I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a town of Italy.

    As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat beside us. He called the waiter over, saying, "Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the1."

    We heard his order(点菜) with 2 and noticed that he was served one cup of coffee 3he paid for two.

    When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying "A Cup of Coffee".

    While we were still there, two other men entered and 4three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two but paid for 5. This time also, the waiter did the same thing. It was 6unusual for us.

    After a few days, we had a chance to enter this coffee shop again.7we were enjoying our coffee, a man who looked homeless entered. He looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall."

    The waiter served a cup of coffee to this man with 8. The man had his coffee and left without 9. We were amazed to watch all of this as the waiter 10 a piece of paper off the wall and threw it into the dustbin(垃圾桶).

Now it was no surprise for us—the matter was very 11. The people of this town showed great respect for those people who needed help.

    Just think about 12 this man wanted. He didn't have to lose his face to ask for a(n)13 cup of coffee. 14asking or knowing who was giving him this cup of coffee, he only looked at the wall, placed an order,15 his coffee and left.

It's a truly beautiful thing—probably the most beautiful wall anywhere in the world.

New Books in Brooklyn Bookstore

    The Long Night ， this is David Reilly's first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. It talks about a nurse called Maha in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day, a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and........

    Hard Work, this exciting story is Joanna's twentieth book. Hard work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter(木匠), in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…

    Hospital or Cinema, Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man. He asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

    We use passwords to keep our personal information secret and safe, but some passwords we use may not be as dependable as we think.

    Splash Data, a computer safety company, recently came out a list of the 25 worst passwords of 2011. This list is based on the research of hackers' files including stolen passwords. According to the list, "password" is the worst and most common password. Many others on the list are numbers in order either forward (for example, 1234) or backward. Letters on the keyboard in order, such as "qwerty" are also common, as well as some first names and animals.

    "Hackers can easily break into many users just by trying common passwords again and again," said Morgan Slain, CEO of Splash Data.

    How can you make a strong password? It should be eight characters or more, with a mix of letters, numbers and symbols. One way to create a long and easy-to-remember password is to separate short words with spaces or numbers.

    Having safe passwords is important for surfing the Internet safely. But it's not the only thing you must do to keep safe online. Here are some other web safety suggestions:

    Never give out information that will allow someone to find you offline. That includes your full names, address and phone number.

    Don't include your real name as part of your online screen name.

    Never meet people you met on the Internet in person. If you insist on breaking this rule, meet in a very public place and take an adult with you.

    Mr. Green lives in a village. He has a few farms and is the richest there. And he has pigs, chickens, cows and sheep. He works in the fields with some workers, and his wife had to do all the housework at home. So she is very busy and asks her husband to employ( 雇) a girl to help her, but he doesn't agree.

    "There are so many chickens, dear," said the woman one day. "I can't look after them at all."

    "That's easy," said Mr. green." There's Mr. Black's farm outside our enclosing walls (围墙).We'd better make a few holes in the walls and the chickens will go to his farm through them and eat his vegetables."

    And soon Mr. Black found it. He told Mr. Green and his wife about it. They promised they would stop their chickens doing it but they didn't keep their promise at all. Mr. Black thought for a while and found a way. He put nearly 20 eggs near the holes one afternoon. And that evening, when Mrs. Black was counting her chickens, she called out on her farm, "Oh, I'm lucky today! I've found twenty eggs on my farms."

    Of course, Mrs. Green saw it herself. And the next morning Mr. Black found all the holes had been stopped up(堵死).

    What's My Line (台词)?

    "One of my actors is sick! He has just one line and you're the only one who fits his clothes!" One afternoon, the school drama(戏剧) director suddenly shouted to me. She seemed so nervous and worried that I felt sorry for her and said, "OK".

    "You will be fine. It's easy!" she said. But it wasn't easy at all. On the stage(舞台), four other actors and actresses spoke their lines, and I opened my mouth. Nothing came out. I couldn't even breathe. I just wanted to leave. The next thing I knew, I was running off the stage.

    As I was running off the stage, I accidentally knocked over a glass of grape juice that was on a table. T he purple juice hit the girl next to me – Andrea, the leading actress of the drama. She gave me a nasty look. I thought s he was going to kill me!

    But then, Andrea quickly said, "Darling, you're so silly! Let's toast(干杯) to my darling's silliness! Cheers!" She quickly took another glass of grape juice and drank it. The other actors quickly followed Andrea's lead and saved the scene(场面). The audience(观众) thought my mistake was part of the play!

    I said sorry to everyone after the play. To my surprise, they were not angry with me. They told me, "It's all a part of being on stage." I could be wrong, but I think I liked being on stage. I think I will try again.

    It's a nice winter day. The sun is      (照耀) brightly in the sky. The trees and flowers are covered with snow just like wearing a       (银色的) coat. Everyone is happy because the Christmas      (旺季) is coming in December, the      (第十二) month of the year. They can't wait to go out to the street. They look at different      (招牌) in front of the shops to find something they want. Children are running and singing on the street happily with colorful      (旗子).

    However, an old man called David is unhappy. He is      (加拿大的) and now he lives alone in US. Last year, he prepared and       (摆放)some biscuits and candies on the table to welcome the children around here, but this year he is sick and he      (认为) he can't continue to do that. To his surprise, the children make a      (乐队) to celebrate the festival for him. David is so moved. Friends get together and sing songs happily. They do this for fun and bring spirit of Christmas to the people in the house.

Dear Abby,

    I'm a helpless mother. My son Tom is 15 years old. I find that the older he       (grow), the less we talk. I feel very sad and I        (real) need help.

    My first problem is about his hobbies. He spends almost all his spare time       computer games. When he gets home, he always turns on the computer and closes the door. I'm getting       (worry) about him,        (especial) when his English teacher tells me he always gets low        (mark) in the English exams.

          , he likes new technology, but I don't have enough money and I can't       (afford) all the things he wants. Recently, I've       (find) that he is always alone. I've never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends.    What should I do to help him? Please give me some advice.

       helpless mother

    I have always loved cars. After graduating from college, I got one, which I regarded as my best friend. I called it Victor. For the next three years, everything I did was connected with(与…有关)Victor. I lived a happy life. But because of money problems, I had to sell Victor. Then my life broke down. Without Victor, I was like a fish out of water. Three months later, with the encouragement of my friends, I decided to start a new life. I tried and made it. Everything went well again. Losing my car made me grow up. I have learned that life won't go our way, but we can choose to be positive and make the best of it.

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短文首句：Recently, we have held a discussion about if we need to take part in the coming "School Culture Art Festival".

    Recently, we have held a discussion about if we need to take part in the coming "School Culture Art Festival".