【推荐1】I live on the twelfth floor of a building. One afternoon I was coming home from a friend's house. It was just after four o'clock. I got quickly into the lift（电梯）and pressed button（按钮）12.

The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, half way up, it suddenly stopped between two floors. I couldn't understand it. I pressed all the buttons from 1 to 14. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered.

Then suddenly the light went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started to cry and beat the walls of the lift. I cried and cried until I had no voice left. Then, I felt hopeless, and pressed all the buttons with my open hands. And all at the same time, there was a bell far away. It rang and rang. It was the fire alarm（火灾警报）. I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to God quietly, "Just get me out of here. I'll never be bad again.”

Just then, I realized the lift was moving very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the doors opened. A man was standing there. "How long have you been in there? It is good that you pressed the alarm bell. But haven't you learned to read at your school?" He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said: "Attention: This lift will be stopped for repairs between 4 pm and 5 pm on Thursday March 13."

【推荐3】You can see Pizza Hut (必胜客) every some blocks, so it must be a very big business. Indeed it is. But believe it or not, the business was started in 1958 by two college students with a loan of 600 dollars.

The Carney brothers were trying to make some money so that they could pay their way through college. They borrowed the money from their mother and sold pizza in a small house in their neighborhood. That’s how they got the name of the business. On the first day of business, they gave away pizza to draw (吸引) customers (顾客).

Year after year, their business grows and now they often give free meals and work chances to those in need.

【推荐3】Christine and Ryan are good friends. They both live on a farm on an island near Ireland.

One morning, Ryan came to Christine’s house. “Christine, let’s go to the beach.”

They went to the beach to look for shells (贝壳) and other beautiful things. Suddenly Christine shouted, “Look! There’s something in that net (网) over there.”

They ran over and found a small bird in the net. The bird was black and white, and it had orange legs.

“What kind of bird is that?” Ryan asked.

“I don’t know,” Christine answered.

They ran back to Christine’s house and showed the beautiful bird to Christine’s dad.

“It’s a young puffin (海鹦),” he told them. “Puffins catch fish in the water. They can fly and they are very good at swimming. There were lots of puffins on the island, but now there aren’t many.”

“Why not?” Christine asked.

“There aren’t many fish anymore,” said her dad. The children put the small puffin in a box. Christine’s mom gave the children some fish and they fed the puffin.

Ryan came over to Christine’s house every day to feed the puffin. It got bigger and bigger. One morning there was no puffin in the box.

“Where is it?” Christine asked her mom.

“I’m sure the puffin is with its friends out in the sea.”

It was a year later. Christine was looking for shells on the beach again. Suddenly, she heard Ryan shouting, “Come quickly, Christine!”

Christine ran along the beach and then she saw them. There were three puffins on a stone near the farm. Christine was sure that one of them was their puffin. She was very happy.