Confucius, a famous teacher, was a politician and philosopher who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period in China. During his lifetime, he planted the seeds for China's transformation by teaching thousands of people. Therefore, he is thought to be one of the world's greatest teachers today.
Confucius grew up in a poor family. As he grew up, Confucius worked to help his mother earn money. When he wasn't working, he would read. His favorite thing to do was to learn. His mother saw this and did her best to help him learn. One day, rich families noticed how smart he was and offered him jobs of counting their money and tending to their crops.
Confucius did this until he was 30 years old, but he always wanted to do more. He didn't like the way rulers treated their subjects. He wanted to find a way to help people who were less fortunate than he was. Later, he founded the philosophy "Confucianism". Confucianism states that by educating yourself, loving your family, and respecting tradition you could become a better person. Confucius believed a person could achieve these things by practicing self-discipline. In the majority of his life, Confucius traveled and taught the people of China about self-discipline and the importance of education. He even opened China's first school to teach both the poor and the wealthy as equals. Today, Confucius is celebrated all over the world for his philosophy of education, equality, and peace over war, money, and injustice.
Amanda，a newly married wife，suffered a bad cough and visited a doctor at a friend's urging. The doctor informed her of the 1 diagnosis（诊断）of Stage 2 lung cancer. During this time，she was 2 to a college and was currently not insured（给……买保险）due to the 3 . She planned to save money and then seek medical treatment for the cancer.
Her friends and family didn't want her to 4 her treatment. They took 5 into their own hands and started a GoFundMe campaign. A friend of the family was cofounder of a group named Praynksters，known for flash mob-style（快闪类型的）random acts of 6 . The friend decided to use their own group to help the young family. The group 7 the creative idea to spread the word and invite families，friends，and strangers who wanted to help to 8 in a donation flash mob. The event started an outpouring of enormous 9 from the local community.
Amanda and her husband Clint burst into 10 as the crowd passed by and the donations poured in. The 11 brought the family over $13，000 in donations for her medical treatments. The generous act gave the family a 12 and optimistic feeling when all hope seemed lost.
Since then，Amanda has joined an insurance plan and has 13 chemotherapy（化疗）. Life for the family has started getting back to their 14 routine. Once Amanda got her strength back，she returned to school and 15 her bachelor's degree.
My parents and I had been planning my brother's birthday party since the beginning of March. Johnny would be six years old in two days. My mom was going to bake her special chocolate cake with white icing. As I watched her, I thought, “Gee, I wonder what I can do to make my brother's birthday special.”
I knew my parents had already bought a present for me to give to Johnny, but I wanted to buy him something I had chosen myself and with the money I had saved. After giving it some thought, I wanted to buy him the paintbynumber kit (数字涂色小套装) I had seen at the store around the corner.
I decided to empty my coin jar and see how much money I had saved. However, I was disappointed to find there was much less than I had imagined. “Oh, no, I only have about three dollars, ” I muttered to myself. The set cost more than I have saved.
Suddenly a “great” idea occurred to me. I slid into my parents' bedroom where my dad kept loose change on top of the dresser. I stood on my tiptoes and saw some dime, nickels, and a few quarters. I carefully counted out what I needed to make up the difference. “I'm sure Dad won't mind just this once, ” I thought.
However, I was soon overcome by guilt. Even though there was no one else in the bedroom, I felt like I was being watched. Mom was always telling us about the importance of honesty. “Maybe my plan wasn't such a great idea after all, ” I thought. I jingled the change around in my pocket while wondering what to do.
I grabbed my jacket from the closet and headed toward the door. “Where are you going, honey？” Mom asked. “Oh, just up to the corner store, ” I replied. “Well, don't stay out too long. Daddy will be home soon.” “Okay, Mom, ” I ran out of our house.
Once I got to the store, I took the paintbynumber kit from the shelf.
“Can I help you, young lady？” the salesclerk asked.
“No, I'm just looking. Thank you, ” I said.
“That's a really nice paint kit. We sell a lot of them and, as you can see, that's the last one, ” she said.
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I nodded my head in agreement, with my mind racing.
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I would just have to wait until I saved the extra money I needed.
