1 . Do you want to buy books? Here are some choices.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Publication date: October 6, 2015

Laura Numeroff (Writer)

Price: $ 5.46

Sale: $ 4.87

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is one of the most popular children’s books of all time. This book is a great first introduction to the series of If You Give a Mouse… It is perfect for story time and beginners to read.

The Wonderful Things You’ll Be

Publication date: August 25, 2015

Emily Winfield Martin (Writer)

Price: $7.64

Sale: $ 6.58

Brave, creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. This is a book grown-ups will love reading over and over to kids.

Goodnight Moon

Publication date: January 23, 2007

Margaret Wise Brown (Writer)

Price: $ 7.64

Sale: $ 6.12

In a great green room is a little bunny (兔子) who is loved by generations (几代人) of readers and listeners. The quiet words and the gentle pictures make a perfect book for the end of the day.

Baby Touch and Feel: Animals

Publication date: January 21, 2008

DK (Writer)

Price: $13.62

Sale: $12.12

This is a book full of lovely bunnies and other animals. This is a gift that your little child is sure to like. Babies can practice recognizing animals and animals’ voices when they touch the pictures on the pages. With more than one million copies sold, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect book for the child’s bookshelf.

2 . Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know whether you think you are a ______ person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question until you are ______ in real life. Some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real ______, they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like ______.

Lenny had always thought of himself as a ______ person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and his health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. Then January 5th, 2002, a plane ______ into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the ______ water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very ______ and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into Potomac, ______ to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventy-­eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not ______.

When you are in a very dangerous ______ and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin (肾上激素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are ______ to fight or run away. However, when you are ______ frightened, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this ______, the muscles become very hard and you find you can’t ______ at all. You are paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. That is why when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we are “petrified”; this word comes from a Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are so frightened that we become stonelike.