There was once a poor woman with the only son．The boy said he wanted a new coat．The mother left for the market，feeling very sad，because she didn't have enough money to buy a coat·
On the way home，she found a piece of wood and gave it to her son to play with．Later that day, the boy went outside to play．Along the road，he saw an old woman crying．The old woman was trying to start a fire to cook some food，but she didn't have any wood．Hearing that，the boy gave her his piece of wood．The old woman gave him a piece of the bread she had made．
Then，further down the road，the boy met a pot maker's wife and her crying child．The boy asked her what was wrong．The woman said she had no food to give to her hungry child．The boy gave the woman the piece of bread，and she gave him a pot．The boy walked on．
Before long，he saw a husband angry with his wife．He asked the couple what was wrong with them．They said，“We have broken our pot and have nothing to cook food in．''The boy gave his pot to them，and they gave the boy a new coat．
The boy ran home to tell his mother how he had at last got the thing he had wanted．
I can't help thinking about the face of that little beggar girl all the time．I can see the glad light filling her eyes when I laid the dime(一角硬币)in her little dirty hand．
How much I had thought of that dime，too! Grandpa gave it to me a whole month ago，and I had kept it ever since in my red box upstairs；but those sugar apples looked so beautiful，and were so cheap—only a dime apiece(每个)一that I made up my mind to have one．
I can see her—the beggar girl，I mean—as she stood there in front of the store，in her old dress，looking at the chocolates laid all in a row．I wonder what made me say, “Little girl，what do you want?''
How she stared at me，just as if nobody had spoken kindly to her before．I guess she thought l was sorry for her, for she said．“l was thinking how good one of those gingerbread rolls would taste，I haven't had anything to eat today．''
Now，I thought to myself, “Mary Williams，you have had a good breakfast and a good dinner this day，and this poor girl has not had a mouthful．You can give her your dime；she needs it a great deal more than you do．''
I could not resist(抗拒)that little girl's hungry look—so I dropped the dime right into her hand，without waiting for her to speak，walked straight away．
Turns out，you're not just what you eat—you're also where you eat．
Researchers found out that people had double the number of calories(卡路里)when standing in a messy kitchen compared to when they stood in an orderly one．
The researchers had 98 women spend to minutes in kitchens，under the guise of (以……为幌子)asking them to wait for someone．Half of the women stood in a messy kitchen，with piles of newspapers，dirty dishes and a ringing phone．The other half of the women waited in a clean kitchen．
Both kitchens had bowls of biscuits and carrots．Each woman in the messy kitchen ate twice as many cookies compared to those in the clean kitchen．
Why did this happen?
“Being in a messy environment and feeling out of control is bad for diets，''Lenny Vartanian，one of the researchers，said．“It seems to lead people to think，‘Everything else is out of control,so why shouldn't I be?'''
The study's size was small，but the findings prove something we know all too well：Stress(压力)is bad for you．Stress often causes people to overeat．Beyond weight gain，too much stress can also increase a person's heart rate，and lead to painful conditions like headaches．
While there are many ways to manage stress．including listening to music and exercising，this study shows that there are easy and quick things you can do to find calm．The next time you don't want to tidy up the kitchen，remember that the exercise will help you a lot in so many ways．
Considered one of the greatest English writers，Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30，1865，in Bombay, India．Young Kipling was especially close to his mother．For Kipling，India was a wonderful place．He learned the language and connected with the country and its culture．
However, at the age of six，Kipling's life changed when his mother, wanting her son to receive a good education in British schools，sent him to Southsea，England，where he attended school and lived with a family named the Holloways．
These were hard years for Kipling．Mrs．Holloway was a strict woman．She beat and laughed at the young man，who also tried to be good at school．
Kipling's solace(安慰)came in books and stories．With few friends，he made himself busy in reading，but Mrs. Holloway always took away his books．
Kipling's mother finally knew about her son's hard life．She rushed back to England and placed him in a new school in Devon．There，Kipling discovered his interest in writing，later becoming editor(编辑)of the school newspaper．
In 1882，Kipling returned to India and worked for a magazine，writing poetry and stories in his spare time．In 1892，he married Caroline Balestier．Then，the couple lived in America．Kipling seemed to love his new life，which soon saw the Kiplings welcome their first and second children．As a writer,too，Kipling wrote The Jungle Book(1894)，The Naulahka：A Story of West and East(1892)and The Second Jungle Book(1895)．Kipling was delighted to be around children．His books enchanted(使着魔)girls and boys all over the English—speaking world．In 1907，he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature(文学)and became the first English author in the Nobel history．
Kipling's The Jungle Book was adapted(改编)to a Disney film in 1967．A new live—action version(改编本)of the movie came out early this year ,which has proved to be a success．
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Surprise plays an important role in our lives．Last (学期)，my classmates and I gave my teacher a big surprise．
Our teacher (感染上)a bad cold and coughed a lot．She could hardly speak a sentence．Looking at her(苍白的)face，we thought about the warmth she always gave us·
Since Christmas was coming at that time，we (计划)a surprise for her．I made a postcard and wrote，“I hope you get better soon．''During the class(间隙)，I secretly put it on her desk．Some fruits from my classmates were(在……旁边)the card．A note was also (平放)there saying!“Take care，our lovely sister．”We(隐藏)where our teacher couldn't see us，waiting for her．
Finally，our teacher came．Seeing the presents on her desk，she smiled．(虽然)we were not right by her side，we could feel her happiness．And when she looked up again, she saw three smiling faces（照耀）(照耀)like flowers in front of her．“Thank you，''she cried，holding our hands tightly．
A．The terrible news made Jolie frightened．And just at that moment，a man wearing a brown coat suddenly appeared and stood in front of her． B．There came the sound of a police car moments later．Then someone rang the doorbell．The robber said，with a gun pointing against Jolie's back，“Open the door and say that you have gone to bed．Do not let anyone in．'' C．So when Mr．Collins，a policeman，asked Jolie whether there was something unusual there, Jolie told him there was nothing wrong and she was watching TV with her brother．Mr．Collins went away．However, a few minutes later, some policemen broke the window and caught the robber immediately． D．“Put your money on the table，''said the robber．“If you call the police，you are just asking for trouble．”Jolie felt more frightened，but she tried to calm herself down． E．“Here's an important notice from the police．At about 9 p．m．,a lady was robbed and killed by a man in brown．If you know anything about the man，please call the police．'' |
Jolie Ray was watching TV alone at home when the program suddenly stopped．
“You really did a good job，Miss Ray．When you told me that your brother was in the room，I realized there must be something unusual，”said Mr．Collins，“because we knew your brother had been killed in a robbery half a year ago．''
Person | Place | Reasons |
classmates | 1.the Science Museum 2.the Nature Park 3…….. | 1.learn the space technology 2.get relaxed 3…… |
I | ….. | …… |
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Next Friday is our Extracurricular Activity Day．Some students think……
