¡¡¡¡Evening came£®It was time for Mr Bell 1 ndline¡¡ his shop£® He was checking his money£®His son£¬Tom£¬who was 15£¬had just gone outside to buy a newspaper£®Just then£¬a big man walked 2 ndline¡¡ the shop£®He had a gun(ǹ)¡¡in his hand£®
¡¡¡¡When Tom came back£¬he could hear the man asking his father for 3ndline¡¡£® Tom could see the gun in the man's hand£¬but the man didn't 4 ndline¡¡ or hear Tom£®
¡¡¡¡Tom returned to the street£®He looked for the police£¬5 ndline¡¡ he didn't see any£®Then Tom saw an old baseball bat lying in the street£®¡°Maybe this will help£¬¡±he thought£®He ran 6 ndline¡¡ with it£®
¡¡¡¡His father was just giving some of the money to the man£®The man was watching Tom's father£®Tom knew he could not 7 ndline¡¡ long.¡°Now is the time£®I must do it now£®¡±Tom went up to the man and knocked him down 8ndline¡¡ the bat£®
¡¡¡¡Tom and his father then ran outside£®This time they got the 9 ndline¡¡ and told them what had happened£®The police quickly went to the shop and 10 ndline¡¡ the man£®
¡¡¡¡One day in September we were doing some repairing on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding£®We had to ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ a great climbing plant that had grown ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ a roof beam(·¿Áº), so that we could repair the roof and ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ the walls£®
¡¡¡¡When my husband was taking the plant away, he found a nest(Äñ³²)of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves£®He then ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ something ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ among that mass of earth and straw(µ¾²Ý)of the nest£®He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡, saw glittering(ÉÁÉÁ·¢¹â)gold£®It was a child's bracelet(ÊÖïí)£®He ran into the house to show me£®
¡¡¡¡¡°You won't believe that the blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ to feed on,¡±he said,¡°but they also want their children to ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ in a cradle(Ò¡Àº)of gold!¡±
¡¡¡¡When my daughter came over on the eve of the ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡, we told her about this ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ thing£®
¡¡¡¡¡°Don't you remember, Mother?¡±she said with a loud laugh£®¡°When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡ a few days later while out playing in the yard?It was this one!¡±
¡¡¡¡As the bracelet no longer ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping(±£¹ÜÏä)£®
¡¡¡¡In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized(ÊÜÏ´Àñ)£®Among the ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡ the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡£®I hope that if my grandson ever loses it, one of the ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby£®
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¡¡¡¡For me, Chirstmas always began in the middle of the cold, windy month of November£®My sister Alice and I sat down in front of the fire and wrote a ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ to Father Chirstmas, telling him about all the presents we ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡£®We carefully posted the letter to¡°Father Christmas, the North pole¡±¡¡
¡¡¡¡Christman Eve came, The whole family helped to ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ the house, put up the Christmas tree and blow up the balloons£®Then, in the afternoon, when Aunt Kate and my two cousins arrived, ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ was ready£®Before we went to bed, we left some wine and meat for Father Chirstmas and then put our ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ at the end of our beds£®We tried to keep ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ as long as possible to see Father Christmas, but the next thing we knew it was ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡-Christmas morning!
¡¡¡¡We couldn¡¯t wait to ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ the stocking£®It was now full of all kinds of small present and sweets£®Christmas morning was bright and sunny£®After going to church, my cousin David and I went out into the garden to ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ our new present£®Lunch was always late, but what a lunch! Delicious turkey with all the vegetables followed by fruits and ice creams£®
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ lunch, Father, Mother and Aunt rested on the sofas in front of the Queen¡¯s speech on TV£®We took out the toys, put on the funny paper hats, laughed at the jokes and played ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡£®Then came the afternoon tea and a large ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ cake covered with snowmen£®It didn¡¯t seem possible, ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡ we still went on eating£®By bedtime all of the children were very ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡£®As soon as Mom ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ the light, we all fell into a deep sleep£®
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¡¡¡¡People all over the world celebrate the new year£®However, not all countries celebrate in the same way, and in some countries, the new year doesn't begin on the ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ date very year£®
¡¡¡¡In many countries, the new year begins on 1st January, but people start celebrating on 31st December, New Year's Eve£®In New York many people go to celebrate in Times Square£®¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ they're waiting for the New Year, they listen to music, sing traditional songs and have fun£®Just before 12 o'clock, everyone ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ down from 10£º10, 9, 8¡ As soon as it's 12 o'clock, everyone shouts very ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡, ¡°Happy New Year!¡±
¡¡¡¡New Year's Day is often a family day£®Some families get together for a special meal£®When the weather is fine, many families go out for a ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡£®
¡¡¡¡On New Year's Day, many people make resolutions for the new year£®They ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ a list of things, such as ¡°I will help out more with housework£®I will work ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ at school than others£®¡± or ¡°I won't spend so much time playing video games£®¡± When they have made ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ list, they read it to their family or friends and promise to ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ their resolutions£®
¡¡¡¡So it doesn't matter how they celebrate, ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ people in countries all over the world, it's a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to welcome the new£®