A woman was at an airport waiting for her flight to start boarding. She still had a lot of 1, so she went to a shop and 2 a book to read. While she was in the shop, she decided to buy a bag of 3 as well.
She arrived at her gate, sat down and started reading her 4. She was so focused on her book that she didn't 5 what was going on around her. But she did see that a man had sat down 6 her and taken one of her cookies out of the bag.
She 7 not to notice, as she didn't want to make a scene. But then the man took more. He kept eating the cookies until there was just one left. The man took the 8 cookie and broke it in half. He tapped(轻拍)the woman on the shoulder and held out one half to her. The woman could not believe how much nerve(冒昧)this man had to 9 all of her cookies and then offer half a cookie in return. She angrily grabbed(夺取)the halfcookie out of his hand and ate it.
Finally, it was time for her to board. But as she went to the gate, she 10 that her bag of cookies was still in her purse. The man had been eating his own cookies the whole time and simply wanted to share the last one with her. The woman blushed(脸红). She sincerely wanted to apologize to the man for her rudeness.
When we're not paying attention to the world around us, it can be easy to misunderstand what's happening or even become angry with others. It is better to keep our eyes open and think about every possibility when trying to understand a particular situation.
Today is 20th January. It is my birthday. I get up at 7:30 am. My parents say to me, "Happy birthday!" Today I get lots of presents from my parents and my friends. My father gives me a blue box and there is a book in it. My mother gives me a red box and there is a blue shirt in it. Ben, one of my good friends, gives me a big yellow box. There is a basketball in it. I like playing basketball. There is a green note (便条) on my table. It says, "I am your present, and I am behind your schoolbag." Aha! It's a radio! It's from my brother, Jim.
I am happy. I love my family and my friends very much.
It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother because today is Mary's sister—Lily's birthday. Her mother wants to buy some food for the birthday party. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and some school things. They come to a shop.
"What does your shop have?" Mary asks."A lot of things," the girl in the shop says."You can buy food, drinks, clothes in our shop and school things too."
Mary and her mother go in.There are many people in the shop.Mary finds a nice white skirt.
"How much is the skirt?" Mary asks the girl in the shop.
"It's 80 yuan."
"That's too expensive. Can I find a cheap one?"
"What about the green one? It looks nice. And it's only 30 yuan."
"OK, thanks a lot."
"You are welcome."
Mr. Black has a present shop. Every day many people go to his shop to buy presents for their friends.
One day, Tony goes to the shop, "Can I help you?" asks Mr. Black. "I want some presents for my friends, William's birthday." "What about some flowers?" "No, never buys flowers. But he often listens to CDs." "You can buy him a CD. " "He has many CDs. I want to give him a special present."
"Why don't you give an interesting book?" "Oh, yes. He always likes books . thank you, Mr. Black." Tony is very happy and he buys a book called Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix.
Mr. Li is the manager of a company. He buys a computer to make his work easy(容易).When he takes it home，his life is different.
"It's cool. Let's go and walk in the park，" Mr Li says to Mrs Li.
"No. I want to stay at home and shop on the Internet，" she answers.
"Xiaojing，talk about your school day with me，" Mr Li says to his daughter.
"Sorry，Dad. I want to watch the film on the computer. It's interesting，" his daughter says.
Mr Li is not happy，so he makes a rule：the family should have a talk or go out for a walk in the evening. No one can use the computer. Soon(不久) Mr Li goes back to his old life. He likes it.
Yes，computers are great for work or other things. But it's not a good idea just to be with them all day(整天)！
