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　　It was Mother’s Day．A man stopped his car at a flower shop to order some flowers．He wanted the shopkeeper to send the flowers to his mother, who lived two hundred miles away．

　　As he got out of his car, he found a young girl sitting on the road crying．

　　He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I want to buy a red rose for my mother, but I only have seventy\-five cents．A rose two dollars．”

　　The man smiled and said, “Come into the shop with me, and I’ll buy you a rose．”

　　He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers．As they were leaving, he offered to drive the girl home．She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my mother．” She brought him to a cemetery(墓地), where she placed the rose on the grave．

　　The man was moved．He returned to the flower shop, picked up the flowers he ordered, and drove two hundred miles to his mother’s house．

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　　Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time．But some of them are not using in a good way．Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet．

　　●Make rules for Internet use with your parents．For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can go online．

　　●Don’t give your password(密碼)to anyone else, and never leak out the following information－your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information．

　　●Check with your parents before giving out a credit(信用)card number．

　　●Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK．

　　●Check with your parents before going into a chat room．Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people．You and your parents mut make sure it’s a right place for you．

　　●Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your arent’s permission(允許)．Never meet anyone you met on line alone．

　　●Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are．Treat everyone online as strangers．

　　●If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site．Tell a parent or teacher right away．

　　●Treat other people as you’d like to be treated．Never use ad language．

　　●Remember－not everything you read on the Internet is true．

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　　How hard we have all prayed(祈禱)to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the pappy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have．

　　At last, you have grown up．At least you are no longer a child．They call you ‘young lady’．You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady．You are proud of being a grown-up teenager．People welcome you－this young lady heartily．You are glad that your prayer has been answered．

　　But this is always something that troubles you a lot．You say, “Papa and Mama, give me some money please．My pocket money is all gone already．’

　　‘No,” they say, “Your age is a dangerous age．If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good．’ Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket．

　　Another time you tell your grandma, ‘Grandma．See, I am a grown-up now．’

　　‘Good, now, you can sit here and knit(編織)this for me while I go and have a rest．’ To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do．After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma．Your grandma criticizes your work．You hear what she says, “Such a bad girl can’t do such easy work．’ You wish then you were a child again．

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　　It was a beautiful spring morning．There were no clouds in the sky, and the sun was warm but not hot．Mr Black saw an old man at the bus stop with a big, strong, black umbrella(傘)in his hand．Mr Black said to him, “Do you think we are going to have rain today?” “No,” said the old man, “I don't think so．” “Then are you carrying the umbrella because the sun is too hot?” “No, the sun is not very hot in spring．”

　　Mr Black looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said, “I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong．I must have a walking-stick(手杖)．But people will say, ‘Look! That man is so old．', and I don't like that．When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘Look at that stupid(愚蠢的)man．'”

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　　Mr Baker worked in a big factory．He was busy all the time and had little time to rest．One summer, he decided to go to the sea to spend his holidays．

　　One afternoon, it was very hot．Mr Baker came into a restaurant, sat at a table and wanted to drink．Just then, an old man came up to him and said, “How do you do, sir?” “How do you do?” Mr Baker asked the old man to sit next to him．“Have you been here before?” “No, I haven’t．” “You look lonely, don’t you?” said the old man．“Let’s have a bet(打賭), shall we?”

　　It interested Mr Baker, “But what shall we bet on?” “I can bite my left eyeball,” said the old man, “I can bet you five dollars．”

　　Mr Baker didn’t believe and passed ＄5 on the table．

　　The old man took out his glass eyeball, put it into his mouth and bite it．Mr Baker had to give his money．

　　“It doesn’t matter young man,” the old man said．“I’ll give you a chance to win the money back．I can also bite my right eye．I’ll bet you ＄10．”

　　“I’m sure he’s able to see．And I must win his money,” he thought．So he took out ten dollars from his wallet．

　　But he was very surprised, the old man took out his false(假的)teeth and bit his right eye with it．Then he put the money into his pocket and went away quickly．

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　　One day a farmer went out for a walk with his daughter．The farmer put on a pair of wrong shoes－one with a thick sole(鞋底)and the other with a thin one．So as he began to walk, he felt very uncomfortable．When he was just out of the house, he turned to his daughter and said, “Why should one of my legs be longer than the other today?”

　　The daughter looked at his father’s legs carefully as he was walking, and then laughed, “Oh, no, Daddy, your legs are all right．You have put on the wrong shoes．”

　　The farmer was very happy to hear that and said to himself, “What a clever daughter I have got!” Then he asked his daughter to go back and get the other pair of shoes for him．

　　The farmer had only two pairs of shoes．

　　When the daughter ran back to the house, she found that the other pair was also a pair of wrong shoes．

　　She had to return to his father with nothing in her hands and said out of breath, “It’s no use changing them, Daddy! The shoes at home were not a pair, either!”

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　　Lang Lang, the young Chinese pianist, was born in Shenyang in 1982．He began to play the piano when he was 3．At the age of 5, he won first place in a piano competition in Shenyang．People thought he was a genius(天才)．From then on, playing the piano became the dream of Lang and his parents．

　　When Lang was 9 years old, he and his father went to Beijing to study piano．His father even left his work．Although he endured(忍受)great pressure(壓力), Lang never gave up his dream of becoming a concert pianist．When he was 17, Lang became famous after he played in a great concert in Chicago, US．

　　Now 28-year-old Lang is famous all over the world for his great performances．He played at the Beijing Olympics in 2008．He was also one of Times magazine’s 100 Most Influential(有影響力的)People in the World in 2009．He is one of the world’s great musicians．

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　　Many parents make their children do chores around the house．For some families, teaching children what to do and how to do chores is easy．But in other families, getting children to do some housework can be a very big problem．

　　It is a good idea for parents to teach their children at an early age．All family members must work together to make the house clean, and each person must do his or her share(份)of the work．We can do this by starting plan of chores and responsibilities(責(zé)任)when children are young．

　　Chores are good for children－even very young ones．Doing chores can teach children many important skills(技能)like working together．Jobs also teach children what is fair(公平)．The skills and value(價(jià)值)from doing chores will be good to children all their lives．

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　　The Year of the Rabbit(兔)will begin on February 3, 2011．We Chinese use 12 different animals to stand for(象征)the order of our birth year．What does it mean to be a “rabbit”? The rabbit is a symbol(象征)for kind, elegance(優(yōu)雅)and a love of beauty．People born in the Year of the Rabbit are kind and quick-minded(思維敏捷的)．Although they are sometimes shy, they have a strong mind and will run after their dreams all their lives．

　　Rabbit people are talented and they like artistic activities, such as music and painting．They are so kind and well organized(有良好組織能力的)that they can be great teachers．There are some famous people who were born in the Year of the Rabbit．For example, actress US Angelina Jolie and England soccer star David Beckham．In China, famous director Zhang Yimou and kung fu star Jet Li are rabbits, too．

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The wolves(狼)are very hungry．They go out to look for food．There are many sheep near the hill．There are also a few shepherd dogs(牧羊犬)with them．The wolves think of an idea．They speak to the sheepdogs, “you are like us and we are brothers．But we have a very different life．We do what we like, and you must work for man．They make you look after their sheep．They eat meat and give you the bones(骨頭)．If you listen to us and give us the sheep, we can eat them together．All of us will be happy, right?” The dogs are happy and do like this．The wolves ask the dogs to go to their house．The shepherd dogs go to the wolves’ home．But the wolves eat them and then eat the sheep．