One day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, “Please ______ it in the air, and…”

One student ______ his hand and said, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.” The teacher stepped ______ the platform, passed by each of the students and said, “Smell ______ to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.” Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the ______ of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”

The boy answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a ______ apple.” The teacher ______ the boy and said to the class, “He’s right! It’s not ______ to get the apple smell from this apple.”

All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn’t have the apple smell, ______ they didn’t dare to speak up. They just ______ the first student blindly and went along with him.

The great sale is coming this weekend. Come on! Choose some interesting books from our online bookstore.

	One day, Mr Popper receives a box with a penguin (企鹅) inside! He names it Cook and helps him find a wife. When the Cooks have ten cute baby penguins, Mr Popper starts to worry about raising them.
	Are you interested in fine art? This book can help you understand art in an easy way. It shows different art styles. Also, you can enjoy many great artworks and learn about the life stories of forty artists.
	Little Nutbrown Hare is very cute in the book. He shows his father how much he loves him. Then the father also shows that he loves Little Nutbrown Hare much more.

Do you like chicken soup? Do you know how to make delicious chicken soup? Let me tell you! Chicken soup is a kind of traditional Chinese food. It is very delicious and it’s good for our health. And I think it’s easy to cook it. If you follow my steps, you can enjoy the delicious chicken soup. First, you need a saucepan（炖锅）. Clean the saucepan and pour eight big bowls of water into the saucepan. Heat it as you do other things for cooking. You will need some chicken, carrots, salt and pepper. Cut up the chicken and carrots. When the water boils, put the chicken into the saucepan. Wait for 20 minutes and add the carrots. Simmer for one hour, and then add salt and pepper. Finally, pour out chicken soup into bowls. Don’t eat at once, because it’s too hot! You can enjoy it five minutes later.

There was once a hard-working father. He tried his best to support his family. He spent all his evenings on different kinds of classes, hoping to improve himself and find a better-paid job. He hardly had a meal together with his family. He worked and studied very hard because he wanted to offer his family the best things. Whenever the family complained (抱怨), he said all these that he was doing were for them.

The day came when the father was offered a good job. It paid quite well. However, the father still didn’t have time to have a meal with his family.

The father’s hard work paid off and he was promoted (提升). He was so excited that he decided to find a maid (女仆) for his wife. He also decided to buy a large house for his family.

As it was expected, the father bought a beautiful house. He told his family that he had decided to spend more time with them. But the father was not in good health, which made his family feel sad.

Everyone wants to be better, but we should keep it in mind that it’s not wise to get wealth at the cost of family and health.