Alan, a boy from India went to study in the UK two years ago. He1 a part-time job in a restaurant. Many British students also worked there. Their job was2 the dishes. It was an easy job, but the boss said, "You must wash every dish seven3 ."At first, Alan was 4 . The boss was happy with him. After one month, he found that the boss didn't check very often. He thought there was no5between five times and seven times. Then he just washed five times. So he worked very6 . The boss was even happier. One day, a British student asked him7 he could wash so fast. Alan told him the secret. The British student was surprised but didn't say8 . A few days later he told the boss about it. The boss fired(解雇)Alan. Alan had to go to other9, but all of them said, "Go away! You are not10 .
We don't need you. Alan was sad because he could do nothing.
Dogs are man's best friend. Some of them play with people. Others help people work. So let's see four kinds of dogs who are good helpers for people.
Dogs | Information | Characteristics & Job |
Husky | Weight: 16-27 kg Height: 51-58 cm lifetime: 11-13 years | It looks like a wolf from a very cold place, Siberia(西伯利亚). With beautiful blue eyes, it has thick fur and can run very fast. People use it to pull the sleds and it knows how to find the safest way to travel in the worst winter weather. |
Collie | Weight: 22-34 kg Height: 56-66 cm lifetime: 12-13 years | It is very popular in Australia and New Zealand. And it has good eyesight and very high IQ. It is important to people with sheep. It is good at looking after sheep and cattle and keeps these animals safe. |
Bloodhound | Weight: 36-48 kg Height: 58-66 cm lifetime: 9-10 years | It has excellent sense of smell. With big ears, it looks a little ugly but it is gentle. It is a rescue dog and helps find lost people. It is a good helper for the police or firemen. |
Labrador Retriever | Weight: 20-52 kg Height: 54-62 cm lifetime: 8-12 years | It has a good temper. It is trained to help people who can't see. It called the guide dog. It can help the blind cross streets, open doors and even make beds. It usually wears a chain(狗链). It can understand some words. |
Jenny was a little girl and she always lowered her head because she thought she was not beautiful enough. One day she went to a shop to buy a red bow(蝴蝶结). The shopkeeper kept saying that she looked very beautiful with it. Although she didn't believe that, Jenny was so happy that she couldn't help raising her head.
Jenny happened to meet her teacher when she went into the classroom. "Jenny, you look really beautiful today, "said the teacher, patting her shoulder softly.
That day Jenny heard a lot of things like that from many people. "They must have seen my red bow," Jenny thought. But when she looked in the mirror, there wasn't any bow on her head. She must have lost it on her way back to school when she ran into someone else.
Self-confidence is a kind of beauty, but many people care so much about their appearance that they forget about this beauty from their heart. Poor or rich, young or old, well-known or unknown, as long as you raise your head, you can be beautiful.
If anyone can be called the greatest scientist after Albert Einstein, that person must be Stephen Hawking. On March 14, the world-famous British scientist died in Cambridge, UK, aged 76.
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. After leaving school, Hawking went to Oxford University. He studied math and science. Then, at the age of twenty, he became sick. He was so young, but the doctors said to his family, "He has only two more years to live." However, the doctors were wrong—he didn't die.
Because of the illness, he could not walk or talk. But his illness didn't stop him from living a meaningful life. After Oxford, Stephen went to Cambridge University. Three years later. In 1965, he became a doctor of philosophy (哲学). Then in 1988, he wrote his first important book, A Brief History of Time. It sold more than 5.5 million copies in 33 different languages.
Although Hawking was such a disabled man, he made great success. He has received many awards and prizes for his work over the years, like the Albert Einstein Award. "Life is not fair." He once said. "You just have to do the best you can in your life. "
Jonah Swann studies at Reed Middle School in the US. But after school, the 13-year-old boy works as the CEO of The Kandle Company, which makes candles. Swann's candles are different from most other candles on the market. They are made of soy wax(大豆蜡)and have non-zinc wicks（无锌蜡烛芯）. This makes them burn cleanly.
When Swann was younger, he was interested in business. But business classes were not enough for him. He wanted to run a real business on his own. Luckily, he soon got the chance to do so. A family friend bought a machine that makes candles. Later, he gave the machine to Swann. Swann worked hard in making his own candles. He had to learn how to use the machine, find the right ingredients (原料)and find out how to sell his candles. He tried his best to make his candles look attractive(吸引人的).
For Swann, making money is not his goal. He plans to give away at least 10 percent of his money to his school. It will be used to support study programs. In fact, he has given some money to a business club at his school. It will start in September. The club will invite some speakers to share their business experience.
What is it like to travel in space? People aboard the Aurora Station（曙光女神空间站）, the world's first luxury (豪华的)space hotel, can tell you in the future. The hotel plans to welcome its first guests in 2022, CNN reported.
US company Orion Span built the hotel. It will fly 320 kilometres above Earth. It can hold six people at a time. Two of them will be workers. Maybe they used to be NASA astronauts.
Each trip aboard the station will last for 12 days. Guests there will be able to do many interesting things. For example, they will see 16 sunrises each day. They can fly and move around in zero gravity. They can also grow food in space. Later, they can bring the food back to Earth as a
souvenir（纪念品）. These are the same things that astronauts usually do.
Guests can also share what they see and hear with others on Earth. They can have a video chat using a high-speed internet connection. But the trip will be expensive. Each guest will have to pay at least $9. 5 million (about 60 million yuan).
Last month, Jack went to swim in the sea. He swam really far, past the rocks and out to sea. He enjoyed (he)swimming in the blue sea.
Then he saw something (move) towards him. It was huge and gray, a large fin. It was a shark! shark started to swim around him. Jack began to swim back, the beach was too far away.
Jack was really scared. Suddenly another creature appeared next to him in the water. It was a dolphin! It pushed him away from the shark. Jack sat its back as it swam towards the beach.
Soon they were near the beach. The shark did not follow them. As soon as Jack (step) onto the beach, the dolphin swam away. He will always remember how this (friend) animal saved his life.
This is not just a story. In fact, dolphins do save people's (life)like that. There are also many dangerous things in the sea, so take (careful)when you go swimming.
