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    Several years ago, I had to work overseas (在海外), so I decided to leave my cat Larry with my mother. It was (real) hard for me because I love Larry so much. I couldn't imagine living him. Besides, my mother always felt lonely, and I (hope) Larry would change that.

    Larry was already like son to me, so I asked my mother to share video of Larry online as often as possible. Two years later, I was ready (get) Larry back. Before I could do that, I got a call from my mother. She said one morning she slept much (early). Suddenly, she woke up while Larry (push) her face hard. Larry never did that before. My mother smelled (anything) strange, jumped out of bed, found the kitchen on fire. Luckily, my mother was alive of Larry. He has been protecting us in his way. I guess this is we love each other. You give love, and you get love!

    It was just three degrees above zero. "That's cold", thought Jane as she got ready to deliver(送)her morning papers . Jane had 50 customers(顾客),and on cold mornings when she couldn't ride her bicycle, it took her more than an hour to make her rounds.

    As she collected her papers and put them into a big canvas(帆布)bag, Jane regretted(后悔)that she hadn't finished her math homework the night before. There was still time. She would hurry with the papers and finish the math before breakfast.

    Less than an hour later Jane nearly finished. She had only five customers to go. She could then go home to finish her math homework while her Mom cooked breakfast. As she rounded the corner, she saw a car in the middle of the street. It was Mr Zimmerman, the elderly man who walked with a walking stick. His car was out of gas(汽油).

    "I'd like to help Mr Zimmerman," thought Jane, "but if I do, I won't have time to do my homework." She hated to think what Mr Robert would say if she didn't finish papers.

    "It's his own fault(错误)for running out of gas," Jane talked to herself. "The station is only a half mile down the street. Surely Mr Zimmerman can walk that far, even on a cold morning like this...can't he?" As she walked down the street, Jane still wondered what to do.

Paca is a frog. Her life changed when she saw a singer's long hair on TV for the first time. She loved the long hair.

“Oh! I want something like that. Something that makes me special,” Paca said to herself.

Paca didn't know that frogs don't have hair. She thought that maybe she could grow her own hair by singing. She began to sing everywhere she went. She went to towns and cities, to the sea and mountains until one day she sang in a barber shop (理发店).

While Paca was singing, the hairdresser was cutting someone's hair. Some hair fell on Paca's head. After seeing her new hair, Paca thought that her dream was going to come true. In her excitement, she sang so loudly that she woke up the hairdresser's cat.

The cat thought Paca was a mouse and grabbed her. But after touching Paca's cold and slippery (湿润) skin, the cat found that Paca was not a mouse and let her go. At that moment Paca learned that she should just try to be herself.

    My husband and I were planning(计划) how to spend the weekend with our daughters. Our girls jumped in and us what they wanted to do. “We want to go to the butterfly museum,” they said.

    When we walked into the main area of the museum, we saw many kinds of beautiful butterflies.all flapped(摆动) their colorful wings. My girls ran around playing .

    I turned to our museum tour guide(导游) and asked, “Howdo butterflies live?”

     “Less than one month,” she said.

     “What can butterflies do in so short a time?” I asked.

    The guide looked at me, and said, “They make the world more beautiful before.”

     “Wow,” I said, “I thought about butterflies like that. Thank you.”

    After we said goodbye, I couldn't stop about the guide's words. She was right. We all have something to show to the world with the time we have. It can make a big difference.

    Like a butterfly, you have your own way of making the a little better for everyone.

    Live like a butterfly!

I would like to be an actress. I know it sounds strange for somebody, but that's 1 I really want to be. I used to be outgoing with my family, but I was very shy in front of the other people. Drama (戏剧) classes helped me 2 this problem.

I started practising dramas three years ago, because I thought it was 3 great way to improve my acting skills, and help me become confident (有信心的). Confidence would help me achieve my dreams. I was 4 at how fast this went. I became more and more confident, and I could see real results. I was very anxious before I went on stage for my first performance, but I was so proud of myself when the play 5. And I could feel how great my improvement had been.

During the second performance, I was confident and I enjoyed 6 very much, embodying (体现) a character, being my parents' pride and receiving their praise. I've just started high school. Now I'm able to express 7 in front of people, feeling comfortable.

I've just acted in some short movies and one video, 8 I hope that I will have a wonderful job! It's 9 to know what your skills and abilities are so that you can do many things and make your dreams come true.

As Mohamed Ali said, "If your 10 don't scare you, they aren't big enough." I'm scared, but I won't give up.

