Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is ________ example.

Once ________ a farmer in the village. He grows corn (玉米) all his life. Each year, he takes his corn to the market. Then each time, his corn is the ________. So he often wins the ________ prize.

One year, a newspaper reporter interviews him ________ how he grows it. His answer makes all very ________ , he says, “I give my corn seed (种子) to my neighbors.”

“How can you share your corn seed with your neighbors?” the reporter asks, “You know they are ________ taking part in the competition (比赛) with you each year.”

“Why not, Sir?” says the farmer, “Don’t you know the wind ________ pollen (花粉) from corn? Then it moves the pollen ________ from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, then cross-pollination (异花传粉) will make my corn ________ worse. ________ I must help my neighbors if I want to grow good corn.”

The farmer knows ________ about the life. His corn ________ well if his neighbors’ corn doesn’t grow well.

A meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give to ________ . Giving, instead of ________ makes us different from other people.

People do different activities in different seasons in China. In spring, children in Shandong Province usually fly kites. In Hainan Province, children go swimming. In Shanghai, thousands of people take part in the spring marathon.

People around China like doing all kinds of water sports in summer. In Xiamen, young people often play beach volleyball. In Anhui Province, students row along the Yangtze River.

Autumn brings fine days and cooltemperatures. In Shaanxi Province, teachers and students climb Mount Hua. People from all over the world take part in the Tour of Qinghai Lake Bicycle Race in Qinghai Province. In winter, children in Harbin go skating. In Dalian, old men go swimming in the icy-cold water.

In nature, you may see many insects and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why? Locusts（蝗虫）are super delicious food for birds, but it’s not always an easy job for birds to catch them. It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the colors of locusts change with colors of crops（庄稼）. When crops are young, locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to yellow and brown color as crops do.

Brown bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can’t be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar bears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark colored and they live under the soil（土壤）in a dark and wet environment. However, insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order tosurvive, they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.

Have you ever noticed some even strange acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink（墨水）when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over, its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keeps itself safe though it is not strong at all.

Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role—showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget（预算）.

In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes（食谱）for under £5 per family a day. And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she’s been able to put a lot of what she’s learnt into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, Finn, 13, and Jack, 11.

“We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant,” she explains. “I pay £5 for a portion（一份）, but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometime we’re not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves.”

The eight-part series（系列节目）, Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV’s Save Money: Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonight’s Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the family’s long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.

How to Make Friends

Everyone needs friends. A friend can give us help and share our difficulties and happiness.     57    

First, to make friends, you must be friendly to others.     58     You should try to make a stranger feel at home wherever he happens to be. Think more of others than of yourself and never judge a person by his appearance and clothes.

Second, friends should negotiate (商量) instead of quarrel (争吵).     59    

Finally, never believe in those who leave you when you are in trouble.     60     Remember, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

    61     So long as you can put your friend’s interests in front of yours, you will have a lot of good friends.