尽可能多地用本单元的词汇或句式完成下面写作任务

　　一天我偶然在抽屉里发现了朋友的一封信。我很好奇，就打开它。信上说，"很抱歉，我和简当初撒了谎。由于这个缘故，你被解雇了。其实，那件事与你无关。你辛勤的工作最终该得到回报。后来，我们当初的所作所为总让我感到不安，我宁愿我没有做那件事。"

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　　One day I came across a letter from my friend in a drawer.I was curious about the letter and opened it.In the letter，it said，"I as well as Jane was sorry for having told a lie，and as a result，you were fired.In fact，the thing had nothing to do with you.And your hard work should pay off at last.Later，what we did always disturbed me.I would rather I hadn't done that."

IV.阅读理解

　　I was born in the city of York，in England，in 1632.My father was a man of some wealth，able to give me a good home and send me to school.It was his wish that I should be a lawyer but my head began to be filled very early with thoughts of travel，and I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea.One day，being at Hull，I met one of my friends who was about to sail for London in his father's ship，and he invited me to go with him.Without telling my father，I went on board.

On the way to London，our ship was destroyed by a storm，and we almost lost our lives.I went on foot to London，where I met with the master of a large ship which did