One day in class, the teacher stood at the front of the class. She held up a（an） ________ and said, “Please smell the smell in the air!”

One student ________ his hand and said,   “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.”

The teacher passed by each of the ________ and said, “Smell again to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”

The teacher went back to the ________ of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple. Everyone raised their hand except（除了） one little girl. The teacher came to the girl and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple? Half of the students raised their hands to ________ that they could smell it.

The girl answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a ________ apple.”

The teacher smiled at the girl and said ________ to the class, “She is right! This is not a real apple.”

All of the other students’ ________ were wide（很大地） open. They also might have thought that the apple was not real, but they didn’t have the self-confidence（自信） to ________. They just followed（跟随）the first student ________ thinking.

So don’t feel afraid to say out your ideas.

A strong wind blows by. Two seeds（种子） fall from a flower.

After some time, the first seed says that she wants to get off the ground to see. She is always hopeful about things she meets every day. She grows up toward the sun and becomes a beautiful flower.

As for the second seed, unlike the first seed, she is worried about what may happen（发生） when she leaves the ground. She is also worried about having too much sun. Because her head is full of worries, she doesn’t go anywhere. She plays it safe and waits.

A hen（母鸡） comes near the ground where the two seeds fall. Looking at the beautiful flower, the hen smiles. She loves it. Then she turns the other way and sees the seed. The hen picks up the seed and eats it.

Some of us may be like the second seed. There’s nothing wrong with playing it safe. But playing it safe can sometimes be dangerous. If you want a good future, playing it safe isn’t always the way to go. You need to try and get out there.

Different kinds of weather make people feel different. They influence (影响) health, IQ (智力) and feelings (心情).

In the southern part of the United States, it is very hot at sometime and very cold at other time. People in those places often catch a cold when the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence IQ. For example, a very strong wind can help people have higher IQ. However, very hot weather can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get lower scores (分数) in exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).

Do you feel like you have a cold? Do you think you are not smart? Do you feel sad today? It may be the weather’s problem.

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The 19th Asian Games（亚运会）are going on in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Players from all over the world play against each other. However, as we say in China: “Friendship first, competition second（友谊第一，比赛第二）. ”     36    

I am going to tell a story about myself. I am good at swimming. One day, our city’s team comes to pick（挑选）young swimmers.     37     I feel she is not my “best friend” any more. I leave the club and never say good bye to her. But I don’t know that she never joins the city’s team only because of me. So I call her. She says, “    38    ” We are back to be friends again now.

    39     It’s more important to be kind and respect（尊重）others. A great player can get respect even from their rivals（对手）. For example, my favorite player, Gu Ailing, is very friendly to her sad rival after the last jump.     40     This is why sportsmanship（体育精神）is so valuable（有价值的）.