2025-09-09 I had a business trip to Beijing last week. It’s the next day after the great military parade, even the air of Beijing was remaining people’s proud and moving. The taxi driver who picked me up at Daxing airport said delightedly, 'Our country is so strong that no one can bully us any more.' The negotiation with Kuaishou, however, did not run smoothly as I had expected. All night long, we were discussing the first issue and had no conclusion. In the end, the client’s manager said, 'I am sure I know our business better, and I suppose that you should progress the corporation in my way, and I have to leave now.' At least, we had got an only clear decision. Then I decided to meet some colleagues the following day to ask them about the AI application researching. I have been concerning about AI applications as the technology has been boosting so fast. I can’t imagine the change of our careers if AI is really used in more real scenarios. It won’t be easy, but the first developers who have gotten the successful experience of AI will accumulate enormous advantages. It also took these colleagues and me a long time to learn and analyze the AI technology. I asked them, 'After learning over six months, what if we launch a AI project for our business?' One of them answered carefully, 'I’m sad to say that I can’t find a proper function to use it.' 'But why I have listened more and more applications from media?', I can’t understand. 'We can make a propaganda as well as them.' They said. Actually, I had known it. The main problem of AI is not that AI hasn’t enough intelligence, but that there has no enough data for AI. A man is reacted by his knowledges in his mind, but most of them are hardly translated into text style which can be called by AI. The problem of data lacking will mislead AI to a total wrong direction. For example, I recently figured out an issue of my website. As I had forgotten that a process had hidden as a disguise behind Nginx process, AI tried so many times to modify the different configurations about Nginx. Like this example, AI may waste more human working to acquire more and more data. ——— 这段文本存在一些语法错误，以下是修正后的内容及错误分析： “It’s the next day after the great military parade, even the air of Beijing was remaining people’s proud and moving.” 此句结构混乱，“It’s...” 和 “even...” 两个部分逻辑不清晰，可改为 “It was the day after the great military parade. Even the air in Beijing still carried people’s pride and the sense of being moved.”，“carried” 更能准确表达 “承载” 的意思，“pride” 为名词形式，“the sense of being moved” 表示 “感动之情”。 “All night long, we were discussing the first issue and had no conclusion.” 此句时态使用不太准确，“were discussing” 是过去进行时，强调过去某个时间段正在进行的动作，而这里更强调整个晚上一直在讨论但最终没有得出结论的结果，可将 “were discussing” 改为 “discussed”，用一般过去时描述过去发生的动作。 “I asked them, 'After learning over six months, what if we launch a AI project for our business?'” “a AI” 表述错误，“AI” 发音以元音音素开头，不定冠词应用 “an”，即 “an AI project”。 “But why I have listened more and more applications from media?” 此句语序错误，在疑问句中，助动词应放在主语之前，正确的语序为 “But why have I listened to more and more applications from the media?”，同时 “listen to” 表示 “听…… 内容”，这里表达从媒体听到应用相关内容，需加上 “to”。 “The main problem of AI is not that AI hasn’t enough intelligence, but that there has no enough data for AI.” “there has no...” 表述错误，“there be” 句型表示 “有”，这里应改为 “but that there isn't enough data for AI”。 “A man is reacted by his knowledges in his mind” 此句语态错误，“react” 表示 “反应；起作用” 时，一般用主动语态，这里可改为 “A man reacts according to his knowledge in his mind”，“according to” 表示 “根据”，同时 “knowledge” 一般为不可数名词，不用复数形式。 “The problem of data lacking will mislead AI to a total wrong direction.” “total” 是形容词，不能修饰形容词 “wrong”，应改为副词 “totally”，即 “a totally wrong direction”。 “I had forgotten that a process had hidden as a disguise behind Nginx process” 此句语态错误，“process” 和 “hide” 是被动关系，应改为 “a process had been hidden as a disguise behind the Nginx process”，同时 “the Nginx process” 表示特定的 “Nginx 进程”，需加定冠词 “the”。 修正后的文本如下： I had a business trip to Beijing last week. It was **the day after** the great military parade. Even the air in Beijing still carried people’s pride and **the sense of being moved.