There are many problems between parents and their children. Some parents don't understand their 1, and many of them even argue with each other. If I am a parent, how will I 2 my child? Well, I think there are many ways. 3, I'll encourage my child to do things he or she likes. The things should be good 4 him or her. If it is not good for my child, I'll talk to him or her about the disadvantage of the thing in a 5 way. Second, I will always take pride in everything good that my child 6. For example, if he or she gets good grades, I'll say somethinglike7, “Well done! I'm very proud of you.” These words will both make my child and me very 8. Third, I will spend 9 time staying with my child than my parents did with me. I'll chat and go shopping with my child. I am 10 these ways will make parents and their kids get on well.
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.
Chi Li is one of the best-known Chinese writers in the West. She was born in the 1950s. 119, Chi entered a medical college in 1976. After she graduated, she2 as a doctor at a hospital in Wuhan. As she loved 3 much more, she went to Wuhan University to study Chinese language and literature in 1983. She chose 4 as her profession（专业）．
During the 1980s, Chi wrote many works full of love. In the 1990s, her works, such as Apart From Love and The Sun Was Born, were 5 lives of young people and everyday problems. Since 2003, Chi has 6 a higher level in her works. And many of her novels have received a 7 honor. Life Show is one of her representative（代表）works and 8 has been translated into many languages. The 9 shows the real life of a common woman in Wuhan.
Chi says, “Writers don't need to be anyone, 10 they should be able to understand everyone.”So she often travels alone to get a feel of how the world is and tries to understand people from all social strata（阶层）.
My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, and then 1 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework until midnight. Life was hard, because they had no 2!
At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the 3 of gold, the land where poor people can become rich.
“Why don't I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of 4.
So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 5 money in America.” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it's not 6. They didn't like to hire(雇佣) me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 7 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it's impossible. I couldn't 8 the schooling(学费).”
My father 9 working hard，and reached his goal.
“Alan,” he often told me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come 10 in life.” That's what I learned from my father.
Wang Yani was born in l 975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an 1 Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.
One day, Yani painted lines on her father's painting. He got 2. At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to 3 like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He 4 remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn't understand. They just got angry. He didn't want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to 5 her.
With her father's help, Yani soon made 6. Her lines became flowers, trees and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get 7 for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4, 000 works. Her paintings were very special. People 8 her Works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.
Yani became 9 when she was young. Her works were 10 in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America, but her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life.
The umbrella is a very common object. It keeps the 1and the sun off the people. Most umbrellas can be folded up(折叠) so it is 2 to carry them.
However, the umbrella was not always as 3 as it is now. In the past, it was a symbol of importance. Some African countries still use umbrellas in this 4. Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.
Umbrellas have a long history. People in different parts of the world began to 5 umbrellas at different times. The Chinese had them more than 3,000 years ago. From there, umbrellas 6 to India and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, 7, wouldn't use them. They believed umbrellas were only for women.
England was 8 the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain. The weather there is very 9 and umbrellas are very useful.
Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you 10 one, thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them, you'll feel you are the important person, too.
One day a man met Socrates and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “1 a minute," Socrates replied. "Before you talk to me about 2 friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment to filter (过滤) what you're going to 3. I call it Three Filter Test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely 4 that what you are about to tell me is true?" "Well, no," the man said. “5 I just heard about it and ..." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now, let's try the second filter, the filter of 6. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend 7 good?" "No, on the contrary..." "So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about my friend, but you're not certain it's true. You may 8 pass the test though, because there's one filter left - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be 9 to me?" "No, not really." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is 10 true, nor good, nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"
Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. And we also know that it's hard to give people a gift, 1 a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 2.
As is often the case, some little kids think they don't get enough gifts 3 some old people think they get too many gifts.Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 4. For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree,it is enough to make her very happy.
Gift giving is different in different 5. Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 6 , because many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts themselves.In Canada, a tree can help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don't need to 7 too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.
To make things easier, some people would rather just give money.In some cultures, however, 8 money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they're lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying：It's the thought that counts. When someone gives me money,I feel they don't think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift 9 has some thought behind it.”
Different people have very different thoughts 10 this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?
King Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his people. He often asked 1 which were strange. His people had to use words in a 2 way to answer these questions.
Once Akbar asked a very strange question. He looked at his people. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of a(an) 3. It was at this moment that Bribal entered the palace. Birbal 4 the habit of the king. He understood the 5 at once and asked, “May I know the question so that I can 6 for an answer?”
Akbar said, “How many crows(乌鸦)are there in the city?”
Without even a moment's thought, Birbal 7, “There are fifty thousand five hundred and eighty nine crows, My Lord. "
“How can you be so 8?” asked Akbar.
Birbal said, “Make your men 9, My Lord. If you find more crows it means some have come to visit their relatives here. If you find 10 crows it means some have gone to visit their relatives somewhere else. "
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal's wise answer.
There are many differences between Chinese and Western eating habits. In the West, everyone has their own 1of food. But in China the dishes are 2 on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated by a Chinese host, there must be3 food prepared for you. Chinese are very 4 of their culture and will do their best to show their hospitality （好客）.
And sometimes the Chinese host uses his/her 5 to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness. The proper thing to do would be to eat the whatever-it-is and say how 6 it is. If you feel uncomfortable with this, you can just say a polite "Thanks” and leave the food there. Don't 7 your chopsticks upright into the rice bowl. Instead, lay （放置） them on your dish. The reason for this is that when somebody 8, the shrine （神祠） has a bowl of sand or rice with two chopsticks which are stuck upright in it. It is impolite to set the teapot down where the spout （壶嘴） is facing 9 somebody. The spout should always be directed to where nobody is sitting, usually just outward （向外） from the table.
Don't hit on your bowl with your chopsticks. Beggars （乞丐） hit on their bowls, so this is not polite. Also, when the food is coming too 10 in a restaurant, people will tap their bowls. If you are in someone's home, it is like off ending the cook.
