An old friend was going to spend a few days with me. He called from the airport to tell me he had
arrived. I was not able to 1 the office, but I had prepared for his arrival. After telling him my new 2
address,I told him that I had 3 the key under the doormat (门前的擦鞋垫). I knew it would be
quite late 4 I could get back. He could make 5 at home and eat any food that was in the
refrigerator.
Two hours later he 6 me from the house. At the moment, he said he was listening to
some of my 7 after having a nice meal. He had found the 8 and cooked some fish and had also
helped himself 9 some juice. He hoped I would 10 him soon. I asked him if he had any difficulty
in finding the house. He answered the 11 problem was that he couldn"t find the key under the doormat, but 12 , the living-room window by the apple tree was 13 and he had climbed in through the
window. I listened to all this in great 14 .There are no apple trees outside my windows, but there 15 only one by my neighbor"s house !
The story is told about two people named David and Rosy Jackson. Both
of them had very bad memory. For example, Rosy would forget to cook
dinner,or David would go to work on Sunday,thinking it was Monday.
One winter they were to take a long plane trip. When they arrived at the
airport, there was ten minutes left.In that situation(情况) anyone would get
into the plane right away.But Mr. and Mrs Jackson didn’t do so. They went
to buy the travel first. After they put a two-pound note into a machine , their
insurance policy came out."Who would get the money if the plane crashed,
I wonder?" asked Rosy."My mother,of course. " her husband replied.
"We"ll post the policy to her. " Now be quick give me a stamp,will you?"
He said. "The plane is going to take off in a minute. " David put the stamp
on the envelope, dropped it into a postbox. And suddenly he let out a cry.
What do you think happened to him? He had posted their plane tickets to
his mother.
Long long ago,there was a swan(天鹅)with golden feathers(金羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman
lived in a small house 1 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all
yearround, 2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn"t have enough _3 to buy food.
The swan was 4 to see that. She said to herself, "I"11 give one of my 5 to them each day , then
they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers. "That evening , she 6 to the poor
woman"s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying 7 . From then on,the swan came
every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 8 than
before.But day after day, the woman became greedy(贪婪的). She said to her 9 ,"The swan may fly
away one day. If so , we will be poor again. We should take all 10 feathers when she comes next time. "
"Oh no,Mom!"cried the daughters,"This will 11 the swan. She helps us a lot ! "But the mother wouldn"t
listen. When the 12 came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. But suddenly, the
golden feathers 13 chicken feathers.
Then , the golden swan said , "Poor mother , I came to 14 you, but you wanted to kill me.Now,
I am leaving and will 15 come back. Never be greedy! " With these words , the swan flew away.
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