Last Saturday, I went out to see a film after supper. On my to the cinema, I met an Englishman. He looked puzzled (茫然的). So I walked up to him and said to him. His first was Kevin. I asked if I cold help him. He told me he got . He couldn't find his way to the hotel. So I gave up the film and took him to his hotel. While going there, I told him the great changes that had taken place my hometown in the past few years. Kevin told me interesting about his country.

Though I didn't see film, I felt very happy. I had not only helped Kevin get out of trouble, also practiced my spoken English. I also realized that if I had not worked at English, I would not have been able to help Kevin.

    Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm here today to share a good lesson with you. It is a true story about an overseas student  in Germany.

After years of hard work, this student graduated with amazing achievements. Everyone thought he was going to get a good  easily and have a bright future. But to his disappointment he was not even given the  for an interview! The third time he was refused, he couldn't help telephoning the company to ask  they didn't want him. The answer was simple.

"We don't offer jobs to  people in Germany.

Keep Calm and Carry On

    Stuart Manley and his wife. Mary, run a second hand bookshop called Barter Books in Alnwick. Northumberland. In 2000, they bought a box of old books. When Stuart got them back to the shop, he discovered a poster at the bottom of the box. The poster read "Keep Calm and Carry On". Neither Stuart nor Mary knew anything about the history of the poster, but they liked it so much that they decided to hang the poster in their bookshop.

    At the start of World War Ⅱ the British government designed three posters and the Keep Calm poster was one of them. Two of the three posters were released (展示) in public in order to encourage the British people. Although nearly 2. 5 million copies of the Keep Calm poster had been printed, the British government decided not to release them. In 1940. most of the copies were recycled into other paper products, Only a few were left.

    The poster started its second life when Manley's poster began attracting the attention of customers in his shop. He printed copies of the poster to sell. Soon other companies began to sell products with the slogan (标语). It appeared on everything from mugs to shopping bags.

    The reasons for the popularity of this rediscovered poster aren't hard to understand. Shortly after the poster made its appearance in 2000, a worldwide economic (经济的) downturn began. People were in need of something to raise their spirits. The saying "Keep Calm and Carry On" seems to be the perfect slogan to bring courage and hope to people. Besides the encouraging message, the simple design of the poster helped lead to its popularity.

    Today the now—famous wartime slogan has been rewritten in many fun ways. Some people have created phrases like "Keep Calm and Dance On", "Keep Calm and Call Mom" or "Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake", The slogan has become part of popular culture. The explanations of the slogan are often lighthearted, but it is important to remember its purpose when it was first designed.

As Peter was flying towards the ship, he passed the crocodile(鳄鱼) It had swallowed (吞) a clock that goes "tick, tick' , inside it before. However, the clock wasn't ticking then. Peter realized it must have stopped. He began ticking himself so that the other animals would think he was the crocodile and leave him alone. The crocodile, thinking that Peter had taken the clock, followed him. But when Peter reached the ship, Captain(船长) Hook believed the crocodile was coming to get him.

Peter climbed over the side of the ship and went inside a room. He barked like a dog, and all the pirates (海盗) were very afraid. Hook sent two pirates in to find out what the noise was, but they didn't come back. Then he sent in the children. Inside, Peter set them free, and they prepared to fight.

Peter ran out to meet Hook, "It is 1, Peter Pan!" he cried.

"Get him!" cried Hook.

The pirates ran at Peter, and the lost boys ran forward to fight them. The pirates were stronger, but they were so afraid of the ticking and the noise of the dog that they didn't fight well. Finally only Hook was ready to fight. Peter came to fight him. For a long time, the two enemies stood face to face.

They began to fight. At last Peter hit Hook with his sword(剑). Hook began to bleed. Hook continued to fight, but he was not strong any more. He knew he was going to die. He ran to the side of the ship and jumped into the sea. He did not know the crocodile was waiting for him, as it no longer ticked. The crocodile swallowed him in one bite.

Recently, teenagers face many kinds of problems. Like many of them, I was once troubled with worries and dissatisfaction. Few people could understand my feelings.

"The problem with your generation is that you always expect to be happy," my mother once said.  Shouldn't we try hard to achieve it?

But now I have noticed a change in my thinking. I gradually realize what my mother said was correct. Over these years, many studies have shown that we are crazy about happiness and high personal confidence.  In fact, we may often be happier when we stop focusing on happiness.

We should also reset our expectations of the future. Don't expect miracles (奇迹), and accept that no matter how hard we try, feelings of failure and unhappiness will appear from time to time. When we feel sad, it's often because we have learned something painful but important.  At the same time, we should learn how to deal with them better than trying to make them disappear.

