¶ÌÎÄÌî´Ê£¨¾ÅÄ꼶£©2008-12-121Therewasonceamanfromthecitywhowasvisitingasmallfarm,andduringthev___1___hesawafarmerfeedingpigsinastrangew___2___.Thefarmerliftedapiguptpanearbyappletree,andthepigatetheappleoffthetreedirectly.Whenthepigf___3___theapplesfromonetree,thefarmerwouldm___4___thepigtoanotherappletreeuntilthepigwasf___5___.Thenhestartedagainwithanotherpig.Thecitymanw___6___thisactivityforsometimeingreats___7___.Finallyhecouldnothelpsayingtothefarmer,¡°Thisistheslowestwaytpfeedpigs!Youwastealotoftime.Youcans___8___theapplesoffthetreesandletthepigseatthemfromtheg___9___.Thentimecanbesaved!¡±Thefarmerl___10___puzzled(À§»ó)andreplied,¡°What¡¯stimetoapig?¡±2Doyouwanttothecollege?Peopleareveryp___1___tobecollegestudents.Chinahasalotofnewcollegestudentseveryyear.Whentheyg___2___,theydodifferentj___3___.Manycollegegraduatesliketoworkinbigc___4___andtowns,becausetheycangetahighsalarythere.Fewgraduateswanttoworkinv___5___,becausetheworkconditions(ÐÎÊÆ)thereareoftenpoorandtheygetal___6___salary.Butitisnote___7___foreverycollegegraduatetofindagoodjobincities.SoChinawillsendabout20,000collegegraduatestoworkinvillagesthisyear.Atthes___8___time,thevillagesdevelop(·¢Õ¹)w___9___thehelpofgraduates.Thegraduateswillworkasteachers,doctors,farmersandsoon.23,520collegegraduateswenttoworkinvillageslastyear.Chinaalsoencouragesgraduatestoworkinwesternplaces.Chinaisf___10___abigproblemwith34.5millionpeoplelookingforjobsbetween2006and2010.About1.24millionChinesecollegegraduateswouldnotgetjobsatoncewhentheygraduatethisyear.3For13-year-oldLuoXing,themostdifficultthinginlifeisgettingupat5:00ameveryschoolday.¡°Idon¡¯twanttogetupsoearly,¡±theJunior1middleschoolstudentinShanghaisaid,¡°Iwantmores___1___¡±But,likeitornot,Luohasbreakfastat6:15am,l___2___homeat6:30amand,aftera30-minutebusride,hea___3___atschoolat7am.Likemostofhis40classmates,Luoarrivesatschoolafullhourbeforelessonss___4___at8am.Astudyof2,500schoolchildreninsixcities,i___5___BeijingandShanghai,showedthatabout66%ofprimaryschoolstudentsand77%ofmiddleschoolstudentsweres___6___ofsleep.Someparentsalsosay,InChina,youngmothersandfathershavelittletimetoplaywiththeirchilden.Parentsareb___7___withtheirworkandkidsarebusywiththeirstudy.Thatisnotgoodforkidsisgrowth.Kidsneedmoretimetohavef___8___withtheirparents,notjusttostudy.Tosolvethisproblem,somecitiescuttheirschoolhourstogivechildenmoretimetoplay.Somemiddleschoolstudentsnowgotoschool30minutesl___9___thantheydidbefore.¡°Thebestwayforchildentolearnist___10___play.Whenpupilsgetmoreplaytime,theycanberelaxedandlearnhowtogetalongwithotherpeople,¡±saidaschoolhead.4Lastweekthemanagerofajewelryshopreceivedaletter.Ashewasverybusythen,theletterl___1___onhisdesktilltea-time.Heopeneditand10pou-ndsd___2___ontohisdesk.Withthemoneywasaletterwhichs___3___:Dearsir,I¡¯mPeter,In1935Igotengaged.Butu___4___Ilostmyjob.ThoughIgotajobag-ainsixmonthslater,Iwasverys___5___ofmoney.Icametoyourshoptobuyaring.Thesalesassistanttookoutsomeringsformetolookat,butshewasa___6___foramoment,andIputoneoftheringsinmypocket.Whenshecameback,IsaidIdidn¡¯tknowthes___7___ofmygirlf-riend¡¯sfinger.SoIlefttheshopwithoutpayingforthering.MywifediedashortwhileagoandthefactthatIneverpaidfortheringhasbeenh___8___inmyheartalltheseyears.Atthattimetheringcost2pouns,soIthinkthatis10poundsattoday¡¯sp___9___andI¡¯msending10pou-nds.¡°Well,well,¡±themanagersaidtohimself,¡°Lifeisalwaysfullofs___10___!¡±5Bardcamefromasmallvillage.Hisparentsarepoorfarmersandhewasinschoolforonlytwoyears.Laterontheirfarmwasfloodedandallthecropswerew___1___away.Theygotintotrouble.HehadtoworkinthefieldinthedaytimeandtaughthimselfEnglishandmathintheevening.Whenhewassixteen,helefthispoorfamilyandcametoacity.MrRobert,headofafactory,wasf___2___tohimbecausehefoundtheyoungmanwascleverandable.Atfirsttheforeman(¹¤Í·)triedtobully(ÆÛ¸º)him.Butafterseveralyears,heb___3___anexcept.Hewaspaidmuch,buthem___4___aplantolearntomanagethefactory.Atlasthisplancamet___5___andhehashisownfactories.Buthestilllivedasimplelifet___6___hewasoneoftherichestmeninthecity.Onedayhisdaughteraskedhimtobuyadiamondnecklaceforherasabirthdayp___7___.Thegirloftenwenttopartiesandhadalotoffriends.Sohefounditwashardtor___8___andhadtoagree.Hewentinthejeweler¡¯s(Ö鱦µê)inoldclothes.Hefoundtherewasanicediamondoneinbeautifulcounterinthecenteroftheshop.¡°Howmuchdoesitcost,madam?¡±Bradaskedthegirlbythetable.Thegirlhadalookathim.Shedidn¡¯tsaya___9___becauseshedidn¡¯tthinkthepooroldmancouldbuysuchane___10___thing.Itmadehimangry.Hebroketheglasswithhisstickandthencalledout,¡±CallyourmanagerhereamdI¡¯llaskhimitsprice.¡±6Firefightingisaseriousmatter.Knowingwhattododuringafirecansavepeople¡¯sl___1___.Itisimportanttoknowthewaysyoucanuseandshowthemtoeveryonee___2___inthefamily.Fromthelowerfloorsofbuildings,e___3___throughwindowsispossible.Learnthebestwaytogetoutfromawindowwiththel___4___chanceofseriousinjury.Thesecondfloorwindowisusuallynotveryhighfromtheground.Anaverage(ÆÕͨµÄ)person,hangingbythefingertips(Ö¸¼â)willhaveadropofabout6feettotheground.Itisabouttheh___5___ofanav