** The taxi driver who picked me up at Daxing airport said delightedly, 'Our country is so strong that no one can bully us any more.' The negotiation with Kuaishou, however, did not **run smoothly** as I had expected. **All night long**, we discussed the first issue and had no conclusion. **In the end**, the client’s manager said, '**I am sure** I know our business better, and **I suppose that** you should progress the corporation in my way, and I have to leave now.' At least, we had got an only clear decision. Then I decided to meet some colleagues **the following day** to ask them about the AI application research. I have been concerned about AI applications as the technology has been developing so fast. **I can’t imagine** the change of our careers if AI is really used in more real scenarios. **It won’t be easy**, but the first developers who have gotten the successful experience of AI will **accumulate enormous advantages.** It also took these colleagues and me a long time to learn and analyze the AI technology. I asked them, '**After learning** for over six months, **what if** we launch an AI project for our business?' One of them answered carefully, 'I’m sad to say that I can’t find a proper function to use it.' 'But why have I listened to more and more applications from the media?' I couldn’t understand. 'We can **make a propaganda as well as them.**' They said. Actually, I had known it. The main problem of AI is not that AI doesn't have enough intelligence, but that there isn't enough data for AI. **A man reacts according to his knowledge in his mind,** but most of it is hardly translated into text style which can be called by AI. The problem of lacking data will **mislead AI to a totally wrong direction.** For example, I recently figured out an issue of my website. As I had forgotten that a process had been hidden as a disguise behind the Nginx process, AI tried so many times to modify the different configurations about Nginx. Like this example, AI may **waste more human labor to acquire** more and more data. 翻译： 上周我去北京出差。那是盛大阅兵式后的第二天。就连北京的空气中都还弥漫着人们的自豪与感动之情。在大兴机场接我的出租车司机兴奋地说：“我们国家如此强大，再也没人能欺负我们了。” 然而，与快手的谈判并不像我预期的那样顺利。一整晚，我们都在讨论第一个问题，但没有得出结论。最后，客户经理说：“我确定我更了解我们的业务，我认为你们应该按照我的方式推进合作，我现在得走了。” 至少，我们得到了唯一明确的决定。然后我决定第二天去见一些同事，询问他们关于人工智能应用研究的情况。我一直很关注人工智能应用，因为这项技术发展得太快了。我无法想象如果人工智能真的在更多实际场景中得到应用，我们的职业会发生怎样的变化。这并不容易，但第一批获得人工智能成功经验的开发者将积累巨大的优势。我和这些同事也花了很长时间来学习和分析人工智能技术。 我问他们：“学了六个多月之后，如果我们为业务启动一个人工智能项目会怎样？” 其中一人谨慎地回答：“很遗憾，我找不到合适的功能来应用它。” “但为什么我从媒体上听到越来越多的应用案例呢？” 我不理解。 “我们也可以像他们一样做宣传。” 他们说。 实际上，我早就知道这点。人工智能的主要问题不在于它没有足够的智能，而在于没有足够的数据供它使用。一个人根据自己头脑中的知识做出反应，但其中大部分知识很难转化为人工智能可以调用的文本形式。数据匮乏的问题会将人工智能引向完全错误的方向。例如，我最近解决了我网站的一个问题。因为我忘记了有一个进程伪装隐藏在 Nginx 进程后面，人工智能多次尝试修改与 Nginx 相关的不同配置。就像这个例子一样，人工智能可能会浪费更多人力来获取越来越多的数据。 ———————— 2025-09-10 It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sunday. Sometimes I keep lying until lunch time. Last Sunday, I got up very late. When I looked out of the window, it was dark outside. 'Bad weather!' I think, 'It’s raining again.' At this time, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I have just gotten off the train,' she said, 'I’m going to see you.' 'But I am still having breakfast.' I said. 'What are you doing?' She asked. 'I am having breakfast.' I repeated. 'Oh my god,' she said, 'Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock now!' _____ It was Sunday. I never get up early on **Sundays**. Sometimes I keep lying until lunch time. Last Sunday, I got up very late. When I looked out of the window, it was dark outside. 'Bad weather!' I **thought**, 'It’s raining again.' **Just then,** the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I have just gotten off the train,' she said, 'I’m going to see you.' 'But I am still having breakfast.' I said. 'What are you doing?' She asked. 'I am having breakfast.' I repeated. 'Oh my god,' she said, 'Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock now!' ———————— 2025-09-11 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and parks. A friendly waiter taught me some Italian and lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I couldn’t understand a work. I thought about postcards everyday. The holiday passed so fast that I had not send a postcard to my friends. The last day, I made a big decision. I got up early and bought 37 postcards. I kept staying in room for a whole day, but I didn’t write a single postcard. ____ Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and parks. A friendly waiter taught me some Italian and lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I couldn’t understand a word. I thought about postcards everyday. The holiday passed so fast that I had not send a postcard to my friends. The last day, I made a big decision. I got up early and bought 37 postcards. I kept staying in room for a whole day, but I didn’t write a single postcard. ————————

