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　　Alice was twenty-three years old, and she was a nurse at a big hospital．She was very kind and all of her patients(病人)liked her very much．

　　One day she was out shopping．She saw an old worn-an．The woman was waiting to cross(穿越)a busy street．Alice wanted to cross the street, too．So she went over to

help the woman cross the street．When Alice was near her, she suddenly laughed and said,“Mrs Green!You were my patient in hospital last year．”

　　Mrs Green was very happy to see her．

　　“I will help you cross the street, Mrs Green,”Alice said．

　　“Oh, thank you very much, Alice,”Mrs Green said and she stepped(走)forward(向前)．“No, no, Mrs Green,”Al-ice said quickly．“Wait!The light is still red．”

　　“Oh,”Mrs Green answered when she stepped back．“I can easily cross the street by myself when the light is green．

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　　When Abe Lincoln was just a boy, he had to help his father to look after his farm．It was hard work and there wasn't any interesting thing for him．Abe wanted to go to school, but there was no school there．Abe was sad most of the time．

　　Mrs Lincoln loved the boy very much．She tried her best to make Abe happy．One early morning she got up early and went to town．That was a long way and it took her a long time to get to town．She bought something there and went back．And it was late in the evening when she got home．

　　The next morning Mrs Lincoln said to Abe,“Today is your birthday．We're going to have a party．”She put some food on the table, then brought out a present．A book．Abe cried．It was an old book, but he liked it．A smile came to his face．He looked up at Mrs Lincoln and said,“Thank you, Mum．”

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　　Mr Green was nearly ninety, so it was often difficult(困难)for him to remember things．But he still liked travel-ling(旅行)very much．Every year he went to London．One summer when he was there, he went to see one of his friends．He had two children．Now Mr Green was talking to one of the girls after lunch．“You and your sister were ill when I was here last year, weren't you?”he said to her．“Yes, we were,”answered the girl．“We were very ill．”The old man said nothing for a moment, because he was think-ing．Then at last he said,“OK, yes, I remember now!One of you died．Which of you was it, you or your sister?”

　　The girl answered,“It was me．”“OK?I'm sorry to hear it,”said the old man．

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　　It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house．

　　Guests(客人)came and went, but the party went on．Then the bell rang．Several people shouted,“Come in!”A small man opened the front door and came in．Nobody knew him but the host(主人)went to meet him and took him to have a drink．The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank．Then he suddenly stopped and looked at the host．“Do you know?”he said,“Nobody asked me to this party．I don't know you．I don't know your wife and any of your guests．My wife and I wanted to go out in our car．But one of your guests' cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back．”

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　　It was a beautiful spring morning．There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot, so Mr Andrews was surprised when he saw an old man at the bus stop with a big strong black umbrella(雨伞)in his hand．

　　Mr Andrews said to him,“Are we going to have a rain today, do you think?”

　　“No”, said the old man,“I don't think so．”

　　“Then are you carrying the umbrella to keep the sun off you?”

　　“No,”the sun is not very hot in spring．

　　Mr Andrews looked at the big umbrella again, and the man said,“I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong, so I really need a walking-stick．But when I carry a walking-stick, people say, 'Look at that poor old man', and I don't like that．When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, ‘Look at that stupid(愚蠢)man'．”

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One day a great general(将军)asks his soldiers,“What is the strongest power(力量)in the world?”Four of his soldiers put up their hands．They want to answer the question．The general asks the first man to speak．The first man is younger than the other three, and he is not strong．He says, My gun(枪)is the strongest．It can kill anyone．”“Thank you．Next, please．”The second is very strong．He says．“I don't think so．Soldiers use guns．So the soldier is the strongest．”The third man says,“Soldiers use guns, but our general gives orders(命令)．So I think our general is the strongest．”The fourth one is the oldest．He says,“Love is the strongest．For love, people don't use guns．”The general says nothing．He takes out a medal(勋章)and gives it to him．

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　　Some children are flying kites near the river．They are very high and Peter can see them in his room．His aunt comes to see his mother today and brings a kite with her．She gives it to Peter after lunch．It looks like a bird．He wants to fly it, but his mother doesn't let him do so,“It's time to go to school,”says the mother,“or you will he late for class．You can fly it after supper．”

　　The boy is sad, but he listens to his mother and says goodbye to his aunt and leaves．Now he is in the classroom but he is looking out．He isn't listening to Miss Black．She writes something on the blackboard and then turns to the class．

　　“Name nine things with milk in them, Peter,”she says．

　　The boy doesn't hear her and sits still．A boy in Row 4 taps(轻打；轻敲)his back and he understands it．He stands up and Miss Black asks him the question again．He thinks for some time and then answers,“Yes, madam, tea, coffee, cake and…er…six cows．”

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　　Skin-diving(潜泳)is a new sport today．This sport can take you to a wonderful world(奇妙的世界)．It's like to visit to the moon．When you're under the water, it's easy for you to climb big rocks(岩石), because you're not heavy．

　　Here, under the water, everything is blue and green．During the day, there's enough light．And you can see a lot of fish swimming around you．You can catch them with your hands．To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport．

　　When you have tanks(罐)of air on your back, you can stay in deep(深的)water for a long time．But you must be careful when you dive in deep water．

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Uncle Wang works in a bookshop in the middle of the city．The shop is not far from his home．It's about one kilo-meter away．So Uncle Wang seldom(很少)goes to work by bus．He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot．It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike, and forty minutes on foot．Today his bike is broken．He wants to walk there．Now he's having breakfast．He leaves home at ten minutes to eight．He walks to work twenty minutes earlier．His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon．

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My name is Li Ming．My father works in a factory．The factory is not near our home．He goes to work by train．My mother teaches English in a middle school．She is a good teacher．Her students like her very much．She likes them very much, too．My mother's school is near our home．So she often walks to school．My uncle is a farmer．He does farm work on a farm．He doesn't live with us．He has two children．They call me brother．I call them sisters．They sometimes come to see us．