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　　My friend Mr．Smith is a famous doctor and has a hospital．So he has enough money to 　　1　　 all over the world．And he’s been to a lot places of interest．He likes to 　　2　　 children and has a lot of little 　　3　　．They often ask him to tell them all kinds of funny things he 　　4　　．It makes them happy and his room is always full 　　5　　 children when he’s free．

　　It was my little son’s seventh birthday yesterday．The boy wanted to 　　6　　 his old friend Mr．Smith to the party．He 　　7　　 Mr．Smith himself and told him about it．the doctor accepted his 　　8　　 happily．At half past seven the boy was waiting for his coming at the gate．　　9　　 he saw his car, he ran towards him．Mr．Smith 　　10　　 on time, with a nice present in his hand．After dinner the children sat around the traveler and asked him to 　　11　　 them some funny stories．Mr．Smith agreed and his stories made them 　　12　　 again and again．At last he told them the funniest story．He said, “ Once I reached a city 　　13　　 a foggy day．The fog was the thickest in the world …”

　　Please wait a 　　14　　, Mr．Smith,” said my son, “ It’s said the fog in London is the thickest in the world．”

　　“You’re 　　15　　, my clever boy．” Said the funny doctor．“ The city had much fog that day …” “ What’s it?” the boy couldn’t wait to ask again．

　　“ The fog was so thick that I couldn’t see it at all,” the funny doctor said with a smile．

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　　The hardworking blacksmith(铁匠)Jones used to work all day in his shop．The son of Mr．Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith every day and for hours and hours he would enjoy himself watching how tradesman worked．

　　“Young man, why don’t you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks(铁钉), even if it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith．“Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you．”

　　The lazy boy began to see what he could do．But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks．

　　Old Mr．Smith died and the son lost all his things because of the war．He had to leave home and began to live a simple life in a small village in another country．In the village there were a lot of shoemakers who were spending a lot of money buying tacks for their shoes, and sometimes even when they paid high prices, they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country soldiers’ shoes were in great need．

　　Our young Mr．Smith, who was finding it difficult to make money, remembered he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers．He told them that he would make the tacks if they helped to get him settled(安家)in his workshop．The shoemakers were very glad for the offer．And after a while, young Mr．Smith found that he was soon making the finest tacks in the village．

　　“How funny it seems,” he used to say, “even making tacks can make my life better．My skill is more useful to me than all the riches that I’ve had before．”