 As my mother tried to teach me all those years ago, "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and be unsurprised by everything in between."

A. Neither could my parents.

B. We should keep the stress off ourselves.

C. Surely happiness was the purpose of living.

D. That may make us less satisfied with our lives.

E. Happiness arrives when we are least expecting it.

F. So it's necessary for us to accept sad feelings as part of life.

One Saturday morning, Lucia walked out of her house. On the ground she found a little bird.

"Mom! Dad!" Lucia called.

Her parents came outside. They looked at the bird and saw its mouth open a little.

"It must fall (掉落) from its nest(巢)，" Lucia said. "Let's bring it home and keep it as a pet."

"Wait a moment. Let's call the animal center first. They can tell us what to do. You and Mom should just watch the little bird."

"We did the right thing," said Dad when he came back. "It's good that we didn't bring the bird into our house. Is parents might not care for(照顾) it if we did that. The worker in the animal center told me the parent birds might be near here. They were waiting for us to leave."

Lucia and her parents went into their house and looked out of the window. "Look! I think that's the mother bird,' said Lucia. A large bird was jumping and flying around the little bird. Then they flew up to a tee.

"Yippee!" cried Lucia.

As the fifth of seven children, I went to the same public school as my three elder sisters and brother. Every year, each child from the third grade took part in an old school Edition—the plant sale held in early May, just before Mother's Day.

That year I was old enough to take part in it. I wanted to surprise my mother, but I didn't have any money. I told my elder sister about it and she gave me some money. When I arrived at the plant sale, I carefully chose my favorite. I watched each plant seriously to make sure that I could find the best geranium （天竺葵）。After school, with the help of my sister, I hid it on the neighbor's porch （门廊）。On Mother's Day, I remember how bright my mother's eyes were and how elated she was at my gift.

The year I was fifteen, my younger sister reached the third grade. She told me that she wanted to surprise our mother. Like my elder sister did for me, I gave her some money. And she bought the same gift and we hid it in the same place. When she gave the gift to my mother, I watched them full of pride and happiness. My mother noticed me watching and gave me a soft and secret smile. With a shock at my heart, I smiled back.

I wonder how my mother could pretend （假装）to be surprised at the same gift from her sixth child, but as I watched her eyes, I knew she was not pretending.

One day before Christmas, I noticed the brakes (刹车) on my car getting weaker and weaker. They still worked but it took longer for my car to stop. I knew that I needed new brakes, but I had so many other things to do at that time. Then on Christmas Eve, though, I had a dream. I was driving my car on a bright, sunny day when

suddenly a truck (卡车) appeared on the road in front of me. I pushed on my brakes but they didn't work and I hit that truck. The terrible dream woke me up and I decided to get my brakes changed the next day. When the worker took out the old ones, I noticed that they had worn (磨损) thin. One day, I was driving home with my daughter beside me and my two sons in the back seats. Suddenly, a truck came from the other direction. It was running too fast and moved two feet over the center line. I hit my brakes and led my car towards the side of the road. We were surprised that the huge truck missed us by only a foot.Later when I lay in my bed, I realized that if I had still used my old brakes, I wouldn't have been able to slow down fast enough. My children and I would have been either hurt or killed. I closed my eyes and gave thanks for that dream.

Several months after I was badly hurt in a car accident, my father sent me to a blind school.

    That morning was the new beginning. I went to this school and I heard lots of children. My new teacher took me to the class where we were taught to write and type in Braille（盲文）. I found it quite difficult.

    "Dear, how is school going?" asked my father.

    "Daddy, I can't do this. I try and try but I just don't get it. I don't know if I am ever going to learn to read Braille. It/s too difficult," I cried.

    Daddy just held me in his arm and said. "Do you remember that we went to the temple which is on the top of a mountain? When we were climbing the mountain, my legs started aching. I sat down and said "I can't see the temple. You can't see it because it is covered with fog. Although you can't see it. I know it is there. I will make sure you will climb up to it."

     "That day you showed me that just you can't see something does not mean it is not there. So although climbing the mountain was difficult, I knew I would get to the top."

    I was clear what my dad wanted me to understand.

    I went back to school and started with new energy. Very soon I could red.

    One of my classmates said, "You are lucky, you know, you have at least seen the world. I have just heard it. I have been told there are many colors in this world but I don't understand what color means."

    After listening to her for the first time in two years, I felt lucky. And on that day I learnt that although the light in my eyes is gone, I must see the world with the light in my heart.

