showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(表扬) those stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison(监 狱). After some time the king had pity on the writer and set him free. When the writer returned from prison, the king ordered
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Why does the leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy lean ?It
leas because of a mistake .It has leaned almost since the day the tower was __b_u_il_t _ .In 1174,the people of
to tell the police what his problem was, but no one
would believe him. At last he was sent to the police station for fifteen days.
2. Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his
him to come to his palace. Again he showed him some of his
new stories and asked him what he thought of them. After them,rethaedinwgriter at once turned to the soldier and said, “Take
me back to prison, please.”
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Last May I stayed in Santo Lusa for a week. That was my first trip there. One morning I set out to visit a famous museum, but I didn’t know whichway to go, so I stopped a strange and asked, “ Excuse me, does this street lead(通向) to the Grand Museum?” “Yes,” he answered. “Go along this street and turn left and turn left at the second crossing. You can’t miss it.” So I walkedtwo blocks(街区) and turned to my left, but the
stories were good, so he liked to show them to his people. As his people were afraid to criticize(批评) the king’s stories, they
all said that his stories were very good. One day, the king
bank here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began visitingthe bank. He showedhis passport to the bank clerk(职员).
“Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told. This went on for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very worrie.dHe then phoned his brother, asking where the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks before . That evening Ed Jackson was arrested(被捕) for failing to pay his hotel bill. He tried
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While travelling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of （缺少）money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the moneyby telegram （电报）to the
museumWasn’t there. Then I asked a second stranger. He said, “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing.” But again I couldn’t find the museum. I asked a third stranger and he said the same thing.
This time I found the Grand Museum. Just then someone walked up and said. “Excuse me, where’s the nearest bank ?” I Байду номын сангаасnswered quickly , “Go along this street and turn left at the second crossing!”