¡¡¡¡Stone is all around us£®Stone is usually very hard, ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ it can also be soft£®Stones have many uses£®
¡¡¡¡In some ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡, artists carve(µñ¿Ì)beautiful things out of soft stones, because they can be shaped easily£®In ancient times, people carved ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ persons or animals out of soft stones, which could be carried along with£®While in some European countries, statues(µñËÜ)are carved ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ hard stones and they do not change easily£®In summer, the hot sun ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ on these statues and in winter the snow falls on them, but they ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ remain beautiful£®
¡¡¡¡Stone is strong and long-lasting£®So, it is ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ enough for buildings£®A house built of stone does not catch fire as easily as ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ made of wood£®Some stones are coloured, so they make the ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ look wonderful£®People can also get a fire with stones£®Besides, some kinds of stones can be used to ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ jewellery(Ö鱦)£®We¡¯ve found stones are really amazing£®
Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, one book was saved£®But it was not a valuable book, so a ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins£®
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The book ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed£®It was about the secret of the¡°Touchstone(ÊÔ½ðʯ)¡±!The touchstone was a small pebble(¶ìÂÑʯ)that could ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ any common metal into pure gold£®The writing explained that it was ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it£®But the ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡£®
¡¡¡¡So the man sold his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the beach, and began ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ pebbles£®He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times£®So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea£®He spent a whole day ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ this, but none of them was the touchstone£®Yet he went on and on this way£®Pick up a pebble£®Cold£throw; it into the sea£®Pick up ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ Cold£throw it into the sea£®
¡¡¡¡The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡ years£®One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm£®He threw it into the sea ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ he realized what he had done£®He had formed ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡ a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡ threw it away£®
¡¡¡¡So it is with chance£®¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away£®
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¡¡¡¡It was a summer afternoon£®An old man was sleeping in his chair under a big tree£®A monkey was sitting beside him£®
¡¡¡¡A fly(²ÔÓ¬)flew around the old man¡¯s face and stopped on the old man¡¯s ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡£®The monkey drove it away£®In a minute, the fly was back and again it was driven away ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡£®Then it came for the third time and then the fourth, the fifth and the sixth time£®The monkey kept on driving it away£®¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ it came for the seventh time, the ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ monkey jumped off the chair, ran to the corner in the garden and came back with a ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ in his hand£®¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ the fly was coming nearer and nearer£®¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ it stopped on the old man¡¯s nose, the monkey hit(´ò)it ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ with the stone£®Guess what happened?The fly was ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡£®The old man¡¯s nose was ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡£®
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¡¡¡¡Bob was at home alone one night while his parents were out for the evening£®He had often stayed alone before, so he wasn't afraid£®¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ he waited for his parents to return home, he watched the late movie on television£®His eyelids became heavier as the ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ passed£®
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ Bob opened his eyes£®What was that ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ in the next room?Bob listened carefully and heard the window ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ being moved open£®For a minute Bob was so ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ that he could not move, his body felt like a ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡£®
¡¡¡¡Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV£®¡°Wait, maybe there is ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ I can do,¡± thought Bob£®
¡¡¡¡He grabbed(ץס)the drumsticks and beat on his drums as he had never beaten before£®The noise was ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡ terrible that Bob astonished even himself£®He also ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡ the person in the window, who turned tail and ran for all he was worth£®The burglary(µÁÇÔ)was nipped in the bud(ÃÈÑ¿)£®
¡¡¡¡Bob had just used his drum in a very ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ way£®¡°Maybe drums aren't such a bad instrument after all,¡± thought Bob with a sigh of relief(·ÅËÉ)£®
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¡¡¡¡The nest morning the young man came£®Mr Smith put jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ it£®He then went about his work£®The young man sat quietly and waited£®
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¡¡¡¡¡°You will learn,¡±said Mr Smith and went about his work£®
¡¡¡¡Several more days went by and young man felt very ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡£®One morning he was asked to do it once more£®As soon as he held it, the young man shouted ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ looking at his hand,¡±This is not the same jade stone!¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°You have begun to ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡,¡±said Mr Smith£®
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¡¡¡¡A£ºI hope we¡¯ll be able to swim ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡£®
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¡¡¡¡A£ºThat¡¯s boring£®I went there last Saturday£®
¡¡¡¡B£ºI think you should go to a swimmers¡¯ pool(ÉîË®³Ø)£®Oh, we are planning to the seaside next weekend£®¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ join us?
¡¡¡¡A£ºWill we be about to swim ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡ we get there?
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¡¡¡¡A£ºNow, you! How about the tide(³±Ï«)there?
¡¡¡¡B£ºThe tide will be out, it¡¯ll be safe ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡£®For you won¡¯t be able to dive ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ the rocks£®Just when the tide is ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡, you¡¯ll be able to dive£®
¡¡¡¡A£ºThat¡¯s all right£®I like diving but I prefer swimming£®When is high tide?
¡¡¡¡B£º¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ tide is at about nine o¡¯clock in the morning, so high tide will be at about four the next afternoon£®