    Karly is a high school student in America. Many schools require (要求) uniforms. It is not an exception for her school. These days, Karly was unhappy she had to wear skirt uniforms in winter. The school didn't change its rules uniforms. Karly said, when I have lessons in class, it is cold in winter.

    Karly's mother, Rose, is a professor (教授) at a university. She made a call to school. In her opinion, the rules weren't fair. "The women teachers can wear pants but students , "'she said. "Pants are more practical form of dress. They are warmer in winter and cheaper to wear a skirt. "

    Karly's mother prepared to fight a legal battle (官司) against the school, but the school thought that the legal costs were too expensive. At , they changed the rules.

    Now Karly and other girls at the school can wear pants. Karly says that she is very happy.

    Long long ago，thereten suns in the sky. Every day，one of them set out on his journey across the sky，but one day all the ten sunsout together. As a result，the world was sothat many plants，animals and people died. Finally，the god sent Hou Yi tothe world.

    Hou Yi closed his eyes for some seconds because of the strong. He put an arrow (箭) against the bowstring (弓弦) and drew it to the. Then he let go his arrow. One of the ten suns was killed anddown.

    The earth was still burning. Because there were still nine suns in the sky. Hou Yi went onthe suns. When the ninth sun fell from the sky，someone told Hou Yi that the world needed a sun to keepand bright. So Hou Yi left only one sun in the sky. Since then，the only sunin the morning on his journey across the sky every day.

For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together. But then we had Matthew, Marvin, Helen, and the twins, Alisa and Alan. I was too busy raising them to grow a garden.

Money was tight (拮据的), as well as time. Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I'd have to say, "Do you see a money tree in the yard? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know."

Finally, all got through high school and college and were off on their own. I started thinking again about having a garden.

Then, one spring morning, on Mother's Day, I was working in my kitchen. Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard. I thought it must be a weeping willow (垂柳), because I saw things blowing around on all is branches. Then I put my glasses on — and couldn't believe what I saw.

There was a money tree in my yard!

I went to have a look. It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree. There was also a note among them, "Thank you for your time, Mom. We love you."

Later, my children bought me tools, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books.

That was three years ago. My garden's now very pretty, just like I wanted. When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don't seem to miss my children as much as I once did. It feels like they're right there with me.

I live in a city where winters are long and cold, and summers are too short. But every year now, when winter sets in, I look out of my window and think of the flowers, I'll see next spring in my little garden. I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes — every time.

I'm still not sure that money grows on trees. But I know love does!

Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said, "Medicine won't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar(雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month."

After a month the man came to the doctor again, "How are you?" said the doctor, "I'm glad to see you again. You look much younger." "Oh, doctor! I feel quite well now,” said the man "I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walk a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first. It's no joke to start smoking at my age!"

It was a rainy night in New Orleans, US. At a bus station, I watched a young girl cry as her baggage was taken down. It seemed she'd lost her ticket. She begged the bus driver not to leave her behind

"Losing your ticket is like losing your money," the bus driver said, and left her in the rain.

But then an old man stood up and blocked the driver's way. "How can you leave that girl out there? You know she had a ticket. You can't just leave her here. You can't leave her in a city where she doesn't have a friend. You will meet your schedule, but she might meet her end.

The driver showed no sign that he'd heard or even cared about the young girl's problem, or how her travels went.

So the old gentleman said, "I'll pay for her fare. I'll give her a little money to help her on her way."

He went and bought the ticket for the girl. "How can I repay the kindness you've shown tonight?" she asked. "We're strangers who won't meet again. A mere ‘thank you doesn't seem right.

The old man said, "What goes around comes around. I've learned this with time. Whatever you give, you always get back. Always be helpful to others and give what you can spare.

    Cassie lived a lonely life. She would hang around the forest, eating  (fall) fruits while other birds flew among the tree.

    "Why cannot you fly?"they would ask."Your weak little  (wing) cannot even lift you off the ground. You're  shame to birds!" they would laugh at her.

    Cassie was feeling pretty frustrated and   (hope), so she made up her mind to leave the forest for good. Just as she walked free from trees, she heard a deep voice  (call) from behind. Cassie turned . It was a large tree that asked her to come back into the forest. "We depend on you   (eat) our fruits and spread our seeds. The other birds may think you are useless, but you are actually(use) bird in the forest. Please don't go , you are important and irreplaceable." Cassie felt so good and then   (return) to the forest. The fruits had never tasted so good.

    It's easy to compare your skills to the abilities of others and feel unhappy. It's easy to listen to the negative voices of others and believe them.  remember in mind that you are important, you are excellent, and you are irreplaceable.