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The Wise Blind Man

There once lived a blind man, he was very wise．　　1　　 he could not see with his eyes, he was clever and skillful．When he went for a walk 　　2　　, he always took a lit candle in one hand and his walking stick in 　　3　　．Whenever people met him, they would move 　　4　　 his way to let him 　　5　　, one after the other, however, they could not 　　6　　 see the reason for 　　7　　 he was doing．A young man saw the candle, stopped and asked the blind man,“What is the use of your candle?”“My candle 　　8　　 me for careless people like you．If I did not carry one, I would 　　9　　 down by people too busy to look 　　10　　．”The blind man asked in reply,“Why do you think there is no use for a blind man like me to light a candle?”Suddenly, all the people saw the light．They admired his wisdom even more．

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　　Most adults(成年人)once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day．The same 　　1　　 is going on at school now．　　2　　 it seems that doing weekend homework is 　　3　　 problem for the modern students．

　　All the students should agree that weekend homework should be abolished(取消)．It's 　　4　　 for them studying at school five days a week．They have a lot of interests．With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, when can they find 　　5　　 to help around the house, go and see a football game or a good film, join in family recreations(娛樂), or just have 　　6　　 at home?Because of these other activities(活動(dòng)), the homework can't be finished until 　　7　　．

　　So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are 　　8　　 and often threaten(威脅)to fail whole class of students because they know nothing about the 　　9　　．If there were no weekend homework for the students to do, they would be happy to go to school on Monday 　　10　　 having a good rest and to learn what the teachers teach．

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　　Life is not easy, so I'd like to say,“When anything happens, believe in yourself．”

　　When I was a young boy, I was 　　1　　 shy to talk to anyone．My classmates often 　　2　　 me．I was sad but could do nothing．Later, 　　3　　 happened, and it changed my life．It was an English speaking match．My mother asked me to 　　4　　 it．What a terrible idea!It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school!

　　“Come on, boy．Believe in yourself．You are sure to 　　5　　．”Then mother and I talked about many different topics(話題)．At last I 　　6　　 the topic“Believe in yourself”．I tried my best to re-member the topic and practiced it over 100 times．With my mother's great love, I did well in the match．I could hardly believe my 　　7　　 when the news came that I had won the first place．I heard shouting 　　8　　 the teachers and students．Those classmates who once laugh at me, now all said“Congratulations!”　　9　　 me．My mother hugged(擁抱)me and cried excitedly．

　　Since then, everything has changed for me．When I do anything, I try to tell 　　10　　 to be sure and I will find myself．This is true not only for a person but also for a country．

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　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden．He told them to fill it with water from a well．After they 　　1　　 their work, he left them, saying,“When the sun is down, I will come and see your work．”

　　At last one of them said,“What's the use of doing this foolish work?We can 　　2　　 fill the basket．”　　3　　 man answered,“That is none of your business．”The first man said,“You may do as you like, but I am going to work at 　　4　　 so foolish．”He 　　5　　 his bucket(桶)and went away．The other man said no word, and kept on carrying 　　6　　．At last the well was almost 　　7　　．

　　As he poured(倒)the last bucket of water into the basket, he saw a bright thing in it．He picked it up．It was a beautiful gold ring．Just then the king came．　　8　　 he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted．He told him to keep the ring for himself．“You 　　9　　 so well in this little thing,”he said,“　　10　　 now I know I can believe you with many things．”

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　　The Great Wall of China is 　　1　　 to people all over the world．It 　　2　　“The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall”in Chinese．Do you know the famous Chinese saying,“He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a 　　3　　 man．”?

