Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的)and never gave way to ____.

One day the father decided to invite some friends for dinner in his house. He told his son to buy some ____ in the town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned ____ and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the ____. The gate wasn’t ____ enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But ____ of them would give way to the other. They ____ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. The father was worried. “What shall I do? My son hasn’t ____ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what was the matter with his son. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to ____ his son.

“You may first take the meat home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____.” he said to his son when he knew what had happened.

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Every year on April 22nd, people celebrate Earth Day all over the world. It is a time to work towards keeping our earth clean. People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.

U.S. Senator Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962 when he saw polluted rivers and cities covered with smoke. Senator Nelson needed to get support from Americans to clean up the earth. Finally, on April 22nd, 1970, more than 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and so can you.

How can you celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas:

Join a clean-up project-Clean up your street or a favourite beach.

Save energy-Turn off the lights when you leave a room, and use public transportation.

Use less water.

Reduce, reuse and recycle-practice the three Rs: First, reduce how much you use. Then reuse or recycle what you can.

You can make a difference on Earth Day and every day!

Years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might write them in his d    56    . Now a teenager with the same problems might get on the Internet and write them in his blog. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?

The biggest d    57     is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Usually, a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as one full of secrets. Both diaries and blogs tell what h    58     to the writer that day.

A blog has both good and bad points. The biggest problem is that anyone can r    59     what you write in your blog. If you are not s    60     with a friend during school and write something bad about him in your diary, he will never know it. However, i    61     you do this on the Internet, that friend may read your blog and get angry. So we have to be c    62     of what we write.

A blog has good points, of course. People choose to write in blogs, and they know that their friends will read what they write. If you feel sad one day and write in your diary, n    63     will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog, your friends may quickly write back to comfort you or o    64     their help. Blogs help people stay in close contact (联系) and let them know what their friends are doing. Though i    65     a good way to write blogs about everyday life, I still prefer my old diary.