David got a new job, so he had to move to another city with his wife and two sons. They bought a big house with a beautiful garden.

One day, David was teaching his 7-year-old son, Jack, how to _______ a lawnmower (割草机). When he was teaching “how to turn the lawnmower around”, his wife Mona called him and _______ him about something. David turned to answer Mona’s question, _______ Jack pushed the lawnmower into the flower bed next to the lawn. At first, he just wanted to _______ how to turn the lawnmower around. _______ when he saw that his father had not come, he decided to show the skills he had just _______ in the flower bed.

The beautiful and perfect flower bed soon became a _______. When David turned and saw it, he was just _______ to death!

“Oh! Jack, what are you doing!” he _______ to Jack.

Just as he was preparing to punish his son, his wife ran to him and said ________, “David, don’t do this. You know, we are raising children, not flowers!”

Jake Denham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis (滑雪板). His family didn’t know that he had a ______. They went on skiing. When they got to the ______ of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn’t find his ski ______. In the end, he decided to ______ the other ski and walk down the mountain to look for his parents. But he couldn’t work out the ______ way to go.

It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of ______. He knew that he might die that night in the ______ temperature. But Jake kept calm (镇定) because he ever watched a lot of TV programs about ______ in difficult situations. He thought about the ______ from these programs. Then he tried to find someone’s foot marks and followed those. He walked and walked until finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he ______ his ski, he found a team of workers who came to save him.

So next time when someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life.