One day, Jack came to Mike’s house and said, “Mike, you have so many good books. Can you lend me a book to read?” Mike didn’t want to lend a book to his friend, and he said, “Why do you want to take my book home? You can read it here in my house.”

Jack found that his friend was very selfish, but he said nothing. The next day, Mike came to Jack’s house and said, “Jack, you have a good garden knife, I want to work in my garden tomorrow. Can I use it for two days?”

Jack answered, “Why do you want to take my garden knife home? You can work with it in my garden.”

Jack was the football coach at an American college, and he was always trying to find good players, but most of them weren’t always clever enough.

One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the head teacher of college and asked the student to come into the college without an exam. “Well,” the head teacher said, “I’d better ask him a few questions first.”

Then he turned to the student and asked him a few very soft questions, but the student didn’t know any of the answers.

At last, the head teacher said, “Well, what’s five times (乘法) seven?”

The student thought for a long time and then answered, “Thirty-six.”

The head teacher said, “We can not let him in the college.”

The coach said, “________ He was only wrong by two numbers.”

Fifteen hours is a long time to be on a plane, but you know, Africa is a long way from North America. Finally, we’re in Namibia, a country in southwest Africa. Namibia is about twice the size of California. However, it is home to just over two million people. And the country’s main airport is 45 kilometres east of its capital, Windhoek.

Now we are in a wildlife (野生动物) park. We will spend five days finding ways to protect this area’s wildlife. At the moment, my wife and our two kids are enjoying some local dishes. I’m talking with workers in this park. I’m so much looking forward to the following days!

—Thomas

Yesterday morning, I had nothing to do, so I went to visit the Eiffel Tower, a symbol of Paris. It was my first time there, so I took a lot of photos.

Finally, the big moment came! A lot of artists came to watch my show. It was a great success. After the show, I attended a big party. It was great, but I felt so sleepy after it.

When I got back to my hotel, it was already 1:15 am. I went to bed without washing. I just needed a good rest before my two-hour journey home by plane.

—Jessica