Today, Mike and his mom went to the library. Mike wanted to find a book to read. His mom wanted to use a computer there.

When they got to the library, Mike found a book about detectives (侦探). He also found a book about a friendly ghost (鬼). Finally, he found a book about a man who lives in the woods without food or water. He put the books on the front desk and waited for his mom。

Mike's mom sat at one of the computers in the library. She checked her email and looked at pictures of flowers on the Internet. Then she read a news article on a website.

Mike's mom left the computer and walked over to Mike, holding up something out. Mike looked at her in surprise. It took him a moment to recognize (辨认出) what she was holding. "I got that movie for us to watch tonight," said Mike's mom. "Are you ready to leave?"

"Sure," Mike said, holding the movie up in front of him. He read the cover while walking back to the library entrance. He put his books and the movie on the front desk to check out. A librarian stood behind the counter holding an electronic scanner." How long can we keep them?" Mike asked her. "Three weeks," said the librarian, "Cool." said Mike.

Suddenly, Mike was surprised. His mother was checking out something else that was too big to put on the desk. It's a picture of the ocean. "What is that for?" Mike asked. "To put on our wall at home," said Mike's mom "You can do that?" Mike asked. Mike's mom smiled at the librarian. "Yes," she said, "but we have to return it in three months."

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans, a small city near London. Although he did well. He was never top of his Class.

After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied OLT cosmology (宇宙论). As he himself admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞下)into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, Before my illness was diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.

Hawking died at 76. He was a man who pushed the limits. He strongly believes that his story shows that no matter how bad their situation is, you just have to do the best you can in your own situation.

England nobody under eighteen years old is allowed  (drink) in a bar. Mr Thompson often went to  bar near his house. But he never took his son, Tom,  he was too young. Then when Tom had his  (eighteen) birthday, Mr. Thompson took him to his usual bar  the first time. They drank for an hour. Tom drank a bit. Then Mr "Now, Tom, I want (teach) you a (use) lesson.
    do you know when you've had enough? Well I'll tell you. Do you see (that) two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem (become) four, you've had enough and should go home."

"But, Dad," said Tom, "I can only see one light at the end of the bar."