A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman struggling(奋力前进) with a large box. It was half in and half1of her car. He was a helpful and kind man, so he went up to the woman and said, “Let me give you a hand with that box. It looks very2.”
“That's very kind of you,” the woman said. “I'm having a lot of3with it. I think it's stuck(卡住).”“Together we'll soon move it,” the man said. He4into the back seat of the car and took hold of the other end of the box. He said, “I'm ready.” And he began to5hard.
For several minutes the man and the woman struggled with the box. Soon they were6in the face.“Let's rest for a minute,” the man said. “I'm sorry, but it7stuck.” A few minutes later, the man said,“Let's try again. Are you ready?”8of them took hold of the box again. “One,two,three!” the man said,and they went on with their struggle.
At last, when they were very tired, the man said,“You are9. It is really stuck. I don't think there's 10we can get it out of the car.” “Get it out of the car?” the woman cried, “I'm trying to get it in!”
A few days ago,I ran into(撞上)a stranger as he passed by.I said sorry to him, and he said,“Excuse me too,I wasn't even watching for you.”We were very polite,this stranger and I. Then we went on our way after saying goodbye.
Later in the kitchen at home,as I cooked our meal,my daughter Betty walked up to me, very quietly.When I turned around(转身),I nearly knocked her down.“Get out of the way!”I shouted angrily.She ran away,crying.
That night,when I lay in bed,my husband said to me,“You were so rude to Betty.Go and look around on the kitchen floor,and you'll find some flowers there.Betty brought those for you.She picked them herself－pink,yellow,and your favorite blue.”
When I heard this,I thought deeply:While meeting with a stranger,I was calm and polite;but with my daughter,I was not patient(耐心的).I felt sad and tears began to fall.
I quietly went to Betty's bed.“Wake up,my dear,”I said.“Are these the flowers you picked for me?”She smiled,“I found them by the tree.I knew you'd like them,especially the blue.”I said,“I am so sorry that I treated(对待)you that way today.”And she whispered,“Mommy,that's okay－I still love you anyway.”I kissed her and said,“I love you too and I do love the flowers.”
That day Betty gave me a lesson on how to get along with each other in the family.I spent much time on work before and didn't realize how important family life was.I decided to do better in the future.
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Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, “I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “I don't know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报),” his wife said. “All right,” Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, “Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, “Where do you want to go?” But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
“Which hotel are my things in?” he said, “and what am I going to do tonight?” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, “Please send me my address at this post office.”
Little Bob was born in a poor village in New York. His father has been ill for a long time and can not do any housework at all. Bob's mother is very busy with the housework besides working. Bob understands how hard his mother works, and he always helps her with some housework. Though he has too much housework to do, his mother is still very strict with him. There are some family rules for Bob.
He must take good care of his things in his room and keep them tidy. If he makes them dirty, he must clean them up at once.
He is allowed to keep a parrot, a cat and a dog, but he must feed them often and give them water by himself every day. After school, he is allowed to play with his pets for a short time.
As for his clothes, he isn't allowed to choose his own clothes. When his clothes are dirty, he should wash them by himself.
On school nights, he can't go out alone and only on weekends, he is allowed to watch TV. Sometimes Bob hates the rules so much that he wants to break them, but he thinks the rules his mother has made are good for him, so he faithfully obeys them.
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“Thank you” is widelyin a modern society. It is a very good manner. You should say “Thank you”others help you or say something kind to you. For example, when someonethe door for you, when someone says you have done your work well, when someone says you havea nice shirt, or your cityvery beautiful, you should say “Thank you”. “Thank you”is used not only between friends,between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me”isshort polite usage. We use it the same as “Thank you”. When you hear someone say so behind you, you'll get to know that somebody wants to walk past you withoutyou. It is not polite to interrupt (打断) others while they are. If you want to have a word with one of them, please say “Excuse me”, and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others. Let's say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” on the right occasion.
