A father and his daughter were flying a kite in the park. The young daughter was a little bit tired, so they took a1 on the bench(长椅). When the daughter saw an old man selling apples, she asked her father to buy her an apple. Her father didn't bring much money with him, but it was enough to buy two apples. So he did, and gave 2of them to his daughter, smiling.
His daughter held one apple in her left hand and the other in the right hand. Then the father asked her if she could 3 one of the apples with him. When the girl heard this, she quickly took a bite(咬) of one apple. And before her father could speak, she also took a bite of the 4 apple.
The father was 5. He wondered what mistake he made so that his daughter acted in such a greedy(贪婪的) way. He was lost in thought. Perhaps he was just thinking too much. His daughter was too 6 to understand about sharing and giving. A smile disappeared from his face.
Suddenly, his daughter with an apple in her left hand said, “Daddy, have this one! It is much juicier and 7.” Her father was speechless. He felt 8about making the judgment(判断) so quickly about a small child. But his smile 9knowing why his daughter quickly took a bite of each apple.
Don't judge anything or draw a conclusion(结论) too quickly. 10 spare some more time to understand things better.
Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad in a newspaper Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at William Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing.
"This sounds like a good idea," he thought, "I'll spend a month at William Farm. I'll go horse riding, walking and fishing. It'll be different from the seaside." Four days later, he returned home.
"What's wrong with William Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. "Didn't you enjoy country life?"
"Country life was fine, "Alan said." But there was another problem."
"Oh, what problem?"
"Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤好的)mutton for dinner. "
"Fresh meat is the best."
"I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."
"Lucky you!"
"You don't understand, "Alan said." On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner. "
"A different roast every day, "Jack said.
"Let me finish, "Alan said." On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn't want to stay there for dinner. "
Many years ago, there was a family (call) Franklin. They lived America. There (be) seventeen children in the family. One of the children was born on a January day in 1706. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy name-Benjamin.
Benjamin was the (clever) of all the (children). He could read when he was five and he could write the age of seven. When he was eight, he was sent to school.
In school Benjamin had been good at(read) and writing but not good at Maths. He read all of his (father) books. And whenever he (have) a little money, he bought a book with it. He liked books. They told him how(do) something. At that time he invented the paddles(脚蹼) for swimming.