The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. "Here it is, sir," they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.

They all went into the studio. "All right," the director explained, "now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the 'sunset' behind them."

The "sunset" began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.

The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves（海浪） on the sea were going away from the beach.

28. One evening, the director sent his camera crew out _________.

A. to film a scene on the sea B. to find an actor and an actress

C. to watch a beautiful sunset D. to meet the audience

29. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?

A. Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.

B. Because he was angry with his crew.

C. Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.

D. Because it was his secretary's suggestion.

30. The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because ______.

A. it went well with the separation of the hero and heroine

B. when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening

C. it looked more beautiful than a sunrise

D. the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset

31. After the "sunset" began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands ______.

A. because he was moved to tears

B. as he saw everything in the film moving backwards

C. as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined

D. because he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine

We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse (配偶) gets his or her act together. When we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vacation when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be