— Terrible. He is . He can never hear any sound from now on.
—We can build more houses since they have no place to live.
One day a small boy was walking along the street in London. His name was Tom. It was a cold winter day in 1900. That day he could have no breakfast 1lunch. He wanted to buy bread, but he didn't2any money.
His father died when he was very young. His mother was often very ill, so she could not 3Tom and his brother, Mike. They had to work to help their sick mother.
He was small 4 his dream was very big. His wish was to be a great man in the world of film. So he worked very hard on singing and dancing. Then, one day a man came to him and asked, "5 for my film?" "Certainly," he answered. And he did his 6in it. Many people said, "We have never seen 7 interesting film."
Thirty years 8 , this same boy was among the most famous people in the world. He made many good 9. A lot of people liked 10.
The most common disease in the world is the cold. It often starts with a sore throat(噪子痛).You sneeze and your nose runs. You usually have a headache too. Often you have a cough. It's not a serious disease, but you can feel quite ill.
There isn't a cure（特效药）for a cold, but you can take medicine（药）to make you feel better. It is good to rest, and to drink a lot of water, too. A doctor once told me "With the right medicine, a cold will last for seven days. With no medicine, it will still go on for a whole week!"
Where does our medicine come from? A long time ago, people understood that some plants made them feel better. They ate certain parts of plants, like the leaves, the fruit, or the seeds（籽）.For example, the juice of lemons makes a sore throat feel better.
In modern times, scientists have studied these plants, and found out what chemicals（化学物质）are in them. Much of our medicine today is made from those chemicals.
There are some diseases which we can't cure（治愈）yet. And nobody has found a cure for old age. But because of modern medicine, most of the people live longer than their grandparents.
