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To be kind-hearted
One evening, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night (投宿)there. A young man received them with open arms(热情地), but said “I’m sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby are all full, too, for there will be an important meeting to be held here tomorrow.”
Hearing the young man’s words, the old couple felt very disappointed, and turned around to leave.
Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: “Madam and sir, if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my bedroom for a night…….”
The next evening, the old couple took out lots of money to give it to the young man, but he refused to take it.
“No!You needn’t pay me any money, for I only lend my room to you.” said the young man with a smile on his face.
“You’re great, young man! It’s very kind of you. Maybe one day, I’ll build a hotel for you!” said the old man gratefully.
With these words, the old couple left.
Gazing at their receding figures, the young man only laughed and went on working.
Several years later, the young man suddenly received a letter from the old couple, inviting him to go to Manhattan(曼哈顿) .
The young man met the old couple in front of a luxury hotel(豪华饭店).
“Do you still remember what I said to you several years ago? Look! This is the hotel that I built for you!” said the old man.
Soon, the young man became the manager of the hotel.
(T)True or (F) False
1. The young man accepted it happily when the old couple gave the money to him.
2. The young man had thought the old man was only joking about building a hotel for him, but the old man kept his word.
Keys: 1. F.2. T.


如果想跨越自己目前所取得的成就,就不应划地自限,固步自封；勇于接受挑战充实自我,一定会发展得更好.
Take off the hard shell
One day, a lobster（龙虾） met a hermit crab （寄居蟹）in the deep sea.
To the hermit crab’s puzzlement, he found the lobster taking off his hard shell and showing his tender and lovely body.
“Hey! Lobster,” said the crab, “Why are you removing your protective shell? You could be eaten by a big fish, or knocked against a rock by the current and killed. Don’t be silly, or you will have to pay a heavy price for your behavior.”
“Thank you for your concern! But don’t you know that we have to remove our shells i
To be kind-hearted
One evening, it was raining and the wind was blowing hard. An old couple came to an inn and prepared to put up for the night (投宿)there. A young man received them with open arms(热情地), but said “I’m sorry! Our guest rooms here are all full and the inns nearby are all full, too, for there will be an important meeting to be held here tomorrow.”
Hearing the young man’s words, the old couple felt very disappointed, and turned around to leave.
Just as they were leaving, the young man came up to them and stopped them: “Madam and sir, if you don’t mind, you can sleep in my bedroom for a night…….”
The next evening, the old couple took out lots of money to give it to the young man, but he refused to take it.
“No!You needn’t pay me any money, for I only lend my room to you.” said the young man with a smile on his face.
“You’re great, young man! It’s very kind of you. Maybe one day, I’ll build a hotel for you!” said the old man gratefully.
With these words, the old couple left.
Gazing at their receding figures, the young man only laughed and went on working.
Several years later, the young man suddenly received a letter from the old couple, inviting him to go to Manhattan(曼哈顿) .
The young man met the old couple in front of a luxury hotel(豪华饭店).
“Do you still remember what I said to you several years ago? Look! This is the hotel that I built for you!” said the old man.
Soon, the young man became the manager of the hotel.
(T)True or (F) False
1. The young man accepted it happily when the old couple gave the money to him.
2. The young man had thought the old man was only joking about building a hotel for him, but the old man kept his word.
Keys: 1. F.2. T.


如果想跨越自己目前所取得的成就,就不应划地自限,固步自封；勇于接受挑战充实自我,一定会发展得更好.
Take off the hard shell
One day, a lobster（龙虾） met a hermit crab （寄居蟹）in the deep sea.
To the hermit crab’s puzzlement, he found the lobster taking off his hard shell and showing his tender and lovely body.
“Hey! Lobster,” said the crab, “Why are you removing your protective shell? You could be eaten by a big fish, or knocked against a rock by the current and killed. Don’t be silly, or you will have to pay a heavy price for your behavior.”
“Thank you for your concern! But don’t you know that we have to remove our shells i
n order to grow?” “If we are too scared to remove our shells, then we can’t move forward in life as nature intended,” answered the lobster, and with these words, he carried on with his task.
The hermit crab thought for a while and then said, “What a clever lobster! Here I am wasting my day looking for places to hide from the sun, when I should be thing about how to grow bigger and stronger. ”

Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
1.When the lobster_______ his _________ shell in the deep sea, the hermit crab was________.
2. If the lobster is too _______ to remove his shell, then he can’t move forward in life as nature_____________.
Help: a continuous movement of water in a river, lake, or sea.
一幅画使一个身患重病的小女孩在绝望中看到了希望.这是一幅什么样的画呢?
Draw a leaffor life

In the sickroom, a young girl had lain in bed for almost two months. Beside her was her mother who looked pale.
“Mum, I want to take a look at the scenery outside the window!” said the young girl in a low voice.
With the help of her mother, she came up to the window and looked out of it,sighing for her lost youth. Yhe wind was blowing hard, she noticed some leaves falling off a big tree outside the window.
“I am dying! As soon as all the leaves fall down, I will leave the world!.” said the young girl. Watching the falling leaves, the young girl couldn’t help bursting into tears.
From then on, the young girl's illness got worse and worse and she lost more and more color. In November, the girl's illness took a turn for the worse and she refuse the treatment.
The girl's mother was so worried that she asked her friend, who was an artist, for help.The artist had pity on the young girlwho was dyingand he felt that he must do something to help the girl. In order to save the young girl's life, theartist decided to draw many leaves and hung them on tree branches by stealth.
The young girl was pleased to see that the tree came into leaf again the next day. She began to feel pretty hopefulabout her future and began to recieve treatment. She made a quick recovery from her illness. Several months later, she was out of hospital.