I do volunteer work every Friday. A week ago, I had the pleasure of helping one sick lady.
She is in her eighties and is very 1 and I always bring her lunch on Fridays. She looked worried when she opened the door that day. She told me her phone was broken and that she couldn't receive the 2 from her doctor. She went to her neighbors, but they were not at home. She thought maybe the mailman could 3 her, but he didn't come. She was disappointed.
Having heard her story, I decided to do something for her. I tried to satisfy the needs of the old 4 who only needed a helping hand. I called the phone company (公司) and made sure they knew that getting this phone fixed was 5 . I took down her phone number and her name just to make sure I could call her 6 to make sure that the phone had been fixed.
I called the phone company twice that day. They told me they had checked the phone and got the phone fixed. I called the old woman. She was so7 that she was in tears. To make sure she was 8 , I called her every day after that.
Just being able to help her in her time of difficulty filled my heart with such 9 and happiness. It is not so 10 to help someone like a neighbor. Sometimes, all that is needed is just a smile, a hug or a phone call.
Grandma Kong is from the western countryside of China. She has spent nearly 1years adopting(收养）and raising abandoned（被遗弃的）children. She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an2.
Kong first adopted an abandoned child in the 1970s. She found she couldn't stop there. Though in poor health, the kind woman 3 adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own. Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children. 4of them have grown up and become doctors or lawyers.
It costs Kong a lot to raise so many children. There were times she couldn't put enough 5on the table. She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish. To her great 6, things got much better with time. Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their 7brothers and sisters.
Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, 8she makes sure that all her children go to school. She said, "I told my children that it was quite 9 for them to study hard and that it was their only chance to change their lives."
Kong's story has 10 thousands of people's hearts. Many of them say she is a great mother and a good example to follow.
Should I Be Allowed to Make My Own Decisions?
Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these can 1 the way of their schoolwork, and parents might worry about their success at school. Teenagers often think they should 2 to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree?
Liu Yu, a 3 boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is 4 his school team and has always wanted to be a professional runner when he grows up. However, his parents won't allow him to train so much. "Of course we want to see him 5 his dreams," says Mr. Liu "My wife and I have supported 6 of his races. We have nothing against 7 ! But we think our son needs to think about other possible jobs. He's getting older now, so he needs to think about what 8 if he doesn't end up as a professional runner."
Liu Yu doesn't 9 agree. "Well, I think they should allow me to decide for myself." He says. "My parents have always told me how important it is to work hard at school and enter university. I understand this, but I'm serious about running. It's the only thing 10 I've ever wanted to do."
His parents believe that he needs to spend more time on his homework because it is difficult to become a professional sports star. But Liu Yu still disagrees. "I know my parents care about me. But I think I should make this choice myself. Only then will I have a chance to achieve my dream."
Sam and his friend Bob, both 5, entered a painting competition. Bob won! Sam felt blue and left 1_.
As soon as Sam 2 home, he told Papa, "I worked hard on my picture. I made it the best I could. I wanted to win. "
"You did work hard, "said Papa. "3 is a fine picture. Ill hang it in my office. "Mama gave Sam a hug and said, "I hope you congratulated Bob."
Sam shook his head, "Bob was too busy getting his photo taken. "Then he went to his room. He sulked (生闷气). He didn't feel like doing anything. Some time later, he got very 4. He wondered what Bob was doing. He remembered the fun they had, painting their pictures together
He decided to do something, 5 he took out some paper and his painting set. He painted another picture, one 6 a ship in it. He knew Bob loved ships.
Under the ship, he printed in big red 7: C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S!
That was the biggest word he knew.
That afternoon, Sam walked to Bob's house and gave Bob the 8.
"Thanks," said Bob. "I love ships. What's the 9 word?"
"Congratulations," said Sam.
"Wow! Thanks again," said Bob. "This is much better than getting my photo taken.
And happily they went to ride bikes together.
Friendship is much better than 10, isn't it?
When I was about 14, I had a friend who liked to tell me my shortcoming(缺点). For example: I was very short, I wasn't a top student, I talked too much, I was too proud and so on. I became so angry that I couldn't1her all last. I ran to my2with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me3and asked, "Are the thing she says true or not? Jane, didn't you ever4what you're really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are5. Pay no attention to the other things she said. "I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some I couldn't change, like being very6. But many I could and I wanted to change. For the first time, I have a better understanding of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He7to read it. "That's just for you," he said,"You know8than any other person the truth about yourself. When9said about you is true, you'll find it will be of help to you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to them all, but only hear the truth and do what you know. It is the right thing to do.
Daddy's10has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.
A man had a kitten that climbed up a tree in his backyard and then was afraid to come down. He 1warm milk. It would not come down.
