Many years ago there lived two brothers in London. They were both very rich. They had 1 ideas about money. They were quarrelling about what would happen if a poor fellow could 2 a million pound note(钞票). One thought that anyone with such a note would have whatever he wanted; the other thought that it would be 3 for him to get anything with the note. They couldn't agree with each other. So they 4 to make a bet(打赌).
It happened that a young man named Henry was wandering through the street that day, who had come to Britain only by chance. Without home and job, he looked 5 and hungry. Suddenly he saw an apple 6 away by a child. The man was so hungry that he was thinking of 7 it up to eat. Just as he was reaching out his hand, he heard a 8 calling him. He looked up and saw the two 9. They gave him an envelope. They told him not to open it until two o'clock. They said. ‘'Nothing but 10 in it.” Then they left.
Skin-diving(轻装潜水)is a new sport today. This sport takes you into a wonderful new world. It is like a visit to the moon. When you are under the water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks, because you are no longer heavy.
Here, under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands.
When you have tanks of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time. But you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin-diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.
Now you see that skin-diving is both useful and interesting.
Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25％ students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce the amount of fat students today and in the future.
The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students' obesity. So that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.
The lady is trying to fight the students' obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control their weight. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one too.
The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading is fun. You can always keep （you） happy if you like reading. You will never (feeling) bored or tired.
Next, you can read a book anywhere—in car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need (be) a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is (use). If you read a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand you read. As your reading skills improve, you will (probable) find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the better you read, the (good) your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become (writer), too. They always have more things to write about.
A: Look, Mona! ?
B: Oh, it's a computer. It is widely used in today's world.
A: You are right. Do you know ?
B: Yes, it was invented in 1946.
A: ?
B: It is used for helping us work, study, send e-mails and so on.
A: ?
B: It is said that it was invented by some American scientists.
A: By the way, what are you going to be when you grow up?
B: and invent many useful inventions for our motherland.
A: OK. Let's work hard to make our dreams come true.
