LESSON FOURThe Fourth LessonDRILLS
1A: How many English songs had you learned by the end of last term?
B: Four.
A: How many English stories had you read by the end of last term?
B: Four.
A: How many English parties had you had by the end of last term?
B: Four.
2A: How long had Comrade Wu lived in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.
A: How long had Comrade Wu studied in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.
A: How long had Comrade Wu taught in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.
3A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already bought a copy for himself.
A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already borrowed one from the library.
A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already gone back to her home town.
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THE ARAB IN THE DESERTAn Arab was walking alone through the desert when he met two men. The men looked worried. It seemed that they had lost something. The Arab went over to them.
"Have you lost one of your camels?" he asked them.
"Yes," they said.
"Was he blind in the right eye and lame in the left foot?" asked the Arab.
"Yes, he was."
"Had he lost a tooth and was he carrying corn?"
"Yes," said the men. "Please tell us where he is."
"I don't know where he is," said the Arab. "I've never seen such an animal."
"Did someone tell you about him."
"No."
The two men looked at each other in surprise. They could not believe the Arab's words. Finally, they came up close to him, took hold of him, and shouted:
"Where's the animal? And what have you done with our goods?"
The Arab insisted that he had never seen the camel. At last the men took him before a judge. They said that the Arab had stolen their camel.
"I've never seen their camel," insisted the Arab. "But I'm a man of the desert, and I've learned to look carefully at everything I see. This morning I saw the tracks of a lost camel. I knew this because there were no man's tracks near those of the camel. I also saw that the camel must be blind in the right eye, because he had only eaten the grass on his left side and had not touched the grass on his right. The animal was lame because with one foot he left a track much lighter than any of the others. He had lost a tooth, because wherever he ate grass, there was always a small space left untouched. I also found groups of ants near the tracks of the camel. They were pulling pieces of corn. From these facts I was able to tell what goods the animal was carrying."
The judge and the two man were satisfied with what the Arab had said. Together the four men set out to look for the lost animal.
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A One-Eyed CamelA mother camel was walking with her son through the desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked his mother that water and grass looked seem. The mother replied that water looked seem the sky, blue and clean, while grass was green, fresh and nice.
After they had walked a day and a night, her son suddenly cried, "Look, Mother, there's water and grass over there!"
"What foolish talk, child!"
The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. Because the mother camel had been blind in her left eye since she was a baby, she saw only a sea on yellow sand in her right eye.
After they had gone on another day and night, the young camel found a second oasis, but his mother still did not believe him. She said that was not an oasis, but a desert. She said she knew more than her son and couldn't be wrong.
Her son got angry. When he saw an oasis at the third time, he left his mother without telling her. He ran into the grass and ate his fill.
At page 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON FIVEThe Fifth LessonTEXT
THE SEAGULLS OF SALT LAKE CITYSalt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. The name comes from a great salt lake nearby. The city lies in a valley with high mountains all around it. But long ago there was almost nothing in this place and there were very few people living here.
More than a hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children moved from the east to the west. They had travelled a long way. At last these brave people came to the great mountains by the salt lake.They crossed the mountains and reached this quiet place. They decided to stay here, and so they built their homes and made their farms. This was where Salt Lake City now lies.
The people had to work hard on their farms, because their lives depended on their crops.
One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.
"What's that?" asked one of them.
"Where?" asked another, as he stopped to look.
"Over there," was the reply.
They saw something like a cloud coming, but it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up: "Locusts! Millions of them!"
The words put fear into the hearts of all, because they knew what locusts could do, and they had never seen so many of them before.
In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything --- the wheat, the corn, the grass and even the leaves on the trees.
The farmers brought out things to fight the locusts. They tried everything. But while they were killing the locusts in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could the farmers do?
Suddenly there was a great noise. As they looked up, they saw another cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts this time, but seagulls. The farmers cried out, "They've come to eat what the locusts have left."
But to their joy, they found that the seagulls had come to eat not the crops, but the locusts. They had seen or smelled the locusts and had come from the Great Salt Lake. Now they were eating the locusts! In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmer's crops were saved!
The people were very thankful. They decided that from then on no one should ever kill a seagull. And today, if you go to Salt Lake City, you can see a monument with seagulls on top of it.
At page 54, 55, 56, 57, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
A STORY
The Rabbit and the FoxOnce there was a very naughty rabbit. He liked to play tricks, and this made the other beasts angry. But it was very difficult to catch him.
