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【推荐2】Tom and Mike are good friends. They are kind to children. They want to find summer jobs. One day, Tom tells Mike that Good Kids Summer Camp needs help with sports， music and computers. They are both very glad to hear this. Tom can play basketball and volleyball, and he can swim, too. Mike can play the violin, the trumpet, the drums and the guitar. Tom and Mike like computers very much. Can they join the Summer Camp?

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【推荐1】Once there was a famine (饥荒) in the town. A rich and kind cook gave some bread to twenty poor children. He said to them, “In this basket, there U some bread for you. Each of you can have one every day.”

The hungry children ran to the basket quickly. They shouted and fought for the bread because each wanted to have the biggest (最大的) one. At last they went away. They didn’t thank the good man. But Shirley, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not join them. She stood quietly. When the other children left, she took the smallest (最小的) one left in the basket ,thanked the cook and went home.

The next day the children did the same. Poor shy Shirley still took the smallest bread. When she got home, her mother cut the bread open. Many pieces of silver (银) fell out of it. Her mother was very surprised and said, “Take the money back to the good man at once. Be quick, Shirley! Be quick.”

When the little girl gave the cook the money, he said, “No, no, my child. It was true. I put silver into the smallest one to reward (奖励) you because you are kind and honest. Go home, and the money is yours now.”

【推荐3】A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper. “Last week,” he said, “my umbrella was stolen(偷) from a London church(教堂). As it was a present, I spent twice its worth(价值) in advertising, but I didn’t get it back.”

“________” asked one of the listeners, a businessman. “Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket, a piece of paper cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. If any gentleman finds it and leaves it at No.10 Broad Street, he will receive ten pounds.”

“Now,” said the businessman, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed (表达) is very important. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one.”

The businessman then took a piece of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay(放) at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours, his own was among them. Many of them had notes with them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging(乞求) the loser not to say anything about the matter.

【推荐2】In different countries, people have different manners. Some good manners in one country may be regarded as bad manners in another country.

If you go to Mongolia for the first time and some local people invite you to eat with them, you are supposed to give a loud “burp”(打嗝) after you finish eating. Burping at table shows you enjoy the food in Mongolia. However, in some other countries, it is quite impolite to give a loud “burp” at table.

In many countries people like to eat together with their friends. But in some parts of Polynesia, people think it is bad manners to be seen eating. They show their good manners by turning their backs on others while eating.

What are good manners in Eastern Africa? People think it is polite to pretend that they don’t see you when they are busy with their work. When you visit a friend in Eastern Africa, you should sit down beside him or her, waiting until he or she finishes his or her work. Then he or she will talk to you.

If you visit a friend in Saudi Arabia, you should walk behind the tents unless you get to your friend’s. If you pass in front of others’ tents, you will be invited to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you refuse the invitation.

【推荐3】Mr. Green is in a clothes shop. The sweaters here are on sale, so he wants to buy one for himself. But the salesman isn’t there, so he stands near the counter (柜台) and waits for (等待) him. A young woman also stands there. She looks at Mr. Green and says to him.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes?” Mr. Green asks.

“Can you help me? I want a sweater,” says the woman.

Mr. Green says, “Sorry, I can’t help you.”

“You must help me. This is your work,” says the woman angrily (生气地).

Mr. Green says kindly (友好地), “It’s not my work. I want to buy a sweater, too.”

【推荐1】My daughter Becky graduated from Washington High School in June During the graduation ceremony, one of her classmates gave a simple speech that I will always remember. She talked about the "givers" of this world. She said, "You will be a success if you make another person smile. If you are a friend to someone who needs a little help, you will get an 'A'!"

After the ceremony, when all of the students were outside the hall trying to find their parents and friends, a man and his wife came to me and asked if I was Becky's mom. I said yes and the man handed me a gift and told me how much they appreciated Becky's kindness to their daughter, Jessica, during the school sports meeting the week before.

Jessica's left leg was hurt and she was unable to finish the up-hill race. Becky was worried about her and kept going back to check on her leg. Jessica's dad told me that Becky had shown more concern（关怀）for her daughter than the coach, and that he and his wife would never forget her kindness. Of course, at that time I had tears in my eyes. I was so proud of my daughter.

I asked him, "So, does Becky get an 'A'?"

He just smiled and said, "She gets an 'A'!"

For years people have enjoyed following the life of Garfield the cat. Garfield is a popular comic book character, known for being lazy and fat. But the cat was back in the news recently for something you might not expect.

A man in the United States changed the gender of garfield to “none” on the cat’s Wikipedia (维基百科) page. After that lots of people got angry and kept changing Garfield’s Wikipedia page. They argued about whether the cat was a boy, girl or neither.

Wikipedia finally locked the page to stop people editing (编辑) it. Jim Davis, Garfield’s creator, solved the argument.

“Garfield is male,” he simply told the Washington Post. The 71-year-old artist said he liked working with animals because they didn’t have to be old, young, boys or girls. He was angry that some people cared so much about Garfield’s gender.

It seems like quite an unnecessary argument to have. But it is not the only recent example of argument about gender.

To celebrate International Women’s Day in Australia earlier this year, the city of Melbourne made 10 traffic lights with a figure (人形) dressed in a skirt. They were designed to celebrate Women’s Day and give them more confidence in public.

But not everyone thinks the idea is necessary. Some people think it is important for women to be treated fairly in Australia, but that this idea is silly.

“I’m all for doing anything we can for gender equity (公平), but really?” Melbourne mayor (市长) Robert Doyle told the Herald Sun. The mayor said this idea is more likely to be laughed at than bring respect to women.