　　The Great Wall is 　　4　　 wall in the world．It is more than 6,000 kilometres long, and 　　5　　 four and five metres 　　6　　．In most places it is wide enough for five 　　7　　 or ten men 　　8　　 side by side(并排)along the top．It was very 　　9　　 to build such a great wall 　　10　　 our modern machines．All the work had to 　　11　　 by hand．Many people 　　12　　 to work on the wall far away from their homes．Thousands of men 　　13　　 and were buried(埋葬)　　14　　 the wall．The Great Wall was made not only 　　15　　 stone and earth, but also of the flesh and blood(血肉)of millions of men．

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　　The first thing to do when creating a comic strip is to 　　1　　 a plot．It needs to be funny or dramatic with an 　　2　　 finish．It should 　　3　　 action to keep the reader 　　4　　．The story needs 　　5　　 fast, and 　　6　　 must happen in each picture．

　　The characters 　　7　　 strong personalities which will come across in the pictures．You can 　　8　　 what the characters above are 　　9　　 just from looking at 　　10　　．

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How to improve your memory

　　There are many things you can do to improve your memory．Among them are various memorizing methods as well as taking special care of your health．

　　　　1　　 is important that you regularly stimulate your brain to make your memory more efficient．You 　　2　　 do this by doing activities that you do not normally do and by changing your daily habits．　　3　　 a new skill helps your brain to develop．When trying to memorize 　　4　　, you should focus your attention because this will lower your chances of making accurate memories．

　　An excellent 　　5　　 to help is to link information with pictures．These are referred to as mnemonic techniques(記憶術(shù))．Try to see the images in your mind．Taking notes, being organized and keeping a diary will 　　6　　 be useful tools．

　　　　7　　 food and plenty of vitamins are essential for your memory to work properly．Drinking a lot of water also helps maintain your memory．You must allow your brain to have 　　8　　 sleep and rest．When you are asleep, your brain stores memory．Not enough sleep can, therefore, cause 　　9　　 with storing information．In addition, being tired will stop you from being able to concentrate well．Caffeine in tea and coffee are very 　　10　　 at preventing sleepiness and helping concentration, 　　11　　 they can also cause problems with memory．

　　In order to concentrate well, you must be 　　12　　．Generally keeping fit and regular health checks are both important as well－not just for improving your memory．

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Three types of memory

　　Some scientists believe that there are three kinds of memory－immediate, short-term and long-term．

　　　　1　　 memory holds items of information coming into 　　2　　 from the five senses for less than a second．Then it either rejects them 　　3　　 passes them into short-term memory．

　　Short-term memory 　　4　　．hold about seven items of information 　　5　　 one time(e.g., telephone numbers), it holds them for about thirty seconds．Then they are rejected(拒絕)(i.e., forgotten)or 　　6　　 into long-term memory．

　　　　7　　 memory can hold information for the whole of our lives．Some scientists believe that long-term memory can 　　8　　 into two types．　　9　　 type remembers events, that is things that happen to us．　　10　　 remembers knowledge(e.g., the names of countries or the meanings of words)．

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　　Farley worked for the Canadian government．One day, he was 　　1　　 to learn whether wolves killed lots of big animals or people．

　　Farley got to a 　　2　　 by plane．There were no houses or people but lots of animals－and lots of wolves．He remembered people told terrible stories about wolves killing and eating people．He was 　　3　　．He had his gun with him 　　4　　．

　　One day, he saw a mother wolf, a father wolf with some young wolves living together．He watched them every day．The mother wolf was a very　　5　　 mother．She gave milk to her babies and gave them lessons．They learned how to 　　6　　 food．The father wolf got food for the mother．They were a nice, happy family－a wolf family!Farley did not need his 　　7　　 any more．In a short time, he 　　8　　 with the wolf family and learned many new things about wolves．He learned that many stories abort the wolves were not 　　9　　．Wolves do not eat people or many large animals．

　　Later, Farley wrote a book about wolves．He wanted people to 　　10　　 them and not to kill them．

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　　Some people have very good memories and can easily learn quite long poems 　　1　　 heart．　　2　　 people have poor memories and can only remember things when they have said them 　　3　　 and over again．

　　The famous English writer, Charles Dickens, said that he could walk down any long street in 　　4　　 and then told you the names of the shops he had 　　5　　．Many great men of the world have wonderful memories．

　　A good memory is 　　6　　 great help in learning a language．Everybody learns 　　7　　 own language by remembering what he hears when he was a small child．Some children like those who live in foreign countries with their parents, seem to learn two languages as 　　8　　 as they do one．In school it is not so easy for pupils to learn 　　9　　 second language because they have very 　　10　　 time for it．

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