through the holes in the wooden floor．There were two men downstairs．One was an old Spaniard in a wide sombrero hat and the other was duty and unpleasant﹣looking．

    Tom and Hack shook with fear when they heard the Spaniard speak because they found it was Injun Joe He said，

    "It's time for us to move，partner．What will we do with the 650formtherobbery（抢劫）？""Let'skeep30each and leave the bag here．"

    The dirty man went to the fireplace and moved a stone．Then he lifted out a bag full of money and look out some coins．The two boys forgot all their fears when they saw there was real treasure downstairs．

    Then Indian Joe started digging a hole with his knife and the knife hit something．

    "What is it？"asked the other man．

    "It's a box，"said Indian Joe．And he put in his hand and pulled out a handful of gold coins．The other man found the boys'tools，and they soon pulled out the box．

    "Where's thousands of dollars in there，"Said Indian Joe．

    "The Murrell Gang used this area one summer，"said his partner．

    "They most have hidden their money here．"

    "What will we do with this，Joe？Will we bury（埋）it again？"

    "No，someone might find it，"said Indian Joe．"Let's bury it in the member two den（巢穴）．"

Tom and Huck got up as soon as the two men left．They decided to watch out for the"man in the sombrero"when he came to town and find out where the member two den was．

    There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labor.

    One day, he told his son, "Today, I want you to earn something. If you fail, you won't have your meal tonight."

    The boy didn't want to find a job, so he asked his mother for help. She gave him a gold coin. In the evening, when the father asked his son what he had earned, the son showed him the gold coin. The father then asked him to throw it into the well (水井). The son did as he was told.

    The father guessed that the gold was from the boy's mother. The next day, he sent his wife to her parents' home and asked his son to earn something. Since no one helped him, the son had to go to the market to look for a job. A shopkeeper told him that he would pay him a coin if he carried heavy tools for him. The son accepted. As he returned home and gave the coin to his father, he was asked to throw it into the well. The boy cried, "Dad! My body is aching. I'm tired. How are you asking me to throw my hard-carned coin into a well?"

    The businessman smiled. He told his son that one feels pain only when the fruits of labor are wasted. The son realized the value of hard work. He promised not to be lazy any more.

    The other day, I got into a car accident, which was clearly not my fault. The other driver was so busy on his phone that he went right through a red light and hit my car.

    A traffic policeman arrived and started taking statements. I explained that my speed was about 55 km/h. "So you were going about 50 km/h, my lady?" he asked. "No, I said I was going about 55 km,/h," I said. "Right, so you were driving at a speed of about 50 km/h?" he asked again.

    I was a little annoyed because I felt he wasn't listening to me carefully. So I shouted, "No! I was going about 55 km/h."

    "OK, if that's the way you want it," the officer simply replied. Because the city speed limit is 50 km/h, I only got paid from my insurance (保险) company for the damage to my car, but the other driver's insurance company couldn't pay me due to my speed. I didn't realize it at the time, but it turned out I was getting him wrong.

    He didn't mention the 5 km/h, but he certainly knew something about the rules of the insurance. Suddenly, I realized that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out.

 Zheng Qinwen, 21, won China's first Olympic gold medal in the tennis singles at the Paris Olympics on Aug 3rd. 

"Nothing can describe my feeling right now. It's unreal. I' ve always been hoping to get a medal for China. Finally, I made it. " Zheng said after she won. 

 From 2020 to 2024, Zheng's world ranking(排名) jumped from over 600 to No. 7. Years of competitions taught her to play with patience and control her energy in matches. Her performance has won her the title of"Queen Wen" among fans. 

"I love my fans for giving me this title, honestly, because it fits my character well. You need to show yourself as a queen of the court, because you need this energy, this power to show that you are the best. " Zheng told China Daily. 

Playing for China at the Olympics gave Zheng power. She made her way to success after getting through tiring matches that went on for three hours. 

"What I can be sure is that I'm going to fight until the last moment, because I'm not only playing for myself. I'm playing for my country. " Zheng told China Daily. 

 This great success is just the start of a new journey for Zheng. Just a few days after her Olympic victory, she took part in the Cincinnati Open but lost to a Russian player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ina third-round match. 

"I was proud to win the Olympic gold medal, but it's time to forget it and start over again. If I think too much about my past success, I won't play my next match well. " Zheng told CCTV. 

Tommy loved ice cream. It was his favorite dessert. His parents let him have a small dish each night after dinner, if he ate all of his vegetables. Tommy loved eating ice cream at home. He always tried a new kind of ice cream each time. When he turned eight, he had a checkup at the doctor's office. Dr. Katz said, "It's fine to have a little ice cream once in a while, but not every night."

That night at supper, Tommy ate all his vegetables. But there was no ice cream for dessert. Instead, Mom came up with a new rule.

"If we want to eat ice cream, we'll have to earn it by walking to the ice cream stand," she said. Tommy would like to give it a try, so they decided to take their walk on Saturday afternoon. According to the map, the ice cream stand was a mile away.

Saturday was a sunny day. The sun was so bright that he had to almost close his eyes. Tommy asked, "How much farther is it?" Mom checked the map on her phone and then said, "We're not even halfway yet. Do you want to turn around?" Tommy did want to turn around, but he also wanted ice cream. Walking was the only way to get it.

The sun beat down so strongly that even Mom was sweating （流汗）. Tommy's legs felt heavy. He wanted to sit down, but there were no chairs. He wanted to give up. He looked up to tell Mom he was ready to turn around. But when he did, he could see the purple flag at the top of the ice cream stand. They were almost there! Tommy started to walk faster. He could almost taste the cool, creamy ice cream already. It was a long walk, but it was certainly worth the effort.