Polly: Dad, I want to get a job.
Father :
Polly: I need money. When I go out with my friends, I never have enough money.
Father: Polly, you know most families here are richer than we are.
Polly: Then, I won't have to ask you for money.
Father: You have a lot of homework everyday. How can you work and study at the same time?
Polly:
Father: I have an idea. Once a week, you can come to my shop and help out a bit. You can clean the floors and the windows－that sort of thing. I'll pay you for each hour you work. How does that sound?
Polly: But I don't want to clean any toilets(卫生间).
Father: It's a deal.
A. Yes, I can. I know I can. B. A job? Why? C. All right, no toilets. D. I'm sorry to hear that. E. That's why I want to work. F. OK, good idea. |
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Cannon has shown a great interest in collecting flags. At the young age of four, Cannon began studying flags, d them in his coloring books and putting them up on his walls. Throughout school, he studied flags and tried to find out all he could about them. After university, Cannon s to be a lawyer. Throughout law school, he continued to collect flags. His classmates, friends, and family started c him “the flagman.”
Cannon now has more than 200 flags in his collection. He shows many of them in his downtown law office. Once he d country flags for an exhibition on the Olympics.
In addition to collecting flags, Cannon also w about them. He has published three books about flags. He loves to h from friends who see his b in stores all over the world. A few years ago, Cannon's hobby r a new level. He entered a flag design contest and won. The country he lives in asked him to design its f. Cannon explains his hobby this way, “Collecting flags is l collecting pieces of history.”
If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste any success. But if you are 1, success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons(柿子). But you can't get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably 2 bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were 3 that I wouldn't be able to get into an excellent middle school. They 4 me to study harder, but I didn't really understand why th ey were so anxious.
Summer came, and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn't concentrate on my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop 5, Mom would shout: “Hey you! Think about your 6. If you don't work hard, you'll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I thought about was playing with my friends and ea ting persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on her face: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow in summer, it can't bear(结出) fruit in autumn! Only by hard work, you 7 get the good result of your work.”
Although I didn't understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was 8. Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon tre es. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I 9 that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right: If a persimmon tree doesn't grow during summer, it can't bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer 10 now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruits of my labors!
One day, a poor boy who was selling things from door to door found that he only has a cent(美分) left. He was so hungry that he decided to ask for a meal at the nex t house.
However, he just asked for a glass of water when a beautiful young woman opened the door. She though he looked hungry, so she brought him a lager glass milk. He drank in slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe (欠) you”
“You don't owe me anything.” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for a kindness.”
Years later the women needed an operation(手术). The local doctors could do nothing. The finally sent her to a big city. Dr. Milton, who was famous, was called in for the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she cam form, he went to see her. He recognized (认出) her at one. At the same time, he made his decision to try his best to save her life.
After hard work, the operation was successful. Dr. Milton asked the nurse to pass the final bill to him. He wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to the patient's room. She was afraid to open it because she thought it would cost all her money. To her surprise, she saw there words written by Dr. Milton: “Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
Tears ran out of her eyes as she said silently, “Thank you. Love has spread through human hears and hands.”