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer working for a big company, and he has **gone** to many different places in Australia. He has just bought an **Australian** car. Now he is in a small town **called** Splins, which is located in the center of Australia. He will go to Darwin in a short time and he will fly to Perth from there. My brother **has** never been abroad before, so he is very **excited** for this travel. ____ 2025-09-18 Mr James Scott has a car repair factory in Hilbert. Now he has just bought another car repair factory in Pinhex. Pinhex is only five miles away Hilbert, but Mr Scott didn’t get a telephone for his new factory, so he bought a pigeon. Yesterday, the pigeon took the first letter from Pinhex to Hilbert. This bird just took three minutes to cover the whole trip. So far, Mr Scott has sent a great number of letters of spare part request and other emergency letters. According this, he has begun his private telephone service. ____ I have just moved to a house in Street Bridge. Yesterday a beggar knocked **at** my door and asked for a meal and a glass of beer. **In** return, the beggar stood upside down and sang a song. I gave him a meal. He finished the food and drank the beer. Then he **put** a piece of cheese in his pocket and left. Later, a neighbor told me about him. Everyone knows him. His name is Perth Buttons. He visits every house in this street every month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. ——— The plane was late. Detectives had waited for the plane in the airport for a whole morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel full of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours before, someone reported to the police that someone attempted to steal these diamonds. When the plane arrived, some detectives were waiting in the main building, and the others were standing on the air field. Two man carried the parcel from the plane and entered into the custom. While two detectives were guarding the door, other two detectives opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand. —————— Joe Sanders owns the **most** beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everyone attends "the best garden competition" which **is** held once a year, but Joe **wins** every time. Bill Ferris’s garden is bigger than Joe’s. He works harder and plants more flowers and vegetables. But Joe’s garden is more fascinating. He built neat roads and put a small **wooden** bridge on a pool. I like garden**s** too, but I don’t like hard **work**. I also attend the competition every year, but I always **win** a **little** prize of the worst garden. 2025-09-21 Last Wednesday night, we went to the city hall. It was the last day of the year. A large crowd of people gathered under the big clock of the city hall. The big clock would knock 12 times after 20 minutes. When it was 11:55 after 15 minutes, the clock stoped. The big minute hand didn’t move. We were waiting and waiting, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It is 2 past 12! The clock halts!' I took a look of my watch and found it was true. The big clock refused to welcome the new year. By that time, everyone laughed and sang songs. ___ Last Wednesday night, we went to the city hall. It was the last day of the year. A large crowd of people gathered under the big clock of the city hall. The big clock would knock 12 times after 20 minutes. When it was 15 minutes to 11:55, the clock stopped. The big minute hand didn’t move. We were waiting and waiting, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It was 2 past 12! The clock halted!' I took a look at my watch and found it was true. The big clock refused to welcome the new year. By that time, everyone laughed and sang songs. ———————— There is an ancient instrument in my home. It’s called clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. The clavichord is kept in the living room. My family owned this instrument for a long while. My grandfather bought it many years ago. But recently it was damaged by a client who played Jazz by it. Two key strings were broken, because she pressed the key so hard. My father was shocked and didn’t allow us to touch it. A friend of my father is fixing the instrument. _____ There is an ancient instrument in my home. It’s called clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. The clavichord is kept in the living room. My family has owned this instrument for a long while. My grandfather bought it many years ago. But recently it was damaged by a client who played Jazz on it. Two key strings were broken, because she pressed the keys so hard. My father was shocked and didn’t allow us to touch it. A friend of my father's is fixing the instrument. —————— 2025-09-23 While I was eating in a restaurant, Tony came in. Tony ever worked for a lawyer institution. But now he works for a bank. He has high salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never returns. Tony looked at me, then he walked towards me and sat down at the same table. He had never borrowed money from me. When he was eating, I supposed him to lend me 20 pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 'I have never borrow money from you,' tony said, 'so now you can pay the bill for me!' ___ Our neighbor Captain Charles Allison will start his trip from Putsmouse tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning, we will see him off at the harbor. He will take his boat named 'wave'. The 'wave' is a famous boat for it has across the Atlantic many times. Captain Charles will start at eight o’clock, so we have enough time to visit his boat and say goodbye. He will leave for two months. We are really proud of him for he will join an important competition of acrossing the Atlantic. Our neighbor Captain Charles Allison will start his trip from Putsmouse tomorrow. Early tomorrow morning, we will see him off at the harbor. He will take his boat named 'wave'. The 'wave' is a famous boat for it has crossed the Atlantic many times. Captain Charles will start at eight o’clock, so we have enough time to visit his boat and say goodbye. He will be away for two months. We are really proud of him for he will join an important competition of crossing the Atlantic. ___ 2025-09-24 'The greenwood boys' is a famous pop singer group. Now they are playing around all the country and they will arrive here tomorrow. They will come here by train and most of the young people of this town will welcome them at the station. Their performance will held at the worker club on next evening. 'The greenwood boys' prepare to stay here for five days. During this time, they will play five times. Like before, the police will be in difficult. They will try to keep order. It’s always like this when they meet the events. __ The greenwood boys is a famous group of pop singers. At present, they are singing all over the country and they will be arriving here. They will be arriving by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. They will be singing at the Workers’ club next evening. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will gave five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It’s always the same on these occasions. ____ I had an interesting experience last year. After leaving a small village in the south of France, I continued to drive to the next town. On the trip, a young man waved to me. When I stopped the car, he asked me for **a** lift. I said good morning to him in French as he got in my car. He replied me in the same French words. I don’t know French except few words. Neither of us spoke on the trip. When we almost arrived the town, the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Can you speak English?' I soon learned that he was English himself. ___ The secretary told me that Mr Harmsworth wanted to see me. I felt very nervous as I walked into his office. When I had got into his office, he even didn’t look up. After I had sat down, he said that the business was bad. And he told me that the company couldn’t afford the large amount of the salaries. Twenty people had left and I knew it was my turn. 'Mr Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. 'Don’t interrupt me,' he said. Then he smiled and told me that I would get an extra 1000 pounds income every year. —————— 2025-09-28 As long as you park your car on a wrong place, the traffic police will soon find it. It’s your fortune if they don’t give you a ticket. However, it’s not always like this. The traffic police is very polite sometimes. Once I was traveling at Sweden, I found that a note was on my car, 'Sir, welcome to our city. This is a 'No Parking' zone. If you pay attention to the signs on our streets, you will be very happy. Please care this reminder.' If you get this request, you will not fail to obey it! ___ As long as you park your car **in** a wrong place, the traffic police will soon find it. It’s **lucky** if they don’t give you a ticket. However, it’s not always like this. The traffic police **are** very polite sometimes. Once I was traveling at Sweden, I found that a note was on my car, 'Sir, welcome to our city. This is a 'No Parking' zone. If you pay attention to the signs on our streets, you will be very happy. Please care this reminder.' If you get this request, you will not fail to obey it! ——————

