1.An old sailor，who had been with Nelson inall his great battles，was once asked if Nelson was a brave man.“Brave as a lion；gentle as a lamb，”was the old sailor‘s reply .
2.“Nelson，”he said，“did not know what fear was.He was ready to face any danger when dutycalled，and every man in the fleetknew that their great admiral was as brave as a lion.
3.”He was as gentle as a lamb too.After a battle he⑤used to go and see those who had been wounded .
A visit from Nelson seemed to cheer them so much that they forgot their pain for the time.“4.”When Nelson was wounded on board⑥his ship the Victory，in the battle of Trafalgar ，⑦he was carried from the deckdoctor’s room.down to the
5.Let every one of us learn a lesson from the old sailor‘s story，and try to be like Nelson，“Brave as a lion；gentle as a lamb.”
GRAMMAR EXERClSE
1.Write the last six verbs in the lesson.
2.Name the subject and the predicate in the first sentence of section 6.