From the Other Side

Lara and Tara are twins. They look like each other, but they are very different in everything else. For example, hot food is Lara's favorite, and Tara has a sweet choice.

However, this isn't the problem with the twin girls. They always argues that the opposite one was wrong. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, while Tara thought mornings were fresh and it was difficult to stay up till midnight.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} To put an end to their fights, their parents decided to create a small drama. They wanted the girls to understand that they were both correct from their own point of view. Their parents covered the girl's eyes with black ribbons (带、条), and brought them to the dining room. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Lara was asked to stand on one side of the board and Tara on the other. They couldn't see the other side of it. When the ribbons were taken away, they were surprised to see a huge board between them.

Now, their father asked Lara, "What's the color of the board?" She replied, "It's black!" {#blank#}4{#/blank#} She replied, "It's white!" The two girls began to argue again. While Lara was confident it was black, Tara was sure it was white. Then, they were asked to exchange (交换) their places. They couldn't believe their eyes. Tara, who insisted (坚持) it was a white board, saw a black one. Similarly, Lara, who argued the board was black, was surprised to see a white one. They understood that each of them was right in her own view. Most of us are like Lara and Tara. We are right most times, but insist that others are wrong!

Grace has a large glass jar(罐) and she got it from her grandfather. The girl 1 it half full with clean water. The water shone 2 in the sunlight. Each drop was proud of its own purity(纯净).

One day, Grace's cousin, Bob, came for a 3 . While Grace was away, the boy saw the jar and thought, "What will happen 4 I put some ink(墨水) in the water?"

Bob searched Grace's desk and found a crayon. Just as he was going to put a few drops of ink in the jar, Grace walked in. "Bob, what are you doing?" She asked. But it was already too 5 . Grace watched in anger as the ink slowly mixed in, 6 the water blue.

"Don't you know that once a jar of water gets 7 , it's very hard to get it clean again?" Grace sounded 8 .

"I'm sorry," Bob replied in a low 9 . "I was just curious（好奇）."

Grace 10 to get the water clean, but the jar was too heavy for the two of them to lift up. 11 could only pour some pure water into it. The jar of water would 12 be as clean as it was before.

The world's oceans(海洋) are just like this jar of water. Once we 13 them, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make them clean again. Unluckily, some people and countries don't seem to 14 this. They've poured many dirty or even toxic(有毒的) drops into the world's "jar". But 15 Bob, they are not curious.

I'm Cindy. I'm in Grade Nine in Yucai School. I have a white cat. His name is Simba. I get him from my grandfather. Now He is three years old.

Simba is my first(第一) cat. I don't know how to feed (喂养) him at first. I like eating vegetables and rice. I think they are good for me, so I give the same food to Simba. But he doesn't eat them at all. A good friend tells me cats love fish. Oh, she is right. Simba likes fish a lot and he eats it every day.

Simba likes playing with dogs. But he doesn't like to go out. When I go to school, he likes to sleep(睡觉) at home. He likes to play with me, too. When I do my homework, he is usually next to me. He is my best friend. I am very happy to have a cute cat. 

I was on a train in Switzerland. The train came to a stop and a man said something, but I didn't know the language. Everyone started to get out of the train. An old woman saw me still sitting there. She could speak a little English and told me what the man said. She asked me where I was going. Then she talked with some other people, then came back, and told me that we had to take other trains to get there.

I was really lucky to meet the old woman. because I knew I couldn't take the right train by myself. Then we went from one train station to the next. The old woman was really kind. When we got to the last station, we left and said goodbye. Luckily, I got on my train to Rome in time. The old woman told me she also had to catch another train. I found that she needed to spend two hours going back home.

I was moved(感动) that day. An old woman spent so much time on trains just to help out a stranger.

Hello! My name is Lingling. I'm from Beijing and I'm a(n)1 girl. There are2 people in my family. 3 are my father, my mother and me. Singing and 4 are my hobbies. I can dance well. can cook5 I can't draw. My favourite food is6 . And I eat apples every day. My favourite colour is 7 . l like green trees. It's 8 in summer, so swimming is my favourite 9 . And I also like10 because I can fly a kite in spring.