My aunt, Jennifer, is an actress. She is at least thirty five years old. But she usually acts as a girl on the stage. Jennifer will soon join a new show. This time, she will act as a 17-year-old girl. She will wear a bright red dress and black stockings. In another show last year, she had to wear short socks and a bright orange coat. If someone asks how old is she, she always says, 'darling, it’s terrible to grow up!' __ After I had had lunch in a village pub, I looked up my bag. I had put it on the chair by the door, but now it disappeared. When I was finding, the landlord came in. 'Have you enjoyed it?' he asked. 'Very good, thank you.' I answered, 'But I cannot pay the bill. My bag has gone.' The landlord smiled and walked out. After a while, he took my bag back and returned it to me. 'I’m so sorry,' he said, 'My dog took it to the garden. He often does this!' ——————

'The show will be started soon,' I said. 'Maybe it has been started already,' Susan answered. I hurried to the ticket office and asked, 'May I have two tickets?' 'Sorry, tickets have been sold out.' That girl said. 'What a pity!', Susan exclaimed. At that moment, a man hurried to the ticket office. 'Can I return these two tickets?' He asked. 'Of course,' the girl answered. I immediately returned to there. 'Can I buy those two tickets?' I asked. 'Of course, but these two tickets are for next Wednesday. Do you still want to buy?' 'I’d better to buy them now', I said sadly. —————— Fishing is a sport I like specially. I often catch nothing for hours, but I have never been annoyed. Some fishermen are just unlucky. They usually don’t catch fish but old boots and garbage. My luck is even less than them. I have never catch anything—even no old boots. I always stay by the river all the morning and take an empty bag back home. "Don’t go to fishing again!’ My friends said, "It’s waste of time.’ But they don’t realize one important thing. I’m not really interested in fishing. I’m interested in sitting alone in a boat and doing nothing at all!

