On a cold December morning, my mother and I were walking home from pizza store. We were 1 warmly and equipped with the video we had been trying to watch. I was feeling a little tired 2 I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the video.
They were so3 that I decided to throw away some of them. So I started to walk towards the dustbin when I noticed a poor man stepping out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He 4over to another nearby dustbin and started looking5 it.
I suddenly felt very upset. I know this man would take all he could get, so I walked up to him and6 the drink and some snacks to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles(皱纹) on his forehead, looked up in 7 and took what I gave him.
A huge smile spread across his face and this made 8 feel indescribable satisfaction(满意). I felt like I couldn't be happier with myself, but then he said, "Wow, first someone gives me this sandwich, then this drink, and now some tasty food, this is my daughter's 9day!"
He thanked me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him whistling(吹哨) a song as he walked away.
I now understand what is meant by the saying "giving is getting". Everyone in the world needs help, everyone can 10 help and everyone will be helped by something kind.
The image(图像) of that man's happiness drawn by my small gift appears in my mind every time I have the chance to do something nice.
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The cartoon movie Bolt is an interesting movie. All the characters are very lovely. The movie is about a dog and his name is Bolt. Bolt is a dog star. He always thinks he is very strong. He often plays in TV programmes. Many people love him. So he is a little proud.
One day people take him to New York, but the poor dog is lost there. The place is far from his home town. It's about 2,000 miles away. Bolt wants to return to his world. He has to face all the danger all by himself. He begins to go across the USA.
On his way he meets Mittens, a lonely cat. Then they meet a mouse. His name is Rhino. He likes watching TV very much. They become friends. They meet many strange animals and people on their way.
At last Bolt feels that he can be a hero both in TV programmes and in real life. The movie is very instructive.
Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don't think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a two-metre-high computer!
Fifty-three years ago Barbie Millicent Roberts first appeared in the world of toys. Since then, Barbie doll, as everyone called her, has become the most successful toy doll in history. Her parent, the Mattel Company, said that 90% of all American girls between 3 and 10 have at least one Barbie at home.
However, Barbie is facing some trouble at present(现在). There are many similar dolls on the market in competition with her. Another doll named Bratz, for example, came to life thirteen years ago. She looks more like today's pop stars with heavy makeup(浓妆) and miniskirts. And her company offers more kinds of clothes too.
It seems that Barbie has lost her magic among older girls. “For younger girls, playing with a Barbie is much fun. But when you get older, you want something smarter and more modern,” says Vera Shepherd, a shop assistant in a New York toy store.
It is good news that on the international market, Barbie is still No.1. Although Mattel is selling fewer Barbies in the United States these years, sales in other countries are still going up. In January 2009, Mattel opened its first Barbie store in Shanghai, where girls can shop, eat, drink or even become fashion designers for their own Barbies.
Mattel is planning big celebrations for Barbie's 53rd birthday. Fashion designers from all over the world have been called to make new dresses for Barbie. How long will Barbie stay popular in the world of toy dolls? It is hard to say, but 53 is surely not the age to retire(退休).
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The plane took off. A passenger needed a cup of water to take his medicine. An air hostess(空姐) told him that she would bring him the water soon. But the air hostess was so busy that she forgot to bring him the water. As a result, the passenger couldn't take his medicine on time. About half an hour later, she hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he refused it.
In the following hours, each time she passed by the passenger, she would ask him with a smile whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid notice to her.
When it was time to get off the plane, the passenger asked her to hand him the passengers' booklet(留言簿), she was very sad. She thought that he would write down bad words in it, but with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she opened the booklet and then smiled. The passenger put it, “In the past few hours, you have asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times in all. How can I refuse your twelve faithful(真诚的) smiles?”
①The passenger asked for a cup of water.
②The passenger wrote something on the booklet.
③The hostess brought the water to the passenger.
④The hostess handed the booklet to the passenger with a smile.
⑤The hostess felt happy when she saw the words.
