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●Doyouknowthestoryaboutthefoxandthegrapes?

Afoxis【lookingfor】food.Heisveryhungry.Now,hestandsnearawall.Thewallisvery【high】.

Thefoxislookingup.Heseesalotoffinegrapes【on】thewall.Hesmilesandsays,"

Hownicetheyare!

Iwanttoeatthem."

Thefoxjumpsandjumps,butthewallistoohigh.He【can'

t】getthegrapes.

Thefoxsays,"

Imustgonow.Idon'

tlikethosegrapes.Theyaregreen.Theyarenot【good】toeat."

●Intheeighteenthcentury,citiesbecamelargerandlarger.Peoplemovedfromthecountrysideandsmalltownstothe【cities】becausetherewasmoreworkforthemtodointhecities.

OnSundaysandholidays,theylikedtoleavethecitiesandhaveagoodtimeinthecountryside.Butnotevery【family】hadahorseorawagon（四轮马车）.Peopleneededasimplermeansoftransportation.Inventorsinmanycountriestriedtosolvethisproblem.

Thefirstbicycle,whichwasverysimple,【appeared】in1790.Peoplecalled"

thehorseonwheel"

.Thenin1861,aftermanyimprovementsbeingmade,thebicyclebecameapractical【means】oftransportation.

Peoplelikedbikesbecausetheyweren'

tasexpensiveashorsesanddidn'

tneedtobefed.Theycouldgoanywhereandwereeasyto【ride】.

●Memoryisveryimportantinourlife.Agoodmemoryisagreathelpforlearningalanguage.Everybodylearns【his】ownlanguagebykeepinginmindwhathehearswhenheisasmallchild.Somechildrenlikethosewho【live】abroadwiththeir【parents】,seemtolearntwolanguageseasilyastheydoone.Inschool,it'

snoteasyforpupils【tolearn】asecondlanguagebecausetheyhavevery【little】timeforit.Memoryislikeadiarythatwekeepeveryday.

●Itseemsquiteclearlyunjusttopaytwopeopledifferentamountsofmoneyfordoingthesamework.Butitisnotaseasyasitappealsatfirst【sight】tointroduceequalpayforequalwork.

Twopeoplemaybeworkingsidebysideinafactoryanddoingthesamework,butonemaybedoingittwiceasfastasthe【other】;

oronemaybemakingnomistakes,whiletheotherismakingalot.Insomekindsofwork,onecansolvetheproblemofspeedifonepaysbytheamountofworktobedoneandnotbythehour:

workpaidforinthis【way】iscalledpiece-work.Butitisnotalwayspossibletodothis,soitissometimesusefultopayworkersatdifferentrates,whichtakedifferencesinskillinto【account】.Thisusuallymeansthattheyoungerandthereforelessexperiencedworkergetslessthanthe【older】andmoreexperiencedone,whichseemsreasonableenough.

●MumuisaChineseboy.Butnowhe【is】intheUK.Helivesand【eats】withMrandMrsGreeninLondon.Theyareverynicetohim.Buttheylikedifferentfood.

Forbreakfast,MrandMrsGreenwouldlikemilk,eggsandsomevegetables,sometimestheyhavefruits.Mumuwouldlikemilkandeggs,buthewouldn'

tlikevegetablesatthebreakfasttime.

Lunchisatone【o'

clock】.MrandMrsGreenusuallyhavelargehamburgers.Mumudoesn'

tlikethem.Hethinksthey'

re【bad】.Hewouldlikesomerice.Afterthat,he'

dlikesomefruits.【But】MrandMrsGreenusuallyhaveafternoontea.

Fordinner,MrandMrsGreenhavesoup,beef,vegetablesandfruit.Mumuwouldn'

tlikeanybeef,he'

dlikesomenoodles.

●Thisismytimetable.IstudyatNo.3MiddleSchoolofDongfang.FromMondaytoFridayIgetup【at】6:

30a.m.Ihave【breakfast】at7:

00andthenIgotoschool.Idon'

tliketobelate.Ourclasses【start】at8:

30a.m.Wehavefourclassesinthemorning.Ioftenhavelunchatschoolwithmyclassmates.

Intheafternoon,wehavetwoclasses.Classesareoverat3:

30,andIgethomeat4:

00.ButsometimesIdon'

t【leave】schoolsoearlybecauseIplaybasketballontheplayground.Ihavesupperatabout6:

00.AftersupperIdomyhomework.IoftenwatchTV,butsometimesI【like】todosomereadingandthestorybooksareveryinteresting.Iusuallygotobedatabout10:

00p.m.

