1. —Do you know the correct answer to this Maths problem?

—No. My answer is wrong too.

— He ran to the school ____. As a result, he fell over and hurt his legs.

The story happened in ancient Greece. A man noticed the great storyteller Aesop was playing childish games  some little boys. He  (laugh) at Aesop, asking him why he wasted his time on such unworthy activity. 

Aesop responded by picking up a bow, (loosen) its string, and placing it on the ground. Then he said to the man, "Now, solve the riddle, if you can. Tell us what the unstrung（断弦的）bow (mean)."

The man looked at it for a long time had no idea what point Aesop was trying to make. The moralist explained, "If you keep a bow always bent, it will break at last, but if you let it go loose (occasional), it will be much (fit) for use when you want it."

So it is with us. Our minds and  (body) are like bow. When constantly under pressure, we can eventually break. We need time to relax  (our). Taking time  (watch) the clouds, enjoy a breeze or take a walk is necessary if we are to be our best later. 

    I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise (乌龟) . In the end I said, "Son, remember: Be slow and calm, and then you will win the race. Don't you think there's something to learn from the tortoise?"

    Sonny opened his eyes wide, "Do you mean next time when I'm entering for the 60-metre race, I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?"

    I was surprised, "But the tortoise didn't wish that the hare would fall asleep!"

    "He must have wished that, "Sonny said. "Otherwise how could he be so foolish to race with the hare? He knew very well that the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did. "

    "He didn't have such a wish, "I insisted (坚持) . "He won the race by perseverance (毅力) , by pushing on steadily. "

    Sonny thought for a while. "That's a lie, " he said. "He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn't happened to (碰巧) fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he'd never have won the race. That's for sure. "

    I gave up. Today's children are not like what we used to be. They're just hopeless,

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