Two college students were returning home from their part time work at 12: 30 p. m. on Saturday,
December 28, 1985 ____1____  they saw an object shoot across the sky at Dyserth Crossroads in the
Denbighshire village.
     The object appeared to have a yellow glow at its centre with green light.The students said it was
traveling  ____2____  great speed from the direction of Meliden Quarry towards fields. After some miles
the object stopped, circled and disappeared behind ____3____ cloud. The students stopped at the
scene of the landing and investigated further. ____4____  they could see nothing.
     A week  ____5____   at 8: 30 p. m. on January 4, 1986, in the neighbouring village of Trelawnyd
four people claimed  ____6____  have seen a cigarshaped craft with bright red lights. Earlier on the
same day a farmer said he saw a bright red round object hanging in the sky  ____7____  trees in the
village. He said ____8____  was some 40 feet from one side to the other.

     "Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!"  Four darling children sat by my feet, looking up at me
expectantly.
     Suddenly, we were interrupted clapping. "Terrific,"  the director said, stepping up the stage from the
aisle(过道). "Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?"
     The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play."
Perfect," the director said. "Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren." A pang of sadness hit me. If
only I could read to my real grandchild!
     I had a granddaughter, but I'd never met her. Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a
relationship that ended badly. But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena. I hoped to be a
grandmother to her-but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left. Over the years,
I asked around town to try and find my son's exwife(前妻), but it seemed that she didn't want to be found.
     I'd just joined this new church a week earlier, and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play. At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals went well, and finally the day of the show
arrived. The performance was great. "You all looked so natural up there," one of my friends said.
     Afterward, we went to the church basement for refreshments(茶点). I walked over to one of the girls
in the play, Rehearsals had been such a whirlwind(一片忙乱) that we never really got to talk. "How's my granddaughter?" I joked.
     "Fine!" she answered. Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name.
     I wasn't sure I heard the girl's answer correctly. But it made me ask her another question. "What's your mother's name?"
      She told me, I was still in shock. "And what's your father's name?" I asked. She told me. It was my
son.
     She'd only started going to that church a week before I did. Since that day of the play, we've stayed
close. Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma.

     Indian's snake charmers are to be retrained as wildlife teachers under a plan to prevent their unique
skills and knowledge from being lost. The charmers, who make snakes dance to the sound of flutes, used
to be a traditional feature of Indian life, performing in towns and villages, until they were banned in 1972
to control the trade in snake skins.
      The government is now considering a plan to train the saperas, as they are known, to visit schools and zoos to tell children about forests and wildlife. There is also a proposal to set up a "dial a snake charmer"
service to help householders to deal with unwelcome intruders.
     "For generations they have been a feature of Indian life but now they can't earn a living for fear of
arrest," said Behar Dutt, a conservationist behind the plans," if a policeman doesn't catch them, animal rights activists report them."
     Many snake charmers have continued to work clandestinely(暗中地) since the ban, despite the threat of up to three years in jail. But their trademark clothcovered baskets, hung from a bamboo pole carried
across their shoulders, make them an easy target for police.
The fate of Shisha Nath, 56, from Badarpur, a village just outside of New Delhi, is typical of practitioners(从业者) of the dying art. "I used to earn enough to support my family and send my children to school,"  
he said. "Now it's hard to earn even $1 a day. My children want to be snake charmers. It's our identity.
We love the work. But it's become impossible."
     Next month Dutt's project to train 30 snake charmers will begin at a snake park in Pune, western India, where experts will enrich their homegrown skills with some formal knowledge.
     More than the law, though, it is the dishonest attitude of their fellow countrymen that anger many snake charmers. "We're disturbed all the time but when people want a snake removed from the house, they rush
to us," said Prakash Nath, who was ordered recently to the home of Sonia Gandhi, the Congress party
leader.
1. What do snake charmers usually do in India? (no more than 8 words)
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2. How long will a saperas be in prison if he is caught during the ban? (no more than 3 words)
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3. For what purpose will snake charmers in India be retrained as wildlife teachers?
(no more than 10 words)
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4. According to the passage, what will make snake charmers angry? (no more than 11 words)
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