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(???áàí?a)33: When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:Discover more about robots.Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper.1. What might robots be like in the future?2. What other things can robots do for people?3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you will probably discover some new questions.For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.

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(???áàí?a)34:     When my son, Mark, was in the third grade, he saved all his pocket money for over three months to buy holiday presents. The third Saturday in December Mark said he had made his list and had twenty dollars in his pocket.    I drove him to a nearby supermarket. Mark picked up a hand basket and went in while I waited and watched in the car. It took Mark over 45 minutes to choose his presents. Finally he came to the checkout counter (????′|) and reached into his pocket for his money. It was not there! There was a hole in his pocket, but no money. Mark stood there holding his basket, tears falling down his face.    Then a surprising thing happened. A woman came up to Mark and took him in her arms. "You would help me a lot if you let me pay for you," said the woman. "It would be the most wonderful gift you could give me. I only ask that one day you will pass it on. When you grow up, I  would like you to find someone you can help. When you help others, 1 know

you will feel as good about it as I do now."    Mark took the money, dried his tears and ran back to the checkout counter as fast as he could. That year we all enjoyed our gifts almost as much as Mark enjoyed giving them to us.    I would like to say '"thank you" to that very kind woman, and tell her that four years later, Mark went house to house collecting blankets and clothes for the homeless people in the fire. And I want to promise her that Mark will never forget to keep passing it on.

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