One day a fox said to a wolf, "Let's think of a way to catch the rabbit for our supper." After a while, the wolf said, "I've got a idea. You go back home and get into the bed. I'll go to the rabbit and tell him that you are dead. Then he'll come near you to see if you are dead or not. You can then jump up and catch him."
"That's a good idea," said the fox. "I'll do that." The fox ran home and got into the bed. The wolf went to the rabbit's house. He stood at the door and called, "Mr Rabbit, Mr Rabbit!"
"What is it?" said the rabbit.
"Have you heard the fox is dead?" said the wolf, then he went away.
"Really? I haven't heard anything about it," The rabbit said to himeself. So he decided to go and see if it was true. He went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window, and there he saw a fox lying in the bed. He opened the door and went in. He looked at the fox and said, "Mr Wolf says Mr Fox is dead, but he doesn't look like a dead fox. You can always tell if a fox is dead, for the dead fox always opens his mouth."
When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I am dead." So he opened his mouth.
When the rabbit saw the fox open his mouth, he knew that the fox was not dead. He jumped up and ran out of the house as fast as he could.
At page 68, 69, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON SEVENThe Seventh LessonDRILLS
1A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she was going to spend her holiday with her parents in Egypt.
B: Thanks for telling me.
A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she wasn't going to be free this Saturday.
B: Thanks for telling me.
A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she was going to prepare for her trip.
B: Thanks for telling me.
2A: Did you ask Kate whether they would fly to Egypt?
B: Yes. She said they would go there by air.
A: Did you ask Kate what they would do there?
B: Yes. She said they would visit the pyramids.
A: Did you ask Kate when they would return?
B: Yes. She said they would return before the end of this month.
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THE PYRAMIDSThousands of years ago, the kings of Egypt built strong tombs for themselves. Over these tombs they built pyramids. They thought their bodies would be well kept in these until they could come back to life. They also hoped the world would look on the pyramids as monuments to them and would remember them for ever.
There are around 80 pyramids in Egypt. But the Great Pyramid is the biggest of all. It is nearly 5000 years old. It is about 137 metres high today, but it was once higher. It is made of 2300000 huge stones. Most of them are higher than a man and weigh about two and a half tons each. Some weigh as much as fifteen tons. It took more than 100000 men twenty years to build the Great Pyramid.
When you look at the pyramids, you can't help wondering how the Egyptians were able to build them thousands of years ago. How did they cut, carry and lift such huge stones? Each stone fits so well, yet they didn't have our modern machines. Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can tell just how the Egyptians built them so long ago.
Inside the pyramids are the rooms for the bodies of the kings and queens. There are lots of wonderful treasures in the pyramids, too. Thieves have broken into some of the pyramids and taken away many of the treasures to foreign countries. They have even stolen the mummies. Today some of the mummies and treasures are on show in museums in different countries. When the kings had the pyramids built for them, they prehaps never thought this would happen.
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The Wolf in a Sheep's SkinA wolf once saw some sheep eating grass on the foot of a hill. the wolf was hungry and wanted very much to catch one and eat it. But he could not go with the sheep, because there was a man near them. The man was a shepherd. He was looking after his sheep. Then the wolf had an idea. He put on a sheep's skin and went in among the sheep. He killed a lot of them. Of course the shepherd did not know the wolf was in his sheep, because his enemy was in a sheep's skin.
Every day the wolf ate one or two from the sheep. The shepherd was worried. "Who is killing my sheep?" he wondered. "I'll catch him and hang him."
But still, more sheep were killed. Now more than ten were dead. The shepherd became very angry. He walked about around the sheep day and night, and watched carefully. One day he saw that one of his sheep did not eat grass and did not walk among the others.
"That's not a sheep," he thought. He came up close to it and looked at it carefully. He saw it was really a wolf in a sheep's skin! "That's the enemy. He's killed my sheep." the shepherd said to himself. Then he took a rope and walked quietly behind the wolf. Suddenly he threw the rope aroundthe wolf's neck. Then he pulled the wolf to a tree nearby and hanged him. At that time two other shepherds were passing the place. They were very surprised when they saw a sheep hanging up a tree. But after they heard the story, they said, "You've done the right thing. A wolf in a sheep's skin is our most dangerous enemy."
At page 71, 72, 73, 74, 82, 83, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON EIGHTThe Eighth LessonDRILLS
1(1)Mr Smith said, "John is a good worker."
Mr Smith said that John was a good worker.
(2)John said, "I want to forget the past."
John said that he wanted to forget the past.