●ManyChinesestudentsdon'

tpaymuchattentiontospokenEnglishatschool.TheythinkitnecessarytopracticespeakingEnglishinclass.HereisastorytoshowyouhowimportantitistospeaktheEnglishlanguage【freely】ineverydaylife.

AforeigneroncegothungryandwentintoarestaurantinLondon.Hesatdownatatable.

Whenthewaitercame,heopenedhismouth,puthisfingers【into】itandtookthemoutagaininordertoexpressthathewantedsomethingtoeatforhecouldnotspeakEnglish.

Thewaitersoonbroughtacupoftea.Themanshookhishead.Thewaiterthentookawaytheteaandbroughtacupofcoffee.Themanagainshookhishead.Themantriedagainandagain,buthewasn'

tabletomake【himself】understood.Finallyanothermancamein.HespokeEnglishclearlyandfluently.Inafewminutes,therewasalargeplateofmeatandvegetablesonthetable【before】him.

Soyouseeamanoftengoeshungryifhedoesn'

t【master】aforeignlanguage.

●Mancannotgoonincreasinghisnumberatthepresentrate.Inthe【next】30yearsmanwillfaceaperiodofcrisis.【Some】expertsbelievethattherewillbeawidespreadfoodshortage.Otherexpertsthinkthisistoopessimistic,andthatmancanpreventthingsfromgettingworsethantheyarenow.Butrememberthattwothirdsofthepeopleintheworldareunder-nourished（有营养的）orstarvingnow.

Onethingthatmancandoistolimitthe【number】ofbabiesborn.Theneed【for】thisisobvious,butitisnot【easy】toachieve.Peoplehavetobepersuadedtolimittheirfamilies.

●Onenight,athiefbrokeintoanoldman'

shouse.He【made】anoiseandwokeuptheoldmanandhiswife.Thehusbandtoldhiswifetobesilent,whilehesaidloudly,"

Mydear,thesedaysthievesarecleverer.Iftheytake【off】theirclothesandputthemonthetable,thepeopleintheroomwillfallasleepandcan'

twakeup."

Whenthethief【heard】this,hetookoffhisclothesatonceandwasreadytosetouttowork.Atthis【moment】,thehusbandsuddenlyshoutedinaloudvoice:

"

Stopthief!

Stopthief!

Thethiefwasveryfrightened.Heranawayasfastasbecouldand【left】hisclothesonthetable.

●Kellyisaclerk.Sheworksinatown.Sheisbusyfrommorningto【night】.

Shegetsupatsixo'

clockinthemorningandgoestodomorningexerciseathalfpastsix.Thenshehasbreakfast【with】thefamilyataquarterpastseven.Shegoestoworkataquarterpasteight.

She【finishes】workathalfpastfourandgoeshome.Shearriveshomeataquartertofive.Athalfpastsixshemakessupper.Aftersupper,shehasalittlerest.Sometimesshe【watches】TVforalittlewhile.Shestudiesforaboutanhour【before】shegoestobed.

●Thereisanoldsayingthathusbandsandwivesstarttolookandbehavelikeeachotherafteratime.Idon'

tknowifthiswastrueofmymotherandfather.

Bothofmyparentshadbrownhairandbrowneyesandlowvoices.Myfather,【however】,waseightyearsolderthanmymotherandtallerandthinner.Hewasbuiltasstraightasanarrow.Mymotherwasshorterandhadarounderandfullerfaceandshelookedassoftasapillow.

Mymotherwasquieterandtalkedlessthanmyfatherdid.Shewasalsoamuchmorepatientpersonthanmyfather.Myfatherwasmoreexperiencedinlife.Hewas【used】todoingeverythingquickly.Mymother,ontheotherhand,workedandspokemoreslowly.

Theywerefondofnatureandsports,suchaswalking,gardeningandswimming.Theywereboth【interested】inreadingandmusic,butmyfatherpreferredhistorybooks,whilemymotherlikedtoreadromanticnovels.Inmusic,theirtypesweresimilar,andtheywereneverproudoflisteningtoit.Mostofthetimetheywereinagreementonbringing【up】theirchildren.Theybothbelievedingivingthemloveandneitheronebelievedinpunishingthemphysically.Attimes,theirpersonalitieswereverymuchalike,butatothertimes,theyseemedvery【different】.Perhapsthatiswhynoneoftheirchildrenknowswhichparenthelooksorbehaveslike.

●YoumaymeetAmericanswhoknowverylittleaboutyourcountry.Ifthis【is】thecase,bepatientwiththem.Unfortunately,littleistaughtabouttheculturesorcustomsofothercountriesinAmericaschools.TheUnitedStateshasalwaysbeenseparatedfromoldercountriesbythevastoceanstotheEastandWestofthecountry.Asa【result】