—————— 2025-09-30 Planes are making me mad step by step. I live near an airport. Planes are flying day and night. The airport was built many years ago, but it didn’t run at that moment for some reasons. However, the airport started to be in operation last year. Over 100 people mustn’t bear the noise and moved away. I am one of the staying people. Sometimes I feel the house is going to be struck by a plane. They once gave me a large amount of money to let me move away, but I determined to stay here. Everyone said that I must be crazy. Maybe they are right. —————— My daughter, Jane, has never thought about that she would receive a letter from a same age girl in Holland. Last year, when we crossed the English Channel, Jane put a page written her name and address into a bottle and threw the bottle into the sea. Then she didn’t think it anymore. Ten months later, however, she received a letter from a Holland girl. Now these two girls communicate each other in regular. But they are determined to use post office. Though a litter more cost, it’s much faster. —— I received a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In the letter, she said that she will come to England next year. If she comes, she will be very surprise. Now we are living in a beautiful new house in the rural area. This house started to build before my sister’s leaving and it finished five months ago. I told her in the letter, that she could live with us. The house has many rooms and a beautiful garden. It’s a so modern house that it will look strange by someone. It must be the only modern house in this district. ———— I entered into the office of the hotel manager and sat down. I had just lost fifty pounds and I felt very upset. 'I left my money in the room,' I said, 'but it’s gone now'. The manager was sympathetic but couldn’t do anything. 'Everyone loses money now', he said. He began to complain the wicked world. But he was interrupted by a wave of sound of knocking the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained fifty pounds. 'I picked it outside of this gentleman’s room', she said. 'Yes,' I said to the manager, 'There is still some honesty in this world!' ____ 2025-10-09 Late in the afternoon, children built a tent in the middle of the field. Just after this, they began to cook on the campfire. All of them were hungry and the food smelled very good. After a wonderful meal, they circled around the campfire and began to share stories and sing songs. After a while, however, it was raining. Then they put off the campfire and crept into the tent. The sleeping bag was not only warm, but also comfortable. So they were sleeping soundly. About at the midnight, two children were waken and shouted. There was water all covered the tent. All of them jumped outside from the sleeping bag. They found that a stream had been formed on the ground, as the rain was running heavily. —————— 2025-10-10 Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city. But ever since he moved in, he has had a trouble with cars and their owners. When he returned home at night, he always found that someone had parked the car outside his gate. Because of this, he has never parked his car into his garage. Jasper has put some 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but they hadn’t any effect at all. Now he puts an ugly stone head over the gate. It’s one of the most ugly stone heads. I asked him what it was. He told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes she will turn the car owners to stone. But up to now, none of them has been turned to stone yet. —————— Captain Ben has bought an unusual taxi car and began a new business. This 'taxi car' is a small Swiss plane named 'Pilatus Porter'. This surprise plane can take seven passengers. However, the most surprise aspect of this plane is that it can land on anywhere: snow, water, even the field which has just been plough. Captain Ben’s first passenger was a doctor, he flied to a lonely village in Welsh from Birmingham. Since that time, Captain Ben has carried passengers to a great deal of unusual places. One time, he landed on the roof of an apartment building. And another time, he landed on a garage which had been disabled. He has just rejected a strange request of a businessman, who wanted to fly to a lonely island in the Atlantic, Rocarl. The reason of his rejection was that this trip was too dangerous. ___ It’s my birthday today. I have never thought that birthdays are unusual days, because these days shouldn’t be different enough to make you paying any attention if you have had a wonderful life. These days are just colorful signs which notice you to realize your life becoming better and better.Sure, why not? At present, I’ve got an amazing relationship. I’ve got two smart sons. And I’ve got a good salary when I’ve moved into a silent office where I can do anything. So, when I got up this morning, I felt very causal as usual. I drove to the working place on the same busy roads after dropping out my sons to school. During commute, I listened yesterday’s news which also had nothing special. I parked my car in the same garage and had the same breakfast. But I known that I had an exciting thing. I rushed into my office, unlocked the drawer carefully and open the letter of this year. I read every single word back and forth. Then I turned myself around to my usual life and started to deal with all my routine work. It’s one of the new days I lived in. ___ It’s my birthday today. I have never thought that birthdays are unusual days, because these days shouldn’t be different enough to make you pay any attention if you have had a wonderful life. These days are just colorful signs which remind you to realize your life becoming better and better. Sure, why not? At present, I’ve got an amazing relationship. I’ve got two smart sons. And I’ve got a good salary since I moved into a silent office where I can do anything. So, when I got up this morning, I felt very casual as usual. I drove to the working place on the same busy roads after dropping my sons off at school. During the commute, I listened to yesterday’s news which also had nothing special. I parked my car in the same garage and had the same breakfast. But I knew that I had an exciting thing. I rushed into my office, unlocked the drawer carefully and opened the letter of this year. I read every single word back and forth. Then I turned myself back to my usual life and started to deal with all my routine work. It’s one of the new days I have lived. ——————

The Wayle is a little river across the park near my home. I like sitting by the river on the sunny afternoons. It was warm last Sunday. So I went to sit by the river as usual. Some children were playing on the shore and someone was rowing on the river. Suddenly, a child kicked the ball heavily and the ball flew towards a little boat. Someone on the shore shouted to the man on the boat, but he didn’t hear. The ball hit him so hard that nearly made him fall in the water. I turned around to see the children, but there was no one. They all had gone. When the man realized what had happened, he smiled. He shouted to the children and threw the ball back to the shore. —————— 2025-10-13 People aren’t so honest as before. The **attraction** of **stealing** is stronger than **ever** — especially in big stores. Recently a detective has noticed a well-dressed woman, who always enters a big store on Monday morning. One Monday, when the woman came into this store, there were **fewer** people than usual. So the detective was able to monitor her. This woman **first** bought several little goods. Some time later, she picked up one of the most expensive clothes and carried it to the assistant. The assistant packed the clothes as soon as possible. However, the woman took the bag and went **out of** the store, without paying for it. After she had been arrested, the detective found out that the assistant **was** her daughter. The girl 'gives' her mother a free **dress once a** week! ___

People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before — especially in large shops. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman, who always went into a large shop on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in. So, it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed to an assistant who wrapped up for her as quick as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl gave her mother a free dress once a week! ——————

