A blind man had a newspaper stand. It was next to a bank. On other side of the street, there was a school.

One day，the bank was closed. Some men broke in and took a lot of money the bank. Then, a police officer came and asked (question) at the school: Did someone see who did it? What are they like?

No one could answer. Then the officer heard a voice saying, "I know. "The man who (stand) in the doorway answered. "Three men took the money, "he said. "I could tell by (hear) their steps. They ran down the street."

"I wish someone could tell me they looked like," the officer said. "One man had red hair," said the man. "He could not ran (fast)."

"How do you know that?" the officer asked in (surprised).

"One of the other (man) yelled at him to hurry. He called him Red. "Two weeks went by. The three man were caught. One had something wrong his leg. He had red hair.

The man didn't need eyes to see, after all.

The Palace Museum is also called the Forbidden City. It lies Beijing. The Palace Museum was the imperial palaces during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has history of more than 500 years.

The Palace Museum is the world's (large) palace museum. It, is more than 720, 000 square meters in size. It is 961 meters (length) and 760 meters wide, with about 9, 000 houses. In 1406, Chinese people began (build) it. The construction of the museum was full of (wise).

In 1925, the Forbidden City was changed into a museum. And it is also the largest museum in (Chinese). It has a collection of one (million) valuable artworks, and most of (they) belonged to the imperial families of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The museum is open to the public nowadays. The Palace Museum is so famous many visitors from all over the world come to visit it.

A. Mr. Lin's lessons can help you improve your listening. The lesson is at night from Monday to Friday. . You will be surprised at the progress you make.

B. It is very important to speak English well. Miss Chen from Singapore can help you improve your spoken English. Please call her at 2768-8888.

C. Written English is very difficult for many students. In Miss Li's writing class, you will learn how to write well in English. The lessons will be interesting.

D. Come to Mr Ge's translating class on Friday nights. He has many useful skills for you. It will be less difficult to English into Chinese.

E. If you are poor at oral English, please' come to the English speaking class given by Mr. Smith from Britain. He will be waiting for you on Wednesday and Fridays.

F. If you want to improve your English skills，come on Tuesday evenings and Thursday evenings. Miss Zhang will give you some suggestions on reading.

Tina would like to have lessons to develop her listening on Friday because listening is the biggest problem for her.

Daisy needs to translate some English passages into Chinese. She wants to improve her translating skills.

Tim does badly in spoken English, so he wants to improve his spoken English with the help of a British teacher.

English is Laura's favorite subject, but she does not well in written English. She wants to take some lessons to improve her writing skills.

Anna hopes to improve her reading because she is poor at English reading. She is free only on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The Inside of the World

When I was a very little boy, I was always asking questions.

One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked, "Jane, what's under the street? ""Oh, just dirt(尘土)," she replied. "And what is under the dirt? ""Oh, more dirt;" she replied.

. So I asked again, "Well，what's under that ?""Oh, nothing—I

don't know—why are you always asking so many questions?" she asked.

I knew there must be something under that. . I also heard that

Chinese lived on the other side of the world, head down. I wanted to find out if that was true. down, down, down, till I came through on the other side, and then I would know. I was a very little boy, you see. With a small shove (铁锹), I started a hole in the back yard behind the grapevines(葡萄藤). No one knew what I was doing.

Then one evening my father asked, "What's that hole in the back yard? ". He didn't laugh when I told him, but he asked me if I knew how far I would have to dig.

I hadn't dug through the world, but I did know how far it was.

Once there was a poor old man called Colonel Harland Sanders. He lived in a small house and had an old car. He was living off the social security (社会保障金). In his sixties, he thought things had to change, so he thought about what he had to do. His friends liked his chicken recipe (食谱) very much. He thought that it might help him to make a change.

He left Kentucky and traveled to different states. He told restaurant owners that he had a mouth-watering chicken recipe and asked them if they would like to buy it. He would like to give the recipe to them for free, just asking for a small percentage

(提成) in return. Sounds like a good idea, right?

Unluckily, those restaurant owners didn't think so. As a result, the old man heard "NO" over 1. 000 times, Even' after all of those rejections (拒绝), he didn't give up He believed his chicken recipe was something special. He heard"NO1, 009Ltimiesbefore he heard his first Yes.

With that one success, Colonel Harland Sanders changed the way Americans ate chicken. Kentucky Fried Chicken，also known as KFC, was born. Now it is the world's second largest restaurant chain.

After all, nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.

Humans have been inventing things from the beginning of time. Some of the most famous inventions are so common in our everyday lives that we no longer think of them as inventions. Here are some inventions from different centuries.

THE TELEPHONE

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell built the first telephone that transmitted (传输)human voice by electricity. Then telephones rapidly became an indispensable part of our lives.

THE COMPUTER

There were many important events in. the history of computers. In 1941, Konrad Zuse built the world's first programmable computer.

THE COTTON GIN(轧棉机)

A modem mechanical cotton gin was created by American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 and patented in 1794. The cotton gin is a machine for separating the seeds of a cotton plant from the cotton.

THE SEWING MACHINE(缝纫机)

The first practical and widely used sewing machine was invented by a French tailor in 1829. Elias Howe patented an improved sewing machine in 1846.

PENICILLIN(盘尼西林)

Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming. People began using it to treat infections in 1942.

Inventions play an important part in our lives. They open the door to a new world for us and change the way we live.

Diamonds are the most famous and valuable jewel(珠宝) in the world. It is difficult to cut a diamond because it is the1substance(物质) found in nature. The diamond is believed to be the symbol of wealth(财富的象征)for its great2. Also, it bas. the meaning of eternity (永恒), so diamond rings are3used as wending jewelry.

When a volcano(火山)is4, it sometimes erupts(爆发) and causes great damage to the nearby towns. However, at the same5, diamonds were pushed towards the surface of the Earth. Thus, it may be6to find a diamond after a volcanic eruption. Besides, diamonds arc also found among the sand and stones of certain river beds, because the rain7them down the mountain sides.

There are not many places that8diamonds in the world. During the last century, adventurers from Europe went to Brazil, because they heard that there were diamonds in the Amazon River. . Many of these early diamond miners9illness or were lost forever in the great forests. Bu some10home rich.

The earliest known diamonds were found in India many centuries ago. But most of the world's diamonds now come from the Congo, Tanzania and South Africa.

—Really? It'll be very exciting.