My six-year-old granddaughter, Cindy, and I stopped at a food shop for some bread. Cindy had1 it for several days. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.
The boy had no hair on the side of his head but a set of blue spiked(成锥形的) hair on top of it. His nose was 2 , and a ring ran through the hole. A chain went across his face and it was connected to his earring. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.
Cindy, who was walking ahead of me, 3stopped when he saw the boy. I thought he had 4 my granddaughter. I was wrong. My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I came face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him5. He replied very6, "Thank you very much."
On our way to the car, I 7 Cindy for holding open the door for the boy. To my surprise, she didn't seem to be troubled by the young boy's 8 . But I wanted to make sure. I wanted to be ready to talk about freedom of expressing themselves and allowing people's 9 .
As it turned out, the person 10needed the talk was me. The only thing Cindy noticed about the boy was the fact that his arms were 11 . "He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other. He would have a 12 time to open the door, " said Cindy.
I just paid attention to the partially shaved (部分剃光的)head, the set of spiked hair, the piercing and the chain. She saw a person carrying 13 under each arm and heading toward a(n) 14 door.
What my granddaughter said reminded me that I should change my ways of judging people and 15 my granddaughter to be open-minded and warm-hearted.
neither, badly, regret, succeed, include |
When I was in the (九) grade, luckily, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But (一旦) on the stage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play.
(尽管) I didn't tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my unhappiness. She asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see several dandelions (蒲公英) (在…中间) the grass. I watched my mother bend down by one of the dandelions. "I think I'll dig up all these weeds (野草)," she said. "From now on, we'll only have roses in this garden."
"But I like dandelions," I disagreed. "All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!"
My mother looked (严肃地) at me. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its (自己的) way, doesn't it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is true of people, too," she added.
When I (意识到) that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the (真相). "But you will be a wonderful narrator," she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud.
Thanks to my mother's encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her (价值) in the world. I felt (骄傲的) of the role in the play.
Long ago there lived a kind old man. One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a butterfly's cocoon(茧). He took home. A few days later, a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly several hours as it struggled(挣扎) to force its body through that little hole.
Then the nice man decided (help) the butterfly, so he cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out (easy). But it had a fat body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body would grow small in time. However, neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life (lie) with a fat body and shriveled wings. It was never able to fly.
What the man did not understand was that the struggle was a must for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening. That's the (nature) way of forcing fluid(营养液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings.
In this way, it would be ready for flight when it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly we need in our life. If we (allow) to go through our life without any (difficult), it will weaken us. We won't be strong as what we could have been. And we can never fly.
A. Drink water more B. Enjoy foods at home C. Plan what you spend D. Walk rather than drive E. Save your pocket money |
How much money do you spend every week? Write it down on your notebook. Then you will know how to manage your money. It's best to plan to spend money buying useful things. So you can put your money into good use. Don't spend money on useless things if possible.
As for me, we'd better walk or ride to school because it's good for our health. Not only that, we can develop our independence.
Perhaps you like having delicious foods outside with your friends or family. Invite your friends over to your house instead of going out to a restaurant. You can enjoy home-made foods and play games together. It's an excellent way to have fun, but at a lower cost.
Instead of buying tea or coffee with a meal, drink water. It is widely known that water is the most popular drink in the world. It is good for your health. Drinking water makes you full of energy and it also saves money.
Walking is a great way to get some exercise and save money. This is a lifestyle that costs nothing. You'd better choose to walk rather than drive as much as possible. Doing this, not only can you feel good about enjoying the fresh air, but you get to spend time exercising a lot.
