【推荐2】A boy likes drawing very much, But he is very poor, he has no money to buy food and drinks, how can he buy a pen to draw pictures?

One day, an old man with white beard(胡子) comes to the boy. He gives the boy a pen to draw pictures. Before leaving, he says to the boy, “I know you like drawing pictures, but you can’t buy pens. Take the pen and draw for the poor men. Help them with your pen. The pen is magic.” The boy draws much bread and many eggs, oranges, apples, pears and bananas for the poor man, and he draws coats and houses for them too. Everything he draws can become real things. The boy is drawing and drawing…

Soon, the landlord hears the news. He asks the boy to draw a gold hill before his house. The boy thinks for some time, and he draws a sea first, then he draws a gold hill on the sea, The landlord wants to go to the gold hill so much, but there is no boat. He asks the boy to draw a boat for him. The boy draws a boat. He wants to get much gold. Seeing the landlord in the boat, and the boat in the middle of the sea, the boy draws a big storm. The storm throws the boat here and there; the boat is up and down in the sea. The landlord cries, “Help! Help!” The poor men are all happy, no one wants to help him. The big storm sinks the boat. The landlord dies. All the people say, “Thank godness! We can live a happy life from now on.”

【推荐3】Art of Coffee

What would you do if you spilled(使洒出)your coffee on your desk? Many of us would probably immediately begin cleaning up the desk. German artist Stefan Kuhnigk, however, thinks differently. He has used coffee stains(污渍) to create(创造) his world of art.

It all started in 2011. One day, Kuhnigk accidentally spilled his coffee on a piece of paper. Instead of(代替;而不是) throwing the paper away, he looked at the coffee stain for a while. The stain seemed to look back at him. The artist picked up his pen and started to draw. Half an hour later, his first coffee monster(怪物) was born.

Since then, Kuhnigk has never put his pen down. Over the last nine years, he has drawn more than 500 monsters. Some of them are lovely. But some have sharp(锋利的) teeth and look evil. Kuhnigk also writes a short story for each of his monsters. Many people like Kuhnigk’s funny creations. They say the monsters and their stories always make them laugh.

So the next time you spill your coffee or something else, don’t immediately clean it up. It’s your chance(机会) to be an artist, too!

My name is Mary. I’m a teacher. It’s 9 o’clock on Monday. My class begins. There is a boy in my class. His name is Bob. I ask Bob, “I buy some apples from a fruit seller. And I give you one apple and one apple and one apple. How many apples have you got?”

After some time, Bob says, “Four.”

I say, “Please listen to me again. It’s not difficult. I give you one apple and one apple and one apple. How many apples have you got?”

“Four,” Bob says.

I remember Bob likes carrots. Then I say, “I give you one carrot and one carrot and then one carrot. How many carrots have you got?”

“Three?”

“Yes!” Once again, I ask, “I give you one apple and one apple and one apple. How many apples have you got?”

“Four.”

“How? Please tell me. How?” I ask.

“Because I already have an apple in my bag,” says Bob.

Now I think Bob gives the right answer all the time.

【推荐2】Mr. Smith is a worker. He is a short-sighted(近视的) man. But he doesn’t like to wear glasses after work, because he thinks it is not handsome.

It is Saturday and it is fine today. Mr. Smith likes sunny days and he wants to take a walk. After breakfast, he puts on his black hat, takes his brown handbag and then goes out of his house. Walking on the street, he feels very happy.

Suddenly(突然), a strong wind blows away his hat. “Oh, my hat!” Mr. Smith begins to run after it. He runs and the hat runs, too. His friend sees him and shouts to Mr Smith from the window, “Hey! What are you doing, Mr. Smith?” “I am running after my hat!” Mr. Smith answered. “Your hat? You are running after my black cat!”

【推荐3】Bill and his friends go hiking (徒步旅行) on the weekend. He is afraid he’s going to be hungry and buys a lot of food. So his bag is big and heavy. They start at nine in the morning and five hours later they get to the city. They are all tired and his friends get on a bus, only Bill can’t. His bag sticks in the door and he has to get off. The bus leaves and he doesn’t know where he’s going to meet them. He walks in the street and when it’s eight in the evening, he goes into a restaurant. He asks for some drinks and soon begins to sleep.

When he wakes up in the middle of the night, he can’t find any people in the restaurant. The door is closed and he can’t go out. He finds a telephone number on the paper and begins to call Mr. Jackson, the owner (主人) of the restaurant.

“Hello,” says the boy. “When do you open your restaurant, Mr. Jackson?”

The telephone wakes the man up, so he isn’t happy. So he says, “Don’t ask me about that. I can’t let you in.”

Bill says, “Oh, no! I want to go out.”