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1、Rabbit consider asIt likes most the turnip and green vegetableses.Many people consider as the pet to it to bring back a hello to keep.2、the concert paly the drumsThe snake ,the lion and the elephant will paly together3、climate spring summer autumn winter January February March April May June July August Septemeber October NovemberDecember The Crab and His Mother “The crab and his mother” is one of the most famous Aesops Fables,While every child, boy or girl, enjoys reading.Please read the fable carefully and try to understand what truth the story tells us. The story goes as follows: One day ,when the sun was going to rise and the weather was not so hot, a mother crab and her son were crawling together on the seashore. At first they talked happily .About ten minutes later , the mother crab suddenly noticed her son was walking strangely. ”my child , why do you walk so awkwardlyin a one-sided way?” she said to her son surprise.“ If you wise to make a good appearance and look great, you should go straight forward instead of walking to one side as you do so constantly. That is so awkward!” “Exactly, I do wish to make a good appearance, Mamma,” said the young crab, “but I do not know the right way to walk .” If you will show me how , I will try to walk straight forward.” “Why , this is the way, of course,” said the mother ,as he started off to the right . ” No , this is the way ,” said she, as she made another attempt, to the left . No matter how the mother tried , she could not walk straight forward even for half a minute . Then the mother crab gave up and walked in her usual way. The little crab smiled,” when you learn to do it yourself ,you can teach me .” he said ,and he went back to his play. From the fable , we should learn the lesson: Example is better than precept.Track 005The Priceless Dog A French lady was going aboard a ship from a city to another in America with her maid, who was carrying the ladys child in her arms. As the ship came near to the seashore, it began to slow down . The maid walked the side of the ship to look over , when suddenly the child sprang out of her arms and into the water below. The mother was frightened and nearly mad. The sailors began to lower a boat. The baby was drowning! What was to be done? Hearing the cries of the mother ,a gentleman who was reading in another part of the ship came quickly forward and said “Can you give me something the child has worn?” the maid gave him a tiny apron, which had been left in her hands as she tried to save the child from falling . the gentleman turned to a dog that stood near , looking up his face. He pointed first to the apron, and then to the spot where the child had sunk . Very quickly the noble dog sprang into the river . Soon the dog was seen far away with something in his mouse . Bravely he swam against the strong stream , but it was feared that his strength would soon give way. People on board cried for joy as the boat reached him and sailor drew the child and the dog from the water. When they was brought on board , the mother was happy to see that the baby was alive, saying ,”oh , sir ,I must have this dog ! I will give anything for the dog that has saved my darlings life!” the gentleman smiled ,”Im very glad ,madam, that Hector has been of service to you; but I would not part with him for anything in the world .” And meanwhile , the dog gave his sides a shake and lay down at his masters feet , as if saying,” Yes ,master, nothing shall part us !”Track 006A Heroine of Orleans Have you heard of the story about Joan of Arc? It is a true story about a real heroine. About six hundred years ago , a great war broke out between the two countriesFrance and England .at that time , England was a rather powerful country, so it often had wars with other countries. One year France became his aim of attack .and so the story began. The English army invaded France and won one battle after another, and the French army was driven back again and again . the French soldiers were so discouraged that they were almost ready to give up . But things soon changed. At that time there lived a poor peasant girl named Joan of Arc . One day while she was in the field looking after her sheep, she heard voices coming to her . they told her that she must go to French army and lead it against the English . she believed that the voices came from heaven and she fell on her knees and prayed . The next day she left her home and went to the commander of French army and told him the story of the voices .the commander listened to her and believed her .he gave her a beautiful white horse and suit of white armor. When the soldiers saw her and heard her story , they followed her willingly to help the city of Orleans ,which had been surrounded by the English army for some months and was on the point of giving in .but the French army fought so bravely that the English were beaten back . After that , Joan was called Maid of Orleans . Not long after that . Joan was taken prisoner by the English and burned at Rouen(a French city). She lived and died bravely ,and the entire world honors her to this day .Track 007The Treasure Box of the Princess A long time ago ,there was a princess ; she loved by the king. The king gave her a “treasure”a treasure box. The magic box can not only help her when she was in danger , but also can help kind people with the completion their wishes . Unfortunately , one day when she was in the garden , playing with her old friend called One-inch, a red monster took her advantage and appeared in her bedroom and stole her treasure chest. Her friend had good martial arts. At noon, the princess returned her room with her friend. At that moment , with a loud roar, the red monster appeared . The princess cried out with fear, but the monster dragged her out and tried to take her away . One-inch pulled out his sword and attacked the monster. He struck the monster many times. The monster could not bear the pain and run away ,dropping “his treasure”. If a man shook the magic hammer and made a wish ,the wish would come true .when the princess asked One-inch for the wish ,he replied “I should like to become as big as an ordinary man.” She shook the hammer and , in a flash ,little One-inch became a tall and noble young man .Together they went to the palace ,to tell the king about One-inchs victory over the monster. “ I thank you from the bottom of my heart ,” said the king ,”what can I give you ,in return for your brave act.” “I should like to marry your daughter,” he said . The king laughed and agreed . So the One-inch married with the beautiful princess and lived happily with his parents ever after.Track 008Silence is Golden Today we are going to read a interesting story ,but there is some truth in it .”silence is golden ” is now a very useful expression .sometimes if you keep silent over something ,it may prevent you from getting involved in trouble ,which of course does good to you. As a student ,in class ,you may often hear your teacher say to you ,”keep quiet and put your heart into study and you may make progress.” In a certain degree ,we may say ,keeping silent may bring good luck or fortune. Here is how the story goes . At an Indian fair there was a merchant who had a elephant for sale .he saw an American , who was examining it with very great care ,walking round and round it ,putting his head on one side ,taking in everything .the merchant felt very strange .”he might have found out the blemish!” he thought to himself ,so he went up to the American ,”dont say anything about the elephant till I have sold it, and I give you a present.” “All right” agreed the American surprised. After the elephant was sold ,the merchant gave him one-tenth of the price he had got for it , and said:” now tell me how you found out that blemish on the left foreleg of the elephant. I thought it was quite concealed , and nobody would find it out .” “Blemish?” said the American ,surprised again .”I never found blemish on it .” “Then ,why did you examine the elephant so closely?” asked the merchant . Because I have never seen an elephant before ,and I wanted very much to see what it was like ,” said the American .what facial expression do you think the merchant would have when he heard the Americans words .Track 009A Strange Visitor The story happened in a railroad station in a far inland part of India . the railroad passed through a wild jungle full of wild birds and beasts . One morning , Harry Simpson , a ticket clerk at that railroad station ,arrived at the station . he found that his watch was so fast ,and he had come half an hour early . so he sat down at his desk to write to his mother and soon he was too buried in his letter to notice anything else .However ,he heard a sound and turned around ,and found the office door , which had been left unlocked ,pushed open , and found himself face to face with none other than the largest tiger he had ever seen in his life . He tried to stay calm and ha