The tree was not 2enough to climb, so the man decided that if he tied a rope to his 3and pulled it until the tree bent down, he could then 4and get the kitten.
That's what he did, all the while checking his progress in the car. He then thought if he went just a little bit 5, the tree would be bent low enough for him to reach the kitten. But as he moved the car a little further forward, the rope broke.
The tree went “boing!” and the kitten was nowhere to be found.
The man felt 6. He asked people he met if they'd 7a little kitten. No. Nobody had.
A few 8later he met a neighbor at the store. He happened to look into shopping basket and was 9to see cat food.
This woman was a cat 10and everybody knew it, so he asked her,"11are you buying cat food?" She replied, "You won't believe this," and then told him how her little girl had been begging her for a cat, 12she kept refusing. Then a few days before, the child had begged again, so the Mom finally 13her little girl, "Well, I'll let you keep a cat if it falls from the 14."
She told the man, "I watched my child go out in the yard, and look straight into the sky. And really, 15won't believe this, but I saw it with my own eyes. A kitten suddenly came flying through the air, and landed right in front of her."
Zhang Jiacheng is a 13-year old and one armed basketball player. He is not1in the face of a taller, stronger, and older player. Often his skillful plays are followed by loud cheers from the crowd, showing great2for the young rising player.
The young boy3his arm in an accident when he was 5 years old.4year(s) later, basketball became his strong wish, which led him to make an effort to5the game, regardless of his physical condition.
Encouraged by his own motto "Learn well and play well", he6with the balance between studying and playing basketball. His being7on social media (媒体) has given him even more courage to work harder towards his great goal:8a professional basketball player.
After only a year of9, Zhang Jiacheng has improved his skills dramatically. Through patience, confidence and resolution, the young basketball player continues to get10to his life goal.
If you were ninety years old, what would you plan to do? Few people want to have new challenges (挑战) 1that age. However, an old man named Jing Kui did something that surprised a lot of people.
As a man of 93, he met a challenge. One day,2film director came to him and asked whether he wanted to act in his movie.“3in the movie?" asked the old man.
"You've been a barber (理发师). I believe you're the right man for my movie The Barber."
The old man read the script (剧本) before accepting the invitation.4he knew the story well, he still needed to keep all the words in mind.5 was! He finally made it and took home a silver cup for a special acting prize. The movie also6both national and international prizes.
Jing became a barber when he was young. He loved the job, so he practiced hard7a better one. In his eighties, he was still doing the same job. That was why he8by the film director.
While the film was being made, the director had his worries because he didn't know9Mr. Jing could keep it going. At last, when the filming was done, the director was really pleased. Jing10solved all his problems! Now Jing set a world record as being a 93-year-old actor star who had never acted before!
A Swedish couple on holiday were traveling around Italy, and wanted to go to Capri. Capri is an island in the south of the country,1for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination (目的地). The couple put their destination into their car's GPS (全球定位系统), 2 they made a spelling mistake. They 3typed CARPI instead of CAPRI. There is a real place called Carpi in Italy, but it is a small town in the4of the country.
The couple followed the GPS directions. Although they were traveling to an island, it didn't5them that they didn't even cross a bridge or see the sea. When they arrived in Carpi, they went to the tourist office. They asked6they could go to the Blue Grotto, a well-known sea cave in Capri. Of course, the office worker there couldn't 7them. He thought they wanted to go to a 8called the Blue Grotto for dinner.
When the man realized that the couple thought they were in Capri, he 9their mistake. The couple got back into their car and started driving south. The office worker said, "They were10, but not angry."
It was a spelling mistake that took the couple 600 kilometres from their destination.
Once there was a young man. He walked each day to the marketplace to sell his wares (货物). It was a hard life, but the young man was still1. He worked from sunup until sundown. He knew that one day his hard work would2.
One day, as the young man made his way to the marketplace, he could see a large wagon (马车) filled3goods. The young man set down his bundle (捆) of baskets. Greed (贪婪) began to4his heart.
"I could buy those flowers in the wagon and sell them for a5price. The land is too poor for planting flowers, and I know I could sell them6." he thought.
So with that, the young man offered his goods in exchange for the flowers. The young man and the seller made their7.
The young man made his way to the marketplace. He laid out his flowers and waited for the ladies to come to buy his flowers. But the hot sun shone down on the flowers, and without any water nearby, they soon dried up. The young man8his mistake. He looked over at the man selling his goods.
The next day, the young man saw the man with a wagon full of fruit. The man asked the young man9he wanted to trade. The young man saw money in the man's eyes and said simply, "It is better to work for10than to wish it away."
