The lion says that he is on his death bed. So he asks all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes.

    The cat comes to the lion's cave(洞穴). He stands there and goes in. Then a sheep goes in. Before she comes out, a rabbit goes in to hear the last wishes of the king of animals.

    But soon the lion looks well again, and goes out of his cave. He sees a fox(狐狸) waiting outside. “Why don't you come in?” asks the lion to the fox.

  “I beg your pardon,” says the fox, “I see many animals go into your cave, but nobody comes out.

    Before they come out again, I will wait outside.”

    Mr. Chen was puzzled（闲惑的）and a little suspicious（怀疑的）. He sat in the office and studied a letter apparently（看似）from Mrs. Wang, the mother of one of the pupils in his class. There was something about it which worried him.

    "I don't understand," he said to himself. He shook his head as he circled four mistakes in the letter. "Mrs. Wang is an educated woman. She wouldn't make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry. "Mr. Chen took out his class register(名册)and said to himself, "Yesterday was Thursday. Let me see. Ah, yes. I thought so. David was absent on Thursday last week and the week before. Hm. Why is he so often absent on Thursdays? Was he really ill yesterday? Could it be a coincidence(巧合)?”

    Mr. Chen stared at the register as if the answers to his questions were hidden in it somewhere. Then he took out a copy of the timetable(课程表)for his class.

    "I wonder." he told to himself. "I wonder if his absence has anything to do with one of these lessons."

    Mr. Chen looked at the subjects for Thursday: Mathematics, English, P. E. He thought about P. E. He knew that the pupils had P. E. twice a week: once on Monday, when they usually played games on the school field, and once on Thursday, when they did exercises in the gym.

    Mr. Chen glanced round the office to find Mr. Long, the rather strict P. E. teacher, but he was not there.

    "I'd better have a chat with Long and David, "Mr. Chen thought.

The bell rang. "I can't do anything right now," Mr. Chen thought. "It's time to go to Class 2. I'll do it later on."

    Mr. Chen picked up his books and walked off to teach Class 2.

Later, on Friday, Mr. Chen spoke to Mr. Long, the P. E. teacher. Mr. Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days. They thought about it for a while.

    "David is a good athlete(运动员)," Mr. Long finally said, "but he's afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn't climb more than a couple of meters up the rope. Do you think that's why he's been absent recently?"

    "Yes, I think so," Mr. Chen said. "I'm going to talk to him this afternoon before he goes home."

    "Well, I've got a suggestion to make," said Mr. Long. "If he's scared of heights, he'd better come and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from (遭受) vertigo. I'll be glad to help him."

    “That's very kind of you," said Mr. Chen. "I'll get him to come and see you on Monday or Tuesday."

The first "Luoyang Virtual Reality (虚拟现实) Project" has ever become a hit since it opened to public, attracting many drama fans and digital technology lovers. The project makes it possible to bring us back to the ancient Luoyang by using VR technology.

The project was set in a theater which covers about 300 square meters in Shanghai. It created a highly realistic environment using VR technology, Inside-out Tracking technology and other technologies to set up different props, such as horses, ships, and tools.

Users can have a "time travel" experience with an exciting 60-minute VR-powered journey, traveling back to 1,300 years ago to "visit" the ancient city of Luoyang. Inside the theater, they can not only play roles in the drama, but also choose costumes and take photos according to their interests.

The application (应用) of VR technology allows tourists to walk in the theater and experience the ancient life of Luoyang, and feel the charm (魅力) of traditional Chinese culture.

This project successfully creates a new way to spread Chinese culture through using VR technology. What's more, it brings modern technology into our daily lives and creates an all-immersive (拟真的) experience.

①Animals are important and they are our friends. But some of them are in danger now. What can we do to help save them?

②Don't eat meat. Some of us like to eat meat because it is delicious. But do you know some meat comes from endangered(濒危的) animals? To save animals, please choose more vegetables and fruit to eat instead of meat. And it's healthy for us, too. 

③Don't wear clothes made of fur(皮毛). Sometimes people also kill animals for fur. But if we don't buy or wear clothes made of fur, people will no longer kill them. 

④Donate(捐赠) money to Animal Helper(AH). AH always does everything to help save animals. But it is often short of money. So please save some money and give it away to AH to help animals. 

⑤Tell people it's important to save animals. Not all people are aware of their importance to humans and why we must save them. So why not tell people around us that it's important to save animals? It's helpful. 

Secret of the best stone

Do you love skipping stones (打水漂) across the water? Then, you should know the best skipping stone is flat, but no heavier than a tennis ball, is also good. 

That's because…

When a heavier stone hits the water, a bigger part of it goes under the water so it gets a stronger push from the water. 

*Top tips:

1. Find the right stone. 

2. Flat, calm water is best, like a lake or pool. 

3. Turn the stone around quickly when you throw it. Don't throw hard. Instead, try to throw the stone quickly. 

4. The best angle (角度) to skip the stone is 20 degrees. （Picture 1）

*The best way to hold a stone:

Hold the stone between your thumb and middle finger. Put your index finger around the edge of the stone. (Picture 2)

*The biggest number of skips of a stone on the water is 88. (Picture 3)

 Picture 1                Picture 2              Picture 3

Ellen Yung had a busy day at work! She put a cast on a broken arm and used a bandage to cover a deep cut. Ellen is a doctor for 1 . Kids can get sick at any time easily，so pediatricians（儿科医生） often work long hours. They have hard jobs. 

Ellen's husband works long hours，too. Steve is 2 hard—working firefighter. He takes his job3 than any other firefighter. At the fire house，he makes sure that all the tools work properly. He checks the fire trucks and hoses. If 4 a fire，he will try his best 5 people from hot flames（火焰） and smoke. The firefighters all work together to put out the fire. 

At home，the Yung family works together，too. Hanna，6 daughter，often sets the table for dinner and makes a shopping list each week. She will be happy to help with housework 7 she has no time. Hanna says，"To me，housework means family working together. "A short time ago，Zac，their son，wanted a new computer，but the family needed a new washing machine. They could only spend money buying one thing. Both cost the same，so they 8 to choose. The family discussed their needs. Finally，they agreed 9 buy the washing machine. Zac still wants a computer. Ellen has promised to save some money each week to buy Zac a computer in the future. "Yeah，10 great family!I love my family，"said Zac happily.