学进去

   Naomi was thinking about her vacation report. She visited her friend Grace and got some ideas.

“What should I write about?” she thought again on her way home. Near a shrine（圣地）, she found a beautiful bird singing on a big stone. She looked at the stone and saw some letters on it. “What is this stone for?” she wondered. Naomi talked about the stone to her grandpa. “That is a stone monument which has a long history,” her grandpa said. Naomi also told her grandpa about her report. “I think it is a good idea to write about it. Go and visit my friend Sam,” said Naomi’s grandpa.

The next day, Naomi went to see Sam. “________ We have more stone monuments around here. The one you saw was built about two hundred years ago. People around here thought that trees had souls（灵魂）. But they had to cut and use the trees for their own lives. They made the stone monuments to thank the trees,” Sam said. “We should live with nature. However, we sometimes forget that important thing. When we see the stone monuments, we can remember            that,” Sam said.

“This is a part of our local culture, and young people like me have to learn about this.” Naomi thought.

The new term started. “Your report is great. You worked hard to write it,” Naomi’s teacher said. The teacher’s words made Naomi so happy. Passing the stone again, Naomi said to the bird, “Thank you for telling me.”