Getting Ready for Christmas

　　1．December 25 is Christmas．Christmas is a Christian holiday．Many other people enjoy Christmas too．

　　2．People decorate their homes．

　　3．They decorate Christmas trees．

　　4．People make or buy gifts for their family and friends．

　　5．People send Christmas cards．

　　6．It is a time to remember poor people too．

　　7．Many people bake cookies for Christmas．

　　8．Some children visit Santa Claus in stores．Other children write letters to him．

　　9．People sing Christmas carols．They sing carols in the street, in hospitals, and in nursing homes．

　　10．People tell Christmas stories．

　　11．On Christmas Eve，many people go to church．

　　12．Children hang up stockings．They hope that Santa Claus will fill the stockings with toys．

　　13．Families and friends have Christmas parties and dinners．

　　14．People give gifts to each other．

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　　Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful modern bicycle．It cost 55 pounds, so he went to the shop and asked to see one of the wonderful bicycles．

　　The owner of the shop was very happy to show one to Tom．Tom examined it carefully, turned to the owner of the shop and said, “There isn’t a lamp on this bicycle, but there was one on the bicycle in your advertisement．”

　　Yes, sir．Answered the man．But the lamp isn’t included in the price of the bicycle．”

　　Not included in the price of the bicycle?” Tom said angrily．”But that’s not honest．If the lamp is in the advertisement, it should be included in the price．”

　　Well, sir,answered the shop owner coldly．There is also a girl on the bicycle in the advertisement．But we can not give you a girl with the bicycle, either．”

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　　Mr．Black, Ann’s father, works in a hospital．He’s friendly to the patients．So he’s very busy all the time．Ann is seven and begins to be at school．She often watches TV at home．Some of her friends often go traveling abroad, but her father doesn’t have time．He and his wife can only take their daughter to some cities in England．

　　This summer Mr．Black has some time．He’s going to take his family to Iceland．Ann is very excited and tells her friends about it．

　　Why are you going to travel to Iceland, Ann?” asks a girl．

　　The little girl does not know how to answer．She thinks for a few minutes and says, “We’re going to see it before it melts．”

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Rodney is a famous musician．Napoleon is an emperor．Rodney writes a lot of music．One day, Napoleon goes to Rodney’s concert．He enjoys the music very much．He wants to see Rodney．So he asks others to invite Rodney to his box．Rodney is worried because he doesn’t have full dresses．He says he can’t see the Emperor like that．But when Napoleon knows that, he says, “There is no request between two emperors．” Then people call Rodney Music Emperor．

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　　Charles Brown is a doctor．But he is not a doctor who helps sick(病的)people．He helps fish．

　　People who live in Charles’ town call him “ The Fish Doctor ”．If their pet fish get sick, they call him on the telephone．Charles drives his truck to the people’s houses．In the truck, he has medicine(药)to help the sick fish get better．

　　Sometimes a pet store calls Charles when there are sick fish．Wherever he goes, “The Fish Doctor ” is always welcome．

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　　There are many kinds of walls in the world, but the Great Wall is the greatest one．It is famous all over the world．We Chinese call it “The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall”, but in fact it is not so long．It is over 6,000 kilometers long．

　　The Great Wall has a history of over two thousand years．When people go to the Great Wall, they always want to know how the ancient(古代的)Chinese people could build(修建)it so many years ago．

　　Now the Great Wall is an interesting place．Many people go there to visit it every day．

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　　One night, Rose was talking with her friends online．Suddenly, she saw these words on her computer, “Help!Help!I’m Tony in America．I'm badly ill and I need your help．”Rose thought it was a joke, so she didn’t answer him．

　　A moment later, she got another message．It said, “I feel terrible．I can’t move．Please call 911 for me．”

　　“Maybe it is true,” Rose thought, so she answered,“Don’t be afraid．I’ll help you．”

　　Rose checked the number．It was the American emergency(急救)number!Rose called the number and told the man in the emergency center about Tony．The man then sent Tony to the hospital．

　　Some days later, Tony sent Rose an email to thank her．He said,“The Internet is really a wonderful thing．It saved my life．”

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　　When Mary was fourteen, her mother gave her a beautiful ring．It was a birthday present, and Mary was very pleased．But a week later, she was very sad, because when she was working in the kitchen, she lost the ring．She looked everywhere, but she couldn’t find it．She even looked in the drain outside the kitchen, but the ring was not there．

　　That evening her brother Tom was eating some cakes．“Who made these cakes?” he said,“They are excellent．”

　　“I made them,”Mary said．She was pleased that her brother liked them．Mary liked cooking very much．

　　“Are there any?”Tom started to ask．Then he stopped suddenly．He opened his mouth and took a ring out．“Where did this come from?”he asked．“This is a strange type of cake!”

　　Mary was pleased．“My ring!”she said, she took it to the kitchen．She washed it and then went back and thanked her brother．

　　“I’m sorry you had a surprise,” she said, but thank you very much for finding my ring．I’ll cook some more cakes for you tomorrow as a reward．

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