1.RedBallontheFloorTheballisonthefloor.Itisaredball.Itisarubber(橡胶)ball.Thebabylooksattheball.Thecatlooksattheball.Thecatisblack.Thecatwalksovertotheball.Thecathitstheballwithitspaw.Theballrollsonthefloor.Thebabysmiles.2.WarmAirandaSandwichThewindowisopen.Aircomesthroughthewindow.Itiswarmair.Itisawarmday.Theairsmellslikebread.Itsmellslikefreshbread.Itsmellsgood.Itmakestheboyhungry.Theboygoestothekitchen.Hemakesasandwich.Hesitsdown.Heeatsthesandwich.3.HeGetsDressed,SeesHisFriendTheboyputsonhissocks.Heputsonhisshoes.Hetieshisshoelaces.Hewalkstothefrontdoor.Heturnsthedoorknob.Hepullsthedooropen.Hestepsoutside.Heclosesthedoorbehindhim.Hewalkstothecorner.Heseeshisfriend.Hewavestohisfriend.4.ALittleHorseCrossingtheRiverThereareanoldhorseandalittlehorseonafarm.Onedaytheoldhorseasksthelittlehorsetosendthewheattothemill.Thelittlehorseisveryhappy.Hecarriesthewheatandrunstowardthemill.Butthereisariverinfrontofthelittlehorse.Hestopsanddoesnotknowwhattodonext.JustthenAuntCowispassingby.Thelittlehorseasks,“AuntCow,pleasetellme.CanIcrosstheriver”AuntCowanswers,“Itisnotdeep,youcancrossit.”Whenthelittlehorsebeginstocrosstheriver,alittlesquirrelshoutsathim,“Littlehorse,don'tcrossit,youwillbedrowned.Yesterdayoneofmyfriendswasdrownedinthisriver.”Thelittlehorseisveryafraid.Finallyhedecidestogohomeandaskhismother.Theoldhorseasks,“Whydoyoutakethewheatback?What'swrongwithyou,Mychild?”Thelittlehorseanswerssadly,“Thereisariverinfrontofme.AuntCowsaiditwasnotdeep.Butthelittlesquirrelsaiditwasdeep.WhatshallIdo”Theoldhorsesays,“Mychild,youshouldtrytocrosstheriverbyyourself.Ifyoudonottry,howdoyouknowtheriverisdeepornot”Thelittlehorsecarriesthewheatandreturnstotheriverside.Atlast,hesucceedsincrossingtheriver.Now,Heknowshowdeeptheriveris.5.WhatisTime?Timeisgrainforpeasants.Timeiswealthforworkers.Timeislifefordoctors.Timeisvictoryforsoldiers.Timeisknowledgeforstudents.Timeisspeedforscientists.Timeismoneyforbusinessmen.Timeiseverythingforallofus.Therefore,seizethetimeoftoday!6.AFriendWhenyoureadanEnglishbook,youoftencomeacrossnewwords.Youmighttrytoguesswhatthewordsmeanfromthewordsyouknow,butwhenyoucannotguessthemeaningsofnewwordsatall,whatshouldyoudo?Youhaveagoodfriendthen.Fromhimyoucanlearnwhatawordmeans,howtopronounceaword,howtouseaword,andsoon.Thisfriendcanalwaysbewithyou,andyoucanalwaysaskhimtohelpyou.Doyouknowwhothisfriendis?Itisadictionary.Youcanlearnsomeimportantthingsaboutwordsfromit,soyoumustknowhowtouseit.7.LearningEnglishinEnglandIcametoEnglandlastsummer.IhavebeeninEnglandforelevenmonths.IamgoingtofinishmystudiesinEnglandsoon,andwillleaveforChinanextmonth.AtfirstitwasverydifficultformetocommunicatewithotherpeopleinEnglish.NowIcanspeakEnglishmuchbetter,andevenunderstandEnglishtelevision,becauseIhavestudiedhardandmyteachersandclassmateshavehelpedmealot.IhavelotsofEnglishfriendsnow.Someofthemhaveeveninvitedmefordinnerattheirhouses.TheyareinterestedtolearnaboutChinaandChinesepeople.Everytimetheyaskmealotofquestions,IrealizehowlittleIknowaboutmyowncountry.8.CharlesChaplinOnedayasmallboycalledCharlesChaplinwaswalkingalongthestreetinLondon.Itwasacoldwinter'sdayin