Last May I stayed in Paris for a week. That was my 1 trip there. One morning I 2 out to visit EuroDisney, but I didn't know 3 way to go, so I stopped a stranger and asked, "Excuse me, does this street lead to EuroDisney?“ ” Yes," he answered. "Go along this street and turn left at the second turning. You can't 4 it. "
So I5 two blocks and turned to my left, but EuroDisney6 there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, "Go along this street and turn left at the second turning.”But 7 I couldn't find EuroDisney. I asked a third stranger and he gave the same answer. But this time I found EuroDisney. Just then 8 walked up and said, "Excuse me, where is the 9 bank?" I answered 10, "Go along this street and turn left at the second turning!”
China is a great country 1 5，000 years of history. There are many 2 which attract millions of tourists from all over the world every year. Some of them are fantastic lakes, beautiful mountains and long rivers.
Many mountains, 3 Mount Tai, Mount Emei, Mount Hua, are very famous. People go to Mount Tai to see the sun 4 . Among the rivers, the Yangtze River is the longest one and the second 5 one is the Yellow River. They are the birthplaces of Chinese culture.
Have you 6 the love story about Xu Xian and White Snake? It is said that the story 7 on West Lake. West Lake is the most fantastic place that I have 8 visited. It lies in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is surrounded on three sides by 9 . Many tourist attractions there are well worth visiting such as Sudi Causeway, the Broken Bridge and Leifeng Pagoda. The scenery is so attractive that visitors often lost 10 in it.
When I was in a primary school, I argued with a boy in my class. I forget1the argument was about, but I will never forget the2I learned that day. I thought that I was right and he was wrong,3he thought that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher4to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us to the front of the classroom and asked him to stand by one side of her desk and me by5.On the middle of her desk was a large, round ball. I could6see that was black. She asked the boy what colour the ball was. "White," he answered.
I couldn't7he said the ball was white, while it was obviously (明显地) black! Another argument started8us. This time it was about the9of the ball. The teacher told us to change the places and then asked me what colour the ball was. I answered, "White." It was a ball with10differently coloured sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side it was11.
Sometimes we need to12problems from the other person's opinion in order to truly understand his or her opinion.
Bill and Cathy wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives (马尔代夫). And they decided to1there for two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there was perfect at that time. They worked very hard for several months. Finally, they made enough money for their dream2. But their trip was more like a nightmare(噩梦)!
The problem began when the flight was put off because of the bad weather. They couldn't leave3 night. They finally got on the plane twelve hours later! But they4fly to Maldives because there was a storm. They had 1o fly to the capital city instead. There they stayed in a small hotel5the airport.
The hotel was next to the sea, but the sea was6dirty that they couldn't swim in it. And the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves! The food was awful, too. For breakfast there was 7 bread and milk! The worst part was when the storm came, they felt really8. Because of the bad weather, they had to stay for another night in the small hotel. And they had9to do. It was so boring. Finally, they10in Maldives three days later, and someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!
The Phone Call
It was getting dark. Paul looked out of the window and signed ( 叹气 ). Dad said he could come home by 5:30, but it was almost 7:00. Even if Dad came back, it wouldn't be much fun playing1in the dark. Paul walked into his room and threw his baseball into the corner. He tried to do some homework, but couldn't.
The phone rang at about 8:00. It was Dad, "Paul, I'm2, but I couldn't play baseball with you tonight. I have to finish my work at the office. Maybe we can play this weekend. Oh no. How about next weekend?
Paul couldn't understand why Dad was so3 He threw himself into the sofa and soon fell asleep. His book was still opened to the first page.
The next day at school, Paul didn't hand in his homework and 4 a test. Mrs Green, his teacher, asked him to stay after school. "Paul, you didn't do your homework. You didn't pass the test and only got a D. This isn't like you. What's wrong?"
Paul just sat there 5"Paul, if you don't want to talk, I will. I know that something's worrying with you, but you have to get it out. You need to tell someone.
As Paul walked home, he thought of what Mrs Green said. Maybe he didn't do his homework because he wanted to get his dad's 6He knew Mrs Green was right. He decided to take her advice.
When Paul got home, he 7his dad. But there was no answer. Then it went to voicemail(语音信箱). Paul began talking, "Dad, I can't play with you next weekend. I've got lots of problems with my homework. Also, I really don't want to spend another day looking out of the window and waiting, whenever you 8our plans, Dad, it hurts me. It's not too late to rebuild our relationship, but we have to start small. Maybe you can help me with my 9sometime. Dad, I love you. "
As Paul ended the call, he felt much relaxed. He didn't know whether his dad would be different, but it didn't matter. He himself 10 He expressed his feelings to the right person. He had a clear head as he was doing his homework that evening.
