— OK.

— Oh, I have to prepare for it.

— In two days.

    A farmer, a cleaner and an electrical engineer ( 电气工程师 ) were waiting to be killed in the electric chair.

    The farmer was brought to the chair 1 "Do you have anything that you want to say?" asked the executioner(行刑者), putting him in the chair. "2," replied the farmer. The executioner closed the switch but3 happened. According to the special law, if the electric chair didn't4, the prisoner(犯人) could be alive.5 the farmer got free.

    Then it was the cleaner's 6. "Do you have anything that you want to say?" the executioner still asked 7 that. "No, just get on with it," replied the cleaner. The executioner closed the switch again. But it 8 work either. So the cleaner was free too.

    Then the electrical engineer 9. "Do you have anything that you want to say?" asked the executioner.

    "Yes," said the engineer. "You are 10. If you change the red and the blue wires over, you might make this chair work."

    American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday.

    Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history. With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.

    Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programmes show crime and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.