2025-10-14 Nearly after a week, the girl was able to talk about her experience. One afternoon, she set out from the shore by a boat and encountered the storm. when it was to be dark, the boat stuck a stone and the girl jumped into the sea. After a whole night, she swim to the shore. During that time, she swim for eight miles. Next morning, she saw the light in front of her and knew that she had been near the shore, because the light was on the high cliff. After arriving at the shore, the girl struggled to climb towards the cliff. This is all she remembered. When she woke up next day, she found out that she was laying in the hospital. —————— Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon, she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat stuck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time, she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore. Because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital. _____ Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon, she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat stuck a stone and the girl jumped into the sea. She swam to the shore after spending a whole night in the water. During that time, she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw light ahead. She knew that she was near the shore, because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all her remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital. ———— Dan Robinson had been nervous for a whole week. He received a letter from **the** local police station which asked him to go there. Dan wondered why the police **contacted** him. But he still went there and he wasn’t worried anymore. In the station, a smiling policeman told him that his bicycle had been found. The policeman said that the bicycle had been found in a small village **400 miles away** five days ago and now it would be returned **to his** home by train. Dan was very surprised **at** hearing this information. And he was **also** amused for he had never expected to find that bicycle. It was stole**n** when he was a fifteen-year-old boy twenty years ago! —————— 2025-10-15 Roy Tereton used to drive taxi. But not long before, he began to drive bus and he didn’t regret for it. He found that his new job made him much happier. Recently, when he was driving on the Street Kateford, he saw two thieves rushed from a shop to a waiting car. One of them took a bag which was full of money. Roy acted rapidly. He drove straight towards the thieves. The thief was scared and dropped his bag. When they tried to escape by car, Roy drove his bus to strike the bottom of their car. After the battered car had driven away, Roy stopped his bus and called the police. Their car was stuck so hard that it was easy to recognize. Before long, the police blocked that car and caught both of the thieves. ———— Debbie Hart is going to cross the England Channel tomorrow. She plans to set out from the coast of France at five o’clock next morning. Debbie is only 11 years old. She hopes to reach a new world record. She is a swimming expert and many people believe that she will definitely succeed. Debbie’s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr Hart has been training his daughter for many years. He will be anxious to watch his daughter to cover this long distance to England. Debbie plans to relax for a little while every two hours. At that time, she will drink, without any solid food. Most of Debbie’s classmates will be waiting her on the shore of England. Debbie’s mother will be there among them. She once crossed the Channel when she was a girl! ——————

2025-10-16 The Olympic games will be held in our country four years later. As there will be a great many people coming our country, the government intends to build some new restaurants, an immense stadium and a new swimming pool of Olympic standards. They will build some new roads and a railway too. The Olympic games will be held at the rural area of the capital. The whole area is called 'the Olympic City'. Workers will pave the new roads in the end of the year and they will have built the new stadium in the end of the next year. These immense modern buildings were designed by Kult Gante. Everyone will be watching the finishing of them. We are all excited and expect the Olympic games for it has never been held in this country ——————

My old friend Harrison used to live in **the** Mediterranean for years before returning to England. In the past, he usually imagined **returning** to England after his retirement and intended to live in the countryside. He bought a house and lived in it as soon as he arrived **in** England. But quickly, he began to complain **about** the weather there. Because it keeps raining even **when** it’s still in Summer, and it’s often so cold. Harrison felt very surprise**d** as he had lived under the sun for years. His actions were **as if** he had never lived in England before. At last, he could not bear it. He sold the house before totally **settling down** and left this country. His many years’ dream has **been** broken. Harrison thought about everything except the weather. ——————

2025-10-17 When John Gilbert was living in hospital, he asked the doctor if his operation was successful， but the doctor rejected to answer. The following day, this patient asked for a bed telephone. When he was alone in the room, he called the exchange of the hospital and asked for talk to Doctor Milingdon. When the doctor listened to the telephone, Mr Gilbert said that he wanted to inquire about a patient whose name was John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert’s operation was successful. The doctor answered that it was very successful. And he continued to ask the doctor when Mr Gilbert would be able to return home. The doctor said that he should live in hospital for two weeks. Then Doctor Milingdon asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr John Gilbert.' ___
 When John Gilbert was ~~living~~ in hospital, he asked the doctor **to tell him** if his operation was successful， but the doctor rejected to answer. The following day, this patient asked for a bed telephone. When he was alone in the room, he called the exchange of the hospital and asked for ~~talk to~~ Doctor Milingdon. When the doctor **answered** the telephone, Mr Gilbert said that he wanted to inquire about a patient whose name was John Gilbert. He asked if Mr Gilbert’s operation was successful. The doctor answered that it was very successful. And he continued to ask the doctor when Mr Gilbert would be able to return home. The doctor said that he should **be** in hospital for two weeks. Then Doctor Milingdon asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr John Gilbert.' ——————