(3)John said, "I can get on well with the people here."
John said that he could get on well with the people there.
2(1)Mr Smith said, "John told me all about his past three weeks ago."
Mr Smith said that John had told him all about his past three weeks before.
(2)Bob's wife said, "Bob, you forgot your wallet this moring."
Bob's wife told him that he had forgotten his wallet that morning.
3(1)John said to Bob, "I haven't seen your wallet."
John told Bob that he hadn't seen his wallet.
(2)Mr Smith said to the workers, "John has worked very hard and I want him to stay."
Mr Smith told the workers that John had worked very hard and he wanted him to stay.
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ONCE A THIEF, ALWAYS A THIEF?Mr Smith, the boss of a small factory, once hired a young worker called John Hill. On the first day, Mr Smith took John to one of his workshops and introduced him to the other workers. The men introduced themselves to John and showed him around the factory. Then John started to work.
John was good at his job. Soon he got a rise. And he got on well with his workmates. He hoped they would like him.
But one morning John noticed that his workmates were looking at him and talking in low voices. Then Bob, one of his workmates, came up to him and asked whether it was true that he had been a thief and had just come out of prison. John's heart sank. He had been afraid of this all along. He told them that he had been in prison, but he was no longer a thief and wanted to forget the past.
The workers went to Mr Smith and asked him to fire John. Mr Smith explained to them that John had told him all about his past when he asked for a job in his factory. That showed John was honest. Since a lot of people make mistakes in life, Mr Smith wanted to give John a chance. The workers went back and John stayed. But after that they were not as friendly to him as before.
One afternoon about a week later, Bob could not find his wallet. He went to John and asked whether he had seen his wallet. But John said he knew nothing about it. When Bob tried to catch hold of his arm, John hit him in the face. Bob fell to the ground and blood ran down his nose.
Mr Smith came out to see what was happening. The workers again asked him to let John go. They said they would all leave if John stayed. Mr Smith knew what that would mean. So he had to give in and say sorry to John.
Just at that moment, in came a woman. It was Bob's wife. She called out, "Bob, you forgot your wallet when you left home this morning. I thought you would need it, so I brought it over to you."
Everyone looked at Bob.
"John, I … I'm sorry," said Bob with a red face.
"John, I want to apologize --- for us all," said Mr Smith. "Please stay with us. This is a lesson for Bob, for me, and for all of us."
At page 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON NINEThe Ninth LessonDRILLS
1Mr Howe: Is your party going to start at 7 o'clock.
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if our party was going to start at 7 o'clock.
Mr Howe: Will all of you take part in it?
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if all of us would take part in it.
Mr Howe: Are you preparing for it?
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if we were preparing for it.
2Shop Assistant: What size dress do you wear, Madam?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He said what size dress you wore.
Shop Assistant: Which one do you like best?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He asked which one you liked best.
Shop Assistant: What else would you like?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He asked what else you would like.
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EDISON'S BOYHOODThomas Edison was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. One day when he was five, his father saw him sitting on some eggs, and asked what he was doing that for. Tom did not reply. Instead, he asked his father why he was not able to hatch chickens while hens could.
Young Tom was in school for only three months. During those three months, he asked a lot of questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons. His teacher did not understand why the boy had so many strange questions. He told Tom's mother that Tom was not bright and was not worth teaching. His mother took him out of school and taught him herself. The boy read a lot. He became very interested in science.
By the time he was ten, he had already built a chemistry lab for himself. He planted vegetables in his garden and sold them to buy what he needed for his lab.
Once his mother was ill and she sent for a doctor. The doctor said she needed an operation at once. But it was night and the lamp in the room gave poor light. Edison thought hard. Finally he had an idea. He collected all the lamps in the house and put them on a long table. Then he placed a big mirror behind them. Now there was enough light, so the doctor could operate. Edison's mother was saved.
At the age of twelve, Edison began selling newspapers on a train. When he was free, he printed a newspaper and sold copies to the railway workers.
One day in August, 1862, Edison saw a little boy playing on the tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The boy's father was so thankful that he taught Edison how to send messages by railway telegraph. Edison soon became very good at it and later he left home to work in different cities. This gave him a start in life. At that time he was just a boy of sixteen.
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The Cat and the BellOnce there were a lot of mice in the old house. They ate up a lot of food. So the owner of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice.
One day the oldest mouse said, "All the mice must come to my hole tonight, and we'll decide what we can do about the cat."
