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　　When Mencius(孟子)was a small boy, his father died．So Mencius and his mother were quite poor．One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布)．It was very beautiful and expert-sive．

　　“How much of your book have you read today?”Mencius' mother asked him．Mencius threw down his book．“I haven't read any of it,”he replied,“I played with some friends of mine in the fields．”

　　When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors(剪刀)and cut the cloth．

　　“Why have you cut your cloth?”Mencius asked．“It was so beautiful and now you've wasted(浪费)it．”“You have wasted your time,”his mother said．“Now I have wasted mine．Look at the terrible thing we have done．”

　　Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson．After that, he always studied hard．

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　　Bill Gates was born on October 28,1955．He grew up in Seattle, Washington．Bill Gates was named William Henry after his father and grandfather．He was a very clever boy．His favourite subjects at school were science and maths．When people asked him what he wanted to be in the future, he always said,“A scientist．”

　　When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers．At that time, computers were very large machines．Once he was interested in a very old computer．He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it．In the end, they worked out a software program(电脑软件程序)with the old machine．Bill sold it for, 200 dollars when he was only 17．

　　In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University．At Harvard, he developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer(微型计算机)．In his third year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft(微软公司)．Bill began this company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen．They thought that the computer would be a very important tool in every office and in every home, so they began developing software for personal computers．They improved the software to make it easier for people to use computers．

　　In 1999, Bill wrote a book called Business@ the Speed of Thought．In the book he told people how computer technology(技术)could solve business problems in new ways．It was one of the bestsellers of the New York Times list．

　　Bill married Melinda French on January 1,1994．They have two children：a daughter and a son．Bill enjoys reading very much．He also enjoys playing golf and bridge．

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　　One day Jack and David went fishing(钓鱼)．Jack took Tony with him．On the river bank(岸), when the dog saw a bird, he wanted to run after it and tried(试图)to catch it．“All the fish are frightened(惊吓)and swim away,”said David．“Be quiet(安静), Tony,”Jack shouted(喊)at him．But Tony did not listen to him．“Are we going home now, David?”said Jack．“Next time I shall not bring him here again．”

　　“Wait,”said David．“A fish is biting(咬)my line．”“Look out(当心)!”shouted Jack．But it was too late．The boy fell into the water．“Help!Help!”David shouted．But Jack couldn't swim, either(也)．Just(恰好)then, Tony came out．He jumped into the water and pulled the boy onto the bank and saved his life(救了他的命)．

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　　Mrs Robinson was a teacher in a big school in America．She had boys and girls in her class, and she always enjoyed teaching them, because they were quick, and they thought about everything very carefully．One day she said to the children,“People in a lot of countries in Asia(亚洲)wear white clothes when a person(人)is dead(死的)in the family, but people in America and in Europe(欧洲)wear white clothes when they are happy．What country does a woman wear in this country when she marries(结婚), Mary?”

　　Mary said,“White, Miss, because she's happy．”

　　“That's good, Mary,”Mrs Robinson said．“You're quite right．”

　　But then one of the boys in the class put his hand up．

　　“Yes,”Mrs Robinson said,“do you want to ask some-thing, Dick?”

　　“Yes,”Dick said．“Why do men wear black in this country when they marry, Miss?”

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Dr Clarke was a very busy man．He always worked hard．He often forgot his family's birthdays, Yesterday after-noon he remembered it was his wife's birthday．He loved his wife．He wanted to give her a present．On his way home from his hospital he bought some beautiful flowers in a shop．When Dr Clarke got home, he gave his wife the flowers and said,“Happy birthday to you, dear!It's September 28 today．I remembered your birthday this year．”Mrs Clarke laughed and said,“My birthday was the day before yester-day．But thank you all the same．Better late than never!”

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The driver of this car had been to a party before the accident happened．He had had a lot of drink．He was driving home when the accident happened．He suddenly lost control(控制)of the car and ran into a bus stop and then a wall．Luckily, nobody was standing there because a bus had come by only a minute before, or the man would have killed someone．He should not have drunk so much．He might have killed ten people．

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　　Mr White was a very busy lawyer(律师)．He always worked all day．Sometimes he could not have a rest on Sun-days．So he usually forgot the date．

　　Last Saturday he remembered it was his wife's birth-day．“I often forget her birthday,”he said to himself．“But not this time”．Then he went to a flower shop and bought some beautiful flowers on his way home．

　　When Mr White got home, he gave the flowers to Mrs White and said,“Happy birthday!January 15 is your birth-day．I didn't forget it．”

　　“Yes, but my birthday was yesterday．It's January 16 today．But thank you all the same．”said Mrs White．

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　　Mr Herry worked in a middle school．He read a lot and could answer all the questions his students asked．

　　One Sunday morning, when he was dressing his little son, Jimmy, suddenly the little boy said,“May I ask you a question, Dad?”

　　“Of course, you may．”answered Mr Herry．

　　“Are you sure that you can answer it?”

　　“Don't you believe me?I'm sure I can．”

　　“Well”, said Jimmy,“are there any holes in your socks．Look at them carefully, or you'll be wrong．

　　It made Mr Herry pay some attention to Jimmy's question．He took off his socks and looked at them carefully．Then he said,“No, there is no hole in them．”

　　“How can you put your feet into them, then?”Jimmy said with a smile．

　　Immediately(立刻)Mr Hetry didn't know how to answer it．After a while he couldn't help laughing．Finally he understood that his son had played a joke on him(开玩笑)．

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　　A mother and her young son got into a bus in a small village and sat down．The bus conductor came to them and asked them for their money(钱)．The mother said,“I want one ticket to London．”and gave him a shilling(先令)．

　　The conductor looked at the small boy for a moment and then said to him：“How are you, young man?”

　　The mother began speaking, but the conductor stopped her and the boy said,“I am four years old at home and two and a half years old in buses and trains．”

　　The mother took six pence out of her bag and gave it to the conductor．He gave her one and a half tickets．

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Once Mum asked her son to buy one kilogramme sweets in a shop nearby．An hour later, she went to the shop herself and said,“My son bought a kilogramme sweets in your shop, but the sweets weighed(称……重量)half a kilogramme．Something must be wrong with your weight bridge(台秤)．”“Oh, there is nothing wrong with it．Didn't you weigh your son?”said the shop assistant．