The best experience of my life was when we went to Stonehenge. We went there on a group tour.
When I saw Stonehenge, my first 1 was that it was huge. You know, Stonehenge is about 5,000 years old. I 2how the ancient people moved these huge pieces of stone.
After we parked at the Stonehenge parking lot, our guide Nick took us to a 3shop. There my mum got a nice painting of Stonehenge. After we left the gift shop, we went to Stonehenge 4 the tunnel.
That was a privilege（优惠待遇）at Stonehenge5we were able to go right up to the stones and touch them. Usually visitors 6 get really close and touch the stones. At Stonehenge we walked around the circle and then 7 the ceremonial(仪式的）centre. There we were given half a(n)8 to look around and explore.
930 minutes we got ready to leave. It was 10that we had to leave Stonehenge. Hopefully one day I'll go back.
What is a museum? A museum is a good place to keep 1 and beautiful things. A museum may be a place for people to learn about science. A museum can be a place 2 art of people or animals. What is inside a museum? Some museums 3 old cars and airplanes. 4 museums have pictures and statues(雕像). Others have rocks and old bones. One museum even has 5 coal mine inside! Many cities have museums. Some very small 6 have museums, 7. Indianapolis(印第安纳波利斯) has a 8 museum. Children do not have to pay to get in. Children often go to the museum. They like 9 at the dinosaur bones. They see a white bear that is ten feet tall. On Saturdays children there can 10 talks about animals and trees.
Mark and his brother Jamie rang their neighbor Mrs. Grady's doorbell.
"Hi, Mrs. Grady," said Mark when she opened the door. "Would you like us to shovel (铲除)the 1 in your yard?"
Shoveling the snow was Jamie's idea, a way to make enough money for a new video game. Mrs. Grady touched her hand to her heart. "That would be wonderful, boys. The work is too much for me."
"It will 2 10 dollars." Jamie said.
"Oh dear," Mrs. Grady was a little disappointed. "I haven't been able to get to the bank. I can3 homemade cookies, but I guess that's not what you had in 4."
Mark was going to say that Mrs. Grady could pay them another time. but Jamie cut him off.
It still snowed 5. As they walked 6 the snow out of her yard. Mark suddenly thought up how she helped him last summer. She didn't look like a strong person, but 7 a big black dog had boxed him in a comer, her door flew open. She ran to him and stood between him and the dog. She 8 to hurry it away.
"It was nothing. Good 9 watch out for each other, don't they?" she said when Mark's parents thanked her.
And now Mrs. Grady needed Mark as much as he'd needed her last summer. Mark smiled and began to shovel the snow.
Jamie got surprised and10. "What are you doing? It will take you all day. No money!"
Mark explained. "Nobody will pay us if we only do things for money."
Herb was at home alone one night while his parents were out in the evening. He had often stayed alone before, so he wasn't 1. As he waited for his parents to return home, he watched the latest films on TV. 2 became heavier and heavier as the time passed.
Suddenly Herb's eyes opened wide. What was that 3 in the next room? Herb heard the window slowly being inched (一点一点地) open. For a minute Herb was so frightened that he could not 4, and his body felt like ice. He knew that he mustn't lose his 5and began to think of the things he could do. He couldn't 6 the telephone without passing the window where he had heard the noise. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to 7 into his room through the window.
Herb's drums were standing near the TV. “Wait, maybe there is something I can do,” thought Herb. He picked up the drumsticks and beat on the drums as 8 as he could. The commotion (骚动) was so terrible that Herb surprised 9himself. He also surprised the person 10 the window, who ran away as fast as possible.
There1many islands in the sea. In its warm waters there are some little2. We call them "coral Islands（珊瑚岛）".
A coral island looks3a ring of land (一圈陆地) with trees, grass, and flowers on it. One part of the ring is open to the water. There is4little round lake inside the island.
5you look into this lake, you will see beautiful coral. You may think they are flowers. If you look at a piece of coral, you will see many little holes in it. In each of these holes a very small sea animal has lived. These sea animals6the coral.
They began to build under the water. Year after7, the coral grew higher and higher. At last it grew out of the water.
Then the sea brought it small trees and something8. After some years, these things changed into earth. Sometimes the wind brought seeds (种子) to this earth. Sometimes birds flew over it and brought9to the island.
The little seeds grew. In a few years there were plants all over the island. In a few more years there were trees growing there.
So you see, these islands were built little by little. The workers were very small. Do they not teach us a lesson? Can you think10the lesson is?