All the mice came. They thought hard and tried to find a way to save their lives. Many of them spoke, but no one knew what to do. At last a young mouse stood up and said, "Why not tie a bell around the cat's neck? Then, when the cat comes near, we'll hear the bell and run away and hide. Then the cat won't catch any more of us."
The oldest mouse said, "That's a good idea. If we can tie a bell around the cat, it will save many of our lives." After a moment he asked, "But who's going to do it?"
None of the mice answered.
He waited but still no one said anything.
At last he said, "It's easy to say a things, but not so easy to do them."
At page 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 111, 112, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON TENThe Tenth LessonDRILLS
1Teacher: Stop writing and listen to me.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to stop writing and listen to her.
Teacher: Make sentences with these words.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to make sentences with those words.
Teacher: Speak a little louder.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to speak a little louder.
Teacher: Pay attention to your pronunciation.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to pay attention to our pronunciation.
2Granny: Don't play with the cat any more.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to play with the cat any more.
Granny: Don't be late for school, Xiao Hai.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to be late for school.
Granny: Don't drink this water.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to drink that water.
Granny: Don't get your hands dirty.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to get your hands dirty.
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DR BETHUNEIt was late on the night of October 20, 1939, when Dr Bethune was busy working in a field hospital. An Eighth Route Army man riding a horse came from the front. He told Dr Bethune that the front was in great need of medical workers. Immediately, Dr Bethune set off with a medical team.
On their way, they met a group of wounded Eighth Route Army men. They took the wounded soldiers into a small temple at once and Bethune began to operate on them.
Dr Bethune went on working throughout the night. When someone asked him to have a rest, he just went on working. To him, the most important thing was to save lives. He had no time to think about rest.
The next day while an operation was going on, a young man ran in and said to the doctors, "Several hundred enemy soldiers are coming." Soon they heard the sound of guns. But Dr Bethune still went on with his work.
Twenty minutes later, when Bethune was operating on the leg of the last wounded soldier, the guns sounded much closer. Again the young man rushed in and told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more. "Comrade Bethune, you must leave now!" he cried.
"Let me go on with the operation," said one of the doctors. "You must leave right now, Dr Bethune. Hurry!"
"Please go, Doctor," begged the wounded soldier himself. "It's not a bad wound. Take me with you, or leave me here, but please go before the enemy comes."
"Never mind, my boy, it won't take long," said Dr Bethune. "If I spend a few more minutes on it now, I can save your leg. but if I don't, you'll lose it."
The guns sounded still closer now, but Dr Bethune worked on. He and the other doctors did not leave until the operation was over.
By that time the Japanese were already very near. As Bethune and the other doctors were climbing the hills, they could see the enemy entering the village in the valley below.
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A Story About Thomas EdisonLate one night, Mr and Mrs Edison could still hear the sound of the telegraph coming from downstairs. Al was sending messages to his friend Jim.
"That boy should be in bed by now," Mrs Edison said. Mr Edison called out to his son, "It's past your bedtime, Al."
"Yes, Pa. I'll be right up." Al tapped out "Good night" to Jim, then went to bed.
Al wanted to stay up late, but his parents would not let him do so. Then he had an idea.
The next night Al came home without the newspaper for his father. When Mr Edison asked for his paper, Al apologized and said he had left it at Jim's house. Mr Edison was disappointed.
After supper, Mr Edison sat down to read. Al watched his father and could see that he was not enjoying his book.
"Pa," he said, "I think I can get the news for you."
"How?"
"We can ask Jim to send the news by telegraph," Al said.
"That would take all night," said Mr Edison.
"No, it won't." Al said, "Jim's not as fast as I am, but he's quite good."
"Well," said Mr Edison slowly, "let's try it."
So Al sent a message to Jim. Soon the telegraph was working away. Al wrote down the news for his father to read.
For the next two night Al "forgot" to bring the newspapers. He and his father sat listening to the telegraph.
Finally Mr Edison understood. "I see what you mean." he said laughing. "You bring me the newspaper, and I'll let you stay up until half past twelve to practise on your telegraph."
At page 113, 114, 115, 116, 125, 126, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
LESSON ELEVENThe Eleventh LessonTEXT
THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIEOnce upon a time there was an old fisherman. He went fishing very early every morning, but he never cast his net more than four times a day.
One morning, he went out early to the sea. He cast his net for the first time, and drew in the body of an animal. He cast it a second time, and drew in an old basket full of sand. He cast it a third time, and drew in a lot of stones. It seemed he would have nothing to take home that morning.
