Ears are an important part of our face. Let me tell you _______interesting about our ears and our character.

The size and shape of our ears shows our character more than any_______ part of the face. Other parts of the face change shape as we get older, but ears do not change _________shapes. They only change in size. Reading people's characters from their ears is a very old science. In old times, people thought, that a person _______ a big ear had a good and generous character. They thought that a person whose ears are pale,small _______ dangerous. They also thought the shape of the ear showed _______ a person was musical or not. Today, many people believe that the size and shape of the ear helps you know if a person is musical.

Ears are_______, and each characteristic has a meaning. Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, middle—sized , or small. Look at the lobes( 耳垂). Chinese people believe people with big earlobes_______ have good luck. Ears thatare always red mean a person may_______ angry easily, or he or she may just have high blood pressure. Ears that are always cold and pale mean a person has a nervous character. And a big inside of the ear means a person is musical.

Can you________more about our ears and our character?

There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let's have a look at some of these inventions.

The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag first. If there was too much alcohol(酒精) in their breath, the car wouldn't start. It sounds like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his children watched too much TV. He connected the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was produced by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal (踩踏) very hard.

One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate (充气) a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead?

One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built—in radio, so you can listen to sports games all day with your hands free. The Americans invented a kind of robot for sports fans. If you were watching your team on TV on your own, you could press a button and the robot would do ‘high—fives’ with you! That’s fantastic! I wonder if you have any wonderful ideas for inventions like these.

Once a businessman was deep in debt （债务）. One day, he was sitting down in the park to think about how he could save his company from bankruptcy（破产）, when an old man appeared, sat down next to him and said, “I can see something is troubling you...”

The businessman was sad, so he told the old man his problem. After hearing this, the old man smiled and replied, “I believe I can help you.” He took out a book and asked the businessman his name. Then he gave a cheque（支票）to the businessman and said, “Take this money. Meet me here after one year from today and you can pay me back at that time. ”

After giving that cheque, the old man walked away. The businessman looked at the cheque and saw it was a cheque of S500, 000 signed by Warren Buffet (one of the richest men in the world). He couldn't believe how lucky he was.

The businessman realized that with half of this he could easily get out of debt, but he decided to put that cheque in his safe and to use it only in emergency (紧急情况）.From then on, he became more hard—working and enthusiastic. And after only a few months, the businessman got out of debt and started making profit again.

One year passed and as promised he returned to the park with the same cheque the old man gave him. As agreed, the old man also appeared. The businessman was very happy to see the old man. But when he was about to return the cheque to the old man,a nurse ran over to them and caught the old man by the hand, while saying to the businessman, "I am so glad I caught him... I hope he hasn’t been bothering you much. He always escapes from the psychiatric hospital and tells people he is Warren Buffet. "

House fires cause many deaths each year and a large number of these fires are unfortunately set by children.     33    kids must understand that they'd better not play with fire. You should keep matches and lighters out of their reach.

    34    The main job of such an alarm is to protect you while you're asleep. You should have a smoke alarm outside each bedroom and on each floor of your home. You ought to have two plans for getting out of your house if there is a fire and practice these plans in the dark with your family.

A smoke alarm warns you of the danger.    35    Take action immediately. When you come to a closed door, check it with the back of your hand. If it feels hot, there may be smoke or fire behind the door, so take care. Once you are out of your house, call the fire department from a neighbor's house. If a family member or a pet is caught inside, you shouldn't go back in. Firemen know how to perform rescues safely.

    36     Change the batteries at least once a year. You should use the test button each month to see if the alarm and batteries are still working. A smoke alarm lasts about ten years. You ought to change it even if it seems to be working.

About two out of three fire deaths happen in homes with no working smoke alarms.Most of these deaths can be avoided.