从前，有一只小蚂蚁想过河，但没有桥也没有船，怎么办？他左思右想，终于想出了一个好办法。    

       有一天，小蚂蚁来到河边，爬到离河不远的一棵大树底下，看到树上的叶子很大，他想：怎样才能把叶子弄下来？这时，一只松鼠在树上喊道：“小蚂蚁，你在树下站着干什么？”小蚂蚁急忙抬头一看，原来是松鼠。他高兴极了，连声叫道：“松鼠哥哥，你能摘一片树叶给我吗？”松鼠是很乐意帮助别人的，就采了一片又大又厚的树叶，扔了下来。小蚂蚁高兴地说：“谢谢你，松鼠哥哥。”小蚂蚁拖着这片又大又厚的叶子，费了九牛二虎之力，把叶子拖到河边。小蚂蚁小心地把它放在河面上，自己坐上用树叶做的小船，就像在慢慢荡秋千一样。那一天正好是顺风，不一会儿，小船就荡到了河的对岸。就这样，小蚂蚁平平安安地过了河。    

       小蚂蚁肯动脑筋，得到了小伙伴们的夸奖。

1．聪明的小蚂蚁是怎样过河的？

2．请你也动动脑筋，帮助小蚂蚁找找其他过河的办法。

Beijing: The United States and North Korea had their first ________in four months here this afternoon as part of the ________negotiations on how to end North Korea’’s nuclear program, but diplomats played down prospects for________.James A. Kelly, assistant________, and Kim Yong II, North Korea’’s deputy foreign minister, met ________of formal discussions, ________on direct dialogue that began after a stormy meeting ________in which North Korea warned that it was moving quickly to ________nuclear arms.The Bush administration had insisted ________that it would only hold talks with North Korea ________because, it argued, only ________pressure would persuade North Korea to________. It got its way when North Korea dropped its insistence on ________and agreed, after extensive efforts by China, to hold unusual simultaneous negotiations with ________,________,________and ________as well as the United States.Though Bush administration officials had not ________talking privately with the North Koreans during________, the fact that Mr. Kelly and Mr. Kim met on the first day was seen as a sign of ________by the American side.