1900.Hewantedtobuysomebread,buthedidn'thaveanymoney.Hisfatherhaddiedwhenhewasveryyoung.Heandhisbrother,Sid,hadtoworktohelptheirsickmother.AlthoughCharleswassmall,hisdreamwasverybig.Hewantedtobeagreatmanintheworldoffilms,soheworkedveryhardtobecomeagooddancerandsinger.Thirtyyearslater,thissameboywasamongthemostfamouspeopleintheworld.EvenifyoudonotunderstandEnglish,youcanenjoyhisfilms,becausenowordsareusedinhisfilms.9.DogsPeopleoftensaythatadogisman'sbestfriend.Overthousandsofyears,manhastaughthisdogstodomanykindsofworkbesidesguardingthehome.Forexample,sheepdogsarefamousfortheirabilitytocontrolaflock(群)ofhundredsofsheep.Dogshavebeenusedtohelpdisabledpeopleforcenturies.Aguidedogcanleaditsblind(瞎的)owner.Nowadays,dogscanbetaughttoturnonlightswitches,openrefrigeratordoorsanddialthetelephonefortheirdisabledowners.Forthemostofpeople,however,dogsaresimplypetsandfriendsforbothyoungandoldmembersofthefamily.10.ADishWasherSomepeoplehavedogsorcatsaspets.OnewomaninNewYorkkeepsamonkeyasherpet.Thismonkeycanwashdishes.Hewashesthedishesforthewomaneveryday.Helikestowashdishesandneverbreaksadish.Sometimeshewashesthesamedishesoverandover.Ifthewomantriestostophim,hethengetsangry.Hebeginstothrowthedishes.Butthisdoesnothappenveryoften.Thewoman'shusbandisveryhappywiththemonkey.Thehusbandneverneedstohelphiswifewashthedishes.Themonkeydoesallthiswork.Thehusbandsaysthathecannotunderstandhowanybody,apersonoramonkey,canliketowashdishessomuch.11.TheDogandHisShadowIthappenedthatadoghadsomemeatthathewantedtoeatathome.Onhiswayhomehemetariver.Ashelookeddown,hesawhisshadowinthewater."Justlook!"hesaidtohimself."Thatdogdowntherehassomemeat,too.IfIcouldgetitawayfromhim,Iwouldreallyeatwelltonight!"Withthisthought,hemadeasnap(猛咬)attheotherdog'smeat.Andashedid,hisownmeatfellintothewater.Sothenhehadnothingatall.Thenhesawthattheotherdoghadlosthismeat,too."Thatisasitshouldbe!thoughthe."ForIsawhimtryingtotakemymeatawayfromme."Bywantingtohaveeverything,hehaslosteverythinghehad!12“IDon’tHavetoEatAlltheEgg.”Aladyoncewrotealongstory.Shesentittoafamouseditor.Afterafewweeksthestorywasreturnedtoher.Theladywasangry.Shewrotetotheeditor:"DearSir:Yesterdayyousentbackastoryofmine.Howdoyouknowthatthestoryisnotgood?Youdidnotreadit.BeforeIsentyouthestory,Ipasted(粘贴)togetherpages18,19and20.Thiswasatesttoseewhetheryouwouldreadthestory.Whenthestorycamebackyesterday,thepageswerestillpastedtogether.Isthisthewayyoureadallthestoriesthataresenttoyou?"Theeditorwroteback:"DearMadam:AtbreakfastwhenIopenaneggIdon'thavetoeatalltheeggtodiscoverthatitisbad?13.BuyingBooksontheInternetIt'seasytoorderbooksfromtheInternet.ThereareseveralcompaniesthatshipbookstocustomersinChina.Justdecidewhichcompanyyouwouldliketouseandtypethatcompany'snameintothesearchengine.Thecompany'shomepagewillappearwithinafewseconds.Nextyoucantypethenameoftheauthororthetitleofthebookyouwanttobuyinthespaceprovidedonthepage.Ifyoudecidetobuyoneofthebooks,youwillneedtogivefurtherinformation,suchasyouraddressandyourcreditcardnumber.Youwillalsoneedtodecidehowyouwanttohavethebookshipped.Finally,allyouhavetodoiswaitforthebooktoarriveinyourmailbox.