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　　Mr Brown was born in a poor family．He couldn't go to school when he was young．Now he's a porter(搬运工)and works at a station．He doesn't think it's necessary(必要的)to know some knowledge of science．His son, Bill, began to go to school last year．The boy likes nothing except playing．He doesn't listen to the teachers in class and can't do his homework after class．It's the hardest thing for him to do maths exercises．And he wants to drop it．

　　Last evening Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room while she and her husband were watching TV．She came up to him and asked,“What's the matter, Bill?”

　　“I can't do my maths homework,”said the boy．“I won't go to school tomorrow!

　　“No, no, don't do that!”said the woman．“Maybe your father can help you．”

　　Then she asked her husband to help their son with his maths．Mr Brown said,“But I don't know maths, either．”

　　“It doesn't matter,”said his wife．“You'll only coax him out of crying．”

　　Mr Brown had to do as his wife said．The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exercise book to his father．The man had a look at it and shouted to his wife,“Come here quickly, dear!I got an A in maths!”

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　　Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day．She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation．She wanted something different to do．Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower(割草机)sitting in the yard．

　　“Mom,” she shouted, “I think I will mow the lawn．” Her mom ran into the yard and said, “Oh no, you don't．You're too young to mow the law．”

　　“I'm fourteen years old and know how to do it,” Jessie said．“Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won't have to worry about it over the weekend．”

　　Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try．After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her．Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad．Jessie checked the gas(汽油)to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands．Mom watched from the kitchen window．Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn．She was very careful around the flowers and trees．When she finished, she felt so good, but she was so hot．Mom brought her some ice tea and said, “You sure did a great job．Dad will be very surprised．”

　　Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie's mom, “You didn't have to mow the lawn．I was going to do it on Saturday．It looks great．Thanks．”

　　“I didn't mow it．Jessie did．”

　　“Wow, our little girl is growing up!” Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done．

　　“It was fun, and I will do it again next week,” said Jessie．

　　The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money．“Sure!” said Jessie．Jessie began mowing his lawn．Two other neighbors asked so, then another three．Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money．She was no longer bored! “I won't have time to spend my money,” she laughed to herself．

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