Once there was a clever man. One day he went shopping and he found a very beautiful vase. He loved it very much. It was 400 dollars. But it was too 1for him.
"Could you sell it at 200 dollars?" He wanted to cut down the2.
I'm sorry I can't," the shop assistant answered.
Then he3the shop without saying any words. He went back home and4his friends about the vase. They worked out a5. The clever man hoped the plan could work.
The next day, one of his friends went to6and wanted to buy the vase for 350 dollars. The shop assistant didn't7.
Shortly after the first one, the second friend went there and wanted to buy it for 300 dollars.8shook his head.
Later, the third offered 200. The fourth offered 150. The fifth offered 100. Oh! It was too9.
At last, the clever man went to the shop and offered 100 dollars again. This time, the plan worked and the clever man10the beautiful vase at his price.
A rich man was riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden. There was a young tree lying on the ground. The rich man asked the old man, "What kind of tree are you planting there, my good man?
"This is a fig(无花果)tree, sir," he said.
"A fig tree?" the rich man was very surprised." How old are you, may I ask?"
"I am ninety years old."
"What!" shouted the rich man." You're ninety years old. You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit. You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree." The old man smiled and said, Tell me, sir, did you eat figs when you were a boy?" "Sure," the man did not know why he asked this question.
The old man asked, "Who planted the fig trees?"
"I don't know."
" You see, sir," the old man said slowly," our forefathers(祖先) planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me."
The rich man was quiet. Then he said, "You are right, my good man. We should do some things for the people after us. Thank you very much." Then he rode away.
Peter was a carpenter(木匠)in our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Peter was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.
My wife said to me quietly," That's his ninth cup of tea today..."Then she said loudly," It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it? "
"I won't decide about that until I see that bill，"I said.
Peter laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said:
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One dining table June 10, 2017 Wood 27.00 Paint(油漆） 5. 50 Work, 8 hours($ 2 per hour) 16. 00 Total(总计） 58. 50 |
When I was looking at the hill, Peter said, "It's been a fine day, hasn't it?"
"Yes, "I said, "I'm glad it is only the 10th of June."
"Me too, "said Peter, "it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month."
"Yes. Hotter and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th, won't they, Peter?"
Peter looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile on his face. I gave his bill back to him.
"If it isn't too much trouble, Peter," I said," please add it up again. You can forget the date. "
I paid him 48. 50 and he was happy to get it.
accidents"为题,用英语写一篇简短的分析报告,向学校英语报投稿
注意：1）报告须逐条陈述下面 pie chart和 bar chart(柱状图)中呈现
的主要内容(至少5点);
2）提出你对交通安全总的看法(至少2点);
3）词数:80左右,开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Major causes of traffic accidents
Nowadays, there are many traffic accident reports from newspapers
TV news and so on.
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