Last week at a dinner party, the hostess arranged me to sit by Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a tall and unsmiling woman in a tight dress. When I was sitting down, she even didn’t look up. Her eyes were fixing her plates and before long she was busy to eat. I tried to find a topic to talk with her. 'A new show will be played on 'globe theatre', ' I said, 'Are you going to see it?' 'No,' she answered. 'Will you enjoy holiday abroad this year?' I asked again. 'No,' she answered. 'Will you just stay in England?', I asked. 'No,' she answered. With disappointing, I asked her if she had enjoyed her meal. 'Young man,' she answered, 'If you ate more and talk less, both of us would eat better!' ___ 20251029 'Do you call that hat?' I said to my wife. 'You don’t have to be so rude,' my wife answered while she was looking at the mirror. I was waiting on a new style chair with full of holes. We had been staying at this hat shop for a half hour, but my wife was still standing by the mirror. 'We shouldn’t buy the things that we don’t need,' I gave my point suddenly, but I regretted it at once. 'You don’t have to say this,' my wife answered, 'as well as I don’t have to mention your terrible tie which you bought yesterday.' 'I think it’s beautiful,' I said, 'a man never has too many ties.' 'A woman never has too many hats.' she answered. Ten minutes later, we walked out of the shop. My wife wear a hat like a lighthouse. —————— When Mrs Ann Sterling was running after two men across the forest, she didn’t think about her risk. Just then, when she and her children were having a picnic by the forest, these two men rushed towards her and tried to take her handbag away. In the struggling, the belt of the bag was broken and the bag was in the men’s hands. Then they ran into the forest. Mrs Sterling was very angry and chased towards them. She couldn’t nearly breathe in a short while, but she still kept to chasing. When she reached them, she found that they had sat down and discovered the contents of the bag. She rushed directly towards them. The two men got a frighten, dropped the bag and ran away. 'The handbag needed to be fixed,' Mrs Sterling said afterwards, 'But they didn’t steal anything at all.' —————— 20251030 
The whole village soon learned that a large amount of money had **been** lost. The local butcher, Sam Benton, lost his wallet on the way to the post office. Sam was sure that the wallet must **have** been taken away by a villager, but no one returned it. Three months later, **one** morning, Sam found his wallet outside his door. The wallet that contained half of the money he lost was packed **in** a piece of newspaper and was attached a piece of paper, 'a thief, yes, but only a fifty percent thief!' After another two months, some money returned to Sam too, with a paper said, 'Now only a twenty five thief!' Before long, all Sam’s money was returned in the same way. The last paper said, 'I’m a one hundred percent honest man now!' ———— 20251104 When a plane arrived at ~~the~~ Sydney Airport from London, workers began to ~~take off~~ **unload** wooden boxes full of clothes. One of the boxes was extremely heavy, but no one knew what happened. Suddenly a worker determined to open the box to take a look. **They were** astonished to see a man lying on a pile of woolen goods. He was **greatly** astonished as he had been found by the workers and he even didn’t try to escape. After **being** arrested, he admitted that he had hidden in the box before the plane took off. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip for he had been confining in the wooden box for 18 hours. The man was ordered to pay 3500 pounds for his trip, but the normal ticket cost was 2000 pounds. ____ 20251105 Ian Thompson now wants to sell his pub which he has just bought ~~recently~~. The reason of the pub selling is that the pub often has ghosts haunting. He told me that he wasn’t able to fall **asleep** at a night, for he had heard strange **voices** from his pub. The following morning, he found that the door of the pub had been blocked by a chair and the furniture had been moved. Although Thompson had turned off the lights before sleeping, the lights were still on **in** the morning. He also said that he found five empty Whisky bottles that must have been drunk by ghosts. When I implied that it must have been someone in the village, Thompson shook his head. Villagers had told him that they would not accept the pub even if he gave them the pub. ——————

Dentists always ask you questions while you cannot **respond**. My dentist has just pulled out a tooth **for** me and let me ~~to~~ take a rest. I wanted to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew that I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection had increased. Then he asked me how my brother **was** and asked me whether I liked my new job in London. As ~~the~~ response to these questions, I just nod**ded** or made strange voices. Meanwhile, my tongue was **busy** finding the hole of the pulled tooth. Suddenly I was very nervous, but I couldn’t say anything. When the dentist took the cotton wool out **of** my mouth in the end, I finally had a chance to tell him that he had pulled out a wrong tooth. ——————

