James Watt was an English boy. He liked asking questions and was always thinking hard.

    One day he was sitting in the kitchen with his grandmother. There he saw a kettle (壶) on the fire. Some steam began to come out of the kettle. The lid (盖子) was shaking. "Grandma, what's in the kettle?" he asked. "Water, my child… nothing, but water." "But I know there is something else. It pushes the lid up. How did the steam get under the lid?" "It comes from the hot water."

    The boy said to himself, "The steam must be very strong. It can push things. If there is more water, the steam will be much stronger."

    Many years later James Watt tried to make steam work for people. He gave the world the first engine.

    Reading can offer us great pleasure. Some books like interesting novels, are mostly for 1 . When we have done a lot of 2 and get tired, it is relaxation to read some stories by fine writers. 3 to read nothing except fiction is just like eating only chocolate and not 4 other nice things. In fact, serious reading is to the 5 , as food is to the body. There are many good books on history, travel and science. We must read these kinds of books because they give us not only joy but also 6 . We should develop a taste for serious reading and it can give us more knowledge than novels.

    In our life many people are important to us, such as our parents, teachers and friends. Then when you are not h who do you often go to, your parents, teachers or friends? Many students may answer: f. Yes, a good friend can make you feel better when you're unhappy. Friends are very i in our life. When we are with our friends, we can t about everything with them. In large families, it's quite often for brothers and sisters to fight each other and then they can only go to their friends for some advice.

    It's important for us to have one g friend or a group of good friends. Even when they are not with us, we can also talk with them over the phone. We should talk with our friends often. It's good for our growth. Of course, we can feel that w we grow up.

    Do you have a good friend? H do you make friends, by writing letters or e-mailing? If you don't have one, you'd better find one so that you can help each other.

My uncle an engineer.

does Danny's father go fishing?