A man with a green bag walked into a doctor's room. "Please sit down. Open your mouth and1 your tongue(舌头),"the doctor said, "OK. You can2 your mouth now. It's clear something is3 with you. You have to do more exercise. ""But, doctor," the man said. "I don't think…" "Don't tell me what you 4 ," the doctor said. "I am the doctor, not you. I know5 you need. I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They6 in offices all day and in front of the television in the7 .What you need is to walk quickly for at least 308 a day. " "Doctor, you don't understand," the man said. "I…" "I don't want to hear any9 " the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't, you will get10 and have health problems when you are older. " "But I walk every day. " the man said. "Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walking that is. You11 a few meters to the train station from your house, a few more meters from the station to your office, and a few more meters from your office to a12 for lunch and back. " "Please listen to me, doctor!" the man shouted, getting 13 . "I'm a mailman. " the man continued, "I walk for seven hours every day and I come to14 letters. " For a moment, the doctor said nothing, and15 he said slowly, "Put your tongue out again, will you?"
A man was selling medicine at a fair(集市). At first, he sold bottles of a cure(药剂 )for colds for just a dollar a bottle. Many people wanted to buy it and the man's young assistant moved quickly through the crowd collecting money and handing out bottles of the cure. Then, when he had a bid crowd, the man stood up, held up a very small bottle and said," And now, ladies and gentleman, I am not going to charge you a hundred dollars a bottle for this wonderful medicine. I am not going to charge you fifty dollars a bottle. I am not going to charge you twenty-five dollars a bottle. Now, ladies and gentleman. I am not going to charge you ten dollars, and you can live forever. Most of the people in the crowd did not believe this. One person shouted," If you can make you live forever, why don't you drink it?" Then the other man cried," Yes, you look as if you are at least sixty years. " "Thank you, sir, thank you," the man answered," I am so glad you said that. My real age is three hundred and twenty-nine. "The crowd laughed at this but there were still some people who wanted to believe the man. One of the men spoke to the man's assistant as he passed by," Is that true?" he asked. "Is he three hundred and twenty-nine? "Don't ask me," the assistant said," I have only worked for him for a hundred and fifty years. "
It is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others force(强迫)their children to work hard, the results are never good. Many may be very bad. If a farmer makes his son work like a man, he may easily learn to hate farming. Children sometimes do too much in gardens, in shops, or even in their own homes. They soon begin to hate such work with a force, because that can destroy their happiness. But there may be a worse loss, child's love for its parents. The feeling may become something different. When that happens, the old kind of love never returns.
Little Mike's grandma died weeks ago. He missed her very much. One afternoon Mike went to the city park where his grandma used to go. There he saw an old lady. She looked very kind. She was sitting there, watching pigeons(鸽子). Little Mike went up and sat next to her. He took out his food and drinks and gave some to her. She smiled at him. Her smile was so sweet that Mike wanted to see it again. She seemed to understand him, so once again she smiled. Mike was very glad. They sat there all the afternoon, eating and talking. As it grew dark, Mike got up to leave. Before he left, he hugged the old lady and she gave her sweetest smile. When Mike got home, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face. "I met a granny in the park. Her smile was like the kind of smile I had seen on grandma's face. " The old lady also returned to her home happily. She told her son that she had food and drinks with a little boy. "He was as lovely as Brittany. " She said. Her son was surprised, because he had never seen her so happy since Brittany, her grandson, died weeks ago.
Bob Harris was a weatherman at a small television station. He worked for twenty years and during those twenty years, he felt that his life was boring. Every day, he studied the weather and tried to predict(预报)the next day's weather. Then, he stood in front of the camera and read his report. Some days it was cloudy, some days it was sunny; sometimes rainy, while sometimes snowy. The weather changed each day, but Bob still felt that his job was always the same. His boss often told him to be happier and smile more in front of the camera, but Bob rarely smiled. He thought that most people did not watch his weather report and his job did not matter much to anyone. One day, he arrived at work and began to study the weather as usual. He noticed that something was different that day. Everything he studied told him that there was going to be a very big storm very soon, though he was not completely sure. Suddenly, Bob felt excited. He ran to his boss's office and asked to do a special weather report. The boss agreed and Bob gave a special report that afternoon, warning people of the coming storm. Because of this report, many people were safe during the storm. Bob realized(意识到) that his job was actually very important.