20251106 A young man in Tehran felt tired about sleeping on the floor, so he bought a real bed with his many years’ savings. He was first proud of owing a bed with spring and mattress. Because of the hot weather, he moved the bed to his roof. The first two nights, he slept very well. But the third night, it stormed. A gust swept the bed from the roof and smashed it on the downside yard. The young man woke up until the bed stuck the ground. Though the bed was stuck into pieces, the young man wasn’t injured miraculously. He was still lying on the mattress when he woke up. The young man glance at the wooden pieces and metal pieces around there. He picked up the mattress sadly and took it into the room. He put the mattress on the floor and went to sleep promptly. —————— 20251107 I like traveling in the countryside, but I don’t like missing roads. Recently I had a short-term excursion, but it took more time than I had expected. 'I’m going to Woodfood grass,' I said to the conductor as soon as I got in the bus, 'But I don’t know where it is.' 'I will tell you where you can get off,' the conductor answered. I sat in the front of the bus in order to enjoy the country view. After a while, the bus stopped. I looked around myself and surprisingly found that there is only me in the bus. 'You have to get off here,' the conductor said, 'Our bus has been the end.' 'Is here Woodfood grass?' I asked. 'Oh dear,' the conductor suddenly said, 'I’ve forgotten to tell you.' 'It doesn’t matter,' I said, 'I get off right here.' 'We’re going to return,' the conductor said. 'Well, since this, I am staying on the bus.' I answered. ___


My friend, Hugh, used to be fat, but recently his condition went so **bad** that he determined to be on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. At first, he wrote a long list including all the forbidden foods. Most of the foods in the list were Hugh’s favorite foods: butter, potato**es**, rice, beer, milk, chocolate and candy. Yesterday I visited him. I rang the door bell and I was not surprise**d** when I saw that Hugh was fat as before. He took me into the room and hurriedly hid a large bag under the table. Obviously he was very embarrass**ed**. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and carried the bag ~~on~~ to the table. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed the content**s** of the bag which included five large bars of chocolate and three bags of candy. —————— 20251110 We have just moved into a new house and I have worked hard the whole morning. I tried to tide up my new room, but it was not easy, because I have more than one thousand books. It was worse that the room was very small, so I temporarily put the books on the floor. At that time, the books had took every inch of space on the floor and I actually walked on these books leaving from or coming into the room. A few minutes earlier, my sister helped me carrying an old bookcase upstairs. When she came into my room and looked at the books on the floor, she got quite a surprise. 'This is the most beautiful carpet I have seen,' she said. She had started the 'carpet' for a while, then she said, 'you don’t need any bookcase at all, you can read your carpet on free times.' ___ Firefighters have managed to contain a big forest fire in California. After the moment, they have been trying to find out the reason of the fire. Forest fire is usually caused by broken glass or cigarettes which have been dropped unconsciously by people. Yesterday, firefighters inspected the ground carefully, but they didn’t find glass. They are also very sure that the fire was not caused by cigarettes. This morning, however, a firefight found out the reason occasionally. He found a dead snake which twisted in the 16000 volts power line. In this way, he figured out the mystery of fire. The explanation is easy but abnormal. A bird snatched the snake from the ground and threw it on the power line. Then ____

After breakfast, I dropped the kids off **at** the school and went to the shop. It was early when I returned ~~at~~ home. The kids were in school and my husband was working, so it was quite silent **at** home. Then I decided to make some meat pies. A short while later, I was busying **mixing** butter and flour and my hands were soon full of sticky pastry. Just then, the telephone rang. Nothing could be worse than this. I picked up the receiver with two of my sticky fingers. I was very disma**yed** when I hear**d** the voice of Hellen. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to call me later. At last I hung **up** the telephone. How terrible it **was**! My fingers, the telephone and the doorknob were all covered with pastry. As soon as I had returned **to** the kitchen, the door bell rang and the noise was so loud that it nearly could wake up a dead man. It was the postman this time and he asked me to sign a register**ed** letter. ____ 2025-11-20 TODD: You must be John’s cousin Matt, right? From San Diego? MATT: Correct! I just got in last night. TODD: I’m Todd, John’s roommate from Tech. Glad to meet you. I can assure you that I’m not anything like what John has told you. MATT: I’m happy to meet you, too—and, yes—I’ve heard about you—football player and party animal extraordinaire. TODD: Football, yes—and as a matter of fact, I do like parties. But tell more about yourself and what you do in San Diego? MATT: Well, I’m more of a surfer than a football player. You know, San Diego has a fantastic coast—we can surf all day and party on the beach at night. TODD: That sounds awesome. How long are you staying? MATT: Well, I’ll be here for two weeks. John has promised me a nonstop schedule—kind of a mix of sightseeing, meeting his friends, checking out the local scene, and—hopefully—camping in the mountains of a couple of days. TODD: John’s a good guy—and you can be sure he knows the local scene. He knows everybody in town. I’m sure he’ll show you a good time. And his friends are here to help. MATT: Thanks too much—I really appreciate that. I’m still a bit jet-lagged at the moment but should be in good shape by tomorrow. I’m looking forward to hearing what John has in store for me… TODD: Don’t worry. We’ll all take care of you. And don’t be surprised if we show up on your doorstep in San Diego one day, ready for surfing!