A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers．“Last week,”said he,“my umbrella was stolen from a London church．As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn’t get it back．”

　　“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant(商人)．

　　“Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip(纸片)cut from a newspaper．The other man took it and read,“Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella．The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings(先令)on leaving it at No．10 Brand Street．”

　　“Now,” said the merchant,“I often advertise, and find that it pays me well．But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance．Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one．”

　　The merchant then took a slip out of his pocket and wrote：“If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Brand Street．He is well-known．”

　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished(震惊的)when he opened the front door．In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown, and his own was among them．Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter．

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　　ON receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away．In New Zealand, the 　　1　　 driving age is 15．

　　However it wasn't 　　2　　 two days ago that Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway．Our 　　3　　 was Orewa, a seaside town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland．That morning I 　　4　　 sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet(厕所)about three times 　　5　　 we left．I thought I was totally 　　6　　 for the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's 　　7　　．"Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel(方向盘)so 　　8　　．The car is going zigzag(弯弯曲曲的)," called a nervous voice from the 　　9　　．"Speed up．70km/h isn't fast enough．You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to mine．

　　How 　　10　　! My parents were really starting to get on my nerves．To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again．"Stop! 　　11　　! Are you crazy?” Everything did not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 　　12　　 the speed limit was only 50km/h．

　　My family seemed relieved(放心的)and 　　13　　 telling me what to do．They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery．　　14　　, that silence didn't last very long．My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those birds above us．　　15　　 they lovely?"

　　How did she expect me to look up in the 　　16　　? As the driver I had to 　　17　　．Who knows what would have happened if I had taken my eyes off the 　　18　　? Four hours later we drove home．This time the journey was much 　　19　　 than before as everyone else 　　20　　 fast asleep．So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive．

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