Day had now broken, and he cast his net for the last time. After some time, he began to draw the net in. He found it was very heavy. But there were not any fish in it. Instead he found a jar with a lid. He shook the jar, but could hear nothing. So he took off the lid and looked inside. He could see nothing. After a while a light smoke came slowly out of the jar. Then little by little, the smoke grew heavier and thicker until finally it turned into a terrible Genie!
"Get down on your knees," said the Genie, "for I'm going to kill you."
"Why? Didn't I set you free from the jar?"
"That's why I'm going to kill you, but I'll let you choose how you're going to die."
"But why?"
"Listen, and I will tell you my story."
"I was one of the spirits in heaven. But I did not want to obey Solomon's orders. So one day, he put me in this jar and threw it into the sea.
"During the first hundred years of my stay in the sea, I made a promise that if anyone set me free I would make him very rich. But no one came. During the second hundred years, I promised that if anyone set me free I would show him all the treasures in the earth. But still no one came. During the third hundred years, I promised that if anyone came to set me free, I would make him king over the earth.
"Still no one came. Then I became very angry, and decided that if anyone should set me free I would kill him at once. Now you have come and set me free. So you must die, but I will let you say how you want to die."
The fisherman was not frightened. He said: "Since I must die, I must. But before I die, answer me one question."
"All right, but be quick."
"Were you really in the jar? You are so big and the jar is so small that it could hardly hold one of your feet."
"Of course I was in the jar. Don't you believe me?"
"No, and I won't until I've seen you in the jar with my own eyes."
When he heard this, the Genie changed again into smoke. Slowly the smoke went back into the jar. When all of it was in the jar, the fisherman quickly put the lid on and threw it back into the sea.
At page 128, 129, 130, 131, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
A STORY
The Clever CockFour friends were drinking in a village pub. Their jackets were hanging on the backs of their chairs. Suddenly one of them, Jack, shouted that he had lost five pounds. Fred said he was sure nobody there had stolen the money. Tom suggested they should all empty their pockets on the table. But the owner of the pub would not let them do that because money all looks the same. Nobody knew what to do. Just then, Jim, a traveller, stood up. He said he could help them find the money.
"You know how clever some animals are," he said. "I've found out that cocks are good at catching thieves. Let's borrow the pub owner's cock."
Jim took a big black pot and put it upside down on the table. Then he put the cock under it. "After I turn off the lights," he said, "you must come up one by one and touch the bottom of the pot with your right hand. When the thief does so, the cock will crow."
The others did not know whether they should believe him. One by one they went past the table in the dark, but the cock never made a noise.
"I'm afraid it was a waste of time," Fred said when the light went on.
"I'm not sure it was," Jim said. Then he asked everybody to show his right hand. He looked at each hand in turn, then took Fred's hand. "Fred, give me five pounds back to Jack."
"But the cock never crowed!" said Fred.
Jim told Fred to look at all the hands. "They're all black with soot except yours. Can you explain why you didn't dare touch the pot, Fred?"
Fred's face went white. He hung his hand.
At page 148, 149, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)
Supplementary Readings1.Ben's PaddlesEven when Benjamin Franklin was a boy, he tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more. Later, because of his many inventions, he became one of the greatest of all Americans.
One of his earliest inventions was paddles for swimming.
Ben had wondered for some time if there was some way to swim faster, maybe with something on his hands and feet.
Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles, grew in his mind. Ben thought a long time. The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. The right kind of wood was important, too. It must be neither too heavy nor too light.
He started to work on the paddles and soon they were finished.
Now Ben was ready to try them out. "Next Saturday afternoon," he said, "at Green's pond."
Saturday came. Near the pond a hundred boys were waiting. They had heard about Ben's idea and wanted to see whether the paddles would work.
Now Ben was ready.
All around Green's pond the boys were talking to each other.
"What if the paddles don't work?"
"What if he goes down?"
Ben got into the water and began to paddle. He swam slowly at first, then faster and faster until he was going through the water like a fish. The boys had never seen such fast swimming. The paddles did work! The boys near the pond jumped up and down, crying with joy.
Many years after this, when these boys had grown up, they began to read about Benjamin in the newspaper.
"Mr Benjamin Franklin has invented double spectacles. They are for people who need glasses to see both near nad far."
Later they would read that Benjamin Franklin had invented a fan, a rocking chair, and a hundred or so other things. As they had known him, they were not surprised. They said, "Ben was that kind of boy. Let's see what he'll invent next."
At page 163, 164, 165, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)