9．One day，Mary got into trouble.She talked about it（1）
her friend.Then the friend invited Mary to her home for tea and said， "All trouble will go after tasting tea."
Mary couldn't believe her，（2）
she still decided to have a try.At the friend's home，her friend took out（3）
green box and said， "I bought it from China.It's said that there are five tastes." Then，she（4）
the box slowly and took out some tea carefully.At last，she put it into the teapot（茶壺）with some boiled water.
Just one minute later，the friend got a cup of tea and asked Mary to taste it.Mary drank it but nearly puked（吐）it out.She shouted，"Is this tea？It tastes like medicine!It's really very bitter（苦的）."The friend drank it and thought it was bitter，（5）
.
Then the friend didn't say a word.She（6）
some boiled water into the teapot again.After a minute，the friend got another cup and asked Mary to try the second one.Mary took a drink and found it wasn't as bad as the（7）
one but still bitter.This time she didn't shout.When Mary drank the fifth cup，a sunny（8）
appeared on her face.She said excitedly，"（9）
tastes good!I've never tasted（10）
a wonderful taste."
The friend said， "Life is just like this!If we taste it patiently，we can feel happy."
