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Lesson 10 The Good Son 1. There was once a jeweler, noted for many virtues (goodness 优点， 美德), One day, the Jewish elders came to him to buy some diamonds, to put upon that part of the dress of their high priest, which the Bible calls an ephod ( a sleeveless garment worn by Jewish priests ). 2. They told him what they wanted, and offered him a fair price for the diamonds. He replied that he could not let them see the jewels at that moment, and requested them to call again. 3. As they wanted them without delay, and thought that the object of the jeweler was only to increase the price of the diamonds, the elders offered him twice, then three times, as much as they were worth. But he still refused, and they went away in very bad humor (mood, state of mind,temper). 4.Some hours after, he went to them, and placed before them the diamonds, for which they again offered him the last price they had named; but he said. "I will only accept the first one you offered to me th

Lesson 9 Meddlesome (爱管闲事的，好干涉的） Matty 1. Oh, how one ugly trick has spoiled      The sweetest and the best!     Matilda, though a pleasant child,     One grievous (严重的，剧烈的，痛苦的） fault possessed.     Which, like a cloud before the skies,     Hid all her better qualities. 2. Sometimes, she'd lift the teapot lid     To peep at what was in it;     or tilt, the kettle, if you did      But turn your back a minute.      In vain you told her not to touch,     Her trick of meddling grew so much.          3. Her Grandmamma went out one day,    And, by mistake, she laid     Her spectacles and snuffbox(鼻烟壶） gay（色彩艳丽的）,    too near the little maid（少女）;   "Ah! well," thought she, "I'll try them on,    as soon as grandamma is gone.” 4. Forthwith(立刻，马上 at once）, she placed upon her nose    the glasses large and wide;    and looking round, as I suppose,    the snuffbox, too, she spied.     "Oh, what a pretty box is this!&q

HOW TO FIX AND REPAIR YOUR CLOUDY SOLAR LED PATH LIGHTS DIY  In these days, solar LED path lights are everywhere in our garden, yard, walkway. It is popular due to its easy to install and no bill. But we often found that over time the solar panels on top of the solar lights will become cloudy, hazy, that only a small amount of light gets to them anymore, the lack of light being able to be collected by the solar panel has greatly diminished. Less light collected means less power stored in the batteries, that the run hour of the lights is shorter, that is why we often found after several months after we installed the solar garden lights , it lasts light shorter and shorter in the night, from 8 hours at beginning to only 3-4 hours. That is just because the solar panels deprived of sun lighting due to the cloudy or haze or its surface. For most of us, when we are facing this problem, we just throw them away and buy a new one. That is reasonable for which are less cheap worth only one