Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers (金羽毛) . She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house1 the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round, 2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn't have enough3 to buy food.
The swan was 4to see that. She said to herself, "I'll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can, live a happy life with the money, selling my feathers" That evening, she 5 to the poor woman's house and left a golden feather on the table without saying 6. From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much 7than before.
But day after day, the woman became greedy (贪婪) She said to her 8. The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be. poor again, We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.
"Oh, no, Mom!" cried the daughters, "This will 9 the swan. She helps us a lot!" But the mother wouldn't listen. When the swan came as usual, the mother caught her and. took all her feathers. But suddenly, the golden feathers changed into chicken feathers.
Then, the Golden Swan said, "Poor Mother, I came to 10you, but you wanted to kill me.
Now, I am leaving and will never come back. Never be greedy!" With these words, the swan flew away.
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Many people use their mobile phones as the alarm clocks, and are more used to check e-mails before sleeping.
Many years ago, my boss stayed up —playing with her mobile phone and got badly ill because of that. Now she always leaves her phone in. another room when going to sleep. And she encourages her friends to do so. "I sent each of my friends the same Christmas gift—an alarm clock. So they could stop using the phones as the alarm clocks, "she said.
If your mobile phone wakes you up in the morning, it may also keep you up at night, A study shows that people in mobile phone radiation (辐射) mostly have sleeping problems. And according to a Swedish study, a quarter of young people in this country feel like having their phones near them. Most of them feel sorry for not replying to messages, so they even have —to reply to their friends before sleeping
A recent study has shown that three quarters of people aged between 18 and 34 prefer to sleep with their phones near them. That number falls off a little in the middle age, but only people aged 65 and older like leaving the phones in another room while sleeping.
Teaching kids good manners is very important. It's best to do it when they are young. Good eating manners begin. with good table manners. Tell your kids that dinner time is family time.
There should be no phones or text messages (信息) at the table. They can talk about family things.
Kids should say "please" and "thank you" when asking for food on the table. They should not reach over (越过) other people to get food.
Teach your kids not to eat with their mouths open or talk with their mouths full. If it's hard, for them to understand, show them how it looks and sounds.
When they see this, they'll understand.
They should also eat slowly and take small bites (咬).
Washing hands is important to health. When eating at a friend's house, tell your kids to thank the host. Let them put their own dishes in. the sink (水槽) after dinner. For elder children, they can help do the dishes.
