One Sunday evening, it was quite dark when old Stanley went for his walk. He was walking along the sidewalk, Suddenly, he saw a white car coming around the corner at high speed. It was going too fast and crashed into a red car in the street where he was walking. He rushed up to the cars to see if anyone was hurt and needed help.

 The two drivers were arguing.

“You came around the corner too fast,”one man said.

“No!" said the driver of the white car, "That's not true! Your car was parked in a wrong place.”

 Stanley listened to their argument and then said the white car driver was wrong to drive too fast. The driver of red car asked Stanley to prove he was right in court(法庭). Stanley gave the driver his name and telephone number.

 Next Thursday morning, Stanley was asked to go to the court. The lawyer(律师) for the driver of the white car asked him a lot of questions about what he had seen. Then he asked Stanley how old he was.

“I'm eighty-two," answered Stanley.

“Do you usually wear glasses ?”asked the lawyer.

“Yes, I do,”answered Stanley.

“Were you wearing them on the night of the accident?" the lawyer asked.

“No,”replied Stanley.

 Then the lawyer said, "Why should the court believe you? You are eighty-two years old, you were not wearing your glasses, and it was dark. How far can you see in the dark?”

 Stanley thought about it for a minute. “Well,”he said, "when it's dark, I can see the moon. How far is that?”

    Meiyu, born in 1995, is from Turkey (土耳其). She is the youngest child of her family. After high school, many people learned English or Japanese, but Meiyu decided to learn Chinese in university. She learned Chinese for four years in Ankara University in Turkey, and got her name Meiyu there.

    Meiyu fell in love with Chinese after going to university. She became more interested after she knew more about Chinese history. She graduated (毕业) from Ankara University in 2017. Since then, more Chinese have been visiting Turkey. The trade between the two countries also needs Chinese-speaking people. "Speaking Chinese means more job opportunities" said Meiyu.

    Now Meiyu has been in Wuhan, China for about two years.Besides going on studying Chinese, she shows great interest in Chinese kung fu as well, so she spends her free time on kung fu training with her coaches. Not only can kung fu help improve (改善) her health, but she is also interested in the history and culture behind it. Meiyu said, "The more I know about China, the luckier I feel to have been here. But the truth is that fun and pain go together in the process of learning."

    In the future, Meiyu decides to go back to Turkey to teach more students to learn Chinese.

    Teenager Jake Denham was sking(滑雪)with his family in the US when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn't know that he had a problem. They kept on sking. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

    Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn't work out the right way to go.

    It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm. At home, Jake watched a lot of TV programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it. Outside the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

    But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said, "If you are lost, you should find someone else's tracks(轨迹)through the snow and follow them." "I wanted to live my life," remembers Jake. "So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those." He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of workers, who came to save him. He was safe!

    His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn't even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

    So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life.

Once upon a time, there was a spider with the name Anansi. He knew that he was very clever but he also knew he wasn't wise(英明的).He didn't like this, but he did not know what to do. One day he had an idea. He went around the village with a basket and asked each person to give him some of their wisdom (智慧).The people laughed at Anansi because they knew that he needed wisdom the most. So each person put a bit in his basket and wished him good luck.

Soon his basket was full, but Anansi was worried that his neighbors might be jealous (嫉妒) of his wisdom and take it from him. He decided to hide it at the top of a tall tree. He tied the basket to the front part of his body and tried to climb the tree, but it was too difficult. He tried again and again without success.

Then his youngest son walked by. "What are you doing, Father?" he asked and Anansi told him. "Why don't you carry the basket on your back instead?" his son said.

Anansi put the basket on his back and climbed the tree easily, but he wasn't happy."I walked all over the village and collected so much wisdom that I am the wisest person ever, but my baby son is still wiser than me. Take back your wisdom!" he said. And he threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went home. And that's how wisdom went all over the world.

 Dad drives me to school nearly every day. However, he was busy {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(工作) this morning and could not drive me there. I had to t{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bus. On the bus I saw an old man. He looked very weak. Today there were {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(更多) people on the bus than before, but no one gave him a seat. Is{#blank#}4{#/blank#} up and gave my seat to him. He thanked me and asked me about my n{#blank#}5{#/blank#} and my school. We talked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(开心地). 

 Later, in the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(第三) class, Mr. Xu came in and asked me to go to the front. I was a little {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (害怕的). Then he told the class what I did on the bus this morning. He knew it because he got a phone call f{#blank#}9{#/blank#} the old man. Mr. Xu said that I could be a good example(榜样) to my classmates. I was so glad! It was r{#blank#}10{#/blank#} a good day for me. 

Alexa and Brittany are best friends. They first met each other when Brittany moved next door in the 2nd grade. They play together 1 every day after school.

But they are different in many ways. Alexa is a shy girl. She is better at schoolwork than any other 2 in her class and reads a lot of books.

However, Brittany is 3 . She loves talking with other kids loudly.

Playing soccer is her favorite activity. Often, Alexa and Brittany play together in the park across the street. If it rains outside, they will go home and play computer games.

Some days they can spend hours playing together happily, but other days they just can't 4 what to do.

Last Wednesday, Alexa said, "Come on, Brittany. Let's read books." "They just cut the grass. I love playing soccer when the grass is nice and short," Brittany 5 .

"We always do what you want to do, Brittany! You should at least 6 me once," Alexa shouted.

"It's not true. We just read books yesterday. Now, read by yourself. I will go out to play soccer," Brittany said 7 .

Alexa felt sad and didn't know what to do. The next day, she asked her teacher, Mrs. Stone for help. Mrs. Stone said, "Best friends should understand each other. This is the most 8 thing. Maybe you don't have to play together all the time. You can just play together a few times a week. And you can also take turns (轮流) to 9 the activity." Alexa thought this was a good idea and went to talk with Brittany. The two girls said sorry to each other and decided to have a 10